# Yo, MADs! Ready for snow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430 "2002-12-04T14:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/121 "2003-02-14T23:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*But did you get milk, bread and toilet paper? Those are the snow essentials! \*\* Ah, but you see, I get to be a smart-ass here: 1. I’m lactose intolerant 2. I’m on Atkins, so no bread 3. I went to Costco and got a 48-pack of Cottonelle last week. And just why is it that people rush out and get milk, bread and toilet paper around here when it snows? Are they planning to make French toast and have diarreah? In a way, it’s good that we’ve gotten this much snow this year, since it’s my last winter here for at least two years. Current conditions, US Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka: 32C, chance of showers late. I’ll be there in a month and a half. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/122 "2003-02-15T00:05:03Z")
Now they’re calling for upwards of 10 inches on Sunday! Yowza!! Reminiscent of the Blizzard of 1966: more than a foot of snow with high winds and temperatures in the teens. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/123 "2003-02-15T00:24:31Z")
Man, did I feel a great weekend to come north or what?? And it’s supposed to be 80 in Jax this weekend… \ ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/124 "2003-02-15T00:33:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*Now they’re calling for upwards of 10 inches on Sunday! Yowza!! > > Reminiscent of the Blizzard of 1966: more than a foot of snow with high winds and temperatures in the teens. \*\* What about **'96**? Wasn’t that 2 feet of snow? And **False\_God** , as long as I’ve got TP, I’m fine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/125 "2003-02-15T00:38:29Z")
Um… are you saying that you would _prefer_ 80 degrees over lots of snow?!? I will never understand some people. Give me a winter wonderland any day. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/126 "2003-02-15T00:45:52Z")
Snow’s fine, just not for me. The coldest I like it is about 60F. Below that, I get chilled and my lips start chapping. But then again, I’m from California, so I’m warped by definition. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/127 "2003-02-15T00:51:27Z")
I want it to snow 12" every day until Easter. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/128 "2003-02-15T00:58:30Z")
At which point the residents of the DC area would have mutated into snow weasels --like naked mole rats in search of bread, milk and toilet paper. I nominate George Tenet. He already looks like a weasel. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/129 "2003-02-15T01:54:05Z")
Well, I don’t want it to be 80, but I don’t want a foot of snow either. You might understand if you see how far we have to walk from the boat to the showers… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/130 "2003-02-15T01:58:24Z")
Wasn’t the snow supposed to start at 6pm? :::taps foot, glances at watch::: ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/131 "2003-02-15T02:23:16Z")
Absol-freaking-lutely nothing from the north and west precincts yet. Boffo. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/132 "2003-02-15T02:25:24Z")
Can it hold off for just 24 hours?? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/133 "2003-02-15T02:26:10Z")
originally posted by **OpalCat** > [@](#): > > Wasn’t the snow supposed to start at 6pm? Patience, grasshopper . . . 🙂 originally posted by **BiblioCat** > [@](#): > > What about '96? Wasn’t that 2 feet of snow? Yes, but it wasn’t as cold and I don’t think there was much wind, therefore not a true blizzard. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/134 "2003-02-15T02:51:30Z")
Weather report for Hillsboro, VA: > [@](#): > > Tonight > Snow…possibly mixing with sleet toward dawn. Accumulation 2 to 3 inches. Lows near 30. Calm winds. > Saturday > Occasional snow…possibly mixing with sleet through mid morning. Additional accumulation 2 to 4 inches. Temperatures falling into the mid 20s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent. > Saturday Night > Occasional snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows 15 to 20. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent. > Sunday > Snow…heavy at times. Highs in the lower 20s. Several more inches of accumulation possible. Chance of snow 80 percent. > Sunday Night > Snow…heavy at times. Several more inches of accumulation possible. Temperatures steady around 20. Chance of snow 80 percent. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/135 "2003-02-15T11:26:42Z")
OK, MADs, dawn is near. Time to look out your windows and tell us what you’ve got on the ground! Here in Chesapeake Beach, the forecast was for mostly rain overnight, and rain is what we’ve got. Hasn’t made much of a dent in the snow left over from last time, but that’s on people’s lawns, and doesn’t matter. The roads are clear out thisaway. But things are just warming up, er cooling down, well, you know what I mean. As the 4:45am update of the winter storm warning says: > [@](#): > > The most important item to remember is that this winter storm is a long duration event. Accumulating snow is expected today through Monday morning. By the time snow ends on Monday morning… some locations may have seen as much as 1 to 2 **feet** over the course of the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/136 "2003-02-15T12:12:52Z")
We now have snow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/137 "2003-02-15T12:43:15Z")
Light snow, temperature 31.1, ground and driveway covered. Newspaper delivery man has thoughtfully left the paper in the street, where it’s been run over a few times. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/138 "2003-02-15T12:59:17Z")
At the Inner Harbor, it’s snowing lightly with about 1.5" on the flat surfaces of the boat. The weather guys said we’ve gotten 2-3". I didn’t bring spare shoes, so that’s not good. I’m wondering if my flight Monday morning will go… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/139 "2003-02-15T14:08:28Z")
Just got back from a quick run to Annapolis. Roads over here have the occasional slick spot, but so far are in pretty decent shape. Maybe 1" on the front steps when I returned. But it’s coming down steadily. But I’m at the SE corner of the MADzone, so I’m expecting those to the N and W of DC are getting more snow than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430/140 "2003-02-15T14:15:59Z")
Did someone mention me? 9:15AM. Temperature right at the freezing line (or maybe above). 2-3 inches overnight which didn’t start until after midnight. Still coming down steady but not heavily: a fine powdery snow. Roads are clear but wet, if you know what I mean. No worries yet. But the weekend is young, yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-mads-ready-for-snow/140430.md?page=8)