WxWatcher007

I’m really happy to see so many of you cash in.

They’re getting crushed. One guy just posted they’re past 13”.

Awesome reports. Congrats!

Good morning and good luck, everyone.

Usually before a snow event I like popping in to say good luck, but this time there’s a lot more meaning. As I still try to process the loss of my dad, and be there for my family, and plan this final goodbye, it’s devastating. In all sincerity, it is doing me some real good to see so much happiness and excitement in this subforum in advance of what may be a significant snow event. Just a few days ago, nobody thought we’d be here looking at an event at all, let alone a big one. I hope the snow brings everything us weenies hope for in a storm, and provides an opportunity to create joyful and enduring memories.

Happy New Year, everyone.

Happy New Year, everyone.

First, thanks to you and everyone that has sent condolences. It means a great deal to me. My parents came up for the Christmas holiday, and for my wedding. They were staying with me and on the morning of the wedding, my dad had a heart attack. At first, it was thought to be minor, but subsequent tests revealed he needed major surgery. For the next week he was in the hospital, but doing ok. He was up and we all spent time together as best we could. Last week, right before Christmas, he had the surgery. It went well, but at the end there were serious complications. He was getting better afterward, but in just a few hours today everything went south. In what seemed like a whirlwind he was gone. At the end though, he wasn’t alone, and he succeeded in the most important job he could ever have—Dad. Before I type out a whole eulogy, I’ll just say that I find it most extraordinary that where he finished was so far from where he started in poor, rural, and (literally) segregated South Carolina. He saw all three of his kids go to college. He saw two of them married. He saw a grandchild. He saw me devote myself to a career of public service and helping others. It’s not the result we hoped, and it’s a shock given how he was getting better, but my father lived a full life and gave me more than material wealth ever could. I was as proud of him, as he was of me. Anyway, thank you, everyone, for this love and support. It means more than you will ever know.

Thank you, everyone. He was on the long path of recovery, but today things just took a turn and that was it. All in a few hours. Even though I’ll never be able to show him the pictures of that peaceful white landscape on Christmas Eve and Christmas, it brings me a measure of comfort to know that everything came full circle—some of my first memories with him involve our mutual excitement for snow, and his final holiday with us was just snowy enough. I share that, because I know you all understand. Keep us in your prayers.

My father passed away a few hours ago. Thank you all for your kind words and support the last few weeks.

My father passed away a few hours ago. Thank you all for your kind words and support the last few weeks.

The latter. 100%.

I miss those old TWC snow maps

Scooter knows?

@H2O is putting on his fanny pack and gassing up the boat as we type.

It’s awful. Edit: but also comical

Congrats OCMD

That’s awesome. I’d love to see some cold like that this winter.

Winter of yore

No disagreement here. Amen.

Better to have loved and lost than not loved at all?

Just an awful month throughout the east. Congrats west coasters lol.

Heck anything past three days this season has been risky.

Fox did, and with everything going on with my dad, I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. What a legend. Part of the reason I’m a Raiders fan.

We’re good over here, but thanks for the call. The super PNA has actually been good for outdoor activities.