Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 20:38     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I legitimately need TP (down to 1 roll) and eggs (down to 1), I hope they aren’t sold out everywhere!


This is hilarious. Someone that actually needs TP and eggs before snow! Ha ha. I thought people were just crazy panic.


Go to a gas station.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 20:36     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP. We're flying back into town Sunday afternoon from our winter break trip to visit family. Aside from hoping that flights across the country aren't totally hosed ... I deliberately cleaned out the fridge before we left. I do have half a dozen eggs that should still be good, but totally out of milk, bread, yogurt, fresh vegetables, etc. My plan to was to hit the store when we get back - ha! Guess we'll be living on whatever canned soup is already in our cupboard for the next week or so.

Thanks OP for the maps- really interesting to see how it shapes up!


OP here. The snow isn't supposed to be heavy until the wee hours of Monday, so you can hit a store as soon as you land on Sunday, although there might not be much choice left. As for flights, this weather system is traveling from west to east, so depending where you're flying from, you could have weather disturbances on the way.




PP here, thanks! Our origin is south of the storm, so we should be good there. I'm willing to scrape the bottom of the grocery store shelves. Thankfully we already have shovels and hot cocoa mix at home . Cheers, and happy snow day to all!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 20:26     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:Dang. Guess my January 6th celebrations will be postponed


Celebrate at home with your family?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:55     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Dang. Guess my January 6th celebrations will be postponed
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:35     Subject: Re:Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am betting $5 that this will be a bust. Maybe 1-2 inches but the storm will miss us. You can blame the lady on the other thread that just bought sleds for her kids.


Im convinced sometimes the government calls fake storms when Christmas sales weren’t good enough for the economy


Sure, every single independent-minded scientist who has trained at a university for years and specialized in a meteorology degree BOWS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

Go ahead with your conspiracy theories. I suppose you also believe in Jewish space lasers, Jan 6-ers as victims and Covid=cold?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:32     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:NP. We're flying back into town Sunday afternoon from our winter break trip to visit family. Aside from hoping that flights across the country aren't totally hosed ... I deliberately cleaned out the fridge before we left. I do have half a dozen eggs that should still be good, but totally out of milk, bread, yogurt, fresh vegetables, etc. My plan to was to hit the store when we get back - ha! Guess we'll be living on whatever canned soup is already in our cupboard for the next week or so.

Thanks OP for the maps- really interesting to see how it shapes up!


OP here. The snow isn't supposed to be heavy until the wee hours of Monday, so you can hit a store as soon as you land on Sunday, although there might not be much choice left. As for flights, this weather system is traveling from west to east, so depending where you're flying from, you could have weather disturbances on the way.


Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:27     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
The NWS warning mentions ice along the I66 corridor. I thought chances of ice were much further south.

...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet
accumulations between 5 and 9 inches, with amounts of 10 to 12
inches possible in isolated spots if heavy banding sets up in this
area. Ice accumulations of a trace possible near Interstate 66.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:06     Subject: Re:Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:I am betting $5 that this will be a bust. Maybe 1-2 inches but the storm will miss us. You can blame the lady on the other thread that just bought sleds for her kids.


Im convinced sometimes the government calls fake storms when Christmas sales weren’t good enough for the economy
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 19:00     Subject: Re:Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/water/documents/plow-names-2024.pdf

Department of Environmental Services, Arlington, Va.
List of Snow Plow Names Selected for Snow Activity Map
December 2024

County Trucks

Alex Snowvechkin
Blizzard of Oz
Capital Plowshare
Clearopathra
Plow You Doin'?
CTRL-SALT-DEL
Dasher
Dwight D. Eisenplower
Elvis Plowsley
Frost and Flurrious
Frosty the Snow Plow
Ice Ice Baby
Jack Frost
Ka-Plow!
Little Miss Snowplow
Luke Snowalker
Blizzard
Melton John
Mike Waplowski
Mr. Plow
Olaf
Plow Force One
Plow Patrol
Plowington
Plowseidon
Plowy McPlowface
Rise and Brine
Saline Dion
Sir Wintry-Mix-A-Lot
Sleddy Roosevelt
Sleetwood Mac
Smithsnownian
Snowbusters
Snowprah Winfrey
Snowy-Wan Kenobi
Snowzilla
Taylor Drift
Plowminator
Vincent Van Snowh
Plow-a-bunga!
sNOwVA
Sabrina Carpenbrrr
Frosty the Snow Plow
Snowplowaphagus
Plowinator

Contractor Trucks
Polar Express
Icebreaker
Edgar Allan Plow
Frostlyn
Cold Dominion
Snowmageddon
Mighty Plow
Mad Max: Flurry Road
Blizzard Wizard
Virginia is for Shovelers
Plowington
Cold-i-locks
Snow White
Ice Force One
Coldemort


So funny! 😁😁
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:57     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
Anonymous wrote:Gas fireplace lit, 4 wheel drive all gassed up and with a new battery, 🛷 sleds ready in garage, scrapers and shovels out, calcium chloride ready, hats, gloves out! Got all the fixin’s for white chicken chili and hot cocoa. Let’s go!


I can make it over there if you need help eating
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:55     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
With the funeral downtown and the snow and DC not making any call on schools yet Monday is shaping up to be a cluster
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:50     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
NP. We're flying back into town Sunday afternoon from our winter break trip to visit family. Aside from hoping that flights across the country aren't totally hosed ... I deliberately cleaned out the fridge before we left. I do have half a dozen eggs that should still be good, but totally out of milk, bread, yogurt, fresh vegetables, etc. My plan to was to hit the store when we get back - ha! Guess we'll be living on whatever canned soup is already in our cupboard for the next week or so.

Thanks OP for the maps- really interesting to see how it shapes up!
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:50     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
many EV charging stations are full too. the 3 nearest me had 3 available out of 46 total. but longest wait time was <20-min so not too crazy.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:20     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
I think late tomorrow night.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2025 18:15     Subject: Jan 5/6 Snow Event Updates
When is it supposed to start?