Winter weather

[Cletus11]

Hell, it snowed 6+ inches in April. I didn't think I was going to make it to camp in Potter.

remember 15 years back the first time I ever went up to Potter county (grew up in Southeast PA, went to PSU, lived in Scranton so all around PA). went up there to look at a potential project.

two things just completely shocked me....we drove on a dirt road. I literally had no idea dirt roads still existed in PA.

Second, it was about the 3rd week of May and driving past some farmer's field's, I saw snow in a few places on the shady side of the field where obviously some snow could drift in a little high and due to being on the shady side with some trees didn't get much sunlight. But it was late May for Christ's sake and they still had snow on the ground.

 

[BobPSU92]

New Jersey Bob? This explains a lot! Just curious.......do you live there voluntarily......or is it required?

I actually chose to move there in 2017. Before that, I lived in MICHIGAN. . I can’t do anything right. 😞

 

[The Spin Meister]

6+ inches of snow is considered a dusting up in Philipsburg.

In Edinboro, Pa they call that ‘flurries’.

 

[Ian]

I was a student back in 1978 when a big one hit and they closed PSU down for the first time. Was living on top floor of Beaver Terrace facing campus and we were just spotting cars getting stuck out on Beaver and running out and digging them out. Pretty wild couple of days. The pile of plowed snow in the parking lot at Garner and Beaver was piled so high it didn't completely melt until July....

 

[harbest]

2 inches = snowmaggedon here in NC

Snow in Raleigh 2014 launched memes on Glenwood Avenue

Of the thousands of snow photos taken in North Carolina, one of the most talked about and shared shots came from a Raleigh woman who captured the chaos on Glenwood Avenue on Feb. 12, 2014.

www.wral.com

My son moved to Delaware in 2006. The first snow while he was down there, they got about 2 inches and he said everything was paralyzed and there was total panic. He told his friends, tongue in cheek, that where he came from, NEPA, that people would be pissed off because there wasn't enough to ski or snowmobile.

 

[rudedude]

I was a student back in 1978 when a big one hit and they closed PSU down for the first time. Was living on top floor of Beaver Terrace facing campus and we were just spotting cars getting stuck out on Beaver and running out and digging them out. Pretty wild couple of days. The pile of plowed snow in the parking lot at Garner and Beaver was piled so high it didn't completely melt until July....

I was there too living in Nittany 28. Wild times and some wild snow sculptures were crafted in area too.

 

[Cletus11]

Only time I remember PSU closing was when the temperature got down to single digits for a couple of days in a row and one afternoon some pipes started to burst around campus due to cold weather so they cancelled afternoon classes due to that and wind chill was negative twenty or something and frostbite was somewhat real if outside for 30 minutes or so.

 

[BobPSU92]

Bracing for a winter afternoon ASS. BEATING. tomorrow. Not to worry. I’ll pull through with a morning Caramel Macchiato and Vanilla Bean Scones from Starbucks.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

PSU weather report for NEPA now has 20-26 inches coming....that is an ASS BEATING!

 

[The Spin Meister]

PSU weather report for NEPA now has 20-26 inches coming....that is an ASS BEATING!

This was conjured up by Wolf, Cuomo, and the NJ governor. They warned you clowns to stay home. But NOOOOO,,,,, you wouldn’t listen. So now they bring in Snaowmaggedenn and ain’t no one goin nowhere!!!

 

[hohmadw]

I was a student back in 1978 when a big one hit and they closed PSU down for the first time. Was living on top floor of Beaver Terrace facing campus and we were just spotting cars getting stuck out on Beaver and running out and digging them out. Pretty wild couple of days. The pile of plowed snow in the parking lot at Garner and Beaver was piled so high it didn't completely melt until July....

So was I. Drifts were up 30 inches high that day.

 

[NoVa Lion]

Worked at a grocery store during my college years in Montgomery County, MD and we called any snow a white out as the crowds came in buying all of the white stuff, TP, milk, and eggs.

In the DC area when we got 6+ inches of snow those that lived in houses in residential neighborhoods had to wait for the snow to melt as there were not enough plows for them to bother plowing those streets. Foot plus of snow meant EVERYTHING was closed for at least 3 days.

 

[The Spin Meister]

My parents often told the story of the Great Snow of 1952 on Thanksgiving weekend. (Think that was the year). Anyway, they got something like 44” of snow in three days. I have seen pictures and occasionally Pittsburgh news shows talk about it.They lived on a side street and the city couldn’t plow for days. And no one had plows on trucks in those days. So the whole neighborhood got together and started shoveling out the road. Worked all day for three days. The women would cook for the men and the men rotate shoveling.

Today, no one would think of doing so. They would call 911 over and over, call city hall, call state reps and Congressmen.

About three years ago a massive storm hit NYC. For over a week the news would show blocked streets and people whining. All I could think of was with 7,000,000 people in the city they could have dug it out in 36 hrs.

 

[PAgeologist]

During the storm in either February or March in 1993, we didn't have power for 3 days. And they sent a road grader to plow us out. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were on the gas grill. Luckily we had wood and coal heat.

Since we had a farm tractor with a front end loader, I dug everybody's driveway out on my road.

 

[GSPMax]

During the storm in either February or March in 1993, we didn't have power for 3 days. And they sent a road grader to plow us out. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were on the gas grill. Luckily we had wood and coal heat.

Since we had a farm tractor with a front end loader, I dug everybody's driveway out on my road.

That was in March. Our power was out for 5 days. We were one of the last to get power. Borrowed a generator then later bought one. We also had a wood stove for heat. Took showers at the University.

It was a chilly 74 degrees where I am today. No snow in the forecast.

 

[GSPMax]

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During the storm in either February or March in 1993, we didn't have power for 3 days. And they sent a road grader to plow us out. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were on the gas grill. Luckily we had wood and coal heat.

Since we had a farm tractor with a front end loader, I dug everybody's driveway out on my road.

That was a neat storm. I remember them predicting it quite a few days before it hit. I think it started on a Friday. My wife was driving back from a conference in New Orleans with a bunch of students. I warned her about the storm and they left early. They got back in State College about two hours before it started snowing. Another group of students from another Prof (who flew back) got stuck for multiple days some place in the midwest. At the height of the storm I could barely see street signs about 100 feet away.

 

[PAgeologist]

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That was a neat storm. I remember them predicting it quite a few days before it hit. I think it started on a Friday. My wife was driving back from a conference in New Orleans with a bunch of students. I warned her about the storm and they left early. They got back in State College about two hours before it started snowing. Another group of students from another Prof (who flew back) got stuck for multiple days some place in the midwest. At the height of the storm I could barely see street signs about 100 feet away.

I don't remember it as neat, well maybe a little. Between taking care of the neighbors driveways and cleaning out my parents storage units they owned it was a ton of work.

 

[GSPMax]

I don't remember it as neat, well maybe a little. Between taking care of the neighbors driveways and cleaning out my parents storage units they owned it was a ton of work.

i think it is neat until the storm stops, then a pain in the butt. One of the reasons I now spend my winters where I do.

 

[PearlSUJam]

Where I live it says Kurt Aaron is going to get 15+ in the back yard. 🤏 🤥

 

[LCFP79]

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That was a neat storm. I remember them predicting it quite a few days before it hit. I think it started on a Friday. My wife was driving back from a conference in New Orleans with a bunch of students. I warned her about the storm and they left early. They got back in State College about two hours before it started snowing. Another group of students from another Prof (who flew back) got stuck for multiple days some place in the midwest. At the height of the storm I could barely see street signs about 100 feet away.

Was living in Boalsburg in March 93 and was supposed to start a new job in Erie the Monday after so I was a couple days late. The Erie guys ragged me about the snow, but I-80 was closed and I had 30 inches of snow on my street. They had 3-4 inches.

 

[BudatPSU]

Why would anyone wipe themselves with milk and bread?

Every blizzard requires white goods. Toilet paper, bread and milk. There is always a run on those essentials. Sometimes eggs are added, but only the white ones.

 

[The Spin Meister]

Every blizzard requires white goods. Toilet paper, bread and milk. There is always a run on those essentials. Sometimes eggs are added, but only the white ones.

That’s because huge storms make people wanna make French toast. Eggs, milk, and bread.

 

[BudatPSU]

That’s because huge storms make people wanna make French toast. Eggs, milk, and bread.

And real maple syrup, not that fake stuff.

 

[BudatPSU]

Where I live it says Kurt Aaron is going to get 15+ in the back yard. 🤏 🤥

I am pleased I am in Florida.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

My parents often told the story of the Great Snow of 1952 on Thanksgiving weekend. (Think that was the year). Anyway, they got something like 44” of snow in three days. I have seen pictures and occasionally Pittsburgh news shows talk about it.They lived on a side street and the city couldn’t plow for days. And no one had plows on trucks in those days. So the whole neighborhood got together and started shoveling out the road. Worked all day for three days. The women would cook for the men and the men rotate shoveling.

Today, no one would think of doing so. They would call 911 over and over, call city hall, call state reps and Congressmen.

About three years ago a massive storm hit NYC. For over a week the news would show blocked streets and people whining. All I could think of was with 7,000,000 people in the city they could have dug it out in 36 hrs.

They probably all would have had to share the only two shovels in the city!

 

[BudatPSU]

What year was the blizzard the week of the Michigan game when they brought the inmates in from the state prison to shovel out Beaver stadium?

I bought two great seats on the west side for 5 dollars, and I remember the student section throwing snowballs at Biakbatuba (?) I think.

 

[81b&w]

Bracing for a winter afternoon ASS. BEATING. tomorrow. Not to worry. I’ll pull through with a morning Caramel Macchiato and Vanilla Bean Scones from Starbucks.

She told me her name is Michelle

 

[ryoder1]

What year was the blizzard the week of the Michigan game when they brought the inmates in from the state prison to shovel out Beaver stadium?

I bought two great seats on the west side for 5 dollars, and I remember the student section throwing snowballs at Biakbatuba (?) I think.

I believe 1995. Key play was the fake FG. Genius call by Joe.

 

[rudedude]

Where I live it says Kurt Aaron is going to get 15+ in the back yard. 🤏 🤥

Ah for the good OL days when Noreen Clark would say that!

 

[BobPSU92]

When I got up this morning, it was actually sunny. Now it‘s cloudy. We’re so screwed. 😞

 

[The Spin Meister]

They probably all would have had to share the only two shovels in the city!

And that is the problem. People have become far too dependent on government to do far too many things they could do them selves. Had they been doing even some of snow removal,oval, they could have handled a major storm much better.