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Even Barney had one bullet in his shirt pocket for emergencies! That's where Sherriff Taylor made him keep it. So I guess that means even in dire circumstances, there's still hope justice will prevail - that justice being that the MA gets the snow its unwavering members deserve.

Wirklich? Dann können wir sehen, wie gut Ihr Deutsch ist? Woher kommen sie? Sind Sie in Deutschland geboren oder leben Sie einfach nur dort?

PSU - think we're on to the same thing. If this is the same guy, Randy may need to employ an IP tracer if not already in use. If the guy is using a bit torrent or onion router, then his IP will be different from before. But there's ways to detect the uses of those obfuscation techniques too. If the new user is the same as the former snowstorm4567753234555, hope he can muster some consideration and buzz off to somewhere else.

PSU - No, you're not weird and your posts are evidence of that. I'm in your same boat wrt the science of this cursed affliction we all have and the analysis that should go with it. I don't have a fraction of the experience you, Showme, Chill, Millville, Wes, CAPE, 007 and others have, which is why I read more and post less - even with 20+ years here and on Eastern. Agree fully on the premise it does not matter if the outlook is for snow or not and if the runs are not promoting snow, some analysis as to what is amiss is a good opportunity to learn why. That does not diminish my lust for snow one bit nor a poster's desire for snow who posts an analytical justification for why the odds are against us. But it sure is more informative to ready why it's not going to snow that to just rant blindly about the situation like some do. And for the record, there's nobody here who wants snow more than me. If half the posters in the LR and the Storm Threat thread would also read more and post less then the overall quality of the information would be more beneficial to all. There's several newbies who still don't get what banter is and/or don't have the self awareness to recognize when they are not contributing something worth reading, but just venting. If they want to vent, and we all do from time to time, do it banter and give the Mods a break and help keep the sub-forums on topic, at least to the extent possible. In that regard, it appears we may have a newbie who's a reincarnation of someone who was recently banned, and banned for good reason. What really takes the cake is when a newbie tries to challenge an experienced contributor in a main sub w/o the analysis to back a position. Would be nice if there was a way to tag those sorts of posts with feedback to help that poster get a clue - maybe a stars rating like on eBay. Partially joking on the stars idea but if there was such a rating option you and the others mentioned above would get 5 from me.

I saw your post when you did the needy. Was surprised at the time there was not more rejoicing. Watch quietly and carry a big stick - very effective and thank you. He had every chance to heed the advice from many.

In the theme of Johnny Carson and his "Top ten reasons how you know it's a bad winter...." You know it's a bad winter when the number of flood watches/warnings tallied up FAR exceed the number of winter weather related watches/warnings... Yet another Flood Watch out for much of the WMA.

If it's right - that's how I'm reading it but after 20 years here and on Eastern before with dialup, I'm still an aspiring weenie wannabe. Hope that 1016 does not park itself off the coast of FL - far better to get it further east, especially as a 1016. As is, the WAR would look to push the action too far west. Get it farther east so it relaxes the WAR enough to still turn things up the east coast and not OTS, but just off the coast to let the still relatively SSTs do their thing, that would help. All said, its still a week away. The way things have been flipping run to run, I'm going to quell the urge to get excited about anything until we see something last through a full 24 hour cycle of runs, across multiple models inside of 5 days. And even then not going to hold my breath.

1016 over sw FL pumps the ridge up and the 1008 isobar is pointing to the NE from the 999 L towards towards central IL - right at Detroit.

Our next door neighbor had a purple Germlin too! The color was "Wild Plum" Purple. Most of them were inline 6's, but there were a few with the hot rod 5 Liter 304cid Ahh, the 70's. Those were the days - wish I could forget them. One of the worse decades for US automotive manufacturers, if not THE worse. Pinto, Chevette, Pacer, Matador, Mustang 2+2, ouch... the visions hurt.

Haha - the Yugo, right up there with the Skoda, Volga and last but not least, the Trabant, which epitomized the former reign of E. Germany. Was in Frankfurt my first overseas assignment when the wall came down. Was an amazing time to be there... Will never forget seeing a "Trabie" (nickname for the Trabant) packed with folks seemingly on their first shopping spree to the west. Was cold outside and the windows were all steamed over from the non-existent defroster as the car meandered along the street on the south side of the Main river by Eisner Steg in Sachsenhausen... There on the rear bumper of the Trabie was a bumper sticker. It said, in English, "My Other Car is a Trabant Also". I about died laughing and still chuckle when remembering the image forever burned into memory. The fact the bumper sticker was in English was all the more ironic. Here was the symbol of a former Communist mainstay on display in the west with such stark humor, in English. Wish I'd had a camera then - would have been a shot worthy of National Geographic for sure.

Ahhh.... AMC. Renown for building some of the fuggliest cars in history. Remember the Pacer well and boy did it have a lot of glass. One of the biggest windshields and rear glass of any car even close to that size you'd ever see. Don't recall any other car that had a passenger's door that was 4" longer than the driver's door. I had some friends in HS who had to drive one. The social embarrassment probably left deep scars for years to come. It was right up there with the AMC Matador and Gremlin... I had the "luxury" of driving a 76 Chevy Chevette my parents bought new in Nov 75 during the aftermath of the Arab Oil Embargo. The Chevette had an Iron Duke 4 with 2 sp Powerglide tranny. Even with a 4.11 rear end it was quick to... nowhere. Maxed out at 76mph and at that speed it felt like it was going to come apart. Didn't even have AC other than the two windows and still only got mid 20's mpg while my brothers Datsun was getting 45mpg. For several years I had to drive around with a baseball bat behind the front seat. Not for protection but to bang on the starter to bump it off a dead spot so it would start. None the less, it was my ride until I rolled it. That was one of those things that happens to you during adolescence that wakes you up. After rolling the Chevette my dad got me a 71 Chevy Caprice 2dr hardtop with a 350 and Turbo400 tranny for $150. Ran like a scalded cat, but couldn't put anything in the trunk because the rusted rear quarter panels had holes so big nothing would have stayed IN the trunk. Burned so much oil it was nearly a 2-cycle, but got me through my last year of college. With a bench seat it was great car for the drive-in. hehe.

You mean like this past weekend's 35 and pouring rain. That was a kicker. As for the keyboard - what about those of us with a laptop? That means we have to.... Oh... Ok... I get it. ahem... (tic)

rotflmao - That's funny. So does that mean for rules 2-10 you refer to rule #1?

Haha - yup re who the culprits are. However, I wasn't implying that I'd draft the "top 10". While I've been around as long as dirt, don't think I have the insight to assemble something meaningful. A collage of do's and don'ts from you, Randy, H2O, Bob etc would go a long way in reminding folks how this is suppose to work. I don't actually recall seeing something like that, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been done before. Was a just a thought, even if a futile one.

Thanks Mappy - appreciate the insight. Knew H2O was in a similar boat too. No doubt it takes a team to keep all this together. Can only imagine what you all do that the rest of us don't see and probably don't really want to see. Under the best of circumstances, there's no way to keep everyone happy. Any thoughts on posting a "top 10 do's and don'ts" periodically to help guide folks? If that's like using a garden hose to fight a forest fire, ok.

Seriously, how's come you don't get a Mod tag? Sure seems you've earned it and rightfully so. Not so seriously... It can't be for the same reason I don't get anything special on my profile for my "Super Subscription" invoice, which I just renewed again. (tic) Tell Randy you want a raise.

Well said Stormpc.... Mappy - keep up the great work. If anyone here thinks they can do better, let them volunteer to be a Mod. Oh wait, forget that. The same folks who lack the objectivity to self moderate would run amok as a Mod and further derail things... Forget the idea.

To all the Mods who work so hard to keep things on track here.... No doubt there's been a lot of comments in the LR lately that detracted from the value of it and significantly so. At times the noise nearly drowned out the salient posts worth reading. Know you all have enough to do without moderating every little thing here. And thank you sincerely for what you do that most of us never see. The above said, there seems to be quite a few newbies onboard who could perhaps use a reminder of the protocol and standards that should be applied to self moderation. Would it be an option to post a "Top 10 do's and don'ts" here to help guide everyone in the expectations for posting what and where? Suspect some of the newbies may not know, and the only way they typically learn is by a beat down that could otherwise be avoided. Likewise, some of the more "experienced" posters seem to equate the number of posts on their avatar to some sort of special pass to violate said protocol at a whim. Not pointing fingers here, been enough of that already and I too am less than perfect and sometimes fail to exercise restraint. Been a subscriber here since the beginning and on Eastern before that. I try to read more, learn more, type less and give deference to those far more astute on the science than I'll ever be. I long for the days of Eastern and here on AWX when the dialog was more respectable, even when opinions differed. The recent tendencies to snipe at one another is draining. It's no wonder several of the former main contributors have taken an absence. Can't blame them and miss what they used to bring here. To those mainstay contributors of the forum who remain, we should be eternally grateful for what they bring to the table, day after day. For that ongoing education they provide, a sincere thank you.

Could not agree more. Well said. While I'm certainly not a major contributor, I am an "old timer" from when this forum started and Eastern before. Some of the "muck" gets too thick sometimes. Love a good joke and trivia as much as anyone, but some of it gets carried away.

Speaking of piling it up and/or on, whatever happened to Midlothian Snow Maker down in Richmond? He used to post pics of the snow pile in his back yard he'd make with his home-made snow making setup. Then see how late into summer it would last. Think his record was mid July or something like that. Haven't seen or heard of him for a long time...

Haha - you got it.... OH-IO I know where Etna is. Driven by it countless times going to and from NOVA and Home - 4 times last year alone. Know Springfield and the hospital in Springfield very well too. Step mom had quadruple bypass and both hips replaced there, sister-in-law worked there as ER PA and my father just passed away there in Sept (it was his time). My dad was in the first class of paramedics in the state back in the 70's. Responded to the tornado that wiped out Xenia in 74 during one of the greatest tornado outbreaks in history. Interesting to note the Shawnee Indians called the area around Xenia "The Land of the Devil Winds" for its preponderance of tornado activity.

Great to hear there's another Buckeye in our midst. Zugzwang and I were exchanging memories about the great Blizzard of 78 a couple days ago. That was a memorable event that stands out in the crowd of BECS for sure. The wind, cold and flash freeze were especially impressive... Know Cincinnati well. Ran districts x-country there at Weatherwax Golf Course 2 of my 3 years in HS. Where did you live in "Central Ohio"? I'm from New Carlisle - about 11 miles north of Dayton. Our bank was the first one John Dillinger robbed to start his reign of mayhem. O H ..... (a test)

Hey.... Zugzwang and I are from Ohio - we grew up in the cold of the 60's and 70's and know that feeling. When the snot hanging from your runny nose freezes instantly on the edge of the balaclava and even the wax in your ears freezes up despite being wrapped in the balaclava. You don't dare take off your mittens to wipe your nose cause your fingers will instantly freeze up. And the heck with gloves, they are useless. Besides, every other kid has a frozen snot hole too so you don't feel so bad. When your eyelashes are nothing more than the foundation for growing frost and your eyes dry out so much you feel like the inside of your eyelids are lined with sandpaper. And the squirrel was not dead, he was just tired from his Jebwalk... And yes, that was what it was like delivering the sunday morning paper with a sled when it was -30F and nice breeze blowing. I was a bean pole then and have a lot more insulation now. So bring it on...

Hey Jeb, Wouldn't be surprised if it's the same one. If I remember correctly, Heathkit sold two different weather stations back then, and they weren't cheap. Mine had 4 dials. One for wind speed and direction, one for barometer, one for temp and.... hummm forget what the other one was - rh?. I still have mine too, someplace. Had a ribbon cable that ran to an oblong black box that provided some of telemetry for the data. Thought it was pretty cool at the time. Was inspired by my dad who made our first color tv from a Heathkit TV kit - circa 1968 (he passed away this past Sept..) Watched Neil and Buzz land on the moon on it when I was 8. Had a mechanical remote control with 4 buttons that clicked small tuning forks that sent an audible "ting" to the receiver in the TV to control on/off, channel up/down, volume up/down and color. Dad had to buy a cabinet for it when he was done and of course he bought a Curtis Mathis, which was the best money could buy at the time. Was state of the art at the time. Never forget how proud he was when it worked. We used it until well into the 80's after I left home to move to DC.

Hey Zug, Thanks for chiming in. Believe we both commented on 78 a couple of years ago - maybe during the post 2016 banter about great storms and what was the greatest... Sounds like our memories are much the same of 78, it was a monster. I was 16 att, old enough to remember it vividly, but not old enough to understand much about the mechanics. It was one of several events that fostered my interest in meteorology. A year or two before I'd built my first weather station from HeathKit. Remember watching the wind speed indicator on the indoor display going nuts until it gave up. The anemometer stopped working for a while, but the temperature kept reporting. We didn't get above freezing again for several weeks after that, which just prolonged the impact. Appreciate the info on the books and other data. Will definitely check it out. Will be interesting to recollect the details of what 78 was all about. Cheers.