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It's not any more unsafe to go to the bus stop, but the schools don't want the bad PR and/or potential lawsuit should some kid slip and get hurt in the process of getting to school. That's really all it is. The likelihood of something bad happening is incredibly small, but in a litigious society those potentially being litigated against don't want to take chances.

I think it's just the fear of someone falling and getting hurt, then a suit follows (or just bad PR). For an area that only gets continuous snowpack every so often, I'm guessing they'd rather not take the chance and just accept being closed for an extended time once every 5-10 years. I agree with you in principle though. The funny thing is that there was far less sledding and outdoor fun being had yesterday because I think the kids were just worn out from going nuts on Monday and Tuesday, so it's not like they'd be missing out on any sort of fun while they're in school!

Of course. It's the same for any AI/ML system or use case. What comes out of it is only as good as the data that goes in.

I keep coming back to this thread thinking there’s some discussion of the next couple weeks. I guess not…

Euro has a ridiculously energetic vort dropping into Montana/North Dakota at 324. Fun to look at. Would be cool to see it phase with the energy over the Gulf...

Arctic Hammer...sounds like the stage name for a pron star from Lapland.

Once I accepted that 57" of powder was off the table, I decided that a 1-3" event would do just fine. I hope the folks in NY feel the same.

That's crazy. Even my cul-de-sac had multiple passes with plenty of salt laid down, especially on Monday night. Everything is clear around here and I assumed that since we were among the higher totals that if we were clear then everything else should be. I'm not mad about the schools closing. As I mentioned to mappy the other day, there are 10 days built in so it's not a huge deal, but it's pretty sad that the county hasn't been able to get things properly cleared.

Fairfax is also closed. I'm a little surprised...I figured they'd have a delay but not close.

The conditions last year sucked so hard. We drove through much of Maryland in pounding rain and while when we got to McHenry it had finally let up, it was like 45-50 degrees and the snow was rapidly being eaten alive on that main run on the front of the mountain. We had fun and all, but man…did the conditions blow. I just want to get there and not see bare ground on 75% of the mountain and have my kids asking why we drove 3 hours to see a little bit of fake snow.

Keep building that base. Heading to Wisp in a month and hoping to find great conditions and an open mountain!

Let's just raise the floor a little bit. Don't need a HECS - just some fun on a Saturday.

11/21: T (grauplets) 11/22: T (SnowTV for an hour or so, followed by drizzle) 12/1: T (on-and-off small snow showers for about an hour) 12/24: T (some light sleet in the morning left a coating) 1/3: 0.75” from squall/thundersnow 1/5-1/6: 9.0" (bumped a little based on local spotter reports) Seasonal Total: 9.75"

I agree. If the jack is 2" and that jack is over me, then I really won't complain. If the jack is 25" and I get 6" then I'll be annoyed. Dumb logic, but then again I'm not very logical when it comes to snow.

I suppose if you look at the Burke, Fairfax Station, and West Springfield ones together then I might be low (and that's why I'm not a trained spotter lol). Either way, it was a bummer when we pinged, but there was frozen falling for almost the whole day and then we did pretty well with the ULL. No complaints!

A weenie in Burke reported 9.6". I guess it could have happened, especially if I had some compaction once the sleet started yesterday. Since I didn't measure until well after that flip, I may have shorted myself. Curious to see if other nearby spotters report similar.

Went out again with the pup and couldn’t help but revel in it. It was simply glorious. I’m going to go with 8.5” total for the storm, with this evening’s snow being the best part of it!

Last hurrah for this storm. Me and my new boy (got him four days ago) on our last Jebwalk of the day. Fuckin’ awesome…

Not clicking that shit.

I mentioned the walk that I took with my girls and our new dog… While we were out in puking snow I couldn’t help but mutter to myself “Snow is the f*cking best.”

By the way…got my 1.25” (most in the last 1.5 hours of beautiful dendrites) to hit 8” on the day. Would love to squeeze in another inch, but no matter at all if we don’t.

@WxUSAF…did you get your walk in? Girls, pup, and I just got back from a 20-minute trot and we were in a band that was just crushing dendrites. Absolutely awesome snow walk!

Said it like 10 pages ago. I don’t give a shit about the HRRR. It’s hot dumpster funk for this event.

Gonna take the new rescue pup out for a walk around the same time. He’s been loving it today! Got him out at like 8:00 am when it was ripping and hope we have the same experience this evening!

Fairfax has 10 days built in. Yes...10. I love my kids to death and I'm glad they're having a blast, but they'll have been home for 2.5 weeks by the time they go back. That's kinda ridiculous. Light, fluffy snow continuing here in Burke and the radar is looking lovely.