The Dude

1 hour ago, H2O said:

Fine by me. I was never really impressed by him and his contract was an albatross.  Caps need cap space. This gives them that

Agreed.  Very pleased by the return.

On 7/24/2021 at 6:17 PM, MacChump said:

Taking the kids to GNR…on the one hand, that’s awesome…on the other, christ we’re old…

 

Lol.  No joke.  My 13 yo loves classic rock (he plays guitar), and GNR is one of his favorites.  Not sure what makes me feel older:  that he's old enough to see GNR or that GNR is considered classic rock.

41 minutes ago, toolsheds said:

My wife took my daughter to see Taylor Swift there and it took about 2 hours to get out of the lot.  Since then we have been season pass members for the park and would go up for the day during a concert event and be able to park right by the stadium.  Last time we left during the last encore song, could still hear the song as we were driving away and were out in less than a minute.  If you want to go that route, google the setlist for the GNR tour and you will get a sense of what is playing that night and the order they will play itm and you can anticipate the encore and jet as it starts. :-)

Fantastic idea!  Thanks!  Do you happen to know if they allow traffic to exit on both Park Blvd and Hersheypark Way?  Park Blvd seems like it'd be a quick way out, so I was thinking of parking near that exit, but if Park Blvd is closed, then I'll be at the end of the line.

1 hour ago, psuhoffman said:

I saw Bruce Springsteen there several years ago. I remember it took a while to get out but I didn’t think it was any worse then trying to leave a lot at an Eagles game or any other highly attended event. But I tend to be pretty patient so maybe it was bad. 

Thanks.  Good to know.  I was reading reviews suggesting it took some folks 3-4 hours.  

Has anyone been to a concert at Hershey Park Stadium?  We're taking the kids next weekend to see Guns N Roses, and I've heard nightmare stories about the traffic leaving the show.  

7 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

On a line from Bethesda to Wheaton to Silver Spring to Greenbelt looks like isolated 1”+ in 10-15 minutes.  That’s equal to lowest visibility ever for me in rain .

I can verify that.  I just measured to confirm that at the height of the rain, I could not see a house that is 65 yards away.  I've never lost sight of that house before in a rainstorm.

Just now, mappy said:

ugh. sorry to hear. crazy rain rate though! 

Thanks.  I'm hoping it was just the extreme nature of the storm that revealed a new water intrusion path (my prime suspect is the flashing on our living room window), and not something that will leak with every rain storm.  I guess I'll be putting that theory to the test in the next 20 minutes...

Epic rain rates.  Maxed out at 17" per hour!  Complete whiteout.  Couldn't see tree line less than 100 yards away.  The hail core just missed us to the north.  Mid-storm we had a sudden increase in winds, with gusts that looked to be in the 40-50 mph range.  Unfortunately, the wind-driven rain revealed a couple new leaks into our house.  

7 minutes ago, mappy said:

damn

 

I believe it.  That's right near me, and the winds have already been strong this morning.  I'd guess the peak gusts were close to 40.  Hoping the power stays on...

Nice storm yesterday afternoon.  Torrential rain peaking at 6"/hr, lots of lightning (including one within a couple hundred yards), and pea-size hail.  Fun way to start the season!

Had some flurries here last night.  Hope that will tide me over until next November (or later).

1.72" yesterday.  I was surprised at how many waves of heavy rain we had.

12/16-17:  2.25" 
1/25:  .75"
1/31-2/3:  5.0" 
2/7:  1.0"
2/10-11:  .75" 
2/13:  .25" 
2/18:  .75"
2/22:  .5"

Traces:  12/9, 12/18, 12/25, 1/23, 1/29, 2/19, 2/20

Total:  11.25"
 

39.03, -77.103

Big flakes, moderate snow.  Eyeballing .25-.5"

We have a car-topper in N. Bethesda.

41 minutes ago, Deck Pic said:

If they like snow, they'll never digest your sage lesson. I haven't been able to do it in 48 years.  

Lol.  As long as they get enough to sled, they're happy.  The last burst of sleet saved the storm for them.  That said, my youngest spent most of breakfast whining about what happened to the snow we were supposed to get.  I'm sure they'll both be crapping up threads on here in no time...

1 minute ago, Bob Chill said:

One of the biggest sources of legit stress and anxiety for many people is fretting things you have zero control over. To me it makes no sense to waste time/energy/emotions because weather didnt weather right. Or anything I have no control over. I just make the best of it and move on. Life is complicated enough without adding bad days because my digital snow got stolen. Lol

I didnt want to rock the boat last night but when MN posted the IAD sounding I quickly accepted all sleet is much more likely than good snow. Def wont be the first or last. Thing is, the exact same setup could hit next week and it would be all snow. Then again a week later and be all rain. 

Amen.  My kids keep asking me, "when is it supposed to snow," or "how much is it supposed to snow."  I tell them the weather isn't "supposed" to do anything.  It just does what it does, and our ability to predict it with that level of precision just isn't something we can do.  So, if you want to know the answer with 100% confidence, you need to open the blinds and watch and wait.

Just now, psuhoffman said:

I’ll have to go back through my records but this might be the greatest disparity between my area and DCA/BWI ever. I’m at 45” now and very likely not done. I don’t think there was ever a 50”+ winter here that DC or BWI was in the single digits.  The thing is the results here match the pattern WAY better then the results along 95.  My opinion on what’s partially at play is well known. 

Wow.  I'm at 10.75" for the year.  It's amazing the difference over such a relatively short period. 

(Although I think I'm pushing close to 25-30" in forecasted snow, so I've got that going for me, which is nice...)

A bit over .75" of sleet here in N. Bethesda.

I'm old enough to remember when being NAM'd was a good thing...

How much for Short Pump?

Flurries again.  

And there was much rejoicing...  yay!

Flurries in N. Bethesda

I ended up with .75 of sleet and snow in N. Bethesda.