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Misc Cold Season Complaining

YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
Blizzard 93—lived in High Point a few miles south of PTI airport. Experienced all 4 precip types (rn, frz rn, ip, sn). Woke up to .5’’ on ground Sat morning (sn/ip mix) with mostly frz rn/ip throughout the day until storm really got cranking... Ended up with 5’’ total.

Of note, only Blizzard Warning I’ve ever remembered in NC outside of the mountains (I think as far east as Alamance Co) Soil was completely saturated from previous rain events, resulting in trees uprooting and falling due to weight of ice and winds (as opposed to snapping branches which is much more common in ice storms). I saw a few large oak trees that didn’t survive this one.

I’d love to experience it again, although I think the Triangle got shafted though. (something like 2’’ of slush, lol)
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Only Blizzard Warnings we get in the Southeast these days are on the Louisiana Gulf Coast! 😂

My parents used to talk about that storm, too. They lived right near PTI airport during it. I think we lost power from their recollection. I was a baby then, so I don’t remember it at all, LOL. The first storm I remember anything of was the Blizzard of ‘96, mainly because we built an igloo. Lived a little south of Thomasville for that one, though.
 
superjames1992 said:
Only Blizzard Warnings we get in the Southeast these days are on the Louisiana Gulf Coast! 😂

My parents used to talk about that storm, too. They lived right near PTI airport during it. I think we lost power from their recollection. I was a baby then, so I don’t remember it at all, LOL. The first storm I remember anything of was the Blizzard of ‘96, mainly because we built an igloo. Lived a little south of Thomasville for that one, though.
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I was 4 years old and we were between Birmingham and Atlanta and all I really remember was walking to a friend of my parents house in snow drifts that were taller than me because I guess he had power. Mom was pregnant

I really wish I remembered the lead up more.... Apparently people thought Glenn Burns had lost his mind because he predicted it like 4 days before when it was 75 degrees and Atlanta didn't change over til like 5am 🤣 but boy when it did it apparently went straight to blizzard conditions

Even the dude who worked in radio in the town we lived apparently thought everyone was crazy then he didn't go home for 5 days
 
Brent said:
I was 4 years old and we were between Birmingham and Atlanta and all I really remember was walking to a friend of my parents house in snow drifts that were taller than me because I guess he had power. Mom was pregnant

I really wish I remembered the lead up more.... Apparently people thought Glenn Burns had lost his mind because he predicted it like 4 days before when it was 75 degrees and Atlanta didn't change over til like 5am 🤣 but boy when it did it apparently went straight to blizzard conditions

Even the dude who worked in radio in the town we lived apparently thought everyone was crazy then he didn't go home for 5 days
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jrips27 said:
This is a professional TV met. Why are you talking like this
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A good meteorologist should be like a good commander IMO. Never frazzled, never swayed by a few unexpected events. The meteorologist's role is to provide as much detailed, pertinent information as possible to their audience and get out of the way. We're losing that in today's social media clickbait frenzy world.

That post you shared does nothing but terrify people and provides no guidance, no information. Just pure fear mongering so people will keep following along and hoping eventually the kid gives them some pertinent information.
 
Never been to Nashville
Have been to Chattanooga, enjoyed that a lot
Also random, but if you’re visiting Pigeon Forge, I highly recommend a restaurant called the Lazy Goat
Been a few years , but food was amazing
 
Drizzle Snizzle said:
Today is the anniversary of when the tornado hit downtown Atlanta. Does anyone remember that storm ?
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That was 2008 during the SEC tournament as well. Pretty crazy!

espnpressroom.com

ESPN Films’ SEC “Storied” Series Continues with Documentary on Atlanta Tornado During 2008 SEC Basketball Tournament

Miracle 3 Photos | Trailer ESPN Films’ next SEC “Storied” documentary, Miracle 3, will premiere on Sunday, March 3, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The film chronicles the dramatic events that ensued after a tornado hit downtown Atlanta as the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament was being played at the...
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superjames1992 said:
Only Blizzard Warnings we get in the Southeast these days are on the Louisiana Gulf Coast! 😂

My parents used to talk about that storm, too. They lived right near PTI airport during it. I think we lost power from their recollection. I was a baby then, so I don’t remember it at all, LOL. The first storm I remember anything of was the Blizzard of ‘96, mainly because we built an igloo. Lived a little south of Thomasville for that one, though.
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Yea, and honestly the 96 Blizzard was more memorable at least for the Triad. Most snow since 88.

It's not talked about too often, but the early 90's were terrible for snowfall around here. (I think KGSO didn't record measurable snowfall for two whole winters between 1990-92)
 
GaStorm said:
That was 2008 during the SEC tournament as well. Pretty crazy!

espnpressroom.com

ESPN Films’ SEC “Storied” Series Continues with Documentary on Atlanta Tornado During 2008 SEC Basketball Tournament

Miracle 3 Photos | Trailer ESPN Films’ next SEC “Storied” documentary, Miracle 3, will premiere on Sunday, March 3, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The film chronicles the dramatic events that ensued after a tornado hit downtown Atlanta as the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament was being played at the...
espnpressroom.com
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I was just looking into it probably last week since the Dawgs will be going back to the NCAAT for the first time in a decade, didn't realize that there was a "Storm Stories" on it, or that Storm Stories was still around.

I thought it was discontinued, and maybe it had been for a while. What I watched on it was pretty good but just doesn't feel quite the same as little kid me watching Storm Stories.

Edit: Hmm, actually, this was one of the last few episodes before this series was sunsetted.
 
I see we’ve reached the classic point in time in the threat thread that the “it’s probably not gonna happen”ers and the “it’s gonna be much worse than they say”ers are going at it…..wind, rain, snow, it’s the same point in every threat that brings out the fun times. 🙃
 
Not sure where to put this question so I’ll try this thread-is there a good weather AM radio station—for alerts and info and such? Had an old soul ask and didn’t know the answer….
 
Drizzle Snizzle said:
EyesIt's really sad how dumb some people are.
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Nba Playoffs GIF by Milwaukee Bucks
 
Avalanche said:
Sad. I’ve always loved geography but most don’t.
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I just can't imagine especially living in tornado/dixie alley and not being aware. It boggles my mind. It's such a simple thing. Like I'm not even native here and I figured it out and I know every county in Alabama from living there so long
 
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So something tangentially related to the goings on is the wind. I had a conversation today with someone in Walmart about it and we both agreed it's gotten a lot windier in the last 4-5 years. I went back and looked at my PWS that's been in the same location and I do see a small uptick in average wind speeds beginning in 2021. Not a lot but shows up on the graph.

The afternoon seabreezes here have gotten especially noticable in summer. We've always had them but now they roar at 20-30mph often in summer. I'm 25 or so miles from the coast for reference. Even outside of that it just "feels" like it's always windy these last few years. 2023 was the least windy on the graph and coincidentally the only year since 2020 we've had what can be called normal summer convective rainfall.
 
“Erin go bragh” from the location of the South’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
 
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