jburns

Well, it beats a rectal insertion factor but not by much.

Just to clarify. It would be off-topic in a storm thread normally. However, we are a long way from an ongoing event and the information is useful for preparation so it is fine. Just don't ask about your generator as the eyewall is slamming into Charleston.

Think of the worst thunderstorm you have ever been in. Double the wind speed get ready for hours of it instead of minutes.

Not sure yet. I'll keep watching.

That was a separate executive order from the state of emergency. https://governor.nc.gov/news/gov-cooper-issues-emergency-orders-advance-storm-help-farmers

Good Lord. Governor Cooper has just issued a state of emergency. It is getting to the point where no one even pays attention because they issue a state of emergency every time a mosquito farts. A full week early is a bit much.

We better hope that the two possible systems trailing Florence don't develop and follow a similar path. One of my earliest weather memories was in 1955 when hurricane Connie went through and was quickly followed by hurricane Dianne. The flooding was horrendous

Admin is aware of the problem and it is being worked on. It's more complicated than it seems.

My streak of never having a 6 inch snowfall at my house is still in tact.... and i'm 32 years old. 4 Damn Kids.

5.75". Well damn. I've brushed more than that off my snowboard so I could begin measuring the main part of a storm.

And young people who say the same thing.

Nothing will reach the ground in Guilford. A few thousand feet above our head the dewpoint is -50.

I just sat here and quietly laughed.

Almost. People who wine most think they get the best snows.

Don't know, don't care.

Good advice.

Just for fun let me tell you the average snowfall for Antartica is less than Greensboro, NC.

math, math, math, math, math.

You guys are too young to remember the good old days before the interstates were finished. Storms were free to move around the SE as they wished resulting in more frequent and more evenly distributed snowfall. No sudden turns to follow the twin concrete ribbons to mess up a forecast back then. You could live wherever you wanted to and have a decent chance at snow. A simpler slower moving time where storms resulted in a couple of days off work to play in the snow instead of a state of emergency.* *This message sponsored by the Ghost of Snowstorms Past.

You know it has been a disaster of a winter when you haven't even had any virga storms to speak of.

Or late this afternoon. 77º and rising.

We are basically in a spring pattern now. Wide swings in temperature over a several day period. Rinse and repeat with each being a bit warmer as the weeks go by.

Simple. 2017, the new normal.

Not anymore. A black bear wandered into my yard while I was shoveling the driveway. Luckily, I had my pocket knife with me and after a twenty-minute battle I managed to kill it. I then skinned it and I'm using the skin as a coat. Sliced some thick steaks from the hind quarter so I'll have something for dinner. Still, it isn't right to not check on a helpless old man during and after a snowstorm.

The hell with all of you. You all talk nice but when it comes down to doing something you’re nowhere to be found. The hell with you! 7” of snow, temps last night in the single digits with zero possible tonight and nothing, Not a peep. Selfish ***holes. Have you learned anything about winter weather procedures? I don’t think so. Don’t try and tell me you didn’t know, it is on TV multiple times every year. You just ignored it and left a sick fragile old man alone as the snow piled up and temps plummeted. The hell with all of you. CHECK ON THE ELDERLY. Is that so freaking hard to do? I could have died. Selfish ***holes.