Seriously, enough with the berkeleying snow...

Another foot and a half this morning. There's no longer any place to move it to.

I love snow. I ski. I snowshoe. I have a plow and a snowblower. I am officially sick of this E36 M3.

Sorry, Florida, but I am no longer planning to retire to Maine. I'm going South like everybody else. This Winter has beaten me down.

Al Gore can kiss my ass.

Sad thing is this is what they would see every winter 20-30 years ago.

In reply to JtspellS:

Yeah... It seems we were spoiled by the general lack of snow for a number of years... It is was it is... Still wouldn't move to Florida... I still prefer this to hurricanes...

JtspellS wrote: Sad thing is this is what they would see every winter 20-30 years ago.

Well...not exactly...considering we had hit an all-time-since-records-have-been-kept snow amount BEFORE this most recent storm hit here.

XJ FTW again BTW.

JtspellS wrote: Sad thing is this is what they would see every winter 20-30 years ago.

No, 20 years ago, in 1981, I remember being warm enough in January that we were able to go outside and play catch.

I also remember that 1977, the year we moved west, was a very, very snowy year for the mid-west. But before we moved, I don't recall the mid-west being all that snowy.

What I do remember- first- years are variable. second- this is winter, it snows. that's what it's supposed to do.

alfadriver wrote:

JtspellS wrote: Sad thing is this is what they would see every winter 20-30 years ago.

No, 20 years ago, in 1981, I remember being warm enough in January that we were able to go outside and play catch. I also remember that 1977, the year we moved west, was a very, very snowy year for the mid-west. But before we moved, I don't recall the mid-west being all that snowy. What I do remember- first- years are variable. second- this is winter, it snows. that's what it's supposed to do.

Global warming is not that drastic, that fast. If it was, then there wouldn't be any dispute over it. To prove my point, I'm trying to find historical snowfall data, but it's hard to come by.

Please send it to us. We will take it gladly. Our local ski hill could use it. The snowbanks in my driveway are normally above my head by mid-Feb and I am 6'4". Right now they are maybe 3 ft.

I find that I don't mind the snow as much as the 40 consecutive days (and running) below freezing... 7 in a row below 10F and "plug the engine block heater in" cold at night.

Snuck Fow. I'm done with it. We're moving to Maui.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I find that I don't mind the snow as much as the 40 consecutive days (and running) below freezing... 7 in a row below 10F and "plug the engine block heater in" cold at night.

10F for a block heater?

My brother in Fairbanks laughs at you.

(in theory, they are intended for <-20F- all OEM's I know of have a target of being able to start, unassisted, at -20- but I do recognize that warmish water does heat better than -20... )

Brotus7 wrote: Global warming is not that drastic, that fast. If it was, then there wouldn't be any dispute over it. To prove my point, I'm trying to find historical snowfall data, but it's hard to come by.

I'm not commenting about global warming, but people's recollection of past winters. Some are harsh, cold, and/or snowy. Some are not.

They were not all harsh, cold, and snowy, where we all walked through 6 feet of snow, in a driving blizzard, uphills (both ways), to school.

Shows like MASH makes us think that South Korea was a harsly cold place in winter, when they just had their first recorded winter at 10F.

jeebus. I'm actually looking forward to some more...preferably on the weekend. v1.0 of the luge in the back yard was cool. The next one will be berkeleying epic.

Woody wrote: Al Gore can kiss my ass.

I hope you're prepared to wait in a long line. While he's kissing you, can I kick him in the ghoulies?

Alfa, sorry, I didn't mean to direct that towards you.

Anyways, the cold was bad. It was something like -15 here earlier this week, brrr. That being said, my TDI started no problem with a 5 year old battery and no block heater. It really amazes me because the old Benz diesels I'm used to certainly wouldn't go.

I think we have 2.5-4 feet of standing snow around my apartment now (excluding snowbanks), stupid snow drifts.

Last Monday I drove up to Tupper Lake and it was below zero all of the way. Sunshine and no wind made it a beautiful day on the lake,

I was thinking one day that when I was a child,I still live on the same street, that we had bigger snow banks. Then I realized that they just plowed the streets making big banks. Now they melt most of it with salt.

Wally, before you move to Florida, take a trip to south Fla. in August. You might change your mind.

alfadriver wrote: I'm not commenting about global warming, but people's recollection of past winters. Some are harsh, cold, and/or snowy. Some are not. They were not all harsh, cold, and snowy, where we all walked through 6 feet of snow, in a driving blizzard, uphills (both ways), to school. Shows like MASH makes us think that South Korea was a harsly cold place in winter, when they just had their first recorded winter at 10F.

True. 2008 was the snowiest winter on record here in Ann Arbor, but everyone just automatically assumes it was 1978 because of one damn storm. Weather is funny.

I remember the winter of '77 very well. That was the year I moved from Ohio to Miami. Pulled out my drive, it was -10, 6 feet of snow by the road, 4 feet in the back yard. Got to Miami, my Riviera had probably 20 pounds of salt and crud on it. And it snowed. Jan 17 1977. Hasn't done it since.

I just got home from another night of digging out stuck buses, and since I was added at the last minute I had a 12 yr old Lumina instead of a 4x4 so I got to dig myself out a few times. For the first time I remember we suspended service at midnight and didn't send any more buses out until about 7 this morning when roads started to be passable. In ten hours I dug out 9 buses, went through 250 lbs of salt, and took three accident reports. Is it almost spring?

alfadriver wrote: My brother in Fairbanks laughs at you. (in theory, they are intended for <-20F- all OEM's I know of have a target of being able to start, unassisted, at -20- but I do recognize that warmish water does heat better than -20... )

Owners manual for the Duramax says 0F is the plug-in point. It was -13 here at night. I need to drive it at 6AM. You brother in Fairbanks should not be laughing. It's a frozen tundra E36 M3hole.

I just heard the official total for airport area of CT for the month of January- 56.9". This breaks the previous record of 45" set in 1945...and the month isn't over, yet...and more snow is predicted for this weekend.

D.C. to Richmond took me 5 hours yesterday - 3 hours of bumper to bumper creeping followed by 2 hours of white knuckle driving at (and beyond) the limits of visibility, using the rumble strip on the shoulder as a lane guide.

25 mph + 100 foot visibility X 50 miles = scary

On a brighter note - RWD rental + snow + empty parking lot = big smile

iceracer wrote: Wally, before you move to Florida, take a trip to south Fla. in August. You might change your mind.

http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2008/04/one-of-many-reasons-south-beach-is-dope.html

...anyway--I went to clear off a bit of my back patio, which I haven't shoveled out all winter. The snow in my yard is knee-deep with drifts up to 4 feet. The piles at the end of my driveway are now kissing 7 feet.

I'm so ready for spring.

I will say though--I do love driving on snowy roads when they don't have much traffic on them. The novelty of winter tires doesn't get old w/ me.