Scarlet Pimpernel

35 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

So Mr. J did good for a birthday gift. Had a quiet day and ordered in Thai on Wednesday. After all my life having a St Patrick’s Day birthday I am over the mass pub scene of my adult life. Not being Irish at all, German and Greek mostly, it has been nice to just celebrate it as my birthday. 

Happy belated, Mrs. J!!

9 hours ago, GATECH said:

Yellow Jackets win the Acc championship!  27 years 364 days since the last one, also the day after the storm of the century...what a time to be alive back then!

All right!!!  Go Jackets...cheers to the "Ramblin' Wreck!"

I wasn't there during the Storm of the Century...at the time was in Ohio for that, working for a small private forecasting company during the event!  We got about 8-12" in northeast Ohio along with blizzard warnings.  Closed down the eastern part of the Ohio Turnpike for awhile.  Fun time!  I also remember that company had a contract to give forecasts to the New York Thruway (God, that was a chore!).  I was sending out forecasts of 2-4 *feet* for much of the central and eastern part of the Thruway.  It was so unusual that I even got a phone call asking if that was real, and I had to assure them that it was serious!!  I think Syracuse, NY got 40" as I recall.

Went to Tech about a year or so later for grad school.  I did hear how bad it was in the Atlanta area.  You mentioned they issued blizzard warnings in a comment you made the other day?  Didn't realize that.  From what I recall, the official airport measurement was around 4" (unreal for there any time, let alone March!), but parts of the metro area and north got a foot.  I read stories about how people along I-75/85 and other major roads got trapped, and just abandoned their vehicles and walked, because it was impossible to drive.

3 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Got up this morning and took a little ride. When I got here, I got a nice pat on the back.

How was the ride back?

22 minutes ago, yoda said:

I will not see these posts in a forum nor will i see it cause bad decorum... I will not read these posts over there nor will I read them over here

 

Oh sorry, was that cancel culture? 

1 minute ago, H2O said:

Yoda keeps trying to say that like it hurts anymore. We got one. That’s all that matters. The Washington Capitals were champions. They won the whole thing. That in itself is a big deal and will. NEVER. BE. TAKEN. AWAY. 

I say the same thing about the Cavs in 2016 when they won the NBA finals! 

Then suffered through the Indians losing their 2nd World Series game 7 in extra innings (other one was 1997).

2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Stoked for a July 4th where I start the day shoveling 3” of fresh cicada carcasses and then have a nice party!

Make sure to clear your cicada board every 6 hours and don't slant-stick! 

Just now, losetoa6 said:

What's this crap?

 

I can ask the same about the posts you have made. You really this obtuse or deliberately trolling? Oy gevalt! 

1 hour ago, losetoa6 said:

If I posted a pic of former President Trump talking about operation warp speed it would have been  deleted immediately. 

Seriously? Really? Come on, get over yourself and your supposed "victimhood"...yeesh! 

7 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

Isn't that a normal night at Camden yards though? Lol 

Edit - want to AD I'm a huge O 's fan.

Dude... Nothing compared to Cleveland Indians games back in the late '70s and '80s! I attended a number of games and the crowd was definitely sparse! Socially distanced before it was a thing hahaha! And it seemed even emptier at the old Municipal Stadium (where they used to play) with its capacity of 81,000. Friend of mine and I would get the cheap general admission seats and halfway through the game could move up into the good seats. Ushers didn't really care, unless you tried to sneak into a box seat! 

1 minute ago, nj2va said:

As someone who took 4 years of Latin in high school (useless), technically its Croci but common use is crocuses.  

Ahhh, I remember taking Latin for a few years as well!

My brother, ever the smart-ass about some things (especially growing up), would always say "semper ubi sub ubi!"

1 minute ago, mappy said:

Beautiful!! Be sure to post those tulips pictures when you got them 

Ahh, but of course!  Not too long until those will be coming up.

(ETA:  And thanks, by the way!)

3 minutes ago, H2O said:

Its usually weather chat in our beer and food subforum

I hate it when weather gets into my beer or food! 

3 minutes ago, mappy said:

Agree to disagree is fine with me. 

lol i'm tracking flowers and warm temps. lol

Speaking of flowers, here's a snowdrop from the other day.  Early spring blooms!

6 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

An awful lot of weather chat in our political subforum today 

Start a thread!! 

5 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I get the “go out of you feel safe, stay home if not” but it’s very obviously not that straightforward. More community transmission increases the risk for everyone, not just people eating in restaurants or going to Os games. Again, we’re literally only another 6-10 weeks away from pretty high population immunity levels. 

This says exactly what I was thinking.  This isn't totally a choice of doing something if you personally feel safe, a virus is a completely different animal.  It won't only affect you if you choose to participate in some activity, that also could potentially impact others.  I totally get wanting to "move on" in some manner.  As I said, we all want to get back to some kind of "normalcy" and where case counts and transmissions (including the several variants) are way down and mitigated.  I don't think any of us...regardless of views...really *wants* to wear a mask everywhere and not be able to do certain things.

As for vaccine availability, if I heard correctly it should essentially be generally available for all (i.e., not just certain groups or ages) by mid-late May?  And the amount that's available is increasing rapidly as well.  Definitely good things!

2 minutes ago, mappy said:

We are all grown ass adults, we know what we are comfortable with and what we are not. And that's okay. its okay if someone wants to hit up a bar after a long day at work, or go catch a Os' game (when they can), but please don't belittle the rest of us who are being more cautious. No one here knows anything about anyone else and why they are making the choices they are making to go out, or stay home. Just be more respectful. 

Absolutely.  Sorry if what I said came off as a bit disrespectful as well.  I just found a couple of the other comments to be off-putting (not yours, but others).

6 minutes ago, wxtrix said:

people should consider self-censoring their personal political views in this subforum if only for the reason we’re learning more and more of you are awful human beings.

LOL!  Yeah, this pretty well says it I think.  Agree.

3 minutes ago, mappy said:

 

I hesitated responding earlier as I didn't want to get too much into the controversial/political territory.  But felt the need to say a little something because I found a few of the other remarks to be belittling and a bit insulting.

24 minutes ago, mappy said:

I think its best not to tell people to stop being scared, we all have our limits with what we are willing to risk and should be more respectful of that. 

Thank you for this!  I honestly get tired of all the calls to just open stuff up, it's time now, etc.  I don't even think it's necessarily so much "being scared" as it is being cautious.

Honestly, everyone would like to get back to some semblance of normal but as @WxUSAF mentioned earlier, this is no time to spike the ball.  Many of the experts (such as Dr. Fauci) have cautioned that while the vaccine is ramping up, that doesn't mean we should just abandon current distancing/masking protocols or start opening everything up in full.  At least not yet.  I'd rather be overly cautious with this than not.  The other issue is that "making your own decision" doesn't only affect you, it potentially affects everyone around you as well.  The nature of an airborne virus.

33 minutes ago, H2O said:

After lengthy discussions with board staff there is mutual agreement to never pin this thread

26 minutes ago, Ji said:

pin this 

"After further review, the call on the field stands.  No pin for you!"

12 minutes ago, yoda said:

I demand a radio show hosted by Wes for this threat

Shortest. Radio Show. Ever!

17 minutes ago, psuhoffman said:

They’re laughing at us!

Especially Dr. No...errr, Evil!

"Those weenies are expecting snow in late March!  And they'll stay up until 2:00 AM daylight time now to check!!"

On 3/8/2021 at 11:29 AM, midatlanticweather said:

How about those amounts forecasted in Denver from the GFS! Insanity!

If the I-25 corridor there through Denver were like I-95 here, the equivalent of @psuhoffman's location would be about where Sterling is.  And we might be hearing concerns about suppression or fringing! 

On 3/8/2021 at 11:30 AM, North Balti Zen said:

Poor Gunnison.

23 hours ago, Chris78 said:

Gunnison is Colorados DCA lol

Was going to say either that or their version of Short Pump!! 

28 minutes ago, mappy said:

and thats for me up north, probably warmer for those south 

A couple degrees warmer where I'm at in the northwestern 'burbs of DC, but otherwise pretty similar!

1 hour ago, mappy said:

This week is looking to be awesome. BRING THE WARMTH. 

Yall can keep whatever snow is being advertised, I don't want it.

SPRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Another nice thing about this?  Mostly clear days and dry (well other than very late week perhaps)!!!  Not dreary rain/drizzle for days on end.

I will admit, if an actual snow possibility shows up the following week, I'd be in for that and follow it.  But for now, damn, 60s and sun will feel really good!