Rant; Winter 2013/14

[33anda3rd]

Two conversations I had this week.

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Nice couple in the restaurant last night, with their kid, visiting from NYC.

Her: It's been terrible in New York this winter. I think we've had more snow than Chicago.
Him: Haven't you guys had something like 60 inches this year?
Me: Yeah.
Her: Oh....we're not even close.

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Neighbor from down the hall, condo assoc. meeting last Wednesday.

Me: Haven't seen you much, still traveling a lot for work?
Him: Was in St. Louis yesterday. 28 and sunny. Felt like I was at the beach.

We get 4-8 more inches today.

Huzzah.

[jim]

When I finally unroot myself from Chicago and move, I will never ever come back here. Once it's in my rear view mirror that's it. Bye forever.

It's a horrible place.

edit - the new forecast has the word "criplling" in it.

WITH SNOWFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS POSSIBLY REACHING A CRIPPLING TWO
TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

[IMADreamer]

That light icing we were supposed to get turned into so much more. We lost power for a while this morning, outside is just an icy wasteland. They are telling everyone to stay off the roads, etc. I tried to go out to the car and get it opened up at least and fell and busted my ass two steps out the door. I just decided to go back inside.

[jim]

I made an executive decision and came home.. I have 3 hours of meetings that can all be done as well from my house as it can at work.

[lukethedrifter]

That light icing we were supposed to get turned into so much more. We lost power for a while this morning, outside is just an icy wasteland. They are telling everyone to stay off the roads, etc. I tried to go out to the car and get it opened up at least and fell and busted my ass two steps out the door. I just decided to go back inside.

We didn't get so much down the road from you here in St Louis.

[Freed Roger]

That light icing we were supposed to get turned into so much more. We lost power for a while this morning, outside is just an icy wasteland. They are telling everyone to stay off the roads, etc. I tried to go out to the car and get it opened up at least and fell and busted my ass two steps out the door. I just decided to go back inside.

We didn't get so much down the road from you here in St Louis.

We don't seem to get the brunt of bad weather. Probably because we don't sin much here in St. Louis.

[jim]

The worst possible winter in St. Louis would be called a normal winter where we are. Your normal winter is what we call "spring time".

[Freed Roger]

3 snow days tagged on after memorial day royally [expletive] over our family plans to attend a friend's wedding in Sonoma CA and then vacation around there & Yosemite etc. Normally I would just yank my daughter from school, but since it's her last year at elementary - we should probably not.

Yeah, it's a first world problem. I guess what rankles me is they didn't make days up on Friday (teacher meetings) and Today (presidents day). Or make them up during spring break. (spring break is a pain in the ass for most working parents to deal with.

Fortunately we hadn't plunked down a bunch of $ for plane tickets and reservations.

[stlouie_lipp]

THUNDERSNOW!!!!!

[planet planet]

My neighbor fell on the ice and broke two bones in his ankle. He's going to need surgery. Some of the side streets are just brutal with the ice. It took me close to ten minutes to inch across the street (we had that neighbor's water main break and it's never melted).