OT: The Thread About Nothing CCVI: Sitting in the blind

[Davegarri]

I got trapped on a runway at Newark for four hours once.

Got stuck in Dallas in the middle of the summer for five hours one time. We were on the plane, at the gate, but since we had already boarded we couldn't get off. No AC, no food, no drinks for five hours. People were so pissed lol

 

[njdevils1982]

Feels like a wine day.

slow burning whisky since 8am…built a shed wall and felled a dead 40' tree….…im good

got wood for the wood stove in the in the back for winter

another glorious 'work from home' day


…..shame on the commuters

 

[njdevils1982]

First flakes

tony montana wants your number

 

[BenedictGomez]

Cry me a river y'all, I got stuck in Cleveland for 3 days coming back from a ski trip to the Canadian Rockies due to a midwestern blizzard.

Worst location to be stuck in an airport hotel for 3 days has to be Cleveland. No place to go. Nothing to do.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Hopefully some folks heeded my am warning, this storm is overproducing big time.

 

[Davegarri]

Hopefully some folks heeded my am warning, this storm is overproducing big time.

I wanted to, but my work had other plans. People above me don't want to leave. I've just been sitting by my office window watching the snow keep falling. I'm expecting at least a two hour drive home and then another hour clearing my driveway.

 

[devilsblood]

Took a branch a quarter of an inch away from my eyeball. Have a real nice shiner brewing.

Also went a little numb in the teeth. I'd be worried but I've had that one happen before.

 

[devilsblood]

Cry me a river y'all, I got stuck in Cleveland for 3 days coming back from a ski trip to the Canadian Rockies due to a midwestern blizzard.

Worst location to be stuck in an airport hotel for 3 days has to be Cleveland. No place to go. Nothing to do.

Ha, the irony of leaving a ski trip only to be stuck in Cleveland due to a blizzard is rich.

 

[None Shall Pass]

I went a convention in Cleveland for a week back in like 2011, and yeah, it's not exactly teeming with excitement. Literally NOTHING was open after 9:00pm, not even the convenience store next to my hotel.

 

[JimEIV]

slow burning whisky since 8am…built a shed wall and felled a dead 40' tree….…im good

got wood for the wood stove in the in the back for winter

another glorious 'work from home' day


…..shame on the commuters

Did you use a chainsaw? I say it is a good day any day you get to use a chainsaw.

 

[None Shall Pass]

Don't you all love an inch of snow?

 

[njdevils1982]

Did you use a chainsaw? I say it is a good day any day you get to use a chainsaw.

hell yes i fired up the husky…..it growled nice!

 

[TheUnseenHand]

******* batty out there right now. I left work at 3pm. There was like 2 inches on the ground. People are so damn incompetent that it took me almost two and a half hours to go 5 miles. My commute is 10 miles. I gave up and went to my parents house which is about 5 miles from where I work. I have never seen so many accidents at once. My boss has been stuck on 78 for 4 hours now not moving at all.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I saw this coming a mile away and left work at 1:30.

1) Winter Storm. Check.
2) Storm way over-performs meteorologists warning. Check.
3) Road crews not prepared yet because it's the first storm. Check.
4) Nobody has their snow tires on yet. Check.
5) People habitually freak-the-hell out during winter's first snow. Check.

Recipe for disaster, and I got the hell out of there.

 

[TheUnseenHand]

I saw this coming a mile away and left work at 1:30.

1) Winter Storm. Check.
2) Story way over-performs meteorologists warning. Check.
3) Road crews not prepared yet because it's the first storm. Check.
4) Nobody has their snow tires on yet. Check.
5) People habitually freak-the-hell out during winter's first snow. Check.

Recipe for disaster, and I got the hell out of there.

I can't believe how incompetent people are. There was about 2 inches on the ground when I left and every road was gridlocked from accidents.

 

[BenedictGomez]

There was about 2 inches on the ground when I left and every road was gridlocked from accidents.

We have 5 inches down and it's still snowing hard.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheUnseenHand]

We have 5 inches down and it's still snowing hard.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed. I'd love to get a lot, but it's already changed to sleet

 

[Colin226]

We have 5 inches down and it's still snowing hard.

BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

Took me an hour to go from the Wegmans in Bridgewater to Flemington down 202. Normally that's about a 20 minute ride, as you know.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Agreed. I'd love to get a lot, but it's already changed to sleet

It will likely change back to snow there.

 

[JimEIV]

I wouldn't brag about 5 inches.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Lots of major roads closed in spots

 

[Jack Be Quick]

I wouldn't brag about 5 inches.

I reall don't get how so many northeasterners have short term memory loss in regards to snow.

 

[Davegarri]

Got over 6 inches at my house. Underestimated the amount and figured oh it's only about 3 inches, I'll be good getting up my driveway. Car got stuck, just finally got it out.

 

[NJDevs26]

I saw this coming a mile away and left work at 1:30.

1) Winter Storm. Check.
2) Storm way over-performs meteorologists warning. Check.
3) Road crews not prepared yet because it's the first storm. Check.
4) Nobody has their snow tires on yet. Check.
5) People habitually freak-the-hell out during winter's first snow. Check.

Recipe for disaster, and I got the hell out of there.

Yep you called it...between you and someone else I know irl who's also a weather wonk both saying this storm was gonna be bigger than anticipated that didn't surprise me. It did surprise me how unprepared we were for it although I suppose it was inevitable given 3-5 above. Plus probably everyone was leaving work at the same time too which didn't help the gridlock.

 

[Jack Be Quick]

I wouldn't brag about 5 inches.

Or 6.