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Misc 2018 Banter & Venting Thread
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This is our claim to fame. Luck is on our side! This winter is going to rock now!
ForsythSnow
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There's something to look forward to. A big snowstorm that gives you a foot of snow that lasts for a week. Either that or you'll be screwed by a gradient that is 1 mile from your house and you'll get 1 inch while 2 miles away gets 12.
This was my plan, I'm sure I'll never put it into action but I would definitely call out sick.... and for me it's not even about the confidentiality, as you know, in NC we don't have that anyway. But for me it's more about, my luck something would happen, lose the ticket, have an accident, something and then I'd be screwed lol
You guys are too nice. I would roll into work one last triumphant time just like this
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NoSnowATL
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If this winter turns into a poop fire I think I will lose faith in all humanity.
Why? Why would it even be surprising if it is, especially in a warming world and realizing poop fire winters in the SE are not that unusual.
NoSnowATL
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I wouldn’t be surprised at all, just feel like most people believe this winter is going to be cold and wet and the snow potentially is very high. Just hope it doesn’t turn into a dud. I hate getting excited for failure. Hoping for some good legit chances this winter.
After last winter, odds are this winter will suck. Back to back great winters are a lot to ask for in the deep south.
Tarheel1
I TOLD YALL IT WASN’T GOING TO SNOW
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Last winter sucked balls. This one can only be better!
Brent
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at least yall had a lot of snow last year, didn't do much of anything here lol 3 years running now
Some areas north and west of Atl had 12-15" last winter ! So even 2-4" of snow this winter would be a bit of a letdown.
GeorgiaGirl
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08/09-10/11 and 13/14-14/15 were not that far long ago.
I should note that I'm going by it only takes one storm. I almost left off 08/09 then thought of March 2009.
Honestly GA has been spoiled the last decade. I think GA is due for some sucky winters unfortunately
Brent
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if this winter doesn't produce in Dallas I'm going to get convinced it doesn't snow here anymore
Gas station 2 miles from my house sold a 1.6billion dollar lottery ticket last night. Literally anything is possible. We have to
hold on hope for a February 1973 redux. Literally anything is possible if everything comes together right. We are overdue for a roof crusher around here
You are so due. I think you will score big this winter. I predict 6" of snow and a major icestormif this winter doesn't produce in Dallas I'm going to get convinced it doesn't snow here anymore
Fair enough. But keep in mind that the bias on average of wx hobbyists and JB is being too cold and too wintry. They want cold/wintry (especially the snow part rather than dry cold or ZR/IP) every winter and that naturally leads to overoptimism. Occasionally reality will meet expectations but usually not because hopes lead to too high expectations for the SE US in many winters. Also, even in the best of winters with lots of snow, some spots will always miss the bulk. Moreover, even when one gets snow, there so often is still disappointment because nearby locations happened to get more.
After last winter’s wildness, I’m not at all discounting the possibility uof a mild winter like Judah Cohen’s modeling is forecasting. And even if it is mild, I will still enjoy most days much more than I enjoy almost every summer day. A very warm winter day is still so much better than a “cool” summer day.
NoSnowATL
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I had 1.5 and it melted in 3 hrs.
Do you really want a roof crusher?
I could never live on east side of Atlanta. They almost always get less snow than the north and west sides. Actually I would hate to live anywhere south of 85 in GA.
ForsythSnow
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Winter of 2011-12 and 2012-2013. Those were horrible. Not to mention the warm rainy Decembers we had several years back. I actually think we are about even here.
NoSnowATL
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We get a good snow once every 4-5 years. Bright side is our severe weather is less then north and west Atlanta.
Bottom line is that weather south and east of 85 is far less interesting then north and west. Some would even see less severe as being a negative.
Why do folks like you always worry about others getting more snow even if you get snow? Can’t you just enjoy what you get if you get it? This kind of talk detracts from the enjoyment. If you get 2”, why not enjoy it as much if someone to your NW got 5” vs if that same person got 1”? It is the same 2” either way.
Tarheel1
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When you love something, enough is never enough and more is ALWAYS better!
The problem is often areas south of 85 get nothing and can go 5+ years without getting anything.
Which means that kind of person will almost never be happy. What a miserable way to live.
To be fair, it’s hard to describe that feeling when a winter storm rolls through and you’re sitting there looking at a blue radar returns 5 miles to your north while you inevitably will sit under green returns for the next couple hours if not the duration of the storm. I can assure you it’s quite painful growing up as a kid when your cousins a few miles away get to enjoy a good snow day and you have puddles of rain outside
NoSnowATL
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Happened twice to me last winter. It was horrible but I felt even worse for my 2 little girls, they kept looking out the window all night. I felt so bad.
Rosie
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This was Christmas 2015.
That's crazy. Imagine if that was snow!
Is November 1st too early to start decorating for Christmas?
ForsythSnow
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Unless you're going all out and making a massive display, which in that case you are likely too late for, yes. Usually I wait until Thanksgiving week. If you are the only one in the entire area doing it that early then definitely not.
Brent
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Oh sorry to hear that so unlucky
It seems like, for whatever reason, areas further west like Texas have a better chance for snow earlier in the season than the southeast does. I remember watching a Dallas Cowboys football game in the 90s where there was snow or ice on Thanksgiving Day! You never see that kind of weather in Atlanta in November. As far as here in the midwest, I've never been here in the fall so i'm not sure if it ever snows here in November or not.
pcbjr
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Earliest snow for me in South Bend was October 5th ... on my 19th birthday!
2 years later I got stranded on the Indiana Turnpike (Tollway) on Thanksgiving Day with over 2 1/2 feet (LES)
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My birthday is October 4th !
pcbjr
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Damn ...
NoSnowATL
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Atlanta winter starts in January and last to early March so I never expected snow or ice until Jan1. February seems to be the most active around here. Just waiting for my turn to come, hopefully this year.
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