He's from Chicago. This is what Chicago people do; mock everyone else for not thinking two feet of snow every weekend is standard practice. And D.C. residents, myself included, have every right to be mocked for our joint ineptness when it snows in our city.

Though it was solid ice this morning. Had to skate to work.

I mock people in DC who take the day off work, and I drive 12 miles from my house here to work.

vartian: He's from Chicago.

Came here to say this. Those guys KNOW snow. Any former or current Chi-town resident would say the same thing.

It snows in DC every damn year and still people act like they've never seen the stuff before EVERY TIME. Get a fricken clue or stay off the roads.

Minnesota is behind Barack in this complaining about whiners taking the day off when it snows.

/Chicago isn't the only place record snow happens

Well, he's right. Schools have been closed for two days now because of an inch of snow and a little ice. Everyone is in the office, but most people came late or will leave early.

vartian: He's from Chicago. This is what Chicago people do; mock everyone else for not thinking two feet of snow every weekend is standard practice. And D.C. residents, myself included, have every right to be mocked for our joint ineptness when it snows in our city.

Though it was solid ice this morning. Had to skate to work.

Word.

How tough is Chicago when it comes to the weather? Well let's put it this way: When I lived there; there were days when the temprature and wind combined to make it so cold that literally 10-15 secs after I stepped outside I'd have icicles hanging from my moustache caused by the moisture in my breath feezing to them.

On Such days the sidewalks were just as crowded with predestrians and they were on a sunny Spring day (which in Chicago is early June). If you stopped one of those bustling pedestrians and inquired about the weather they MIGHT have allowed as how it was a "mite nippy" that day.

He has a point, you pussies.

/Canadian

ricewater_stool: It snows in DC every damn year and still people act like they've never seen the stuff before EVERY TIME. Get a fricken clue or stay off the roads.

The reason schools were closed was not because of snow, but because of ice. We have had freezing rain here in the DC area non-stop from 5pm last night until 9am this morning. The parking lot where I live was a sheet of ice. No salt, no sand, nothing. The sidewalks are even worse. Unless you want every kid falling and cracking their skulls open and school buses sliding off roads and into trees, they did the right thing by closing schools.

ricewater_stool: It snows in DC every damn year and still people act like they've never seen the stuff before EVERY TIME. Get a fricken clue or stay off the roads.

I refuse to drive in DC when it snows now. Twice last winter cars next to me on the road skidded into cars in front of them (barely missing me. These people don't know how to drive when it snows (or even when it doesn't snow some may say).

So instead I took the metro, which had a 20-30 min delay due to a station closure in Bethesda!

/curses DC

He's travelling to Ottawa soon. We'll teach him a thing or two `aboot' winter commuting!

Subby, he's only had the privilege of walking that distance for a week.

Is the FAIL tag for you?

oldfarthenry: He's travelling to Ottawa soon. We'll teach him a thing or two `aboot' winter commuting!

Canadian Black Population: 0 1/2

SchlingFocker: oldfarthenry: He's travelling to Ottawa soon. We'll teach him a thing or two `aboot' winter commuting!

Canadian Black Population: 0 1/2

Yes, cuz the underground railroad went to Peru!
Revisionist history for the modern 'merikun.

As of this morning, not much was closed in DC, including the schools.

The surrounding 'burbs? Yes.

The the city proper?

No. Perhaps some of the private ones were, but DC public schools and most of the colleges are open.

It's not a problem for the natives, the problem is with the newest crop on first timers who have never seen snow except on a TV. Asian women in over powered Mercedes sedans who believe that since it's dangerous they should speed up to get off the road more quickly.

i grew up in NY and moved down here to the DC area a few years back, and he is spot on. people here FREAK OUT at the hint of freezing rain, and by and large have no idea how to drive in it. so they shut everything down. but hey, i can always use a day off!

vartian: And D.C. residents, myself included, have every right to be mocked for our joint ineptness when it snows in our city.

At least the Mayor isn't in the Caribbean this time.

I just came in here to say how wonderful it is to see the words "President Obama" in a headline. :)

ricewater_stool: It snows in DC every damn year and still people act like they've never seen the stuff before EVERY TIME. Get a fricken clue or stay off the roads.

I consulted in DC for over five years and it amazed me how ill-prepared they are in the district. And yeah, they totally lose their shiat.

He's just bitter that he has to spend some time with the crotchfruit today.

The First-crotchfruit are probably thrilled.

Meh.. it all depends on where you're from. I am about 3.5 hours south east of Chicago we got about a foot of snow last night. I would have no problem going out driving. The Sibling once lived in Birmingham, they got an inch of snow and when he got to work there was NO ONE there. The whole building was locked. The whole city shut down. The niece and nephew had to go to 4 different yards to get enough snow for a snowman.

He is right. People around DC are a bunch of pansies when it comes to winter weather.

/slow-walked uphill to the Metro station because the path hadn't been cleared of ice, 5 blocks in 20 minutes
//My lawn. Get off it.

PoopStain: I've driven in Chicago and DC during rush hour. DC has the worst traffic I've ever seen, and I live in California. I can't imagine what it's like if there's snow.

You don't want to be in it. The highway system is nearly dysfunctional on a day with perfect commuting weather (dry and overcast, i.e., no sun to blind people). Throw in a couple of raindrops or snowflakes and everything stops.

If you can't get anywhere, why even try to go in to work? Might as well work from home (and I do, often).

oldfarthenry: Yes, cuz the underground railroad went to Peru!

That's one helluva long tunnel.

zymurgist: PoopStain: I've driven in Chicago and DC during rush hour. DC has the worst traffic I've ever seen, and I live in California. I can't imagine what it's like if there's snow.

You don't want to be in it. The highway system is nearly dysfunctional on a day with perfect commuting weather (dry and overcast, i.e., no sun to blind people). Throw in a couple of raindrops or snowflakes and everything stops.

If you can't get anywhere, why even try to go in to work? Might as well work from home (and I do, often).

I had a corporate apartment in Ballston. The metro stop was right there in our lobby. I was with DoD at the time in Crystal City. So it was very easy to get up, go to work, go to lunch, and come home without ever stepping outside.

Great when the weather was bad but it made me feel like a cockroach.

No YOU'RE a Towel: He has a point, you pussies.

/Canadian

God, I lol'd so hard I burned my keyboard with my cigarette.

Posted this in another thread, but since this one is greenlit, I'll repeat it here:

If school was in session for all these areas around here, traffic would be total gridlock. Kids wouldn't get to school, and people wouldn't get to work, until noon.

/seriously, it's not the worries of a little snow it's the traffic problems caused by it
//the roads here are Farked

2wolves: It's not a problem for the natives, the problem is with the newest crop on first timers who have never seen snow except on a TV. Asian women in overpowered Mercedes sedans who believe that since it's dangerous they should speed up to get off the road more quickly.

So farking true. In my city we have hordes of these drivers who have no idea what to do when snow falls. Mind you, they're terrible drivers no matter what the weather is like.

vartian: He's from Chicago Kenya.

If he can get his black muslin ass into work in Chicago, the rest of you people in DC can manage with a little snow.

Eddie Adams from Torrance: If he can get his black muslin ass into work in Chicago a mosque, the rest of you people in DC can manage with a little snow.


FTFY

Considering Ottawa is currently expecting almost 25cm of snow by tomorrow, amidst one of the worst bus strikes this city has ever seen, I find it hard to dig deep into my heart and offer the sympathy DC residents feel they so rightly deserve.

He'd love my town in NJ. They closed schools before 6AM as the snow was changing to rain, just as forecasted for our area (we're not too far from the shore). I took my son sledding by our local school about 20 min after classes would have begun. Even the local roads in our development had already been plowed as was the parking lot and sidewalks around the school. He had to stop sledding after a few minutes as he got drenched by the rain and puddles.

I could have seen a delayed opening, but the whole day? I really think this was a mercy closing as we haven't had much snow the last few winters. The worst part is that the rain and warming temps pretty much washed everything away so he's been stuck inside anyway.

elvisbloom: vartian: He's from Chicago.

Came here to say this. Those guys KNOW snow. Any former or current Chi-town resident would say the same thing.

Pretty much. I ride my bike in this mess. Studs FTW, though I did rock one hilly commute this year in my all-seasons after an ice storm because I misjudged the weather.

/going to ride my bike to go snowshoeing tonight, actually

Remember folks, Obama is an elitist because he is intelligent and - even worse - intellectual. Long live provincialism!

He's right. Pussies.

/Boston

vartian: He's from Chicago. This is what Chicago people do; mock everyone else for not thinking two feet of snow every weekend is standard practice. And D.C. residents, myself included, have every right to be mocked for our joint ineptness when it snows in our city.

Done in one.

midwest snow is a lot different than east coast snow.

midwest is powdery and snowy.

east coast snow is wet, sludgy, and often much more unpredictable in how it will effect the roads.


/agrees dc folks are wusses.

ricewater_stool: It snows in DC every damn year and still people act like they've never seen the stuff before EVERY TIME. Get a fricken clue or stay off the roads.

Hah. Around here we have the same problem.

With rain.

(of course it COULD be that our road crews are so pathetic that if you can't see well in front of you, you're risking ripping your axle off by hitting a hugefarkingmongous pothole)

soze:

/going to ride my bike to go snowshoeing tonight, actually

I think you can save time by putting snow shoes on your bike wheels. I see no logical reason why that will not work.

My sister was almost killed on Dulles toll road in Northern Virginia. She pulled off the road because the ice was too treacherous to drive on, whereupon another car skidded on the ice and slammed broadside into hers.

/do not mock driving on ice in DC

If there was ever a better excuse to call out of work and stay home with a beer, i've never heard of it.

elvisbloom: vartian: He's from Chicago.

Came here to say this. Those guys KNOW snow. Any former or current Chi-town resident would say the same thing.

Thread over.

So to this point. I am from Ohio so I am used to some snow, they didn't cancel school much for it. Now I live in TN, they canceled school due to RAIN! The other day they canceled because of cold, and it was only like 7F. Not that bad at all.

I am with Obama on this one.

"Remember folks, Obama is an elitist because he is intelligent and - even worse - intellectual. Long live provincialism!"

Yeah, so smart that he tried to walk through a window earlier today.

Truly he is history's greatest monster.

He is right to mock people for not working here when it snows a little. But we got a solid coating of ICE. Welcome to DC, Mr. President. Be glad you'll not ever have to drive here.

The sidewalks are even worse. Unless you want every kid falling and cracking their skulls open


Grandma is that you??

Sorry, subby, but it is you to whom belongs the FAIL.