Wow. Doom much?

He may well be able to freely travel to New Orleans one-way after that performance.

HILARIOUS!! East Coast folks are such pussies when it comes to the inconvenience of no electricity.

How cold does it get in Vegas in winter??

I wonder if the power plant blowing up in Connecticut is tied to the amount of snowfall or power demands out that way.

It got down to 8, but the average is in the 30's for the winter. When i lived in Reno it got down to the negs, and here in the Central Valley of the Welfare state it got down to 11 and killed my gooseberry bushes.

I love me some gooseberries.

Today started with four hours of snow shoveling. It would have been worse but I cleared 6 or so inches Friday night. Saturday I just let it go. Ugh.


Now if only they`d clear the street.

Yeah right.

Be careful what you wish for. That huge berm of packed snow that winds up at the foot of your driveway is the worst part of snow shoveling.

They should ship some of that snow up here for the Olympics.

yes we are.

I blame global warming.

P.S. All weather people on TV consider it a temporary job on their way to being discovered. True Story™.

In 25 years of life, I'd never heard/read the word "berm" until about 45 seconds ago.

I guess it never snows in Baltimore and this is all a big surprise.

Well, not like this it doesn't. I didn't measure but I think 30+ inches has been reported and we're getting another foot or so tomorrow. I've been dug out and driving around since Saturday.

Maryland has different hazards than other places. Someone smarter than me described some kind of snow to liquid ratio... all said and done we end up with really wet snow that turns to ice very quickly. Then we have a ton of people from all over the world living here who already can't drive for shit trying to make their way around on the ice. It's quite ridiculous. The state is simply unprepared to move that much accumulation. I just dropped off a friend of mine at her house and nobody had even plowed her street, which sucks, because due to the fact that I couldn't park anywhere I was then unable to plow her... Maybe some other day, she did say she owes me "big time".

I don't understand how weather guys think a performance like that is okay.

Ahhhh. Once again I am reminded of why I live in Florida.

It's humid as balls down there. Florida winters are brilliant but summer is a hot steel tank of bitch.

I'm 28 - and that was a first.

How much snow did you guys get Aez? Are you guys getting more? We have a snow warning until tomorrow morning - it has been snowing pretty consistantly.

We got two feet. It's coming down pretty heavy right now, started about two hours ago. We're supposed to get another 10-12".

Honestly, I'm loving it. My truck's loving it too. I pulled two people out of snow banks on Sunday and I've been giving people rides like crazy.

My only complaint is my aching back. I'm only 25 for shit's sake. I should be able to shovel snow for a few hours without being completely immobile the next day.

You need to drag some of your friends behind your truck in the snow - thats guaranteed fun! or death.. either onne..

Ummm... I think the exhaust fumes would be a concern.

Almost 34. Ditto.

Well whaddaya fuckin know..

I'd heard berm quite a bit, but I'm old enough to remember when we actually got snow (before all this global warming came around)

Berm is standard military jargon. As in, "The enemy is right behind that berm."

I guess that tells us who the veterans and/or fans of war movies are. Hell, it probably appears in video games.

Well queltor, while I'm following you around talking about Military stuff...

I was wondering why everybody was so amused by the word Berm, as I'm only 27 and I know it's been familiar to me for a LONG time...

For fuck's sake people, didn't you ever prepare for the SATs or something?

We expect our children to simply do well in school, not just write one-off exams to ascertain their capability to excel in post-secondary institutions. The better my grades, the better my options (wealthy benefactor clause exempted).

Given the evidence herein, your expectations are apparently false.

Me thinks everyone has words they haven't been exposed to yet. My instant assumption after the military comment someone made is that was where you picked it up.