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    John M Drescher
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    I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

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      I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

      John

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      Bassam Saoud
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      I feel your pain brother - It took me two hours to drive 30 miles to work , usually takes 40 minutes max. Trafic and roads are terrible today in denver and there isnt much snow really 1-3 inches

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        I feel your pain brother - It took me two hours to drive 30 miles to work , usually takes 40 minutes max. Trafic and roads are terrible today in denver and there isnt much snow really 1-3 inches

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        John M Drescher
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        The sad part is a little more is coming tomorrow or Wednesday. Only a few inches but they are far from finished clearing the 21 that hit over the 24 continuous hours of snow..

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          The sad part is a little more is coming tomorrow or Wednesday. Only a few inches but they are far from finished clearing the 21 that hit over the 24 continuous hours of snow..

          John

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          Ian Shlasko
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          It snowed? *looks outside at midtown Manhattan* Could have fooled me :) See, we're shielded against heavy snow. All of the collective hot air from my fellow stuck-up New Yorkers creates a heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms.

          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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            It snowed? *looks outside at midtown Manhattan* Could have fooled me :) See, we're shielded against heavy snow. All of the collective hot air from my fellow stuck-up New Yorkers creates a heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms.

            Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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            There should be a bubble around Washington large enough to shield all the East Coast if that were true...

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              I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

              John

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              Oh, snow. Its like that in the middle of summer around London.

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                It snowed? *looks outside at midtown Manhattan* Could have fooled me :) See, we're shielded against heavy snow. All of the collective hot air from my fellow stuck-up New Yorkers creates a heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms.

                Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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                Richard Jones
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                Ian Shlasko wrote:

                heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms

                Picturing Ghostbusters II with all the anger and hatred, etc. :laugh:

                "The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984

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                  Ian Shlasko wrote:

                  heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms

                  Picturing Ghostbusters II with all the anger and hatred, etc. :laugh:

                  "The activity of 'debugging', or removing bugs from a program, ends when people get tired of doing it, not when the bugs are removed." - "Datamation", January 15, 1984

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                  John M Drescher
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                  :laugh: Oh my.

                  John

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                    I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

                    John

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                    Dr Walt Fair PE
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                    It's 68 F, partly cloudy and I have a home office. Thanks for confirming my decision to never live anywhere near a place like that!

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                      It's 68 F, partly cloudy and I have a home office. Thanks for confirming my decision to never live anywhere near a place like that!

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                      John M Drescher
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                      It's 27F at the moment although it was 5F or so last night and most of the day yesterday. If it was not for the cold front that moved in after the snow stopped falling, I suspect the roads would have been much better. The rock hard compacted ice with its ruts is a real pain to drive on besides the bumps it throws you all over the road and now since the lanes are smaller because of the piles of snow the car next to you may be less than 1 foot from you.. Not fun at all. If it snows at all Tuesday, I am probably not going to work on Wednesday no reason to risk my life and my car insurance rates.

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                        I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

                        John

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                        And yet I live up north and drive between Meadville and Erie, and neither place got more then 2-3 inches. It was an unusal storm.

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                          I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

                          John

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                          Duncan Edwards Jones
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                          18 miles = 28.968192 kilometers Which means you were just under our newly introduces speed limit in central Dublin

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                            I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

                            John

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                            Ed Poore
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                            Never get stuck again...[^] (the 3/4" of mud in the tread doesn't do the actual tread depth justice :rolleyes:).

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                              I left home a 9:20 AM and arrived at work at 12:04PM. The first 16 miles was okay that only took 30 minutes. The last 2 was less than a crawl. The roads are a mess in the city Pittsburgh specifically near the Pitt campus. There are many disabled vehicles, 0 to 4 inches of hard compacted ice topped with some slush on the streets and large piles of snow on the main roads blocking off parts of the lane so you have to merge back into fewer lanes. I would have thought the main roads would be clear of snow and disabled vehicles by now.

                              John

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                              Xiangyang Liu
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                              Just for your information, we have another 5-10 inches coming tomorrow till Wednesday. It may break the all time record for DC area.

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                                It snowed? *looks outside at midtown Manhattan* Could have fooled me :) See, we're shielded against heavy snow. All of the collective hot air from my fellow stuck-up New Yorkers creates a heat bubble that gently pushes aside all but the most devastating snowstorms.

                                Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)

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                                Ray Cassick
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                                Man all this complaining... I am in BUFFALO and have not seen more than maybe a half inch in the last 2 days :) Its nice to see others getting hit for once. I have to say this year has been a decent winter for us here.


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                                  18 miles = 28.968192 kilometers Which means you were just under our newly introduces speed limit in central Dublin

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                                  John M Drescher
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                                  Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:

                                  Which means you were just under our newly introduces speed limit in central Dublin

                                  On a dry evening I can make the trip in just under 25 minutes. No comment on speed limits.

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                                    And yet I live up north and drive between Meadville and Erie, and neither place got more then 2-3 inches. It was an unusal storm.

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                                    John M Drescher
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                                    I assume you got the 3+ feet a month or so back however? The SO Kathy's parents live in that area.

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                                      Never get stuck again...[^] (the 3/4" of mud in the tread doesn't do the actual tread depth justice :rolleyes:).

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                                      Ed.Poore wrote:

                                      Never get stuck again...[^]

                                      Provided you don't leave the farmyard! Surely no front number plate means you can't (legally) drive it on the public roads? For real fun in the snow get a couple of these[^]

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                                        Just for your information, we have another 5-10 inches coming tomorrow till Wednesday. It may break the all time record for DC area.

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                                        John M Drescher
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                                        I thought it was only a few. We now have a 6 to 10 inch forecast: http://www.wpxi.com/news/22496399/detail.html[^]

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                                          Man all this complaining... I am in BUFFALO and have not seen more than maybe a half inch in the last 2 days :) Its nice to see others getting hit for once. I have to say this year has been a decent winter for us here.


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                                          John M Drescher
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                                          As I helped the neighbor across the street finish shoveling a large enough path on his driveway to get one car through we discussed that. I mean how do you manage the amount of snow you get. For us this the 4th storm on record (that goes back into the 1800s) that was over 20 inches.

                                          John

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