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GOTTA GET THE BREAD AND MILK

Looks like we’re going to get hit with a big snowstorm between Sunday and Tuesday. Looks like most of the models are showing 1 to 2 feet of snow. This model shows 40 inches for my location. I sure hope it’s wrong.

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We moved here in October 1995. That winter we had a 30 inch snowstorm, but the wind blew it towards our house and it was piled at least 4 feet high. It took me six hours to dig out one side of our driveway. I knew I should have bought a snowblower last year. If I don’t show up after Tuesday, you can assume I died of a massive coronary from shoveling.

Now I gotta get the milk and bread!!!!!!!

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MEANWHILE….IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM ON ROUTE 309

My son works on Route 309. When he left work today 309 was gridlocked. He thought it was just the snow. But it was really the fault of a Jewish Camel. You just can’t make this shit up.

Via Philly Voice

Snow Camel

A camel showed up in Pennsylvania during Thursday’s snowstorm

In case you hadn’t heard, eastern Pennsylvania had some snow on Thursday. Way more snow fell than people expected, which caused some problems on roads.

Traffic reports started rolling in from all across the state, but one stood out because of two crucial words:

Snow Camel.

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SHOULDA BOUGHT A SNOW BLOWER

The first winter in our new house in 1995 we had a 3 foot snowstorm with 4 and 5 foot drifts. My oldest son was 2 years old. The other two weren’t born. I owned one shovel. It took me six hours to shovel out one side of the driveway. A nice neighbor eventually put a plow on the front of his lawn tractor and cleared the rest for me.

It’s now 22 years later and I still don’t own a snow blower. With three sons and five shovels, we’ve made do over the years. All my neighbors have snow blowers and they only get to use them a couple times per year, so they usually clear my front walk. Only one son at home now, so tomorrow’s blizzard will be a lot of work for the two of us. It looks like I’m in the 18 to 24 inch zone.

If you don’t hear from me after Tuesday, you can assume the Big One was the culprit.


50 Million Americans Prepare For “Potentially Historic” Winter Storm

The weather weanies have been referencing the January 1996 storm that hit my area. We had just moved into our new house in October 1995. I was 32 years old and in good shape. We had one two year old. I still remember that storm. It snowed and snowed and snowed for 48 hours. We ended up with 31 inches of snow, but the wind blew towards my house and the drifts were four feet. I had one shovel. It took me 8 hours to shovel one side of the driveway. I used to like big snowstorms. I don’t anymore. I hope the forecasts are wrong. I’m not up for shoveling for eight hours again. 

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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/19/2016 15:07 -0500

With the exception of a handful of one-time events, it had been such a mild winter across most of the U.S. that numerous retailers have been complaining how negatively impacted their topline has been as a result of the warmer weather (clearly having forgotten how they complained about precisely the opposite in prior years).

All that is about to change, and all those warm weather-slammed retailers are about to get just the top line-boosting gift they have been waiting for because according to AccuWeather, the Northeast – from Charleston all the way to Boston – is about to be hit with a major winter storm, with the potential for heavy snow to impact more than 50 million people at the end of the week.

AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Dombek says that “we are just now at the point [of the winter] where the air is cold enough with the ongoing storms to awaken a sleeping giant in terms of a snowstorm.”

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ANOTHER GLOBAL WARMING SNOWSTORM

Oh, I forgot. It’s climate change now. Nothing like tons of snow before Thanksgiving to prove that global warming is here. I just wish global warming wasn’t so cold. How will the seas ever rise if it stays this cold? I’m sure I just don’t get it. Computer models that can’t accurately predict how much snow I’ll get today are surely accurate in predicting global climate change. Right?

It looks like I’m in the 4 to 6 inches zone for today’s global warming snowstorm. The adorable weather authorities have named it Cato. Luckily, I don’t have to travel today. Just headed to my sister-in-laws house tomorrow for turkey, beer, insults, and watching the Eagles kick some Cowboy ass.

SNOW IN WEST PHILLY

I bet you thought I was talking about me being white in West Philly. Nope. We had 6 inches of snow last night. Public and Catholic schools were closed today. I, on the other hand, had the fastest commute to work in over two years. I got here in 42 minutes versus my normal 1 hour plus. There was virtually no one on the roads. This is another example of why were are doomed. We’ve become a bunch of mamby pambys and jackwagons. Did all these people stay home, huddled in a fetus position because a few inches of snow fell on the ground? There was no snow on the roads. The snow stopped at 3:00 am and the snow plows did their jobs, at least until I arrived in the City of Phila.

The good thing about snow in West Philly is that momentarily, the dirt, trash, garbage, dead bodies, rats, and other vermin are blanketed in the relaxing color of white. Snow can make a slum look beautiful.

The beloved mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, put out a long press release yesterday announcing that the city was fully mobilizing all forces to battle this winter storm. He proudly declared that 450 trucks would hit the streets and save the day. Somebody must have foregotten West Philly. Every road I travelled on until I reached Phila had been completely cleared. From the time I exited the Schuykill at the Zoo, every road I drove on or observed was completely 100% snow covered, 5 hours after the snow had stopped. I swear to God I passed two huge plows PARKED on Chestnut Street (which was snow covered). Both trucks were filled to overflowing with salt.

What Mayor Nutter failed to take into account was that he directs an entire work force made up of union workers.

You can bet your ass that 25% of the union snow removal workers called in sick yesterday. Union workers see sick days as vacation days. Every time they earn one, they use it as soon as possible. This is the union mentality. When these drones called in sick yesterday, the old timers with the most seniority filled in and got paid double time. This is how you end up with garbagemen raking in $200,000 in a year. We all know that union workers are so much more productive than non-union workers.

I pay thousands of dollars per year in wage taxes to Phila and use absolutely none of the City’s services. This money is pissed down a bottomless pit of union wages, benefits and pensions. The one thing that would slightly benefit me would be a cleared street after a snowstorm. I can guarantee you that the streets I use in West Philly will still have snow on them next Monday when I drive into work.