WxWatcher007

Incredible

Still the best show on television

Great game with a pretty bad call at the end—and I’m pro offense.

Somebody is devastated after that first TD got overturned

With all the unidentified objects shot down recently I’m guessing there’s a prop bet out there on whether the aliens reveal themselves during the game? lol

“National defense operations” or weather?

My solar definitely felt it. December was at a three year high (my record period) and January was about a third lower than normal and lower than 2/3 December’s (the lowest solar month usually).

100%

Where does that snow total rank all time for ORH?

Was just talking about this the other day. It’s up there too with some of the CT greats but kinda gets lost in the shuffle with the other big dogs.

No disrespect, but I’ve been disappointed in the quality of the panic rooms here and in NE. I had no idea how much I was actually needed.

My town was the jackpot for a storm???? And had 19”????? Unbelievable

I'd buy that book lol. I'm fascinated with 1888. Followed by the Arctic Outbreak of 1899. It's mind blowing reading through the Kocin paper on it. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wefo/3/4/1520-0434_1988_003_0305_tgaoae_2_0_co_2.xml?tab_body=pdf

FAR more enjoyable. We've all been fortunate to see some real big dogs in the last 20 years.

Looking at my personal experiences, I think I'd go: 1) Feb 2013. It speaks for itself. 2) Oct 2011. I was working in gov and I saw firsthand just how destructive that one was. 3) Jan 2016 (DC). High impact event in DC, one of their all time greats. 4) Christmas 2002. Personal memories. Honestly, nothing else is really memorable for me, but I spent significant time in SC and DC and was too young to remember the early/mid 90s. But looking historically at CT, any list without 1888, 1978, and 2013 is fatally flawed IMO. It kind of tells me everything that there'd be near unanimous agreement on those as all time CT storms.

The all time, all time list? What’s your top 4?

I didn’t know Feb ‘83 even existed until you said it. 2011 is up there, but it’s kind of a back door entry—if the same event happened 8 weeks later it doesn’t even register.

Yeah I agree—13 was massive throughout the (populated) region. Looking specifically at CT, my Mount Rushmore of snow events are 1888, 1978, 2011, and 2013. Nothing else comes close.

We still talk about the 1930s floods here in town when we allocate millions for flood protection.

That’s…pretty good. Imagine what AI will be doing 20-30 years from now. I fully expect terminator references

I loathe early mornings, but one of my favorite things to do is capture a snow or ice event at sunrise or sunset. There is something spectacular about the quiet and lighting at a low sun angle.

Visually, it’s right up there with a paste event. This is from a few years ago I believe:

I’m sure that’s the case for some, but for others like myself I’m not a conditional winter wx lover. Yes, ice isn’t the best, but it’s wx that’s unique to the season so I won’t turn my nose at a pelt fest if it happens. Same with cold with brown grass. I also find the fascinating that so many posters carry this inconsistent attitude of loathing some damaging and life threatening wx when we all know virtually every one of us here wouldn’t bat an eye at pulling for a 40” blizzard when the result would almost certainly be people being injured or worse as a direct or indirect result of such an event.