AdamHLG

O wow. You know… we did have pinhole leaks years ago in our copper pipes. A whole bunch over the course of a few years. Like 10 years ago. Now I’m wondering if that was related to PD1 PD2 and 2009-10 etc. I never even thought of that !!!

Interesting. Im not sure how it is affecting my well, but ironically we need to add salt to our water to soften it. But that’s pure rock salt. Not sure what is in the actual chemicals they put on the road but I’m sure they’re not buying the big bags of rock salt at home depot like me.

Just a smidge over 4”. Absolutely will take.

1996 was my first winter online when I found the first internet relay chat and the Blizzard of 96 was my first online storm. It was different back then. IRC was a scrolling live feed like a ticker tape. If you walked away for 30 min you had to scroll all the way back. About 30 min before the first flake I remember someone posted “2.8 inches of QPF!!!!! I see it but I can’t believe it”. And then it happened. And I was hooked.

Can confirm. Ive been here since #neweather on Internet Relay Chat.

profit! Hello, my old friend!

What camera / lens ? Very nicely done. May steal your tiny snowman idea sometime. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Great work.

Ok because I’m OCD the 1” record is officially over IMBY. It’s also snowing nicely ! This is a win. Been too long.

Day 717 of the 1” snowless record. Excited to break the streak today! Almost there.

Everyone said last week we needed to clear the weekend systems before we got a real look at today and Friday - and how bout that - we cleared the weekend systems and now the models picking up on it again. It is only Monday. Maybe just maybe the original idea of a warning criteria storm will start the trend today.

I love that I know and understand weather and that as I stand in boog’s bbq line and watch people in bright sunlight that I am part of the 5 out of 100 people on average that knew to bring sunglasses when it was raining all day …. Until now.

She's still pretty far south on the satellite loops and has a while to come north - as in all day long and night while.

Wife : “when are we going to lose power?” omg the struggle is real.

What are the odds it is showery and breezy and causes someone to post the tipped over lawn chair that says "we will rebuild"?

From my friend in Cockeysville…. .

I svr here. This instead. .

Phew. We need something to hold us over until there is a real tropical tracking event.

Between the power outage last Friday night (the “underrated day” that delivered) and last night, I am ready to call this severe season a wrap. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

We still have no power at Chestnut Ridge - Northern MD. Nothing like sleeping in the dark, in the heat, with no cell service, no wifi, no water (no well pump). And after looking at Carroll County and Westminster Pike, I doubt any BGE trucks will be freed up any time soon. :—( Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I’m ready. Let’s do this. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Is there a particular link or map / link that is best to see a visual animation as to which areas are clearing out? I am using this: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_band.php?sat=G16&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24 But perhaps there is a better way Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

It’s days like today when I start thinking whether the underrated days will over perform. There’s a feeling in the air as I walk the dog . .

This is so true. I was thinking this exact thought at Oriole Park last night during the 2.5 hour rain delay while watching my Apple Watch explode with warnings and lightning strike notifications. I picked that game instead of tonight to avoid a rain delay. I should have known better. .

To round out my top 3 all-time favorites is PDII 2003. This one has the best story. I had a guys ski trip planned for that Presidents Day weekend in Killington VT - with an airline flight to Albany and back. By 2003 this site, or the precursor to this site, was up and running, and I was all in for winter tracking which I had been since the Blizzard of 1996. The first blips and 'omg' type comments started about a week out with the long range models, and by 4 days out this baby was on the maps and being actively tracked, with the typical variations and board mood swings that come with that. I started getting pissed that I was going to miss it - if it was going to happen that is. I remember telling myself odds are it will bust to make myself feel better. So, I go on the trip to Vermont on that Thursday, drive from Northern Baltimore County and park my car at BWI long term parking, fly to Albany, and rent a car with friends to drive to Killington. At that point, I start tracking on my phone and every 6 hours it starts looking better and better to my heartbroken wide eyes. By Saturday am (I think it was Saturday), I am skiing, and I recall a clear deep blue sky - not a single cloud anywhere - and it was brutally freezing!!! I remember telling myself that I was right under the dome of cold high pressure. I then get a call from my wife that it is "puking snow" and the neighbor offered to clear away the outdoor AC unit because the snow was piling up so high. I couldn't take it. I made a snap decision to tell my friends 10 seconds after that call "I gotta go". They said WHAT? I said my wife and young kids need me there is a blizzard. They asked "how you going to get home" and I then remember I flew there. I said I was going to rent a SUV and drive. They thought I was nuts. They were right, but they are not storm trackers. They dont have the fever. And that is exactly what I did. I packed my suitcase and rented a SUV in VT and started driving home. I was driving for hours wondering when the snow would start. And then BAM right at the upper northern tip of the NY/NJ line it went from no flakes falling to interstate covered with snow in 5 minutes. And 30 minutes later it was deep snow and driving at 15-20 mph. I basically had to get in line with the convoy of tractor trailers that carved out tire tracks on the highway and that was the idea the entire way home as the snow piled deeper and deeper. It was CRAZY. I eventually got to the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the overhead signage said "bridge closed" and at the toll booth all the lights were red - but nobody stopped and there were no toll keepers, so everyone just drove right through. Once on the actual bridge there was no snow on the highway - it had all blown off!! I eventually get to the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway, and I see these headlights zig zagging left and right coming from the inner loop about a mile away through the heavy snow. I am like WTF is that? As the lights pass me, I realize it is 2 snow mobiles racing on the beltway!!!!! You don't see that every day! By the way at this point it is 2 am. I had left Vermont at noon only stopping for coffee 3 times. I eventually get off the Beltway and it is still crazy snowing and very deep but that SUV got me home and what a blast that final 5 miles of a drive that was. My wife could not believe it (I never told her I had left VT - she NEVER would have allowed me to do that). I told her it was because I loved her and the kids and I needed to make sure she and the kids were safe - all true - but it played nicely! --) So, that got me lucky at the end of the drive on top of all of the experience of the wildest storm experience of all time! The next morning I drove back to BWI, returned the rental, and dug out my car that was buried to the roofline - only continuing the fun with all the other drivers at that lot digging out. Ok maybe PDII was my #1 now that I think about it again.

Yes - this was the infamous Commutageddon storm. This is my #2 favorite storm of all time partly because I was driving home in this storm to try and beat the changeover - and failed. Never saw so many stuck vehicles in any storm before or after that storm. Crazy night that was. My # 1 storm was the Blizzard of 1996, as this was my first storm I tracked on Internet Relay Chat. I still remember posts scrolling by and specifically a post about an hour before the first flake fell that said " 3.15" QPF - I see it but I can't believe it". That was an incredible blizzard.