The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

Store I work at runs low on bread a lot and as a rule our weather is docile.

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I’ll have to find pictures. I don’t mean run low...I literally mean not a slice of wonder bread in the joint.
And I’m not talking about the bodega up the street...I mean super Walmart.

 

[davidharmier60]

It being 19 hours and going on 25 minutes it's time for me to wish all of you a good night and a pleasant tomorrow.

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[snowbear115 46]

We have a few late openings. It's expected to snow between 10 tonight and 8 in the morning; 1" to 3" locally. Heavier in the parts of Southern Maryland and Virginia along the Bay and on the Eastern Shore; less north and west of the city. Pre-treating is supposed to going on. The VA governor has already issued a state of emergency, apparently for the areas around Norfolk and the Eastern Shore.

 

[snowbear115 46]

Store I work at runs low on bread a lot and as a rule our weather is docile.

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I’ll have to find pictures. I don’t mean run low...I literally mean not a slice of wonder bread in the joint.
And I’m not talking about the bodega up the street...I mean super Walmart.

BMT's (Bread, Milk, Toilet Paper). I'll go along with the last one but if I'm getting snowed in, I want steaks and booze.

 

[smoke665]

In 1993 blizzard we lost power for 7 days, gas furnace but no blower, electric stove, and water heater. We survived 15 degree weather by closing off the family room and keeping a fire in the Fire place. Learned to heat water and even cook on top of a kerosene heater, or grilled on the gas grill outside. Kids thought it was quite the adventure.

 

[limr30 3]

I am so hoping for a snow day. There's a very good chance of it but my school never announces until the morning - well, not unless it's a 2-day blizzard kind of deal or something. Still, keep your fingers crossed for me, hosers!

 

[Fred von den Berg]

After yesterday's gales there should be lots of sticks for Toby to collect and hide (he carries them for a while then finds a place to stash them).

 

[davidharmier60]

The phone says it's 24 degrees out there.
About to dress accordingly.


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[JonA_CT]

My son and I have been awake since 4:30, and I finally got around to making a cup of coffee. It’s been awhile since I’ve done a pour over cup of with freshly roasted coffee. I think the smell from making the cup is more invigorating than drinking it.

Snow has started here. This won’t be a gentle, delicate snowfall. Winds somewhere around 20 mph sustained and it’s snowing sideways.

 

[smoke665]

@Lime and @JonA_CT stay warm.

 

[JonA_CT]

I just noticed that someon parked their car in the lot across from our house. They’re going to learn the hard way about the quirks of our city plowing service. They don’t plow that lot, and they stack snow at the entrances because they are each at the end of the street. If I had any idea whose house the car belonged to, I’d try to warn them.

 

[Fred von den Berg]

Just got back from our morning walk. We met two other dog walkers, one jogger and something in the woods that got Toby's ruff up, but I wasn't quick enough to see what it was.

 

[snowbear115 46]

We have just shy of 3" on the ground. Work county opens at 10:30 though schools are closed, all over. GIS is considered "essential" but, as a contractor, I am not. Fire/EMS is definitely essential, but the admin aides are given a lot of leeway when it comes to weather. We'll be heading out in a few minutes.

 

[smoke665]

I just noticed that someon parked their car in the lot across from our house.

Many years ago I hired a driver that had never been very far north. I sent him on his first trip to Buffalo, NY in January. He made his drop and hook, and was headed back to the OH drop yard. Got to NE, PA right on the line before the snow scared him off the road, into a truck stop. The next morning I figured he call in when we woke up, but he didn't. My concern finally got the best of me, and I called the truck stop to checkup on. The guy that answered the phone started laughing. Seems my dumb Alabama driver had parked in the spot where they stacked the snow. Rather than wake up the driver to ask him to move, they thought it would be funny to just stack the snow on the truck. The next morning when the driver woke up, all he saw was snow out his windows, so he's sitting in his truck scared to death, thinking he was literally snowed in. After some urging they went out and brushed the snow off his window, he backed up out of the snow pile and was on his way. As soon as he got back in he quit, said he'd never go there again. LOL

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

GM all. Hope everyone here in the northeast is enjoying this cold, snow and wind! I noticed the birds are looking everywhere for extra protein and skipping the seeds that out for them. Don't know if it's this long stretch of cold or this storm moving up the coast that has them on the hunt for spiders and bugs.