On 2/16/2015 7:19 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/16/15 7:15 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/16/2015 7:12 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

Forecast is calling for 8-12" of snow in our area this evening and
overnight. If it happens, it'll be the first substantial snowfall of
this winter.

I suspect federal employees all over the metro area will be out this
evening, dancing half naked around the fires in the 55-gallon oil drums,
chanting to the Snow Goddess for OPM to shut down offices Tuesday.


8-12" ? A dusting, huh?



Hey, now. Let's be real...2" of snow is enough to shut down this area. I
predict - panic and empty shelves at the supermarkets.

The real problem is the high potential of downed power lines and loss of
electricity to hundreds of thousands of folks.



The one saving grace throughout the 4 major storms we've endured is that
so far (knock on wood) we haven't lost power. A good part of
the Cape was out due to the failure of a transformer at a major
distribution station but that was quickly restored.

I credit the tree and limb trimming program done last summer in our
town for not having any power outages so far. A couple of the storms
started with the wet, heavy snow that usually causes outages.
I was just thinking ... another reason may be that drivers really can't
hit telephone poles in their cars. They'd have to climb over a 6-7 foot
snow bank to hit it.