Snow Panic Scale

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

My wife found this delightful tidbit that strikes this Colorado man as SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true!

Enjoy and comment if you like:

You left out the west. The inner-west is a lot like the Midwest. The region east of the Cascades to the Rockies get quite cold winters. We are about a mile from the only sea level opening between the interior west and coastal region between Los Angeles and the Arctic Circle. In the winter we get some bitterly cold winds.

West of the Cascades is much more exaggerated than the South. People in Portland and Seattle curl up into fetal balls as soon as the first snow flake falls.

Bill

[JeffroK]

Its 1535hrs, Saturday 6th, 45.6degC in the shade, who wants to send a few inches of Snow!!!

[wdolson]

It's 41.9 here, though on a different scale.

For those who think it's too cold, you can get some Psychological comfort converting the temperature into Kelvin. 0C = 273 K

Bill

[Orm]

Schools closed because of snow?! [&:]

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Schools closed because of snow?! [&:]

[:D]
Yeah, reminds me of the Adirondacks, you go by the local high school on your 'sled' to get gas and see a parking lot full of snowmobiles. Probably the kids best part of the day, getting there by 'sled'.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: JeffroK

Its 1535hrs, Saturday 6th, 45.6degC in the shade, who wants to send a few inches of Snow!!!

You can have all you want. Catch is there's no delivery, only cash and carry. Sorry.[:D]

[rustysi]

Classic John. Thanks for the post.

[Will_L]

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

Very funny and mostly true.

I'm also in the South slightly North of ny59giants near Nashville. Your scale is somewhat off, the third level is really the first. The mere prediction of snow, let alone 1 inch on the ground will result in a human wave assault on local grocery stores with milk and bread being looted first.

I grew up in the outer Chicago suburbs and also walked a ways to school. I remember a ice storm I think in 1968(I'm 12) walking to Jr High was a good half mile and we could of ice skated the ice was so thick. School was not cancelled.

It was a few years later than '68 but I was the same age. We had an ice storm here in NYC that left about two inches of ice
everywhere, school was still open and my mother wouldn't let me stay home. It was about 3/4 of a mile to my junior high.
I walked out the front door, went down the four steps to the sidewalk on my butt, looked up at my mother at the door and said,
"I am not walking to school on this." Surprised me when she said, "Okay."

[Chris21wen]

ORIGINAL: Orm

Schools closed because of snow?! [&:]

Closest I've come to proper snow in 10 years.

[offenseman]

I recall waiting for the school bus wearing snowmobile suits, felt lined boots, big wooley hats, scarves, like the kid in Christmas story that can't move his arms. -10 or worse with -40 or worse wind chill factors. We would stand on top of sewer grates because the air was a bit warmer. The only time they gave us a snow day was when we got 24" of snow almost over night and the entire city lost power. That happened once.
Good times!

[John 3rd]

My wife found the Snow Panic Scale and this is the ONLY time she has logged onto the Forum to check Postings! Maybe the corruption begins...

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You left out the west. The inner-west is a lot like the Midwest. The region east of the Cascades to the Rockies get quite cold winters. We are about a mile from the only sea level opening between the interior west and coastal region between Los Angeles and the Arctic Circle. In the winter we get some bitterly cold winds.

West of the Cascades is much more exaggerated than the South. People in Portland and Seattle curl up into fetal balls as soon as the first snow flake falls.

Living now in Vancouver, WA after living in Vermont it was interesting to watch the TV news last night reporting such disasters as "snow starting to stick to the concrete" and "accumulations in some spots may exceed two inches". This morning confirmed these nightmares.

[Lokasenna]

Where does 80 degrees on February 21 fit on the Snow Panic Scale?

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Where does 80 degrees on February 21 fit on the Snow Panic Scale?

The Global Warming part.

[reg113]

Supposed to be 80 degrees F here today also!

[Lawless1]

High 70s and clouds in Lancaster SC. To dang hot

[Lecivius]

0F in Denver this morning. GRUMP!! (oops, wrong thread [:D])

[witpqs]

Was about 14°F here this morning.

[Zorch]

80F in Philadelphia.
Confirmation that Hell froze over on Feb. 4.

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Seems to me Puxatawny Phil (or however you spell it there in PA [which I can spell]) said something about 6 more weeks of winter. So much for rodent weather forecasts.