snow

[cellio]

Whee. Snow. Lots of snow. Lots of drivers who aren't quite sure what to do about that, too. We went out this afternoon to visit a sick friend and encountered a bunch of vehicles we decided to stay well away from. The one that was pointed at a 45-degree angle off, but moving straight (more or less), was particularly curious.

I'm not sure how much snow we currently have, but I think it's more than a foot (based on inspection of the front yard). The afternoon shovelling did not solve the problem, because snow is still falling, but it will be better than nothing. I have seen no plowed or salted roads. I wonder how much of a challenge it will be to get to work in the morning.

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[geekosaur]

Supposedly the plows are just finally getting out and around now. (I chose to enjoy it from inside the apartment instead of on the roads. :)

[rectangularcat]

If you were in Vancouver, the city would be closed. I think that they have a couple salt trucks and no snowploughs... talk about non-stereotypical Canada!

We have no snow on the mountains. I would gladly take some of yours to be able to ski in the local mountains. The upside of this is that it has been sunny this winter. When I moved to the Pacific Northwest in 98 that was the year of 89 days of rain in 90 days and the remaining day was cloudy...

[tangerinpenguin.livejournal.com]

The plows are out. Eldridge (which is not especially high priority) was most recently plowed hours ago. Although Pam (who didn't know about the storm and just got back, having left her Dad's in Youngstown around 6) couldn't tell.

Officially, we're not up to a foot yet, although there's a lot of drifting that's piling higher. The most recent forecasts are calling for 12-15 inches before this actually stops late tomorrow. The overwhelming consensus I've heard from the news is that Pittsburgh will be pretty well shut down for Monday. DC is even worse - they were calling for up to two feet earlier, and have generally been tweaking the numbers upward as the night goes on.

Now, if the weather forecast is to be believed, we drive hard into above-freezing temperatures Tuesday through Friday, so all of this promptly melts and hits the rivers. I haven't seen anyone doing that math out loud yet.

[geekosaur]

clamen@CS(weather.dc@CS)::
PennDOT has stopped salting because the snow is falling too fast

hm.