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mightyace

#250
February 15, 2010, 04:11:07 PM   Last Edit: February 21, 2010, 01:00:57 AM by mightyace
Another snow/ice storm has hit Tennessee.  The snow accumulation is minor (1-3") but, once again, the mix of temperatures hovering around freezing have combined to put out more ice here.

EDIT:
Finally added pictures:







Snow a set on flickr
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I'm out of this F***KING PLACE!

jdb1234

#251
February 15, 2010, 09:43:58 PM  
Some snow flurries earlier this evening, of course I had to drive in it again.  :pan:

PAHighways

#252
February 16, 2010, 08:16:33 PM  
My county is under a Winter Storm Warning which was to expire this evening at 6 PM, then pushed to tomorrow at 12 PM, and finally to 6 PM Thursday.

I hear Vancouver is in need of snow, and if anyone from the Olympic Committee is reading this, I will sell you some.  :)

Chris

#253
February 17, 2010, 04:27:09 AM  
Quote from: PAHighways on February 16, 2010, 08:16:33 PM
I hear Vancouver is in need of snow, and if anyone from the Olympic Committee is reading this, I will sell you some.  :)

Well, Vancouver on average never gets below freezing, and Whistler is still low enough (only 2,200 feet) to be influenced by the nearby ocean. So I can't say I'm that surprised to see there's not enough snow there.

Truvelo

#254
February 17, 2010, 08:55:45 AM  
Why was Vancouver given the Olympics if snowfall in the area is unreliable?
Speed limits limit life

SSOWorld

#255
February 17, 2010, 11:05:42 AM  
Because they put in a bid for it and won.
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
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mightyace

#256
February 17, 2010, 08:01:36 PM  
Quote from: Master son on February 17, 2010, 11:05:42 AM
Because they put in a bid for it and won.

<sarcasm>
By paying larger bribes than the competition.
</sarcasm>
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SSOWorld

#257
February 18, 2010, 09:45:03 AM  
Just like Salt Lake? :P
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

Brandon

#258
February 18, 2010, 11:28:31 AM  
Quote from: mightyace on February 17, 2010, 08:01:36 PM
Quote from: Master son on February 17, 2010, 11:05:42 AM
Because they put in a bid for it and won.

<sarcasm>
By paying larger bribes than the competition.
</sarcasm>

Just like Rio?  :-P
(Yes, I wanted them in Chicago.  :angry:)
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Truvelo

#259
February 18, 2010, 03:10:25 PM  
We've just had another few inches of snow. It's a fairly localized band of snow affecting the central part of England. It's still falling but the flakes are now tiny.
Speed limits limit life

un1

#260
February 18, 2010, 04:16:57 PM  
All the snow we got (which isn't much) is melting.  :sombrero:

Its almost as hot here as it was in Florida when I went there. :ded:
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#261
February 19, 2010, 02:04:18 PM  
Quote from: Chris on February 10, 2010, 04:16:07 PM
I knew East St. Louis was bad, but is it that bad it's not safe to drive there after dark?

Given that someone seems to get shot there every day, I'd say not without bulletproof windows.  It's at least got such a bad reputation (I can't seem to find a crime map online today to verify this) that it is best avoided period except on the interstates.

Chris

#262
February 19, 2010, 02:20:13 PM   Last Edit: February 19, 2010, 03:53:27 PM by Chris
Wikipedia:

QuoteEast St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in the United States. According to FBI's data of 2007, its murder rate hit 101.9 per population of 100,000,

Population is 31,000, so that would make 32 homicides per year. Staggering. The murder rate is 20 times the national average. Other types of crime are also many times the national average, like robbery which is seven times the nat'l average, assault is even 17 times the national average. I say: bulldoze every square feet of it :D

J N Winkler

#263
February 19, 2010, 02:38:31 PM  
Movie cliche:  family stops at a traffic light in East St. Louis, and when it turns green, the car won't move.  Then the family sees the thieves walking away with the wheels . . .  (I'm pretty sure that appeared in one of the National Lampoon movies, but that gag is too good not to recycle.)
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Brandon

#264
February 19, 2010, 04:24:40 PM  
Quote from: Chris on February 19, 2010, 02:20:13 PM
Wikipedia:

QuoteEast St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in the United States. According to FBI's data of 2007, its murder rate hit 101.9 per population of 100,000,

Population is 31,000, so that would make 32 homicides per year. Staggering. The murder rate is 20 times the national average. Other types of crime are also many times the national average, like robbery which is seven times the nat'l average, assault is even 17 times the national average. I say: bulldoze every square feet of it :D

East Saint Louis is a very sad and tragic story (makes most other cities look good, IMHO).  In the 1950s, East Saint Louis was at its height and one of the largest cities in the state with 82,000 people.  Due to many factors; white flight, lack of civic leadership, closure of businesses, schools, etc; East Saint Louis lost about 10,000 or so a decade.  Metro East, once one of the richer parts of the state, rapidly became one of the poorest parts of the state.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton, "Game of Thrones"

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deathtopumpkins

#265
February 22, 2010, 07:29:15 PM  
Quote from: J N Winkler on February 19, 2010, 02:38:31 PM
Movie cliche:  family stops at a traffic light in East St. Louis, and when it turns green, the car won't move.  Then the family sees the thieves walking away with the wheels . . .  (I'm pretty sure that appeared in one of the National Lampoon movies, but that gag is too good not to recycle.)

Vacation. Though the car still moves, it's just missing its hubcaps and is covered in graffiti.
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BigMattFromTexas

#266
February 23, 2010, 09:23:16 AM  
It's snowing here right now, school is canceled! :D But San Angelo drivers will prolly find a way to wreck. We've had at least two wrecks this week and both of them were fatal, and niether of them had to do with ice...
I'll get some pictures of the snow soon. (as soon as I find the photograph machine that someone missplaced. :ded: )

agentsteel53

#267
February 23, 2010, 09:43:44 AM  
Quote from: BigMatt on February 23, 2010, 09:23:16 AM
It's snowing here right now, school is canceled! :D But San Angelo drivers will prolly find a way to wreck. We've had at least two wrecks this week and both of them were fatal, and niether of them had to do with ice...
I'll get some pictures of the snow soon. (as soon as I find the photograph machine that someone missplaced. :ded: )

I just passed through San Angelo yesterday! Then I got stuck in Tucumcari because it snowed here in northeast NM, hard.  Only 150 miles from home and I had to stop.  But the sun is out so it looks like I can get on my way soon.
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BigMattFromTexas

#268
February 23, 2010, 01:38:47 PM   Last Edit: February 23, 2010, 01:41:22 PM by BigMatt
Heres the pictures of the first 2010 snow in San Angelo. I know it doesn't look like much but those weeds are kinda high...


Scott5114

#269
February 23, 2010, 03:20:42 PM  
Nice pics.
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PAHighways

#270
February 25, 2010, 02:24:02 PM  

bugo

#271
February 25, 2010, 05:55:14 PM  
The forecast for Tulsa tonight and tomorrow morning calls for an inch or two of snow.  It's supposed to warm up soon afterward, so it will probably melt quickly.  I expect a winter weather advisory to be issued at any time as OKC is already under one.

Scott5114

#272
February 26, 2010, 09:08:22 AM  
OKC got an overnight dusting that stuck to cars and such but didn't really accumulate on the pavement. The temperature is already 34 so we're good...for now.
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njroadhorse

#273
February 26, 2010, 10:13:22 AM  
My house is running at about 18-20 inches right now!!!
NJ Roads FTW!
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

froggie

#274
February 26, 2010, 11:24:52 AM  
First East Coast storm in a while where D.C. didn't get dumped on.
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