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How are you going to be affected by the upcoming winter storm? We are getting 4-6 inches of snow

and 50 MPH winds with a flash freeze and negative temperatures.

Posted - December 21, 2022

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  • 3820
    I'm not sure how this will play out in NYC.  At the very least, it will be heavy rain, but the temps are supposed to drop to single digits which means ice everywhere.  If that happens, I won't be driving out to Long Island for Christmas.  Bummer.
      December 21, 2022 9:28 AM MST
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  • 44649
    Come Friday morning, I'm staying off the road until Sunday.
      December 21, 2022 10:12 AM MST
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  • 11087
    Good idea,   
      December 22, 2022 9:58 AM MST
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  • 3820
    That's what I was thinking, but if the temps don't drop below 32, I could make it out to Long Island and back.  I'll see on Saturday night/Sunday morning.
      December 22, 2022 7:49 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Actually, we will have high temps in the 50s Thursday and Friday.
      December 21, 2022 10:32 AM MST
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  • 3820
    True, but I thought the temps were supposed to drop drastically on Saturday/Sunday.  If it's only rain without icing, I'll drive.
      December 22, 2022 7:47 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Glad I don't live upstate near Lake Erie anymore.
      December 21, 2022 10:30 AM MST
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  • 44649
    The lake many times keeps the bad weather from us. It is a wedge. Not this time.
      December 21, 2022 10:40 AM MST
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  • 13277
    That's why it's called lake effect snow.
      December 21, 2022 11:02 AM MST
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  • 44649
    We don't get a lot of lake effect, since the prevailing winds are SW, but when we do, it's a mess.
      December 21, 2022 1:05 PM MST
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  • 53524


      All this snow-related talk! Please, my ears are delicate, and I know absolutely nothing of the topic any longer! Spare me the gruesome details! Grrrrrrr.


      (It recently got so cold here that I had to wrap myself in a beach towel 15 minutes after getting out of the water instead of the 30 to 40 minutes that it usually takes. Brrrrrrrr.)


      ~

      April 24, 2024 6:26 PM MDT
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  • 16826
    So the restraining orders are unnecessary? Minnesota needs to get thawed out every spring.

    Incidentally, when you're travelling the world looking for victims "volunteers", do you ever wonder what that wet stuff falling from the sky is?
      April 25, 2024 2:06 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      I don’t travel anywhere that is experiencing snowfall or has recently experienced snowfall.

      (Little known fact: in the middle of wintertime when Minneapolis has its coldest, freezing days, Jane S sometimes comes out to California to see me instead of me going there.)


      (She’ll deny it, of course, but that’s fine, because her face-saving denial is a stipulation that we worked into the contract that we signed when we agreed to this occasional rendezvous. Shhhhh.)



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      April 25, 2024 8:11 PM MDT
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  • 1633
    Luckily, we will only get rain from this storm but a lot of it!  There is a potential for flash flooding the forecasters are saying.
      December 21, 2022 3:08 PM MST
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  • 3024
    Supposed to get 2-8 inches of snow, maybe.  This cold weather is hard on my old bones.  
      December 21, 2022 3:20 PM MST
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  • 53524

     

      Maybe you just need someone to give you a warm blanket . . . 


    . . . or an even warmer massage.




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      December 22, 2022 12:44 PM MST
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  • 3024
    You know just what to do, what a sweetheart.  :  )  Come over, I'll leave the door open.
      December 22, 2022 2:53 PM MST
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  • 53524

     

      Gee, I never even considered that option. I guess my Minneapolis exploits have tainted my line of thinking when faced with certain predicaments. It’s not my fault, though. The meanies who go to court all the time or who love slamming the doors on my foot are really to blame; I’m not that accustomed to being invited in. Grrrrrrr.



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      December 22, 2022 4:03 PM MST
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  • 3024
    hahaha, as long as you don't just stand in front of the window and look in, I'd rather you come through the front door. 


    This post was edited by Honey Dew at April 24, 2024 10:54 AM MDT
      December 22, 2022 5:51 PM MST
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  • 53524

     

      Why would I want to hang around outside and look through the window? Seems kind of cree…




    …hold on, I’m beginning to understand the validity of it now. (Cough, cough.)




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      December 22, 2022 10:37 PM MST
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  • 3024
    I knew you would ahahahahaha.
      December 23, 2022 5:02 PM MST
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  • 17613
    Forecast is 77/66 tomorrow so I guess not. 
      December 21, 2022 3:39 PM MST
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  • 34432
    I am expecting my roads to be slick tomorrow.  But cleared by Fri. 
      December 21, 2022 4:23 PM MST
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  • 34432
    We only got about an 1in. But power did go out for a few hours overnight. We just grabbed some more covers and went to bed.
      December 23, 2022 6:01 PM MST
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