IronTy

Above is a case in point. We can't even talk ABOUT talking about politics without a fight. I think in the history of the Internet only 37 people have ever had their minds changed about politics as a result of fighting about it on the Internet. It's just not a productive use of calories and cortisol.

I do agree with keeping politics off this forum. Politics tends to ruin pretty much every conversation on the Internet whenever it pops up so I understand banning it on a weather board.

I have argued that the modern version of a liberal Western democracy, or modern version of capitalism (whatever you want to call it) - where people in general try to optimize for personal gain and consumption - really only works well and peacefully when there's an ever growing pie of resources to exploit. Since WW2 and with the advent of globalization it has been a special time with seemingly endless new cheap resources and labor sources to exploit and mostly keep countries happy and peaceful. Now the earth is starting to get pretty crowded, and the resources are starting to dwindle. Unless some new technology changes our trajectory I believe we will see increased competition between individuals and states for this shrinking resource pool. I also doubt it will be an entirely peaceful transition.

Norfolk is the new Mount Rainier. I'm taking the under on that account without significant proof. That is literally the equivalent of 20% of the annual snowfall at Paradise, Mt. Rainier in a few days...in Norfolk.

Ugh and the track surface felt like running on titanium when it was so cold and you had your spikes on - so cold and hard. I get a case of shin splints just thinking about it. I stole our state finals baton my senior year and still have it to this day, 25yrs later!

I think you're missing the forest for the trees. Just because it's *usually* chilly doesn't mean I have to like it. Early September is *usually* still hot but that doesn't mean I'm not sick of the humidity then either. Cold in March would be more tolerable if I had a foot of snow to look forward to but 99.5 days out of a hundred it actually just means cold, bare, frozen ground.

Spent the first 25yrs of my life living in Michigan...I can't tell you how many seasons of track and field we had to run in the snow in those stupid tiny shorts and tank tops, even in April. Sprinters HATE to run in cold weather. I don't miss those early meets.

Or maybe by about this time of year when winter generally sucks for snow in a normal season and March even more so...some people are just sick of the cold and looking forward to spring and gardening, longer days, and being able to do stuff outside again. I get the same way in September, I'm ready for fall and winter because I'm tired of sweating just walking to get the mail, doesn't mean I hate summer. And SAD is a real thing too. We don't have to turn everything into a climo denial conspiracy.

I don't doubt. We do cold and windy Marches really good down here. Unfortunately cold in March usually means 40s and sun...looks great through my windows until I step outside.

I'm so over winter. Looks like I'm not gonna get my HECS so my path to victory in the snow contest is done. Given that, bring on spring.

Looks done here. Got maybe 1/2" if I'm being generous in Huntingtown. It is damn cold tho, 21F.

The view for us lowlanders for the past 20yrs....

Im not sleeping on the NAMs just yet, the 12Z did show a slight creep NW with the precip field.

How do they train the AI? Do they use basically all the historical data since the modeling era? If that's the case you'd think it would be able to analogue the shit out of just about every situation.

Today's type of weather is the absolute worst this time of year. Sunny but freezing cold and dry and windy. So uncomfortable outside. The 70's can't get here soon enough.

On one hand I'm disgusted that she considered Jim Cantore a reliable weather source but on the other hand I'm sort of turned on that she actually knew who Jim Cantore was.

Was in the locker room after my workout this morning and this one teacher guy was bragging to another dude about how they were probably gonna call off local schools due to 15-18" of snow midweek. The other guy said he just heard a dusting to 2". First guy was in disbelief. I kept quiet to myself, I imagine sort of like a former POW does when he overhears two guys bellyaching about having to cut their lawns on Saturday.

Just because you're not jack doesn't mean you can't get good snows. A NW jog to put SoMD at jack would also move the heavier snows up though the DC corridor.

I'm gonna ride atmospheric memory for this storm. SoMD has been jack all season and will do so again which should be good for the rest of the forum as well.

Maybe Bastardi and PSU will gain redemption on this storm. In case anybody has forgotten, JB did call Sandy before other mets.

Knew when I refreshed after 10min and showed 50+ new posts that the NAM was gonna be good. Didn't disappoint.

You should have identified the impending failure the minute you started to agree with Joe Bastardi.

I'll take my 8" and after we can flip to spring. Bring on the 70s.

I may have to eat my words about the NC jackpot haha.

Lol well the icon won't be making any friends.