# Winter Storm Late Jan 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851 "2010-01-29T04:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@The\_Real\_Regency\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Real_Regency_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/21 "2010-01-29T19:12:13Z")
In Durham NC, where the skies have clouded over and the temperature has dropped from 42 to 37 since lunchtime. We still have dipsticks posting to the WRAL article commentaries who are convinced that this is going to be a “dusting” or “just some cold rain” - it’s gonna suck to be them if they lose power and find themselves completely unprepared. Heard that all the grocery stores have been utter chaos since yesterday. Glad I went in early before work! ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/22 "2010-01-29T20:54:17Z")
I’m glad this one is bypassing me. We got more than our share of snow earlier this month, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/23 "2010-01-29T20:57:00Z")
> [@torie](#): > > I’m in Greenville, SC about 40 miles from the NC border, and they’re telling us that at the very least we’ll freeze over tomorrow. My husband had an important tournament tomorrow that has now had to be canceled because the North Carolina players almost certainty won’t be able to make it, so he’s sufficiently annoyed. > > Right now, it’s just cloudy. They say the rain will start very soon, though. I have school tonight from 5:30 to 10:00 so I really hope the roads are safe at 10:00 pm. Tournament? Golf tournament? LOL (probably a B-ball tournament). School on Friday night? yecch. Well it has been snowing hard since 11:30, put only about 1/2" accumulation thus far. My side street is froze over. My poor old bulldog would not get off the stoop when I put her out a few minutes ago. I guess i will have to go out with her so she can get some exercise. Stay safe and warm everyone. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/24 "2010-01-29T21:16:31Z")
6-8" is a “dumping”? pfft, that’s nawthin… up here in Maine, 6-8" is considered a _dusting_, a flurry perhaps, personally, any snowfall amount below 12" doesn’t even register on my radar as a significant amount ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/25 "2010-01-29T21:19:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Snowpocalypse '10 won’t hit Hampton Roads VA / NE North Carolina until late tonight. Right now, it’s severe clear outside my office. Will it actually hit VA? I was going to go out tonight but maybe I should stay in if the storm is going to be really bad. Everything looks fine, if a bit overcast here right now… ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/26 "2010-01-29T21:22:50Z")
I’m in Southwest MO. There was less than an inch on the ground this morning. Snowing hard now ( 3:20 PM) and up to about 4 inches. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/27 "2010-01-29T21:32:44Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > 6-8" is a “dumping”? pfft, that’s nawthin… > > up here in Maine, 6-8" is considered a _dusting_, a flurry perhaps, personally, any snowfall amount below 12" doesn’t even register on my radar as a significant amount You have to consider that we only have two or three snow plows south of the Mason Dixon and our idea of an ice scraper is whatever credit card is on top in the wallet. Maybe not that bad, but the digging-out capabilities here in Raleigh are significantly less than what we had in Maryland where I grew up, and that wasn’t exactly Snow Central. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/28 "2010-01-29T22:49:25Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > I’m in Southwest MO. There was less than an inch on the ground this morning. Snowing hard now ( 3:20 PM) and up to about 4 inches. Over here in the Bootheel, it has been snowing hard all afternoon, and we got about 2". No snow plow has gone down my street yet. I took my bulldog for a short walk. To the end of the block and back, and if it were snowing much harder, it would have been blizzard conditions. I could barely see my house from 150 yds away. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/29 "2010-01-29T23:09:44Z")
Originally this was going to hit us pretty hard, but looks like it has swung south. (Hooray!) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/30 "2010-01-29T23:27:34Z")
> [@C3](#): > > You have to consider that we only have two or three snow plows south of the Mason Dixon and our idea of an ice scraper is whatever credit card is on top in the wallet. > > Maybe not that bad, but the digging-out capabilities here in Raleigh are significantly less than what we had in Maryland where I grew up, and that wasn’t exactly Snow Central. Yep, 6-8" is not a lot (of snow, that is, you pervert) but when you don’t have the right equipment, it is paralyzing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/31 "2010-01-29T23:32:21Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Yep, 6-8" is not a lot (of snow, that is, you pervert) but when you don’t have the right equipment, it is paralyzing. Flogging a dead horse: In Central Arkansas, Snow Removal is pickup truck full of sand with three guys with shovels in front. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/32 "2010-01-30T00:30:23Z")
It’s snowing in Wake Forest! ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/33 "2010-01-30T00:41:23Z")
We have flakes here, too! It’s coming down hard and we have some pile-up on the cars, but nothing on the road, yet. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/34 "2010-01-30T00:44:17Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > It’s snowing in Wake Forest! I’m in Chapel Hill, and I thought it wasn’t supposed to start for another couple hours, but I looked out the window after reading this, and yeah, the ground is already covered. I’m pretty bitter about this storm - it cancelled something I was looking forward to, and I just hate snow in general. I grew up in Pennsylvania (just moved to NC last summer), so I’m used to snow, but I don’t like it. I was in PA for the December snow storm, so this will be my first chance to see how people down here deal with snow. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/35 "2010-01-30T00:45:51Z")
> [@C3](#): > > We have flakes here, too! It’s coming down hard and we have some pile-up on the cars, but nothing on the road, yet. Nothing yet in Gates County. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/36 "2010-01-30T00:48:04Z")
We have flakes…even in the summer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/37 "2010-01-30T00:52:03Z")
Noting that Weather Forecasting is not a Science, but a Black Art, it has been forecast that Central Arkansas will receive a dusting of an inch or two of snow, Northern Arkansas three or four inches, and the South doodly squat. There is no precipitation at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/38 "2010-01-30T02:51:41Z")
Big, fluffy snowflakes falling West of Little Rock at 8:45 CST. Long Island Mrs. Plant declares them to be “fine”. I don’t know if that means “Real New York Snow” fine, or “Go to Hell” fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/39 "2010-01-30T03:09:15Z")
I’m in SW Missouri and I think the majority of the storm has moved off to the east of here, with only some more light snow coming. Looking out my window, it seems like we have 4-5 inches of powdery snow on the ground. Not too bad. In any case, I stocked up on knitting supplies. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851/40 "2010-01-30T03:44:55Z")
Nothing here in Central Kentucky. I think it’s passed to the south of here. I guess I’ll find out in the morning! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-storm-late-jan-2010/526851.md?page=3)