[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

See, if you were in the CORRECT Orange County, it's going to be mid-90s this week. No rain in sight, although the Santa Ana winds may blow 20-40MPH. Batten down the beach towels!!!

The *real* Orange County (in New York State) was incorporated on November 1st, 1683. The left coast's imitation was incorporated on August 1, 1889. Our county existed 206 years before yours was founded!

Orange County NY notables:

• West Point? Check.
  
• Benedict Arnold? Turned a traitor right here in OC.
  
• George Washington and the Continental Army spent an entire winter encamped here.
  
• Purple heart? Invented here, and we have the museum to prove it.
  
• Velveeta cheese? Invented here.

...and all of these things happened before your cheap knockoff county was even a thing!

More recent notables are being the home of President Trump's high school, the first American soil that the Iran hostages set foot on after their release, a new LegoLand theme park, the home of Angry Orchard, and unfortunately also being home of those TV bike-building clowns who use our county's name in their business.

What does the west coast copy have, besides Richard Nixon, DisneyLand, earthquakes, fires, and rolling blackouts?????




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[kscarrol]

^^ Yowza!! What a beat down (especially Velveeta Cheese!).... I await UncleWede's response.

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

[*]Velveeta cheese? Invented here.[/LIST]

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[vreihen16]

I forgot to add that the first railroad train to be dispatched by telegraph also happened here.

Oh, and Tuxedo Park is here, the original millionaire's row and namesake of the tuxedo suit that is still to this day the common formal wedding attire.

Did I mention that our tap water is free and plentiful and the ground doesn't shake?????

[UncleWede]

For the record, I'm in VENTURA county. Too much peeps in OC

Velveeta, you win

Not going to have an argument with you and your 16 year record

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Not going to have an argument with you and your 16 year record

The closest thing that we've ever had to an argument is when she volunteers to guide the Mighty Dodge's trailer hitch ball under the trailer tongue as I back up to the race car hauler. The ball needs to be in a very precise spot, as it is impossible to push an 8,000 pound trailer to line things up by hand. After a few weekends of biting my tongue after repeated alignment misses, I changed my hitch-up procedure.

To wit, I now have an old windshield-mount suction cup cell phone holder that I stick to the tailgate with my iPhone's camera pointing down over the hitch ball. I can see the video in the camera app on my Apple Watch, and I can get the ball in the correct position in less than a minute by myself every single time.....

[vreihen16]

Happy December! Not quite winter on the calendar, but our first major snowfall in the northeast is forecast for Wednesday-Thursday. The "fake forecast" sources that publish irresponsible scare accumulations way too early are currently throwing out a claimed 16" of snow for the mid-Hudson Valley of NY State from this mid-week nor'easter. Scare forecast or not, it is probably a good time to dig out the snow shovels and scrapers to be ready for the winter.

As I write this, there is a light snow falling outside my window this morning. The forecast is for up to an inch of snow today, our second accumulating snow so far this fall.....

[M_Six]

"There are 200 million people in the path of this storm!!!"

[Torgus]

Meh, it already snowed about 10'' in central MA during the last storm a week ago.

If we see 12'' in Boston I will be VERY surprised.

I bet it is a nothing burger. Especially as the weekly forecast only shows light snow Thursday morning 65% chance.

[wdb]

Whatever happens, I'm happy to be able to sit next to the wood stove and watch it evolve.

[G35POPPEDMYCHERRY]

The weather forecasts are sooo extra nowadays.

The fuck is a blockbuster storm :

[vreihen16]

The National Weather Service in NYC has just put up a Winter Storm Watch, for 12-17" of forecasted snow:

400 PM EST Mon Dec 14 2020

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 12 to 17
inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph, especially
along the coast.

* WHERE...Portions of northeast New Jersey, southern Connecticut
and southeast New York.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible.
Hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesday evening and
Thursday morning commute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

[nyalpine90]

8"-14" in Brooklyn

[UncleWede]

Tell me again: this "snow" thing, it's somehow dangerous? Is it like that whole water falling from the sky as "rain" thing?
Y'all need to come to California. The only thing that falls from the sky is jet fuel, IF you live near LAX.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

Y'all need to come to California. The only thing that falls from the sky is jet fuel, IF you live near LAX.

You neglected to mention blue ice falling from overhead jets.....

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

You neglected to mention blue ice falling from overhead jets.....

Ice at outdoor temperatures? I have to take my cooler into the store with me, or by the time I get 1/2 block back to the house I have bags of water.

[Torgus]

Originally Posted by G35POPPEDMYCHERRY

The weather forecasts are sooo extra nowadays.

The fuck is a blockbuster storm :

I swear it is to generate clicks and views.

It is VERY sensationalized just like every aspect of the news nowadays. It is getting very old. An inch of snow? MUST REPORT!!!

In the last 20+ years in the NE we handle snow and blizzards better than ever before. A few inches of snow was not a big deal 20+ years ago, it should be even less of a news story now. Big stuff sure. I also think weather reporters have nothing to look forward to most of the year.

"Thunder Snow!"

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Torgus

"Thunder Snow!"

I sampled a moonshine by that name, along the rim of the Grand Canyon last year. The tasting room was across the parking lot from our hotel. I still almost got lost . . . it was that dang lava pebbles they put between pavements.

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by UncleWede

I sampled a moonshine by that name, along the rim of the Grand Canyon last year. The tasting room was across the parking lot from our hotel. I still almost got lost . . . it was that dang lava pebbles they put between pavements.

Quite the rim job they did on you...

[vreihen16]

On the noon news, the NYC TV talking heads are now forecasting 15-20" in our neck of the woods. Time to charge up my Bavarian Golf Cart, and take a run out to fill a few gas cans in case we need to run the generator.

Strangely, our local power company has not sent out their usual storm-preparation blurb emails yet. You know, the ones where they lecture about generator safety, checking your flashlights, and tell us about the mutual aid line/repair crews they have on standby should the power go out.....

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Torgus

I swear it is to generate clicks and views.

It is VERY sensationalized just like every aspect of the news nowadays. It is getting very old. An inch of snow? MUST REPORT!!!

In the last 20+ years in the NE we handle snow and blizzards better than ever before. A few inches of snow was not a big deal 20+ years ago, it should be even less of a news story now. Big stuff sure. I also think weather reporters have nothing to look forward to most of the year.

"Thunder Snow!"

Cantore gets an absolute woodie over "thunder snow" The dude is frickin weird.

[freakystyly]

Send some north of the border! Might need to break out the lawnmower again. Our white stuff seems to only last a couple days, must be faulty frozen water.