# MADs, did anyone see snow today?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 4, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019 "2003-12-04T20:55:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/1 "2003-12-04T20:55:52Z")
CNN is reporting up to 5 inches of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
I, for one, in Rockville, MD (just north of Washington DC for those of you not lucky enough to live in the Mid-Atlantic) haven’t seen a flake.
But pix on CNN show North Carolina getting it.
What’s the deal out there, children?
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### Author:  [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/2 "2003-12-04T21:00:27Z")
[Weather.com](http://Weather.com) is telling me I should be receiving some of the lovely white stuff tonight into tomorrow as a mix in Baltimore, and the skies are certainly looking foreboding enough.
More to the point, who’s the person in charge of deciding whether classes are cancelled tomorrow, and how much would I have to bribe him or her?
-K.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/3 "2003-12-04T21:05:29Z")
I was supposed to go to Phila. this weekend but told my Mom not to expect me. Even if it’s just “messy” and not “ghastly,” who needs to trudge through that?
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/4 "2003-12-04T21:06:46Z")
I’ve seen a few flakes here and there in Shippensburg. Nothing too major yet, though.
All I know is, I’m not going to school tomorrow if the roads are too bad. No reason to risk my ass on the last day!
Robin
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/5 "2003-12-04T21:11:36Z")
Around here (Knoxville, TN), they keep having to tell us that the Smokies have gotten anywhere from 4-8 inches. And they’re claiming potential snow showers Friday night/Saturday morning - so that I’ve been told to call my boss if for some reason I can’t make it in Saturday morning (yeah, whatever. Roads are way too warm - even if we get snow, the temperature’s still going to be too high for it to stick to the roads or do anything but look pretty on the grass.)
I know I’m not a MAD, but that’s what they’re saying. I just wanted to pretend I was somewhere fun for a minute, ok?
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### Author:  [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/6 "2003-12-04T21:13:42Z")
Mixture of snow, sleet, and rain here in Richmond.
God damn, how I hate winter.
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### Author:  [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/7 "2003-12-04T21:15:32Z")
My boyfriend has called and told me that it’s snowing a bit in Alexandria, near Potomac Yards. It’s very light so far though.
Here in Tysons Corner- nada.
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### Author:  [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/8 "2003-12-04T21:40:53Z")
In Foggy Bottom, in the District. we’ve been getting flurries for just over an hour now. No accumulation or anything, but it’s still a good time for this San Antonio native. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/9 "2003-12-04T21:46:42Z")
A few flakes landed on my windshield on the way home, around 3:30-ish, in Montgomery Village, but that’s been it so far.
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/10 "2003-12-04T21:47:02Z")
Up here in downtown Philadelphia the skies are overcast but there’s no snow yet.
I’ll report back tomorrow. My office _never_ closes due to weather.
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/11 "2003-12-04T21:47:54Z")
Preparing for up to 8 inches of snow in the Scranton area beginning Friday afternoon.
Commute home not looking pleasant.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/12 "2003-12-04T22:32:12Z")
Basically, it’s coming up from the SW. Places like Asheville, Wytheville, and Roanoke have gotten 4-5 inches of snow. Away from the mountains, it’s more of a mix.
Saw a few (snow)flakes here in Suitland this afternoon, but nothing that counted for anything.
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### Author:  [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/13 "2003-12-04T22:36:17Z")
Here in Arlington, VA, just across the river from Georgetown, I saw some light flurries this afternoon. I haven’t checked the window again, so I don’t know what it is doing now.
YAY snow!!
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### Author:  [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/14 "2003-12-04T22:52:04Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Kiros \*
> \*\*More to the point, who’s the person in charge of deciding whether classes are cancelled tomorrow, and how much would I have to bribe him or her?
> \*\*
Ha. Forget bribes. Practically takes a personal memo from God to cancel classes at some universities. Mine included. Especially the last day of fall semester classes, unfortunately.
Anyway, there’s not a flake in the sky here in my patch of western Pennsylvania. It’s supposed to materialize later tonight and start accumulating tomorrow with maybe 6 inches by Saturday. Blah. I need to find my scarf.
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### Author:  [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/15 "2003-12-04T23:10:30Z")
They cancel classes for ANYTHING down here in Baltimore - we’re south of the Mason-Dixon Line, you know, so when it starts snowing people completely forget how to walk, drive, work, and everything else.
Or, at least, that’s how it seems to someone who grew up in New England getting half hour delays in the morning for stuff that would paralyze the city here 😃
-K.
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### Author:  [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/16 "2003-12-04T23:58:37Z")
Damn. Obviously, I picked the wrong university. They’ve canceled classes once here in recent memory – back in February when there was a big storm over Presidents Day weekend. Other than that? None.
And Baltimore _is_ farther south than here. I forgot about that. It’s normally north of me, as I’m from Tennessee. In that case, you definitely won’t need a memo from God. The universities at home close all the time when it snows more than a half-inch or so.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/17 "2003-12-05T00:55:59Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Kiros \*
> **They cancel classes for ANYTHING down here in Baltimore - we’re south of the Mason-Dixon Line, you know, so when it starts snowing people completely forget how to walk, drive, work, and everything else.**
I noticed that, too–I lived in Bawlmer for six years, and _every single year_ there’d be an inch or so of snow, and _every single year_ everyone ran around screaming in a total panic.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/18 "2003-12-05T01:14:34Z")
Now up the mountain in the Blue Ridge…
Light sleet and a touch of snow. Not slowing down the roads yet.
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### Author:  [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/19 "2003-12-05T02:05:58Z")
Nothing here at present. Now that I’ve hustled home to get the tractor & snowblower out of the shed and into the garage, fueled and ready, nothing will happen.
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### Author:  [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mads-did-anyone-see-snow-today/217019/20 "2003-12-05T03:16:26Z")
It’s snowing here in Baltimore! I’m from California so this is the first time I’ve had a real fresh snowfall. I was so excited that I ran out in slippers. Snow is FUN. Well ask me again in a few weeks.
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