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My expectations for this winter weren't that high to begin with .The pattern has already verified quite a bit colder then I would have thought, due to my solar cycle biases. Hopefully, when we reap the benefits of the SSW later this month we're not in the hostile phases of the MJO and can time some other interactions properly. As far as any guidance goes, I don't put any emotion or thought into any qualitative or quantitative forecast this far out for a number of my own reasons, but mainly because I just can't handle the f****** ride. Until we're inside 96 to 72 I view most of the data as noise and look for other cues .

That would be classic. There's a special place for guys like us.I'll be waiting at the gates for you.

Mood flakes are flying here. Nice size flakes. Good call, SnowNuts.

Oh snap !! When you and blizz team up, for a good one, I expect at least 3 solid inches.

I don't think kicking it in the high gear Is the right way of putting it lol. As you already know a subconscious turning off of the key is more like it. Unfortunately it doesn't matter if it's fake blood on TV or CGI of someone hanging on a cliff that s*** can be completely lights out for me. I had a really bad episode with it my last hospital visit and the doctor's we're about to use the defibrillator on me. I might have to consider a pacemaker for my condition if it gets much worse even though my heart looks to be completely healthy.

@Jns2183 I forgot to mention that it's also getting worse for me as I get older and obviously during high stress.

Yikes. I'm sorry to hear that you had to go through that. I'll have to ask my mother, but I never had that test done that I know of or i'm just too young to remember. That said ,If the experience was true too traumatic, I would have passed out anyways. I've had it as long as I can remember and it's triggered by a lot of different types of stimuli, but heights ,blood, looking at sharp objects, brain freezes, and sudden boom's are big ones I have to be extra mindful of if i'm in a working environment. I would fully imagine its probably one of the main reasons I'm always looking for lightning. I love it, but I don't want it to sneak up on me when i'm running equipment.

Yep, definitely the good old days. I actually fell through ice as a kid while my buddies and I were beating the s*** out of each other with catty nine tails. It was a containment ditch that we caught frogs in so we knew that it was only waste deep in the middle., but never considered how cold the walk to the nearest home would be if we did fall through.

I could have got some killer shots from the bridges this morning, but old Yardstick is absolutely terrified of bridges and heights beyond a neurotypical's understanding.. I tried my best but fear and the resulting low blood pressure wouldn't let me walk out on the bridges more than a couple feet before my Visovasal sinscope would attempt to knock me out cold.

I originally planned my trip to city island to take photos this morning, because I was hoping to catch the full moon and snowy landscape in some of my photos. Unfortunately, when I got there today, there was no good angles to capture the moon and the landscape from City Island, so unfortunately that didn't work out. I have better photos that I will be putting up but I ended up taking over 400 photographs this morning and have a lot of looking through to do to find the best photos. Everything I posted so far was from my cellphone and not my dslr. I also have no clue how to do photography so I took all the photos in several different landscape modes because I didn't know what would offer the best quality photos in the conditions.

I didn't know it was safe. Thanks for letting me know. I'm almost half way across the river now just above Dock Street dam.

I'm down here at City Island at the crack of dawn shooting some pictures with my dslr, although I forgot my d*** tripod.I'll post when I get home.

These are the first big changes we've seen to the SPC outlook in a long time. SPC will transition to issuing conditional intensity information beginning with the 1630Z (10:30 AM CT) Day 1 Changes to Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Day 1, 2, and 3 Convective Outlook Probabilities of Significant Severe Hazards on March 3, 2026 https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/conditional-intensity-information/

Maybe he's being held captive by a map hating insane forum member, and that's actually an imposter that we're talking to.

I wouldn't say there's no chance. I think if enough gather in song and prayer, we still reel this one in.

Even if your blower is not a brigs and stratton, it's probably going to be similar to the video above.

I realized the word easy is subjective, but i'm pretty confident that it is. As a landscaper, I break my pulll starters several times a year, I can pull out a pulley, rewrap it, and put it back in with my eyes closed. https://youtu.be/DA5V1CdQ2hQ?si=rnWabasXm4In2ysp

It's really easy to rewind that @Blizzard of 93 .There's usually only a couple screws to get to pulley and you just gotta make sure your recoil spring doesn't pop out. Generally on newer equipment it's in caseed or attached to the pulley already. Winding back up tying a few knots, putting it all back together is pretty self explanatory. You also want to make sure you use starter rope and not just any old nylon rope. If you're in a pinch and don't have time before another storm., I would definitely pick up the starter rope and do it for you at no cost , but it's really easy even if you never done it before.

There's a few flakes flying out here. I'm out at the Animal Hospital of Rye in Blizzard's neck of the woods.

My mental image., was to blend the movie bloodsport with our forum snow contest but it ended up way too long of a story, but I kept a few elements. One of these days I finish it and put it up.

Well i'm not so sure Blizz was flatterd . I'm sorry @Blizzard of 93 nothing personal dude I was just trying to make it as ridiculous as I possibly could. Boundaries are not my strong suit. I can tell you I had a f****** blast making it though. Especially when deciding what bllizard actually looks like . You guys might not find my jokes entertaining, but you ought to see me while i'm writing them.

Congratulations @Blizzard of 93 on your big win.

Ha ha, I understand. Make no mistake Pal, I can think a lot of things to complain about too when it's that cold. The stars just look so twinkley I can't help myself . Lol