February Banter 2026

[SnowenOutThere]

 

[RevWarReenactor]

55 minutes ago, TimB said:

I did. Someone (and I won’t name names) being made a mod ruined the place.

Damn. That sucks. Lexi reached out afterwards to me. She’s Super nice. Still not sure if that’s a user sock. He seems to have multiple personalities. 

[ravensrule]

Who let the mental asylum in?. @stormtracker please close the door tight. 

[CAPE]

3 hours ago, aldie 22 said:

Wow just noticed you moved to the desert. Congrats!

[J.Mike]

Saw a fox today in my front yard this morning, checking things out. A sign of good luck for sure.

[forkyfork]

On 2/9/2026 at 9:32 AM, H2O said:

The whole performance was what music can be an about. A celebration of a culture but also a commentary on other things. The symbolism was meant to educate as well as entertain 

bullshit performative capitalist nonsense that doesn't stop the ice abductions

[ravensrule]

The political section is back open. 

[NorthArlington101]

1 hour ago, WEATHER53 said:

This is why it’s not science. It’s example giving guesswork with so many outcomes that one  will surely hit and funding for status quo can continue.  Now the chest puffers who never otherwise pist here will be whistled in soon but models are not weather forecasting tools.  They mostly exist to perpetuate themselves.  It’s fine that many many more than me enjoy that  modality  just as it’s fine that I think it’s bogus .  And I’ve offered solid alternatives in the past, not just observation .

I don't think you've ever offered a functional alternative. I always appreciate your comments with barometer obs and your personal modeling based on those outcomes but the hit rate seems no better. If you really feel this way I'd love you to offer a clear forecast 7/5/3/1 day out from each event and we can keep score against the AIFS or whatever is performing best

[wxdude64]

2 hours ago, J.Mike said:

Saw a fox today in my front yard this morning, checking things out. A sign of good luck for sure.

Samantha?

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

I think I’m officially rooting for spring now.  Of course I’ll take a snowstorm if one shows up for us but today was nice!!!

[midatlanticweather]

https://twitter.com/i/status/2021066955533529408

 

 

[NorthArlington101]

https://twitter.com/i/status/2021066955533529408
 
 

My AI sensors are tingling

[Jebman]

2 hours ago, midatlanticweather said:

https://twitter.com/i/status/2021066955533529408

 

 

That's one of the best AI renderings of a genuine Snowgasm that I have ever seen.

[Jebman]

Mammoth has already received 10-13 inches of fresh pow in the past 24 hours. They will pile on another foot of freshies overnight.

https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

[winter_warlock]

1 hour ago, NorthArlington101 said:

My AI sensors are tingling

Yep definitely AI 

[Hank Scorpio]

The USPS keeps leaving me notes telling me to clear the snow from in front of my mailbox. But I'm one of the only ones in my neighborhood who shoveled enough that the mail truck can actually pull up to my mailbox. And I know he is, because I can see remnants of tire tracks in the slush every day.

Maybe I'll shovel snow back in front of the mailbox to see if that makes them happy. 

[pazzo83]

12 hours ago, TimB said:

I did. Someone (and I won’t name names) being made a mod ruined the place.

looks like I made the right decision in never joining.

[pazzo83]

8 hours ago, ravensrule said:

The political section is back open. 

i was hoping the super bowl halftime show was going to fix all of our social ills... alas.

[ravensrule]

14 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

i was hoping the super bowl halftime show was going to fix all of our social ills... alas.

Lol, I’m sure you did. 

[pazzo83]

10 minutes ago, ravensrule said:

Lol, I’m sure you did. 

i was being facetious

[ravensrule]

16 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

i was being facetious

I’m well aware. 

[Jebman]

Plow Guy needs to get plowing STAT! The snow is rapidly getting deeper as heavy snow continues apace and more brobdingnagian elements of deep Pacific moisture continue blowing right up against the Sierran Cordillera! It's a massive conveyor belt coming up from the Pacific Ocean right up thru the Channel Islands and on into the Sierras then annihilating Mammoth Resort! That's a trajectory for much more snow than expected!

https://www.mammothmountain.com/on-the-mountain/mammoth-webcam/woolly-cam

EDIT: I just saw the plow. Boy if they don't get that snow plowed, it will just keep right on piling up. Snowstorms mean serious bisnass in the Sierra.

[yoda]

Wth is going on in El Paso?  If this is political, feel free to delete... but uh wtf

[Jebman]

1 hour ago, yoda said:

Wth is going on in El Paso?  If this is political, feel free to delete... but uh wtf

They are giving no explanations.

Without explanation, FAA closes El Paso and New Mexico airspace for 10 days, cites national defense

https://elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/unexplained-faa-order-shuts-down-el-paso-southern-new-mexico-airspace-for-10-days/

The Federal Aviation Administration issued unexplained notices late Tuesday closing airspace over El Paso and a large patch of southern New Mexico west of Santa Teresa for 10 days. El Paso International Airport is closed to all flights, the city said. 

The orders close off all air travel in the affected area, which could cause massive disruption in the nation’s 23rd largest city.

“THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) CLASSIFIES THE AIRSPACE DEFINED IN THIS NOTAM AS ‘NTL DEFENSE AIRSPACE’. PILOTS WHO DO NOT ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING PROC MAY BE INTERCEPTED, DETAINED AND INTERVIEWED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT/SECURITY PERSONNEL,” the notices said.

“THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE ACFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT,” the notice continued. 

The notices, known as Notice to Air Missions, or NOTAM, took effect at 11:30 p.m. Mountain Time Tuesday, and expire at 11:30 p.m. Feb. 20.

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Mods, feel free to delete this transmission. This is the banter thread, but I do know that I probably should not be delving into anything of this nature. Not only because political is proscribed, but this is classified as well.

[mappy]

1 hour ago, yoda said:

Wth is going on in El Paso?  If this is political, feel free to delete... but uh wtf

The first 15 min of a zombie movie 

[RevWarReenactor]

16 hours ago, ravensrule said:

Who let the mental asylum in?. @stormtracker please close the door tight. 

ANd see, this is why I sent the PM I did. You think you are better than others. Some of us are nuts. You are of course, normal. 

Sit down. You aren't. 

[snowfan]

Live look at the MA sub and its not even 7am. Have a day folks.

 

[RevWarReenactor]

I've been to the conferences. No one is sane. Some worst than others, sure. But everyone is weird. We literally all congregated in a hotel lobby and stood outside in a mediocre T-Storm. The front desk clerk was mocking us all. "So weird they literally all came downstairs and stood out in the rain". LOL

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Is Jay's Wintry Mix FB page @Ji?

Also if we cant get snow I say lets have a deluge and wash away this glacier and also start the drought busting process.