Who Is Ready For Some Snow This Weekend?

[kdonnel]

All the ice hasn't melted yet from my sidewalk and they are now predicting 4-5 inches of snow Saturday the 31st.

Will this actually happen?

It has been quite a few years since we got a good snow that sticks around.

Looking forward to what might happen.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Appears the area of South Carolina where I reside may get up to 5 inches of snow! Very rare occurrence for us! And wind chills Saturday morning around 0 to 5 degrees. At least it's snow and not ice this time.

 

[RangerPooh]

Schools still out in the Memphis area, I figure we'll be out all week. It's not going to get above freezing and we don't have the resources to deal with this as well as areas that are used to it. We had sleet, then snow and then freezing rain on top. I tried to move my car and it's now stuck

I work at a college and we are working and having class remotely, but I have no idea what the school districts are going to do. The roads are still a mess and we may get more precip this weekend and maybe next week. I have no idea how long they can close without having to make up days.

We're just east of Memphis in the burbs, yesterday it was decided that the schools would remain closed the rest of the week. My kids are fine with it. I work in higher ed, so I continue to work remote. Eagerly anticipating the afternoon announcement that campus will remain closed to non-essential employees.

While HWY 40 is mainly clear, the neighborhoods are not. Many of the side arteries might be passable, but with any thaw turn to mush that is not being plowed. So I've watched cars get stuck, spinning their wheels. To open campus for tomorrow would be irresponsible. Especially as I can bet that faculty will not come in, but they would expect that hourly and salaried staff would. Especially for any testing purposes.

When I lived i areas that received winter snow we had infrastructure in place to deal with it all winter. Where life might be interrupted briefly, but would resume. Here, infrastructure already lacks in everyday life, and is only amplified in bad weather.

 

[hardcorestitch]

We're just east of Memphis in the burbs, yesterday it was decided that the schools would remain closed the rest of the week. My kids are fine with it. I work in higher ed, so I continue to work remote. Eagerly anticipating the afternoon announcement that campus will remain closed to non-essential employees.

While HWY 40 is mainly clear, the neighborhoods are not. Many of the side arteries might be passable, but with any thaw turn to mush that is not being plowed. So I've watched cars get stuck, spinning their wheels. To open campus for tomorrow would be irresponsible. Especially as I can bet that faculty will not come in, but they would expect that hourly and salaried staff would. Especially for any testing purposes.

When I lived i areas that received winter snow we had infrastructure in place to deal with it all winter. Where life might be interrupted briefly, but would resume. Here, infrastructure already lacks in everyday life, and is only amplified in bad weather.

Agreed. Out here in my part of Virginia… snow doesn’t get to levels like up north that often. Thus, we don’t have quite a good setup for snow.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Not to rub it in, but we're expecting a high of 67 or 68 today. We do have another front coming in later tomorrow and a few days with highs in the 40s to 50s, but I see 70s creeping in by next weekend. This is the winter I've come to expect since moving here nearly 3 decades ago. I'm leaving my exterior pipes wrapped for now, but my brain is already shifting to planting projects next month.