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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- | |
| Severe, long-duration snowstorm begins Friday, blizzard watch in effect | |
| 2016-01-21 | |
| [WASHINGTONPOST] The latest forecast data are insistent that a severe winter storm will unleash crippling snow and strong winds over much of the D.C. area Friday through Saturday night. On Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service issued a blizzard watch for the entire metro region due to the potential blinding combination of snow and powerful winds. "Potential life-threatening conditions [are] expected Friday night into Saturday night," the National Weather Service says. "Travel is expected to be severely limited if not impossible during the height of the storm Friday night and Saturday."
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Somebody better find Obama some Hunter Orange Golf balls. |
| Posted by: Beau 2016-01-21 22:59 |
| #12 #11 Sven - somebody needs to invent a Gore-tracker so we'll always know where the bad weather will be. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-01-21 22:52 |
| #11 What, is Gore on I-95? Stop with the Gore effect already. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-01-21 21:24 |
| #10 For the fact we still have blizzads, I blame AlGore....obviously he's still failing to eat enough beans to doom the world with methane. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2016-01-21 20:15 |
| #9 What #8 Steve said. I'm going out early tomorrow morning to pick up bird seed and gas, both of which were on the list and I need anyway. Already been to the library, and picked up a few items at the grocery store (& liquor store ;-p ), none of which was bread or milk. (Did stock up on hot chocolate mix, though.) Already have kerosene in case we lose power (we might get a "wintry mix" Friday night on top of the snow, then more snow over it). Other than that, I'm good to go - will scoop the cat box again at the last minute. (Gotta take care of the really important stuff.) Everybody in the path of the latest "Snowmageddon" stay safe and warm. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-01-21 15:58 |
| #8 Blizzards in the winter? Totally unprecedented. And by unprecedented, I mean "since the last time it happened". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-01-21 15:36 |
| #7 Bread an beer time |
| Posted by: chris 2016-01-21 15:06 |
| #6 Speaking of global warming claims, yesterday it was released that the NOAA and NASA think this is the hottest year since record keeping began 136 years ago, fourth year in a row for records... though El Nino is admitted to also be a factor deep in the article. No mention of significant differences between ground and satellite measurements, or the NOAA again getting caught modifying raw data, or the fact that some 90% of American temperature stations not meeting the rules for placement, and therefore reading higher than they ought. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-01-21 11:51 |
| #5 When Hell freezes over... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-01-21 11:26 |
| #4 We had about six of these 'potential life-threatening' blizzards last year, and they always hype the living hell out of the first one. BFD... |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-01-21 09:21 |
| #3 Mother nature doing what the Trunks won't? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-21 08:35 |
| #2 When I hear the phrase "Potential life-threatening conditions. . . " as it relates to DC, I naturally assume our Administration is dorking with us and the world by means of the State Department. Or the DOD. Or DOE. Or the EPA. Or, well, you get the idea. |
| Posted by: GORT 2016-01-21 07:49 |
| #1 the usual sources are preparing to blame this on global warming because the Atlantic near the MD/VA coast is a bit above normal in temperature |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-01-21 07:25 |