Incredible that 2 inches of snow can paralyze cities. Quite a few friends took 8+ hours to get home, where generally it takes 25 minutes. Why anyone decided to go to work or, in my case, send kids to school is beyond me. Next time I don't care what the school board says.

Quote from: duccarlos on January 29, 2014, 06:57:02 AM
Incredible that 2 inches of snow can paralyze cities. Quite a few friends took 8+ hours to get home, where generally it takes 25 minutes. Why anyone decided to go to work or, in my case, send kids to school is beyond me. Next time I don't care what the school board says.

The weathermen all blew the call. They were ready further south.

Yeah, they were saying 1/2 inch up where I am. But worse was the fact that one of my kids came home on time via the school bus and I had to brave the 2 mile run to get my daughter. They had quite a few kids in the area that had to sleep at the schools. It's ridiculous that a few weeks ago they closed the schools just because it was very cold. I spent last night trying to get some friends off the roads and into other friends' homes for the night.

It was bad here as well, he'll they even closed the base.

Why would they close the base? They don't have the equipment to clear the roads?

-18F here this morning and its business as usual.

Quote from: duccarlos on January 29, 2014, 08:21:11 AM
Why would they close the base? They don't have the equipment to clear the roads?

Probably not... the ones up here outside DC did a shitful job clearing off after the storm the other week and they would have more cause to have snow gear than stuff further south.

A fluff piece on the news was about Tallahassee and it's one plow spreader truck, from the 80's 

Quote from: duccarlos on January 29, 2014, 08:21:11 AM
Why would they close the base? They don't have the equipment to clear the roads?

Nope

Quote from: WarrenJ on January 29, 2014, 08:32:30 AM
-18F here this morning and its business as usual.

It'll be 65-68 here in two days.

It's amazing what a little snow can do to cities that aren't prepared. A couple inches all but shuts down Seattle because the DOT doesn't have enough plows to clear everything. At best they just keep I-5 and other major highways as clear as they can. Everyone else are on their own. Add in our many hills and it's chaos.

We almost never get actual snow in north Texas. It's usually freezing rain or sleet. Hell, we even had freezing fog last month. WTF? A thin layer of ice can cripple a giant metroplex in a heart beat. Yeah, we have shitty drivers when it's dry, warm and sunny. Imagine those yahoos on the ice thinking they are all bad ass. We don't get enough practice in weather like that even though we do have lots of sanding trucks. No need for plow trucks... again, no snow.

That same crap that hit Atlanta, etc. hit us back in December. Same thing resulted. Ehh, like here, just wait 2-3 days and it will all be gone and 60-70 degrees.

Back porch at 1400 yesterday.

It was just a little storm. 

Still nice here in SoCal (despite the damn fog)