dump.


No bathroom humor. Just snow.

I know Uncle Crappy’s friends in Cleveland are already tired of seeing it (DD, on Tuesday night: “Every time they tell us there’s an inch coming, we get a freakin’ half-foot.”) but as I’ve mentioned, there hasn’t been enough here to satisfy my tastes.

But that should get fixed starting Thursday night, when we’re supposed to see anywhere between 3 to 7 inches. And that’s just at home. In the mountains just east of town, they’re looking for more than a foot.

Can you see what’s coming? Wait for it…

And I know it’s not unusual for local TV to go overboard when a storm of any kind is approaching — and there have been times when the Pittsburgh TV people have done a nice job covering genuine weather emergencies — but, Jesus, they’re terrible when a snowstorm is predicted. Live stand-ups near one of the parkways 24 hours before a single flake shows up? Poor Dee Thompson will be shivering outside at 5 a.m. Thursday morning, talking about a storm that isn’t scheduled to show up for another 18 hours.

And then you go to the grocery store and, yes, ALL THE TOILET PAPER IS GONE. The milk supply is decimated. And it’s hard to say what happens to the beer supply, since we can’t freaking buy beer in grocery stores here, but if we could it would all be gone as well.

Not that matters to Uncle Crappy and The Wife. Because on Friday morning, as the storm is winding down, we’re heading out, either to Seven Springs or Peek N Peak, depending on what’s open and where the driving is best.

Yep. Skiing on Friday.

Finally.

** Updated, 3:50 p.m. Dec. 8. Wow. As the radar shows, it’s a-comin.’

4 thoughts on “dump.”

  1. Have fun, make sure you stretch – I think my activities will be limited to snow man making and shoveling, once we get our allotment over here – we’re planning on hunting a tree on Sat – so that should be pretty – snowy covered rows of well manicured evergreens

    I thought the beer ran like water around Latrobe, do they cover that in the news as well?

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  3. Here’s the NWS forecast for Mt. Vernon, NY today
    “Periods of snow before 11am, then occasional rain and snow between 11am and noon, then snow likely between noon and 1pm, then rain likely, mainly between 1pm and 2pm. High around 37. Breezy, with a north wind 8 to 11 mph increasing to between 19 and 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.”

    What? Snow until 11, then a mix until noon, then snow until 1, then rain? How did they come up with that one – I’ll let you know if they were right.

    Happy skiing – I guess I’ll have to keep my shovel and umbrella handy today

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  4. NYC weather update- forecast upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning – 5 -7 inches is predicted(i’ve already received 8) so, I think that will change as well – big fat flakes duming outside – it’s beginning to look a lot like, you know, Chanukah or Boxing Day, outside

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