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Winter 2014-15 Banter Thread


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TWC had 6-10 or 8-12 for NYC. Not bad for a bunch of has beens and wannabes. Of course, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Imagine if that little band didn't set up shop over the city yesterday and drop 3-5? Ouch.

 

TWC has some incredible talent.  They may not put them on the air, but they have some of the best mets in the business.

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TWC had 6-10 or 8-12 for NYC. Not bad for a bunch of has beens and wannabes. Of course, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Imagine if that little band didn't set up shop over the city yesterday and drop 3-5? Ouch.

ABSOLUTLEY INCORRECT  The TWC had 18 to 24 yesterday for KNYC  and CHANGED  that forecast in the early evening .

 

They had that forecast was out for 36 hours . You want to high five them for taking totals down when the system was 75 miles east of the Delmarva , no way . Talent or not they busted West on Nassau county like everyone else .

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But people in New England brag about their snow hardiness. I work with folks from New Hampshire and they laugh at a school day for 8 in of snow. My BIL in ME said they used to hope for ice storms because school almost never closed for snow. Judge Souter thought he could drive to the Supreme Court in the 96 blizzard because he grew up in New Hampshire. The National Guard had to dig him out of a snowbank. Of course it was Salia's idea IIRC to even hold court when the rest of the mid Atlantic was closed.

 

But how could that be since William H Rehnquist was the Chief Justice (in 1996).  Scalia was an Associate Justice and it would not be up to him...Rehnquist...raised in Wisconsin, was always reluctant to let the elements stand in the way of the normal conduct of business.

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ABSOLUTLEY INCORRECT  The TWC had 18 to 24 yesterday for KNYC  and CHANGED  that forecast in the early evening .

 

They had that forecast was out for 36 hours . You want to high five them for taking totals down when the system was 75 miles east of the Delmarva , no way . Talent or not they busted West on Nassau county like everyone else .

Trust me, I'm no fan of the network, but while OKX was still doing the 24-36 circle jerk, TWC had 8-12 or 6-10 (I forget which), so clearly they did something right and they were able to pull the trigger way faster than the NWS. So yeah maybe TWC was late to the party, but the NWS never even arrived. I just remember a lot of people complaining about their forecast last night because half of the forecast had already fallen during the day.
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Trust me, I'm no fan of the network, but while OKX was still doing the 24-36 circle jerk, TWC had 8-12 or 6-10 (I forget which), so clearly they did something right and they were able to pull the trigger way faster than the NWS. So yeah maybe TWC was late to the party, but the NWS never even arrived. I just remember a lot of people complaining about their forecast last night because half of the forecast had already fallen during the day.

They had  someone ( I don`t know who , because I don`t watch them ) on CNBC and they had 18 - 24 from the city across Long Island and they threw the feed to the TWC and that`s what I saw they had out .

That`s what I saw .

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PS ALL YOU LONG ISLANDERS I NEVER WANNA HEAR YOU GUYS b**ch AND MOAN THAT YOU GUYS GET SHAFTED. THANK YOU!

 

I think most of that is far more myth than reality...given the extraordinary number of times this region has led the way in snowfall totals with storms over the last 15 years or so...

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I think most of that is far more myth than reality...given the extraordinary number of times this region has led the way in snowfall totals with storms over the last 15 years or so...

 

Right back to March 2001...and those 17 inch totals out in Suffolk County, for example.

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there's a reason why Upton averages more snow than NYC... :snowwindow:

Well ISP averages less than NYC (by 0.2 inches), and so do some of the other typical spots that get screwed like SE coastal CT (GON) into RI (UUU). It's not like the places getting hit hard today average much more snow than the city. Eastern LI into CT/RI is a snow hole. Even the Cape does better.
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I think I'm moving to Suffolk . . .

 

Bad idea...property taxes are exorbitant...though, if you are coming from Nassau...they probably would be a bit lower...all things are relative, aren't they?

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Well ISP averages less than NYC (by 0.2 inches), and so do some of the other typical spots that get screwed like SE coastal CT (GON) into RI (UUU). It's not like the places getting hit hard today average much more snow than the city. Eastern LI into CT/RI is a snow hole. Even the Cape does better.

 

I think I've written on this oh about 10,000 times or so...what we would call, in the old days "a version of history too well known to merit debate."

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Well ISP averages less than NYC (by 0.2 inches), and so do some of the other typical spots that get screwed like SE coastal CT (GON) into RI (UUU). It's not like the places getting hit hard today average much more snow than the city. Eastern LI into CT/RI is a snow hole. Even the Cape does better.

 

But, if you do have any further questions regarding the matter...do feel free to consult my oeuvre!

 

There are several other repositories of wisdom that can provide guidance to you in this area as well...

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