Okay, so I meant flurrying, but still!

It was 32 degrees outside today! It was 70 something a couple days ago! Stupid Blacksburg stupid mountains stupid autumn. The low tonight is 31 but I think it's going to get lower than that.

The high tomorrow is 45 :( but with 40mph wind gusts so whats that, like 20 degrees?

Blah

where are you?

blacksburg, virginia


home of the v tech

and nothing else

Originally posted by peabody
blacksburg, virginia


home of the v tech

and nothing else

true that

we got sum purdy mountains an sum purdy trees

Snowing in Virginia... what the hell I want snow. I assume you're at a higher elevation? I'm north of you and I supposed the ocean could have something to do with it but it hasnt hit 40 yet.

uhhh Blacksburg is only at 2000ft

it does this every year though. It will be warm one week and then all of the sudden -50 degrees outside. Blacksburg, for some reason, is also always windy and it makes it almost unbearable to walk to class when it is cold.

And you can have all the snow this year, I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate driving in it. I came pretty close to being a serious accident because of winter weather before and blah I hate it.

The weather does pretty much the same thing here in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. It sucks.

Originally posted by vipbrj
uhhh Blacksburg is only at 2000ft

it does this every year though. It will be warm one week and then all of the sudden -50 degrees outside. Blacksburg, for some reason, is also always windy and it makes it almost unbearable to walk to class when it is cold.

And you can have all the snow this year, I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate driving in it. I came pretty close to being a serious accident because of winter weather before and blah I hate it.

Being farther north means more snow but usually it means road crews are better equiped to handle the snow... that and I don't drive... so I don't hate the snow at this point.

We have two inches on the ground.

I just had to turn the heater on - God it smells awful right now. :(

nooo! I love the smell of heaters! I don't know why

My favorite smell in the world is a distance fireplace

As in you are driving down a back road on a crisp afternoon and smell someones fireplace burning. Oh man I love that smell.

Originally posted by vipbrj
nooo! I love the smell of heaters! I don't know why

My favorite smell in the world is a distance fireplace

As in you are driving down a back road on a crisp afternoon and smell someones fireplace burning. Oh man I love that smell. No, the fireplace is a good smell - but turning the furnace on for the first time of the year sucks because it burns all the shit that's in the vents off. Ick.

Thank the Lord for candle warmers.

Originally posted by vipbrj
nooo! I love the smell of heaters! I don't know why

My favorite smell in the world is a distance fireplace

As in you are driving down a back road on a crisp afternoon and smell someones fireplace burning. Oh man I love that smell.

Smell of burning wood is great... my woodburning stove is lit right now... I find it oddly comforting.

Heating rates went up 24% around here... all hail to the stove.

I wish it was colder around here. This month alone we've had 13+ inches of rain. It's like 1inch of rain=10 of snow that would be nuts.

yeah it's really cold and rainy today. i loved it.

I love the snow. I don't like shoveling 6 feet of snow, but snow is fantastic. Go out and have fun.

waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh

Originally posted by AndySlash
waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh Oh, whatever! You guys are pussies and build walkways between all your buildings so you don't even have to go outside!

it's been all gray and dreary the last couple of days...I can feel winter coming. it's kind of funny to think of the freshman that I know from california and florida. they don't know what to expect. a few of them have never seen snow before, or owned a winter jacket. haha should be fun for them. I love it.

We've earned that right, mofo.

Today...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain and snow showers this morning...Then a chance of rain and snow showers this afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. Blustery with highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.

Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers. Up to an inch of snow accumulation possible in the higher elevations. Blustery and cold. Lows in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

I miss snow. :(

Originally posted by vipbrj
snow showers

Another thing that's great is how the tiniest accumulations shuts down entire states down there.

Originally posted by AndySlash


Another thing that's great is how the tiniest accumulations shuts down entire states down there.

What? It snows here all the time, we are alright with handling snow. The only thing that fucks things up is that we get a lot of ice, which is significantly harder to control.

Originally posted by vipbrj


What? It snows here all the time, we are alright with handling snow. The only thing that fucks things up is that we get a lot of ice, which is significantly harder to control.

we basically only get ice here. we're not that far east of you, but we're out of the mountains. most of the snow gets dumped in the mountains, so we usually don't get much.
the only time we get significant precipitation here is when the fronts come up from the south, pulling gulf moisture with it. in these situations, though, we're usually right on the freezing line. we get freezing rain way more than we get snow.

freezing rain SUCKS, because thats how you lose power for days and days and days.

They only closed campus once last year and that was for half a day (until the sun came out) when it iced the night before. they close the k-12 schools more often, but thats because they don't want school buses driving down windy backass roads the kids live on when there is bad weather.

I think the schools around here have 10 snowdays built into their schedule, and if they don't use them up they get out earlier in june/may

We're having wind gusts of 50 mph, and it's 37 and pouring rain.

I'M GONNA GO 4 A WALK!!!!

Originally posted by sppunk
We're having wind gusts of 50 mph, and it's 37 and pouring rain.

I'M GONNA GO 4 A WALK!!!!

DO ITTT!!!

I just walked across campus to get my lunch! It was worth it though, I went to Au Bon Pain and got a salad, a jalapeno cheese bagel, beef stew, and a power ade!

Oh and I brought the cookies I made on Sunday to class and everyone loved them!

Originally posted by vipbrj
What? It snows here all the time, we are alright with handling snow. The only thing that fucks things up is that we get a lot of ice, which is significantly harder to control.

Ice/snow/whatever.

My buddy is from VA and lives up north in Park Rapids now. When he goes home and drives around in snow or freezing rain, his family says "oh you shouldn't go out in this weather" or, if they're with him, "SLOW DOWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN".

Originally posted by vipbrj
freezing rain SUCKS, because thats how you lose power for days and days and days.

They only closed campus once last year and that was for half a day (until the sun came out) when it iced the night before. they close the k-12 schools more often, but thats because they don't want school buses driving down windy backass roads the kids live on when there is bad weather.

I think the schools around here have 10 snowdays built into their schedule, and if they don't use them up they get out earlier in june/may

we hardly missed any days at vcu because of snow/freezing rain, even when it was warranted. it's not fun to try to parallel park (most of the students are commuters) when the plows have pushed all the snow into the areas you'd normally be parking.

people here can't drive in the snow/ice at all. people freak out if they even hint that we might get snow or ice. i don't mind driving in the snow/ice, but i'm paranoid about what everyone else is doing.

we typically weren't without power for too long when we had the ice storms. for a while my neighbor was on the priority list for getting the power fixed because of his grandchildren that lived there having medical conditions. they don't live there anymore.
the worst power-outage we had was in 2003 after isobel. i live in the city and i was without power for 11 days. it was never more than 2-3 because of ice.

Originally posted by AndySlash


Ice/snow/whatever.

My buddy is from VA and lives up north in Park Rapids now. When he goes home and drives around in snow or freezing rain, his family says "oh you shouldn't go out in this weather" or, if they're with him, "SLOW DOWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN".

my parents are always paranoid about going out in the snow/ice and used to always tell me i shouldnt go out. i've only ever had a problem once and that was my fault. i tried to parallel park too quickly on ice once and clipped a telephone pole. oops. no major damage though.

Kathryn's freaking the fuck out about driving in the snowy wintery conditions.

Any advice I can give her? Keep in mind, we live in a fucking city so it's not like we'll be traveling through West Virginia's hills to get anywhere ...

Originally posted by AndySlash


Ice/snow/whatever.

My buddy is from VA and lives up north in Park Rapids now. When he goes home and drives around in snow or freezing rain, his family says "oh you shouldn't go out in this weather" or, if they're with him, "SLOW DOWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN".

well it really depends on where in VA he is from

Originally posted by sppunk
Kathryn's freaking the fuck out about driving in the snowy wintery conditions.

Any advice I can give her? Keep in mind, we live in a fucking city so it's not like we'll be traveling through West Virginia's hills to get anywhere ...


tell her not to slam on the gas if she starts getting stuck in the snow!

Originally posted by vipbrj



tell her not to slam on the gas if she starts getting stuck in the snow! Maybe you can give her some winter driving lessons! We probably should've bought a 4x4 Rav4, but they didn't have one and we had to turn in the rental car in a few hours.

Originally posted by sppunk
Maybe you can give her some winter driving lessons! We probably should've bought a 4x4 Rav4, but they didn't have one and we had to turn in the rental car in a few hours.

Its okay I've been driving during the witer at night with my Grand Am, it does fine. I just can't go as fast as everyone else! But I had a bad experience with an icy bridge so I am a little paranoid about driving in the snow.

Originally posted by vipbrj


Its okay I've been driving during the witer at night with my Grand Am, it does fine. I just can't go as fast as everyone else! But I had a bad experience with an icy bridge so I am a little paranoid about driving in the snow. At least you didn't die.

I'm eating pumpkin pie - it made me think of you. :erm

man I'm jealous.
everyone here was freaking out because it got down to the 50s. "OMGGG IT'S SO FUCKING COLD!!" I thought it was great.
It'll be back in the 80s soon. :(

Originally posted by deathofromeo
man I'm jealous.
everyone here was freaking out because it got down to the 50s. "OMGGG IT'S SO FUCKING COLD!!" I thought it was great.
It'll be back in the 80s soon. :(

texans are pussies when it comes to "cold" weather. myself in.cluded.

Originally posted by vipbrj
well it really depends on where in VA he is from

OK.

I haven't gone sledding since I was 15. Riding a sled is the funnest. But sometimes I'm too embarassed to do it. I think I'm gonna find a nice isolated spot in the mountains to go sledding later this year.

its not like minnesota even gets that much snow. its pretty dry compared to the northeast

I've seen snow once in my life when I went snowboarding.
twice if you count the "snow" in Houston last christmas eve

I've seen snow plenty of times but I've only actually seen snow fall from the sky twice in my life.

Originally posted by deathofromeo
I've seen snow once in my life when I went snowboarding.
twice if you count the "snow" in Houston last christmas eve

i would love to snowboard. and see snow. technically i saw snow back in 1985 when it last snowed in san antonio but i was only 3 years old and my mom wouldn't let me play in it because i had a slight cold or something so i was just standing at the see through door crying watching my siblings play in the snow. or so i'm told.

Originally posted by Illinois
its not like minnesota even gets that much snow. its pretty dry compared to the northeast

Prove it.

The northeast gets more coverage about big snowfalls because of the amount of people it affects. No one gives two shits about the 22 inches dumped in Aitkin.

Supposedly this year will be dry and much warmer according to forecasts. The last couple years have been dry, but cold, up to February or so and then we got dumped on.

Originally posted by AndySlash


Prove it.

The northeast gets more coverage about big snowfalls because of the amount of people it affects. No one gives two shits about the 22 inches dumped in Aitkin.

Supposedly this year will be dry and much warmer according to forecasts. The last couple years have been dry, but cold, up to February or so and then we got dumped on.

<img src="http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/pcpn/us_precip.gif">

Wow, you proved the east gets more PRECIPITATION.

*slow clap*

what do you think snow is, guy?

Originally posted by spa ced


i would love to snowboard. and see snow. technically i saw snow back in 1985 when it last snowed in san antonio but i was only 3 years old and my mom wouldn't let me play in it because i had a slight cold or something so i was just standing at the see through door crying watching my siblings play in the snow. or so i'm told.

yeah it snowed in Nashville, but I was only 1. it snowed when we lived in Arlington too, but I was still to young to remember. There's video of my sister playing outside.
one time when I was in 3rd grade it started to snow but it melted before it even touched the ground. and then the ice storm came along and we treated it like snow. little kids throwing "snow balls" that's really hail is NOT safe...
I was so jealous of my sister last christmas eve because she was in galveston and they got like 7 inches of snow. now she live in illinois where she'll definitely get snow!

God.

<img src="http://wwwa.accuweather.com/www/phoenix2/images/adc/promotional/average.jpg">

Now I'll eat my words.

Precip *******s rain. The snow map is what I wanted to see.