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Thread: Storm of the Century-The Blizzard of 1949.
Have to laugh, have we forgotten?
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Thread: Storm of the Century-The Blizzard of 1949.
You guys laugh here, but I was in Virginia this past week on business travel and watching the local weather. They were talking about very, very dangerous weather for the next morning and to be prepared! Temps in the 20's with wind chill near zero! Possibly up to an inch of snow. They talked about how to dress to ensure no frostbite and discussed hypothermia. Most schools were either canceled or delayed 2 hours. I woke up to a light dusty and some frost.
lmao
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what the weather had played out as snowmageddon happening, driving into the shop this morning I now realize what actually happened was saltageddon OMG! there is literally a cloud of dust behine the vehicle in front of you, like driving down a dirt road in the driest part of the year, the asphalt is so white looks like fresh poured concrete and I think maybe we have had 2 inches so far this year. correct me if I am wrong but with all the FWD and AWD drive vehicles and everyone owning a 4X4 truck now a days it sure seems like we use a **** of a lot more salt than we did in the past when we didn't have AWD,FWD and everyone drove lead sleds on the road. yep we have clearly forgotten what winter is, how to drive in it and 3 inches is not a winter wallup
sweeperguy
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And whats with not even using the plows. I get up this AM 1-2 inches of fresh snow. A trickle path of salt down the street . But plow obviously not down. Push the dam snow off first, use half the salt, and the road be clean instead of this crap.
Municipalities in Illinois get money from the state that MUST be used for salt. After a mild winter, they have to spend all that money so they buy so much that they run out of places to store it. I suspect that they use it heavily just to get rid of it early the next winter. Secondly, plow maintenance is expensive. The blades crack, wheels take a beating, etc. Third, since people cannot drive anymore, it is expected to make the streets around here "running water" after snow. You don't want to be the Village with snow on your streets when others are running water. The mayor will be called, he calls the PW director, who calls the superintendent of streets and then the salt really flies. People have no clue how much damage it does.
'Cuz they're the same ones that are terrified at the prospect of a mega snow storm dumping as much as a whole inch
of snow! — Far more terrifying for them than an inch of salt! 
Excess salt? Maybe they should bank it — Instead of dumping it all on the roads — then later they could use it as a medium of exchange, as in ancient times. (And still today in parts of the world, such as Ethiopia, where bread-like moles of salt each weighing about 5kg still circulate as a means of payment.)
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yes...I do believe we have forgotten.... winter storm warning for 3 - 5 inches of snow, this morning news had an anchor out in our corner of the state saying how plows cant even keep up with snow falling which started last night and as of this morning maybe 2 to 3 inches of powder, "plows cant even keep up" Really? and yester day morning weather anchor stating that if you can stay home tomorrow you should do so. leave it to the media. Winter storm"??? Ha...... its snowing outside, that's it! to date we have has maybe 6 inches of snow, had have 3 named storms, 2 major forecast screw ups and here we are with a winter storm warning, and 40's and rain by Saturday. does anyone down here have any idea of what the U.P. deals with every time the wind blows?
Its all about ratings, ratings equal revenue... the more people the weather guy can keep watching, the higher the ratings which means charging more cash to advertisers... weather reporting isn't about forecasting, its about "hooking " you into watching. Today the news isn't about reporting news, its about creating news to keep ya watching. FAKE !!!!!
That right there about sums it up.
snobuilder
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But wait a minute....sure the ratings are the "Hook" but who was in charge of "naming" these so called "snow events"...the last one that fizzled was called "hunter"....what's this one...IVAN the INCONVENIENT?
BTW ever notice that the weather "men" are more and more Hot weather WOMEN to keep your attention?....in this day and age, who really needs the hype of a weather "person" at all?....except to HYPE the weather....sad.
BTW ever notice that the weather "men" are more and more Hot weather WOMEN to keep your attention?....in this day and age, who really needs the hype of a weather "person" at all?....except to HYPE the weather....sad.
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duluthrider
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For 3 days at least, you hear the same trivial story that you really didn't care about in the first place. but the worst one for me was CNN, when Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, I was out of town for work and was at the hotel lounge when I heard the "breaking news", within an hour, with no one having any facts, they started spinning out endless scenarios of what could have happened, I believe I have not watched CNN since. I thought their job was to report the news, not make it up.