Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Nando on February 12, 2014, 05:42:35 AM
30 yesterday, should be about 70 degrees tomorrow. South of us, they are frozen. We lucked out. I'll take the wild swing of temperatures over being snowcalypsedin .
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: nodtveidt on February 12, 2014, 05:47:01 AM
85 degrees here right now and I hate it. Gimme some snow and ice.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: RoyVegas on February 12, 2014, 06:16:12 AM
It's terrible here also, a high of 70! :-"
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on February 12, 2014, 06:48:10 AM
(https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/245x239q90/691/qek.png) At least we don't have snow issues that are too crippling....
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Punch on February 12, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
Where I am it is Always 40~35 degrees, I can't take it anymore. (Celcius of course, not that fahrenheit nonsense. I'm melting and there are water shortages in my region :/
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: wildfruit on February 12, 2014, 07:18:08 AM
Severe flooding in south and west of England here, many people displaced from their homes
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: PunkicCyborg on February 12, 2014, 07:22:11 AM
It was so breezy at the beach yesterday here I had to leave my tshirt on
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Arkhan on February 12, 2014, 07:52:26 AM
I really get a kick out of the south's lack of snowskills. We got 3 inches here and all we did was go "oh hey its snowing. lets go get a pizza."
Its 29F here and I don't wear a jacket outside. f*ck YEAH OHIO.
Down in Alabama, they got .002" one time and the whole city panicked and shut down.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Nando on February 12, 2014, 08:09:45 AM
Down in Alabama, they got .002" one time and the whole city panicked and shut down.
Because there is no infrastructure to support snow bukkake and the states are BROKE! Like no joke.
Shovels. Salt. Sand.
That costs money. Money which they do not have.
I wish I could find the article reading about it. It's really a sad situation.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: geise on February 12, 2014, 08:48:43 AM
Yeah when I first moved down south here from Ohio I went from 10° and snow to 70° and sunny in January 93. Then by March in Columbia SC we got the "blizzard of the century!" Haha it was a couple inches. All the grocery stores were out of milk, bread and beer. News stations were covering it like it was the end of the world. It was so nuts. That same day it was the "Blizzard of the Decade!" in Cleveland. My friend sent a pic of him in the snow. Little did I know the snow mound was actually his parents car completely covered in snow.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: BlueBMW on February 12, 2014, 09:20:12 AM
Ill let that girl shovel my snow...
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Nando on February 12, 2014, 09:25:46 AM
Down in Alabama, they got .002" one time and the whole city panicked and shut down.
Because there is no infrastructure to support snow bukkake and the states are BROKE! Like no joke.
Shovels. Salt. Sand.
Use the above shit on roads and walkways... and drive/walk slowly...
Dress warm.
Send this to your local officials. Many lives will be saved.
Dude don't be a dick. 3-6 inches of sleet and ICE not snow, is a problem anywhere. The pic above is not snow its the accumulation of sleet and freezing rain.
We don't have salt, sand, and whatever the hell else because it would be poor budgeting to spend money on a fleet of plows and tons of salt for a severe winter event that happens once every decade. Its not because were broke. Actually SC ranks higher on the list for fiscal solvency. Want broke? Look at California or especially Michigan and Ohio. Those f*ckers are moving down here by the droves for work. They can't maintain a f*cking city like Detroit but they have clear roads during a snow storm... Thank goodness....
So STFU!
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 12, 2014, 11:31:43 AM
Yeah when I first moved down south here from Ohio I went from 10° and snow to 70° and sunny in January 93. Then by March in Columbia SC we got the "blizzard of the century!" Haha it was a couple inches. All the grocery stores were out of milk, bread and beer. News stations were covering it like it was the end of the world. It was so nuts. That same day it was the "Blizzard of the Decade!" in Cleveland. My friend sent a pic of him in the snow. Little did I know the snow mound was actually his parents car completely covered in snow.
Guise... are you in Columbia too? I live in Lexington.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: nodtveidt on February 12, 2014, 12:51:19 PM
I am moving to SC this summer and am looking forward to a glorious winter after a decade of non-stop summer.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: geise on February 12, 2014, 01:03:04 PM
@Rove: AWESOME! BTW it still gets hot as f*ck here during the summer.
@toymachine78: I lived in Irmo in a subdivision right off of Harbison Blvd. My wife and I "were" from the Columbia area and our family is still there. As of right now I am in Wilmington, NC
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 12, 2014, 01:51:33 PM
Where in SC are you moving to?
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: BlueBMW on February 12, 2014, 01:55:45 PM
My answer to the snow we got today in east Tennessee...
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: GohanX on February 12, 2014, 02:30:46 PM
Rove, sorry to tell you but it almost never snows in Myrtle Beach. I was there once and it snowed one inch and the town shit down since it didn't have snow plows our salt trucks or anything.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: nodtveidt on February 12, 2014, 03:13:26 PM
That's okay... it snows in other parts, places I can drive to. :) I can't drive to even see snow here on this tropical island. If it ever snowed here, the entire population of this island would resort to cannibalism.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Gogan on February 12, 2014, 11:07:19 PM
especially Michigan and Ohio. Those f*ckers are moving down here by the droves for work. They can't maintain a f*cking city like Detroit but they have clear roads during a snow storm... Thank goodness....
So STFU!
Tell me WHO could run a city like that. It's a joke, even here. And I live really close. Grosse Pointe. It's really nice. Detroit is the only bad thing about Michigan, and even that is debatable in some aspects. Those that can't find work aren't looking hard enough.
And... It's snow. Frozen water. Pick up a shovel and shovel that shit! Drive slow. Like really slow. 10 min. Drive should take an hour. It'll be ok
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: BlueBMW on February 12, 2014, 11:47:20 PM
Im from Colorado so snow is no stranger to me. I love the stuff actually. I live in east Tennessee right now and Ive gotta say its a lot different here than Colorado. First off its not flat here. Its hilly and roads are mostly narrow two lane winding up and down roads. You can plow and salt all you want but if some of these roads get snow covered they are impassible period. Even if you have a good 4wd vehical youll still get stuck because someone else will get stuck and block you. Additionally, it seems like we get a lot more ice than I ever remember in Colorado. Maybe its because its more humid here. Bottom line, snow does shut things down here but not solely because people dont know how to drive in it. Its a different world here in the south.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Gogan on February 12, 2014, 11:59:19 PM
Im from Colorado so snow is no stranger to me. I love the stuff actually. I live in east Tennessee right now and Ive gotta say its a lot different here than Colorado. First off its not flat here. Its hilly and roads are mostly narrow two lane winding up and down roads. You can plow and salt all you want but if some of these roads get snow covered they are impassible period. Even if you have a good 4wd vehical youll still get stuck because someone else will get stuck and block you. Additionally, it seems like we get a lot more ice than I ever remember in Colorado. Maybe its because its more humid here. Bottom line, snow does shut things down here but not solely because people dont know how to drive in it. Its a different world here in the south.
I understand the hilly roads. I've been down south many many times, most roads are drivable under any condition. In the mountains, yea, forget about it.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: bob on February 13, 2014, 12:56:51 AM
I bet every New Englander is getting a laugh out of this thread.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 13, 2014, 05:20:17 AM
especially Michigan and Ohio. Those f*ckers are moving down here by the droves for work. They can't maintain a f*cking city like Detroit but they have clear roads during a snow storm... Thank goodness....
So STFU!
Tell me WHO could run a city like that. It's a joke, even here. And I live really close. Grosse Pointe. It's really nice. Detroit is the only bad thing about Michigan, and even that is debatable in some aspects. Those that can't find work aren't looking hard enough.
And... It's snow. Frozen water. Pick up a shovel and shovel that shit! Drive slow. Like really slow. 10 min. Drive should take an hour. It'll be ok
Dude that's the point... there is a big difference in snow accumulation and freezing rain and sleet accumulation. You could literally prob ice skate on my front yard. I'm a 200lb man, and it would support me without cracking or leaving foot depressions.
My poor dog couldn't even use the bathroom because she was sliding around everywhere. I had to take her in the road where it was rutted enough for her to walk lol.
And BTW.. they don't sale snow shovels here. Not that it would help with 2-3in of ice.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: bob on February 13, 2014, 05:36:54 AM
Bernie could melt the whole state with a hair dryer.
(I'm sorry, but it just works on so many levels)
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Arkhan on February 14, 2014, 02:40:36 AM
Who uses snow shovels for ice. It's not an ice shovel.
Use a coal shovel. Or a spade. It's not that hard to get rid of. I can clear my driveway out in about 30 minutes.
Step 1: Pour salt Step 2: Go inside for 20 minutes Step 3: Go outside and get that shit out of there.
If you don't have salt, just pour some gas and drop a match.
People in the south sound really disabled with something as simple as snow and ice. My family down south is like OH GOD 6 INCHES OF SNOW WHAT THE HELL.
It's funny, really. They're panicking, and I'm driving to work with 4" of my windshield cleared off. The rest can defrost eventually.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: geise on February 14, 2014, 02:54:32 AM
Who uses snow shovels for ice. It's not an ice shovel.
Use a coal shovel. Or a spade. It's not that hard to get rid of. I can clear my driveway out in about 30 minutes.
Step 1: Pour salt Step 2: Go inside for 20 minutes Step 3: Go outside and get that shit out of there.
If you don't have salt, just pour some gas and drop a match.
People in the south sound really disabled with something as simple as snow and ice. My family down south is like OH GOD 6 INCHES OF SNOW WHAT THE HELL.
It's funny, really. They're panicking, and I'm driving to work with 4" of my windshield cleared off. The rest can defrost eventually.
Down here people make it into a bigger deal than it really is on purpose. They use it as an excuse to take work off or similar. Most people here really don't make it a big deal. The news likes to, mainly for never having anything else good to report on.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Nando on February 14, 2014, 03:03:58 AM
In Texas, snow isn't that big of an issue where we live. Ice is a totally different monster.
Agree though, the weather folk go into orgiastic frenzy with the weather. They finally get to hog most of the air time.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: geise on February 14, 2014, 03:10:13 AM
Yeah it's all just ratings. NC does handle the weather a lot better than SC though. In SC quite a few really are stupid about it. The problems that I see here in NC is that people are dumb with driving in it. To my surprise though most of the cars I saw wrecked and abandoned on the side of the road during/after the bad weather were mostly out of state cars from Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland. There were also some NC drivers, but I guess some get cocky and think oh this is nothing. People in general just aren't smart when it comes to weather sometimes.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Dicer on February 14, 2014, 06:32:49 AM
Cool. Maybe once you get here, me you and geise can organize a SC Turbofest. I vacation in north myrtle every year. In cherry grove
Not every year, but often, I go down to SC during spring...when the ocean is still icy (before tourists).
I will definitely have to meet up with folks the next time I venture south...(I'm not sure if I am going this April/May...but it is likely).
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Necromancer on February 14, 2014, 09:22:08 AM
Ha! Why can't we get some biting, slutty snow?
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 14, 2014, 11:31:13 AM
Well everything is relative to where you live. We don't get snow very often, so we don't deal with it well. On the other hand hurricanes can blow through and we won't bat an eye, where as other regions might freak the f*ck out. Same with tornados in the Midwest. And earthquakes on the west coast.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 14, 2014, 02:43:10 PM
DAMN!!!!! Speaking of earthquakes... We just had one!!!! Earthquakes, ice storms, the world is ending lol
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: toymachine78 on February 14, 2014, 04:04:56 PM
Well back to an SC get together, I have access to a beach house year round for a a very modest fee. We could schedule it for one weekend, play some obey drink some beer, and goof off on the golf cart:)
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: geise on February 15, 2014, 06:16:00 AM
My answer to the snow we got today in east Tennessee...
Yeah... that just happened. I may be almost 30, but you're never too old to play in the snow!
Ha! The lil and I made a snowman today as well! (though it hasn't snowed for a few days here) (http://risemedia.org/risemedia/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-15-17.48.32-600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: esteban on February 15, 2014, 06:26:52 PM
HAHAHAHAHA! So awesome! Thank you for sharing Gogan!
What's hilarious is that he wasn't even exaggerating. Folks would wear heavy clothes in the "winter" (overcast skies and an occasional rain, at worst)...stores sold winter clothes, but it wouldn't even qualify as autumn (for someone from NJ, folks up north would find it even funnier). (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Gogan on February 17, 2014, 01:37:12 AM
It IS pretty funny seeing people react to weather they aren't use to, but as toy said, it is all relative to where you live.
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: Nando on February 17, 2014, 03:05:08 AM
It's gonna be in the 70's all week here. HELLOOOOO SPRING!
Title: Re: State of Emergency in SC
Post by: TheClash603 on February 17, 2014, 04:02:50 PM
We finally hit 31 today after weeks of cold. Buffalo, NY is the new FL.