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  1. #1
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    Winter Storm Watch Posted for Triad Region of NC 12/8

    For those of you who are driving to and from Charlotte over the weekend, please be advised that a Winter Storm Watch is posted for counties along the I-40 and I-85 corridor for Sunday.

    http://www.wxii12.com/weather/alerts

  2. #2
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    I'm sure the state of NC will drop copious amount of bread and milk along the roadway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by budwom View Post
    I'm sure the state of NC will drop copious amount of bread and milk along the roadway.
    Is that what you do for ice storms in Vermont?

  4. #4
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    And eggs. Here in the Triad, we make French toast when snow/ice are threatened.

  5. #5
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    I moved. Now 12 miles from Heaven, 13 from Hell
    I presume that the winter weather will continue to Orange County, as we all know (Chapel) Hell will freeze over late Saturday night.

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    storm

    I've been watching this closely since I intend to drive back to Durham after the game.

    According to weather.com's hourly projections, the route back shouldn't start to see ice and freezing rain until about 4 a.m. Sunday morning. But the winter weather advisory does suggest it could start Saturday night.

    Not sure what to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olympic Fan View Post
    I've been watching this closely since I intend to drive back to Durham after the game.

    According to weather.com's hourly projections, the route back shouldn't start to see ice and freezing rain until about 4 a.m. Sunday morning. But the winter weather advisory does suggest it could start Saturday night.

    Not sure what to do.
    Consider returning on a more southern route through Misenheimer, Asheboro, Siler City, etc.

  8. #8
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    I suspect the interstates will be in good shape - if they get pretreated.

    It's that last mile that gets squirrelly.

    (I spend a lot of time playing in winter weather getting to and from games from DC. The interstates are almost never the problem.)

    -jk

  9. #9
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    Raleigh, NC
    Already bought all the bread and milk. Sorry NC! Milk toast all for me!!

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    Rent free in tarheels’ heads
    As warm as it was here today, it will probably make it tougher for the nasty stuff to stick when it hits a relatively warm ground.

  11. #11
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    Charlotte isn't in the Triad.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

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    Olympic, as I look at the hourly forecast I think you should have little/no worries about attending. Forecast doesn't show any temps cold enough to freeze the roadways from Charlotte to Derm over the weekend. Here in Richmond the temp is expected to get to 30, but the ground/roads are so warm it'd take several hours of cold to get them to freezing. Not likely to happen. Authorities will always project the worst to cover any possible unforeseen changes. I think "All is Well!" Wasn't that Kevin Bacon in final scene of "Animal House"

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    Quote Originally Posted by -jk View Post
    I suspect the interstates will be in good shape - if they get pretreated.

    It's that last mile that gets squirrelly.

    (I spend a lot of time playing in winter weather getting to and from games from DC. The interstates are almost never the problem.)

    -jk
    Can't pre-treat due to the rain that's going to come first. It would wash away the brine.

    The roads are probably warm enough so that we'll all be able to get back to Durham Saturday night/Sunday morning, before things get too bad.

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    The worst part of this is that all these people in North Carolina will die from psychosomatic hypothermia because it's under 75 degrees.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

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    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    The worst part of this is that all these people in North Carolina will die from psychosomatic hypothermia because it's under 75 degrees.
    Screw that noise. The Kay family is evacuating to Disney World. By the time we get back, the Winterpocalypse will have been cancelled...I hope.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davekay1971 View Post
    Screw that noise. The Kay family is evacuating to Disney World. By the time we get back, the Winterpocalypse will have been cancelled...I hope.
    I find Disney World a tragic, unintentional indictment of our culture. But don't listen to me. (No one does). James Howard Kunstler has my proxy in his 1993 book.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

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    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    I find Disney World a tragic, unintentional indictment of our culture. But don't listen to me. (No one does). James Howard Kunstler has my proxy in his 1993 book.
    If loving Disney World is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

  18. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    Charlotte isn't in the Triad.
    But on the interstate route from Charlotte to Durham, you have to pass through the Triad ...

  19. #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Olympic Fan View Post
    But on the interstate route from Charlotte to Durham, you have to pass through the Triad ...
    I guess you'd clip it from its Southeastern edge.

    The prolonged suffering of people who endure North Carolina winters. It's gruesome. They're like Job. If Job spent 10% of his time walking around in a windbreaker, other than that one really bad ice storm in 2002, which was .0001% of his time.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

  20. #20
    Never been to Disney, and doubt I'd like it, but wouldn't mind the Orlando bowl if we don't make Miami or Atlanta.

    I do like French Toast. Cinnamon is a real key. Enough might help a tire gain traction. When the kids were very little, they'd go to town shaking the cinnamon into the batter. One day, my son got a little too vigorous w/ the shaking.

    Me: "Whoa, whoa, whoa."
    Him: "But you always said there's no such thing as too much cinnamon."
    Sister (w/out missing a beat): "Yeah, but there is such a thing as enough."
    Me (after a pause): "That's pretty funny. How'd you think of that?"
    Sister: "You've said that before, too."

    Not sure exactly why, but somehow it's my proudest parenting moment.

    Anyway, the party's raging all night in Charlotte after we win a championship, so no need for anybody to leave early and drive in a drizzle.

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