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LYC: The snow is sticking in DC, initiate panic. (People are staring out the windows at my office debating leaving already) -- nm

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) Dec 16 '10, 07:14

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oh wow, here too. cool! the NPR weather dude said 1-3 inches at most. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:15 40
- what exactly do people think 1 inch of snow is going to do, exactly? -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:17 39
  - shut down the entire city -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:19
  - Around there...cause 100's of fender benders - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:19 4
    - I guess there's enough turnover in this town that we always have newbies. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:19 3
      - Nah, more like it's the DC area so morons are plentiful. - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:26 2
        
        very true. and really, the point is, when people drive badly, it is dangerous. it is not the ONE INCH OF SNOW, it is the driving. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:27 1
        
        Agreed. That's why I mentioned driving below. People are insane. haha. -- nm - MDH Dec 16, 07:28
  - don't look at me, I'm not going home. :) Keep in mind though that snow removal in this area is pretty poor, so it could be genuinely treacherous. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:18 24
    - It's enough to shut us down, too. Having lived in both the north and the south... - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:26 17
      - but, really, most cities don't clean an inch of snow, most start at 3 inches before they do anything. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:28 6
        
        I give up, Toronto is clearly superior. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:30 3
        
        this has *nothing* do to with Toronto. it has to do with a city that gets snow every year going home early when they expect an inch of snow. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:31 2
        
        I am not sure who you are railing at. I think people here are ridiculous. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:32 1
        
        i'm not exactly railing at people, i'm railing at the excuses coming from a place that gets snow. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:33
        
        My hometown treated the roads ahead of time, actually. - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:30 1
        
        treating ahead is good. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:31
      - exactly. Ice storms in your area are a nightmare. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:27
      - Right....but I'd imagine an inch of snow down there isn't all that common - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:27 8
        
        right. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:29
        
        We had it earlier this week. The town basically shut down for Monday and Tuesday. - Kim Pine Dec 16, 07:29 3
        
        Oh, ice is a competely different animal. I'll drive in snow, i'll drive in blizzards...i won't bother with ice. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 07:33 1
        
        yeah, there was one night in NYC when I drove from Manhattan to Queens on ice ... TERRIFYING. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:35
        
        like i said, ice is *entirely* different and very very dangerous. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:30
        
        hm, I am not sure DC gets so many, but I guess we'd have to check actual facts. Last year was a freak occurrence. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:29 2
        
        you go cross country skiing every year, you, in fact own skiis. you expect snow. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:29 1
        
        yes, I am a northerner. I spent every Christmas in Quebec City growing up. and yet, I am terrified of DC drivers in the snow. even ONE INCH. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:31
    - ONE INCH OF SNOW IS NOT TREACHEROUS. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:20 5
      - you don't have talk to me like I'm an incompetent snow driver, thanks. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:21 3
        
        You're a woman. - Bad Elf JaxSean Dec 16, 07:44
        
        You are the one who called it treacherous, fwiw. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 07:22 1
        
        the weather dude said 1-3 inches, could be more, and with zero cleanup, yeah there will be accidents. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:22
      - Word. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 07:21
  - In DC? Make every road known to man completly impassable. Seriously. - MDH Dec 16, 07:18 6
    - but, that's my point. you can, easily, drive on 1 inch of snow (even without snow tires). it's not an inch of ice. - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:19 4
      - For the record: DC is *not* the South. ;) -- nm - Don Homer Dec 16, 07:21 2
        
        then you have even less of an excuse. -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:28
        
        everywhere is pretty much the South for Andie though is it? -- nm - decline Dec 16, 07:22
      - oh, you don't have to tell us. although, I have to say, we do have big problems with ice sometimes, since it's not that cold. - loosilu Dec 16, 07:21
    - the not knowing how to drive is what makes it bad. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 07:19
  - (exactly.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 16, 07:17

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