Here we go again....Winter Storm Hercules

[jgillott]

The way they are talking on our news and the weather channel, we probably will not be able to buy toilet paper, milk, or bread for the next week around here. Your local news jumping off the deep end like ours is here?

 

[Wayne M.]

Yes kinda sorta. The real focus here is how the new liberal progressive NYC admin directs the DSNY and DOT. They're talkin 4-6 or 8-12. My hubs are locked.

 

[jhenderson]

Who the hell gave the weather channel the right to name storms? Last I knew, the national weather service named hurricanes and nothing else. Do they really need to hype the weather this much. We are do for up to 1ft. Big deal. I'll pay more attention to the weather channel when they can get the 3 day forecast right 3 times in a row.

 

[mwilson]

I'll be delighted if it snows, it might warm up to 10 degrees or so while it is coming down.

-20 here at 7.00 am today.

Mike.

 

[jgillott]

Who the hell gave the weather channel the right to name storms? Last I knew, the national weather service named hurricanes and nothing else. Do they really need to hype the weather this much. We are do for up to 1ft. Big deal. I'll pay more attention to the weather channel when they can get the 3 day forecast right 3 times in a row.

I'd be happy if they got the daily forcast correct 1 day in a row. Of course, the same could be said for our local news.

 

[jgillott]

Yes kinda sorta. The real focus here is how the new liberal progressive NYC admin directs the DSNY and DOT. They're talkin 4-6 or 8-12. My hubs are locked.

The 04.5 is our dedicated plow truck this point. We've had the plow and spreader on it since the beginning of the winter. We've spread some salt, but I don't think the blade has been dropped yet this year and what is this, the 8th or 9th snow advisory for us so far. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[jgillott]

I'll be delighted if it snows, it might warm up to 10 degrees or so while it is coming down.

-20 here at 7.00 am today.

Mike.

Come on down here. We are having a heat wave here. 44 and sunny this afternoon.

 

[Wayne M.]

I haven't looked at the weather channel for some time. I use the internet only and I like www.wunderground.com. The wundermap is populated with people with personal weather stations putting up their own data. I like it.

 

[mwilson]

Nobody in my area, just airport data...

If you are feeling cold, just check out our current and forecast weather...

http://www.wunderground.com/q/zmw:04457.1.99999

 

[Wayne M.]

I just did mike. You have a wind chill warning. I've not seen that before! You can get a station and be an asset.

 

[jgillott]

More stations around me that I thought there would be. The closest is Seven Springs Ski Resort which is ~ 15 miles from the house.

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=40.023,-79.297&sp=KPACHAMP2

 

[mwilson]

That might be kinda' fun, when things setlle down a bit I might do that. I have one here now but it is worn out, the bearings went out in the wind speed dingy.

Have to shop one up, but I'm not going up on the roof until spring now to change it out.

Wife and I shoveled off the garage roof this afternoon, that was about enough fun.

2 feet of snow mixed with two 1" layers of crust just to make it fun, had to use a square nosed shovel and just beat your way through it to make small enough chunks to move........

I luv' winter up here......

Mike.

 

[Wayne M.]

This is how the weather station began for me. You may remember.
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?241112-Weather-stations-for-the-home&highlight=Davis+weather

 

[JLeake]

Weathermen, the only people who can keep a job when being wrong more than half the time.

 

[Ram4Sam]

We had a winter storm hit us right before christmas, check out the carnage........:-laf
Things are tough all over!

Sam

 

[BIGNASTY]

Sam what fun is that ???????????

 

[mwilson]

My mother is rubbing it in, just sent me a text from Mesa, AZ....

"72 degrees........Come on over...."

Debating on my response right now...

Mike.

 

[jgillott]

My mother is rubbing it in, just sent me a text from Mesa, AZ....

"72 degrees........Come on over...."

Debating on my response right now...

Mike.

Ummmm. Mike....It's 80 higher there than at your place. Do you really need to think that through?

Of course you could continue to enjoy all that global warming up there.

 

[Bill Stockard]

This is how the weather station began for me. You may remember.
https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?241112-Weather-stations-for-the-home&highlight=Davis+weather

Wayne,

Yep, I remember the conversation... check our weather today. 63.4 was the high according to our weather station.
http://classic.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KTXMOUNT2

A change is coming tomorrow, however.

Bill

 

[Wayne M.]

Yes, Bill and thanks again. Now I'm following through on going live, but slowly.
Now, with this storm. TWC indeed seems to have taken the liberty and named this storm, as they're the only ones calling it a name. Here's a link to my local CBS news. Here, you'll see my new glorious mayoral family getting sworn in by another champ, and you'll see some of the fine equipment I get to play with. The Mack R model wearing a V plow is a short series of a special truck.
Story link