Steve25

Loading up that $20 for you. We have to give it until we officially make it through the 15th, but the writing is definitely all over the wall lol

If there's one thing I've learned from the process in here over the past few weeks, no matter what anyone is saying, if Bob Chill isn't in here expressing legitimate excitement/interest, we should probably temper expectations. Unless I missed any positivity from him, he's been awfully quiet during this period when many were going wild hyping up the 15th-25th.

Not looking good for now, for sure. I'm always ready to admit when I'm wrong, and pay up. We will see for sure in 6 days

Am I wrong to think that COULD be an okay thing, in terms of making the chance of cold/dry/suppressed less of a possibility?

"It was in the 40's at 1 PM the day before that digital blue! Torch! Horrible setup!"

The funny thing is that this thread was created just to get people to stop clogging up the mid/long range thread with this talk, not because this event ever has really had a great chance

*Models show legitimate cold airmass but no snow* WHERE IS THE DIGITAL BLUE!? ITS OVER! *Models show snow* WHERE IS THE COLD AIR!? ITS OVER! Some of yall really need to take the PSU approach right now and see that the overall pattern becomes much more favorable from the 15th on forward, and focus on the details once we get closer.

So stupid

*Virtual hand shake*

Always a risk with strangers online lol. I'm good for it, though(for whatever those words are worth). We could go something on the smaller end, like $10 or $20 if we want to play it safe. Let me ask first, do you have something like Venmo to make it easy once this is all settled?

What are we putting on it?

Alright I'm in on this

So, it's hard to make a bet based on perspective over what's a threat and what's not and how much model support there is. There's nothing definite about any of that. Let's do it based on actual accumulation. If you're saying you're confident there will be no snow up to the 15th AND that there won't be any trackable threats within 6 days of the 15th, what kind of potential accumulation would you consider a trackable threat?

I'll take that bet. We'd need to set some more detailed parameters, though. So number one is no measurable snow between now and February 15th. Where do we count an official measurement? BWI? Part 2 of the bet is that what, there won't be a trackable threat on February 15th? What would you consider trackable? I will absolutely throw something down with you. Let's make this interesting. Put some money where your mouth is.

You might as well change this to "ever again" instead of "this year." If you don't think it could happen with the advertised pattern in mid-late February, then you probably would think it could never happen again.

I don't know how many diehard O's fans we have in here, but as one myself, I am fired all the way up! I love the fact they're including sports legends like Cal in the ownership group as well, gives more hope that this ownership group will care about the product on the field!

I often think about my regrets from 09/10. I was in 10th grade. I definitely enjoyed it. The time off school was a thrill. I got no pictures or videos of my own. Nor did I write any journal entries about winter weather events like I do now. Obviously I can go and watch other people's videos from that winter, but it's just not the same as having your own personal memories captured. I also just didn't cherish that winter the way I would now. It haunts me, knowing it's very likely we will never experience something like that again.

Shh. It's climate change panic today!

If 4 of the top 10 warmest days weren't in 1975 and earlier I'd be more unsettled. Otherwise I'm just chalking it up to one warm January day

Just saw a wasp. I'm calling it lol

I love all the new technology today, but there's part of me that's disappointed I'll likely never experience anything like this. 15-20" in a completely surprise blizzard.

Maybe that's the reason I keep feeling horrible about the remarks that late February is our best time to cash in this winter. I'm near BWI, getting big snows in late February FEELS like it just doesn't happen.

Agreed. It's kind of making me cringe when I see them saying our chances for a big one aren't until then. I can trust mid-Feb, but getting into that last week of February...

I haven't seen anyone acting like last week "makes up for" our awful run of winters. I've seen people who love winter and gotten out and enjoyed a wintry scene while it was around. I'm very annoyed by the past 8 years. It's pretty much daily that I think about the fact that its been 8 years since my last 6+ inch snowfall. I'm annoyed that we're going to punt the last week or January and likely the first week of February. I'm unhappy that there's really only been 1 week that's felt like winter so far. You're absolutely not alone in that. I still didn't let all those very real negative feelings stop me from enjoying last week. I took lots of great pictures and ventured out to enjoy it. I spent many moments glancing out the window at the snow covered scenery, just taking it in. None of that takes away the winter frustrations overall, but it provides joy and positive memories from being in the moment. I think most, if not all, from this forum who shared their joy from the past week feel very similarly. Being joyful in the moment doesn't at all mean that the overall landscape still isn't good. You still have to stop and enjoy the little things because if you don't, you'll just become bitter and frustrated 24/7, no matter what.

It's happening