TugHillMatt

Good deal. Just letting you all know not to be surprised if all these comments are pasted on there and we all get scolded for "having OT talk on the Wx side and to keep it there where it belongs."

Haha. There is actually MUCH MORE liberal discussion and high-fiving on there. If you're a liberal (which I think you are?) your odds of being "accepted in the club" are much higher.

Be careful. She does peruse our subforums and then copies and pastes whatever you say here into OT just to pull you in. She's done it numerous times to the guys in our NY banter forum. Don't know where she finds the time to do it all!

LOL! One of the best posts I've read all week!

You have gone to one before? Interesting! Well, to be fair, most of the people on there don't add much value on the weather side either. But you're right...it's like the caddy clique that thrives off of putting others down.

Same temp here. It's definitely a chilly, raw, damp day with a blustery wind outside.

Not normally. I can go there if I'm bored and looking to follow things. If I do comment, it's usually with the hope that there can be some good conversation or to challenge others in their thinking. But 95% of the people that post on there have absolutely no intentions of actually learning or trying to understand others. Even with the amount of respect I try to show others on there, I am somehow made to look like the "bad guy" in their eyes. That's why I reiterate so many times how toxic it is. The administrators and most of the mods are just as bad and ugly in how they treat others. Even though none of the people on there seemed to appreciate me posting, the comments you guys have made are encouraging because it helps me to know that I can still make a difference in the midst of ugliness.

Thank you, thank you. I am thankful for your observations and we both agree very much on similar things. I have the same concerns and wishes for our society...and know I have to lead and be the example... regardless of the ugliness of others.

The masking one? I think? I've already put it behind me. haha

Ha. Thanks. A childhood of being bullied helped to prepare me for the plethora of bullies that are found there.

Aw, thank you so much for your kind words. Curious...how did I come across? I know that I am ultimately responsible for myself and who I am accountable to. Those folks are quite ugly, and it's my faith (and knowing my value) that keep me going.

Oh, wow! I'm not surprised about your forsythia blooming...that's pretty common for Southern PA. Thankfully the only thing here are the tiny crocuses just starting. The daffodils are a couple inches out of the ground. Still some veeeeery dirty snow piles scattered about.

Spring looking more wintry than winter again. The seasons continue their shifting of being one month off from where they used to be.

Good thing the only things that have bloomed are the crocuses and early Spring flowers. Mighty cold air on the way!

Whoa! I really wish there was a "wow" emoji on here!

As I typed, it's like an angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. Buffalowx on one shoulder saying, "Don't do it! Stay away!" and Blue Moon on the other saying, "Type! type! You know you waaaaant to!"

April may end up snowier than November, December, and March.

Ah, so refreshing to read rational, adult conversation after falling into the pit of despair that is known as OT.

I think we're all making the curse worse... Syrmax came from CT, wolfie from NJ, sferic from Long Island, Freak from NYC (I think), I think champy's from somewhere down there. We've all destroyed winter here...My arrival was the nuke to winter.

Just saw this...looks like things may be greening up there quickly in PA?

Months and months and months of synoptic snowfalls fizzling apart as they move over the Finger Lakes...but now that it's clearly warm enough for rain...who Jackpots????

If it could be in the 60s with low humidity for highs all summer, I would actually like summer weather.

...and then there were these lies from @BuffaloWeather On 5/7/2020 at 1:28 AM, BuffaloWeather said: Yeah you simply cannot judge a locations winter on 2 seasons. You need decades worth of living here to get a good grasp. Syracuse has had many epic snowstorms in the past, you will see some incredible stuff in the next few years.

Mid May 2 years ago in the middle of the day:

My first year in NY, the best Lake effect snow event of the season that I experienced happened when I was NOT living on the Tug, but had moved in with friends in Sylvan Beach (Oneida County) temporarily. It happened on APRIL 1st. 1 foot of snow there. (Bville picked up around 6 inches from that one.) Then my first winter in Bville, our best synoptic snowfall (and OVERachiever) came on MARCH 23rd. We were supposed to get a trace to 2 inches, and the North Syracuse Burbs was plastered in about 7 inches of wet snow. Here's a pic I took in the middle of the event; That was the year we picked up several more accumulating snowfalls, and had 2 inches here in mid May...with some surviving until the next day. Spring has seemed to provide more wintry surprises here in recent years than the winters have. I doubt we're done with snowfall for the season. Could still have snowfall for another 2 more months!