hahahaha - all you can do is laugh

Yup It was time for them to come around.

Actually the folks at Sterling have done a good job overall this winter.

This weather is tough to take, but it is definitely better to be forewarned.

I think the next thing the folks at the NWS will be bumping up is the winds PM Wednesday.

Unreal

Well, at least we loaded up on food and good wine.

This is pretty scary. What concerns me about this system is that two separate storms are converging in the Mid Atlantic region. I'm concerned if we get 10-20 more inches that it will substantially endanger structures like roofs. I also fear there will be additional wind damage. We all need to pray that this storm won't be as bad as the one this past weekend.

Gah!

I surrender. I'd wave the white flag but it won't be seen by Mother Nature against all the other snow.

If I don't laugh, I'll cry, so I guess it's time to crack open another beer and try to have a good sense of humor about this.

At least my lap cat seems to appreciate having me around a lot lately....

Send. Help.
Also chocolate.

I would comment but I'm too depressed. Apparently I need to save my energy for more shoveling.

Uncle! I'll have to check the 2009-2010 Official Mother Nature's Regulation Handbook. There must be mercy rule.

FR: Kinda like the mercy flush?

If this was a boxing match I would not be answering the bell for this round.

You all seem to taking all this weather punishment in great stride. Hey, won't last forever. Pretty soon this will be in the memory books and you'll laugh at your once in-a-lifetime experience. If you want, send some snow down my way. Down here is only a miserable cold rain.

Charles is right ... If there are another 20 inches, I would STRONGLY encourage people to shovel their rooftops. You're talking three or four feet on roofs, and that can cause major damage.

FR: Peter Hermann is paying a roofing company $280 to shovel his roof Tuesday, in advance of the storm. A good invetsment, I think.

Since Mother Nature has shown no intent of playing nice, I predict two consecutive days of 70 degree highs in about two weeks. All this shoveling is just practice for filling sandbags.

Hi Frank - I've had a hard time finding the official stats for this weekend's storm. I also read somebody messed up while measuring the snowfall. Do we have any official total? And where did it rank all-time?

FR: The official total is 24.8 inches. The actual amount was probably higher, but a private contractor working for the FAA at BWI screwed up the measurements. The 24.8 inches is the total measured after the storm, after it had compacted some. They were supposed to measure every 6 hours, wipe the slate clean and repeat. Less compaction. That's the second-biggest two-day storm in Baltimore history, after one in 1922.

If you know someone who is healthy enough to shovel, and unemployed - hire them to shovel your flat roofs. I did it today - paid $60 and it was done in under 2 hours. The person made some much-needed money and I can rest easier knowing my flat roof is clear of 2 feet of snow!

Hi Frank,

I saw your interview with Mr. Foote, very good interview. Shows that the array of model, satellite and raob (balloon data) information available on the internet allows students, under the proper guidance, to accurately predict the weather.

Glad you and Mr. Foote focused on the flooding potential. Right now the GFS, Canadian, UK and EC models indicate the next of couple weeks should be colder than normal but relatively dry with no more coastal storms this far north.

Day time highs in the 30s to low 40s will allow melting during the day, but refreezing at night will a make black ice situations a concern. Still this is probably the best way to melt down the arctic mantle we have accumulated without having a State full of flooded basements or worse.

I'm a hopin and prayin for some dry and cool weather for about 2-3 weeks. Followed by a warmer than normal March, April and May!

First things first though, this storm and the ensuing winds as the storm cranks up off the coast will make Wednesday afternoon and night miserable to be out.

The winds might also cause power outages so be prepared as best you can. A home emergency kit can seem kind of nerdy or like overkill until your in the dark and cold ....

My area still isn't plowed, help I wont be found alive if we recieve another 10 to 20 inches

Kate, come on over to my house. We've got lots of chocolate; it's the first essential I buy!

I'm pretty well resigned to needing a new canvas awning for the front porch after this next round. It it holds up, Huffman can use our house as one of their advertisements!

Should I ask what my captcha means - press kinshasa? What's a kinshasa? :)

FR: Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. You heard it here first.

We love a good snow, particularly on the weekend. Alas, while this news has us laughing, it's maniacal laughter. I think the recovery from another 20 inches is going to be much slower, simply because there is less space for the snow to go. Let's count the days till spring and hope this weather cycle has an end in sight before we're all needing prescriptions for the depression & anxiety drug they're advertising, Cymbalta. Until then, my drug of choice is chocolate and if this keeps up, I'll be one fat chick by spring.

I promise to never ever complain about Baltimore's summer heat and humidity.

I've read how the NWS wants snow amounts measured, clear the board every 6 hours, etc. How do they measure snow amounts when the wind is blowing?

i just moved down her 2 months ago....this place is a dump!

It is the third day since the storm (which appeared to me to end mid-day Saturday). In NW Baltimore City, essentially all but a few of the crossroads have still not been plowed, except where citizens pooled together to hire a private plow. Cars are still getting stuck on Pinkney and Strathmore, to name two streets that have historically been plowed within a day (or at most two) after a storm. I have never seen such poor response by the City! I shudder to imagine what a mess we're going to have, after the new storm(s).

If snowstorms where home runs, I'd bet the farm that Old Man Winter's been juicing this season.

Paula,

The first 90 degree day, with humidity in the 65 per cent or higher range, and we'll hear you complaining! I know I will be complaining - those AC bills can get pretty steep!!

should I be worried about a pitched roof? no way to shovel it and the house is only like 15 years old or so, but there sure is a lot of snow up there

Hey Frank you said in an earlier response that the record for one month in the baltimore area is 40 + inches. is that the state wide record.

FR: No. I suspect that record is held by Garrett County, but I don't have the number at my fingertips.

Dave Weintraub: it's the same, or likely even worse, in may area (West Arlington north of Gwynn Oak & Liberty). ALL the streets here are impassable or nearly so. The #57 bus is kaput, so to get to work I have to walk a mile through this mess to the Metro...which ALSO isn't running very well.

Another foot or more on top of "Snow-Pocalypse": DOOMSDAY.

well they are calling for a high of 79 here today. however tomorrow's high is going to be only 64 with a low of 43. burrrr!

FR: Hurricane season is coming.

Hi, Frank, once again checking in at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to see that the we're-used-to-snow Pittsburghers are having the same problems and registering the same complaints as citizens here.

Hey, people, the city workers and utiiity crews and bus drivers and snowplows and police and fire and EMTs are all heroes in my book. Please give them credit. This is an extraordinary event and would be no matter where it happened, even in Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Buffalo, you name it.

From the Pgh Post-Gazette:

City braces for 6 to 10 more inches today
Most school systems, offices shut down as storm warning threatens to add height to the snow pileup

Gene Conti checks on the generator powering essential appliances in his home in Sheraden. He has been without electricity since Friday night.

Patience wears thin for uncleared streets
"I haven't seen a plow or salt truck in four days. I don't know where they are," a Greenfield man says. City officials have been scrambling to clear secondary roads

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/#ixzz0f3Ss9Fvl

FR: Where are "big government" and "tax and spend" when you need them?

Cue the Animal House: "THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!??!"

Am I right in thinking this is going to be another heavy, wet snow event?
The last one was like picking up slabs of concrete with a shovel and redepositing them in ever-increasing heaps a foot or two to the side.

FR: It may start out wet and heavy, but change during the night to a drier, fluffier and lighter type. Small favors.

With all of the precipitation we have been having lately (we've already beaten our 2010 average), perhaps global climate change will make Maryland an early candidate for a new coastline. Currently living 4 blocks away from the Inner Harbor, I may end up with waterfront property in my lifetime!

Phil said:

i just moved down her 2 months ago....this place is a dump!

*** end of quote ***

Phil, we didn't have snow like this before you moved here. OBVIOUSLY, It's All YOUR Fault!

The Landsdown Home Depot on Washington Boulevard had about 5 roof snow rakes for $40 each left this morning at 7:30. I bought one and hope I can use it to get the snow off the canvas awnings before too much more builds up there tonight. The pole extends 17 feet, so people who are worried about their roofs might be able to use it to knock down some of the snow already up there.

Our street (downtown Baltimore) got plowed this morning. It took the poor guy probably 30+ minutes just to clear off our little 100yd stretch of road...decent sized plow with a salt load in back, but with wet/heavy snow and a layer of ice at the bottom it looked like a chore and his tires were spinning.

Fortunately, they've now made 2 passes on our street and I've seen a few SUVs successfully make it up the road with minimal spinning. Time to dig a path from my car to the cleared lane before the next 20 inches hit...

Places in Vancouver are importing snow for the Olympics. I invite Olympians and non-Olympians alike to mogul on my yard. The admission charge is that you take snow with you when you leave.

In reply to Jeff and Paula; you all better hope and pray the area does NOT get hit with a sudden warmup. The area will be in more trouble with massive flooding. You DON'T want this. Take these snowstorms in stride and you all will be ok.

on the Surface Low chart from Foot, it shows that the low pressure will develop near Hatteras as opposed to farther north as first thought. BAMMO!!!

here's the chart
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/lowtrack_public.gif

"on the Surface Low chart from Foot, it shows that the low pressure will develop near Hatteras as opposed to farther north as first thought. BAMMO!!!"

I understand this can result in more precipitation, but won't this increase the chance for more of a mixed bag?