RandyHolt

Its unhealthy for mods to embrace their mod role too seriously. Been there done that on a sports board - just walk away. People seem to have lost their minds more than ever in my lifetime - and its not just pecker heads pecking away on a keyboard anonymously. Just like our beloved climate - we are witnessing big changes across the board.

I didn't clear a spot to measure proper but I am in Rockville and it sure seems like more than 6" but I hadn't seen anyone else report over 6" until your post. I am going 6.4" but think its still snowing here.

the plane that landed on Loudoun County Parkway - live feed

Pipe down!

Four Seasons Landscaping LLC armed with leaf blowers

I said it earlier in the season - the expression rapid intensification is being re-defined - rapidly. Run of the mill standard RI can be RI1. Explosive intensification can be RI5.

Good stuff. I got to meet Al Bumbry and he was really nice while giving tips to kids. He was the 1973 AL Rookie of the year and Vietnam vet tank commander - he is an O's legend.

It seems the expression rapid intensification had been used too loosely in the past, or maybe Lee just redefined it. I'll be in southern new england next weekend for an outdoor family reunion... i'll bring the galoshes.

But like a true american, driving in a hurricane with his headlights off.

Few tracked exactly where the toxic clouds went. Maybe some think: what goes around comes around. What goes up must come down. Where are the particles anyways - did they get all taken down in canadian precip acid snows in Ontario, or head to Sweden or circle the globe or get suspended at 60K with "weather" balloons - care to venture a guess. I posted here for info on our risk re: particle flow but not a single person replied despite pretty easily potentially being in our backyards and snow talk a non starter. I finally found Justin's writeups days later. We got lucky. You know few outside of weather circles have any idea about upper level winds; they know about the jet stream. If the EPA working with NWS provided even basic information early on it would remove all speculation. Preburn off winds were very strong and it went in all directions the first few days. Post burn off the toxic cloud moved largely N the NE. Lucky that shit didnt come here but the burnoff got it over the eastern continental divide. Here is a burnday.gif but believe that all moved NE. I believe the very cold temps that day kept it a lower elevation. https://aircocalc-www.createlab.org/pardumps/plumeviz/experiments/video/ohio-train-fire/20230206.mp4

I follow that guy for fire news. I just shined 2 few green laser pointers upwards outside and can confirm dust is falling in the Rock. I held my breath and then closed the windows I had opened from the heatwave and cranked up the HEPA. Go check with a flashlight? but my green laser pointer does a much better job of picking up dust.

Getting a dusting here. Pollen seems early but it would be yellow. https://twitter.com/MoCoFireWire/status/1628962831222677505?s=20

@ge0 I finally found met coverage https://justinweather.com/2023/02/17/new-videos-of-toxic-water-in-east-palestine-plus-dispersion-from-train-derailment-burn/

Well it finally appears like I have gotten my answer. It snowed acid in Ontario. Tracking huge toxic plumes of smoke sure seems like a job for mets and simple to do. EPA ignored my inquiries but I don't trust them after 9/11 anyways. Maybe we dodged an acidic bullet here for this sub. I live near major roads and have never seen polluted ice. https://twitter.com/UpwardNewsHQ/status/1627325630323822592?s=20

What kind of cloud is this lol. Vinyl Chloride becomes HCL. Acid rain and my scalp feels off today. It's probably no where near as bad as those Texas chemical plant disasters sure but since tracking snow is a thing of the past thought folks here may be interested in looking back at wind patterns and see where this toxic cloud went since it may effect you or someone you know, here. The LaSalle IL fire last month never even made the news. Staying on topic where did the toxic cloud Super Blow. And Mahomes sold the call.