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Started by Katavia, April 22, 2016, 10:09:22 AM

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Katavia

Like the other off-topic list... because why not!
(Former) pizza delivery driver with a penchant for highways.
On nearly every other online platform I go by Kurzov - Katavia is a holdover from the past.


TravelingBethelite

...You're not outside during a storm but are tracking it on three kinds of radar inside.  :clap:
"Imprisoned by the freedom of the road!" - Ronnie Milsap
See my photos at: http://bit.ly/1Qi81ws

Now I decide where I go...

2018 Ford Fusion SE - proud new owner!

ET21

.... You stand outside while everyone else is in the basement
The local weatherman, trust me I can be 99.9% right!
"Show where you're going, without forgetting where you're from"

Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

US 81

You look at the radar - everyone else looks scared but you can't quite get the "oh, how COOL!" grin off your face to look 'serious.'

noelbotevera

You're completely calm about 30 MPH winds battering your neighborhood.

(yes, this did happen to me)

slorydn1

Quote from: US 81 on April 24, 2016, 10:56:03 AM
You look at the radar - everyone else looks scared but you can't quite get the "oh, how COOL!" grin off your face to look 'serious.'

Yes this...Very much this


My co-workers HATE it when I do that. :bigass:
Please Note: All posts represent my personal opinions and do not represent those of any governmental agency, non-governmental agency, quasi-governmental agency or wanna be governmental agency

Counties: Counties Visited

SSOWorld

people direct you to take alternate routes - but you rubberneck your way through tornado damage
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.

pumpkineater2

You once put a metal pole in your yard hoping, praying,(in vain) that it will be struck by lightning.
Come ride with me to the distant shore...

hm insulators

You have a painful hernia in your "nether regions" and you have to lean on the balcony railing because of the pain but it's worth it because you see the wildest lightning display you've ever seen. This was at the end of August, 2008, a couple of weeks before my (first) hernia repair.
Remember: If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

I'd rather be a child of the road than a son of a ditch.


At what age do you tell a highway that it's been adopted?

JMoses24

Quote from: TravelingBethelite on April 22, 2016, 10:39:39 AM
...You're not outside during a storm but are tracking it on three kinds of radar inside.  :clap:

This is me every time there's a severe weather event in my area. This is my setup.


Hurricane Rex

Having the two tabs that are always open be the NHC and the NWS.

You have a weather station in your room and attempt to make forecasts off the data from it.

This is what you want to go into when you get into college.

The only time you'll get up early in the morning is if there is extreme weather.

You are waiting for the next Cat 5 Hurricane in excitement.

That was a small list but I felt like it needed to be on this old thread.
ODOT, raise the speed limit and fix our traffic problems.

Road and weather geek for life.

Running till I die.

MNHighwayMan

A tornado warning actually gets you excited, rather than running for the basement.

GaryV

You knew what bombogenesis meant before last week.  (I sure didn't.)

And you can't understand why weather reporters are replacing wind chill factor with "real feel".

US 89


TBKS1

I take pictures of road signs, that's about it.

General rule of thumb: Just stay in the "Traffic Control" section of the forum and you'll be fine.

roadman

Quote from: roadguy2 on January 06, 2018, 09:55:50 AM
You have more than one weather radio.
You have both a base and a portable weather radio, and you also have the NOAA frequencies programmed into your ham radios and scanners as well.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

KEVIN_224

Computer voice: This is NOAA Weather Radio, station WXJ-42 in Meriden. I used to have a Sony Walkman which had a weather band, along with TV sound for analog channels 2 to 13. OK...this was like 1998 or 1999 we're talking about.

Hurricane Rex

#17
The only time you watch TV for more than 2 hours at any time is for severe weather events.
Edit: Or 75% of total tv watched is weather related.

Your English paper is based off of weather research from this or other times when a subject isn't given to you.
ODOT, raise the speed limit and fix our traffic problems.

Road and weather geek for life.

Running till I die.

brownpelican

Quote from: TravelingBethelite on April 22, 2016, 10:39:39 AM
...You're not outside during a storm but are tracking it on three kinds of radar inside.  :clap:

Yup. On my computer, smartphone and smart TV.

Interstate 69 Fan

you tracked all tropical storms and hurricanes in 2017...
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

Hurricane Rex

Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 29, 2018, 10:28:31 AM
you tracked all tropical storms and hurricanes tropical cyclones in 2017...

There, that defines me a little more.  :bigass:
ODOT, raise the speed limit and fix our traffic problems.

Road and weather geek for life.

Running till I die.

Interstate 69 Fan

Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 29, 2018, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 29, 2018, 10:28:31 AM
you tracked all tropical storms and hurricanes tropical cyclones in 2017...

There, that defines me a little more.  :bigass:
Same, but there were a couple that I left Un-tracked, such as TS Guchol in the WPAC.
Apparently I’m a fan of I-69.  Who knew.

Hurricane Rex

Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on February 06, 2018, 12:39:34 AM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 29, 2018, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 29, 2018, 10:28:31 AM
you tracked all tropical storms and hurricanes tropical cyclones in 2017...

There, that defines me a little more.  :bigass:
Same, but there were a couple that I left Un-tracked, such as TS Guchol in the WPAC.
Don't we all. I track a good 80-95% each year though so I'm speaking generally.
ODOT, raise the speed limit and fix our traffic problems.

Road and weather geek for life.

Running till I die.

jakeroot

...you hope a forecasted massive snow storm comes to fruition, despite knowing that (in my case) it will paralyse your city, and most likely ruin any plans you had that involved driving.

CNGL-Leudimin

Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on February 06, 2018, 12:39:34 AM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 29, 2018, 11:33:53 AM
Quote from: Interstate 69 Fan on January 29, 2018, 10:28:31 AM
you tracked all tropical storms and hurricanes tropical cyclones in 2017...

There, that defines me a little more.  :bigass:
Same, but there were a couple that I left Un-tracked, such as TS Guchol in the WPAC.

So I did, but not as in-depth as I did some few years ago. Nice that you referred to Guchol as a tropical storm, I also consider so just because it was named, if the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) was still in charge of naming storms in the Western Pacific it would have gone unnamed as they considered it no more than a tropical depression. The same holds true for the reverse (not named = not a storm regardless of what says the JTWC, save a few exceptions around Australia).
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.



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