OT: "Off-Topic Island"

Doc I grabbed my phone this morning before getting out of bed and of course this was the first post I came to. I started laughing and my wife turns to me and says not the weather forum again.

Tough times on the Mainland today. Emperor Frank hasn't thrown in the towel yet but I can tell even he's losing patience with this winter. Me I'm staying on OTI until I see my lawn covered in snow. Of course the way things are trending that may not happen until November 2015.

Loved the superman references. I use to rush home from school to watch those black and whites on channel 11. What a different world that was.

Yeah, CP, thank God for that Hallmark Thanksgiving in the HV with that 9 inches.Sadly, that could be it.Emperor Frank trying to dig one out of the dirt for us and I truly hope for all of us it pans out.

Knew you would pick up on the Superman intro Re.Frank.We come from a different planet, friend, those absolutely wonderful WPIX days after school, Superman, the Stooges, Bud and Lou, Norton and Ralph.Don't think a week goes by I don't give thanks to have lived and enjoyed them.

Today's would be the kind of storm the snow haters when I was a kid would say to rub it in...."and just think if this is all snow how much we would have got!"......"BANG,ZOOM......."

Wake up all residents of OTI, plus visitors on Visa and illegal immigrants.

There are stirrings on the mainland of a MECS possible. If this verifies, Queen Star shall be Queen for life.

The Queen of the North!!
The Queen of the North!!
The Queen of the North!!

ALL HAIL THE QUEEN if MECS pans out.If not.....

TAR AND FEATHER THE QUEEN!!!!!

docstox12 wrote:ALL HAIL THE QUEEN if MECS pans out.If not.....

TAR AND FEATHER THE QUEEN!!!!!

Hmmm, The Queen tarred and feathered?

I may root against the storm.

Ominous signs for Saturdays storm or possibly non storm.

Doc please place the Queen in solitary just in case. Mugs prepare the dark chocolate and feathers for her tar and feathering, again just in case.

SnowMan come out of hiding or we may revoke your citizenship.

You have until January 31st to show yourself or you're done on OTI. Go try it on the Mainland for a couple of days, they'll eat you up alive.

I've isolated myself to OTI for the duration of the "Model Madness" on the Mainland.

I have placed the Queen on temporary solitary as requested for her waffling on this Saturday snowstorm.The citizens of OTI demand clarity and conviction in these matters and that has not been forthcoming from the Queen.We have heard snow to mix to rain to snow to OTS too many times here!

SnowMan's disappearance is baffling and troubling but administrative duties of OTI must go on and I am putting his salary for his work as secretary in escrow.A one month disappearance should be enough to formally strip SnowMan of OTI citizenship, him being a founding member.

Well, CP, the Queen is trying her best but at this point, OTI is on the fringes of this sharp cutoff storm and we get maybe 2 to 4 inches which is better than "coating to an inch". I swear, if I hear Lee Goldberg say "coating to an inch" one more time, I'll throw my shoe through the tv set.At least it stays all snow up here while the areas getting more qpf turn to slop.

I'll have to discuss with the Queen this terrible southern and eastern biases of storms the last 5 years MUST END!!!!!!!!!!! Or else we will tar her with Limberger cheese and feathers!!!!!

So we may see a 975mb low pass over or slightly west of the BM and we may see a quarter inch of precip? I swear Doc that will be a first for me in my career of weather watching.

If we end up with less than 3 inches of snow from this storm the Queen goes on double secret probation until further notice. I'm also considering putting before Parliament several bills to ban certain words and phrases on OTI. Why not just start with "coating to an inch". Also the word NAM and sharp cutoff should also be banned.

I don't usually like limiting free-speech, but a person can only take so much. After much posting yesterday I believe today I'm going to take a break from the Mainland. If this storm does not pan out I even may consider dropping my dual citizenship and just remain on OTI for the rest of the winter.

The Limburger cheese may be a bit harsh Doc. Since this will be her first offense possibly whipped cream and feathers may be more appropriate.

Why the Mainlanders don't listen to me and just rid the forum of the 2/17/14 snow killer still baffles me. I tried to bring real solutions and the Mainlanders laugh me off like the class clown. You can't say I haven't tried.

Doc I just looked outside and saw we received another coating to an inch last night, more towards the coating than the inch. Let's add 0.2 inches to our totals and call it a day. I also wanted to use the phrase coating to an inch as much as possible before my bill goes before Parliament.  I have to check out the NAM in a couple of hours and I'm hoping there's no sharp cutoff, then I'm done with the models for this weekend, except of course dealing with our model the Queen.

Where the hell is Mugsy through all of this? Sometimes I question where his true allegiance lies.

Truly amazing that a low passing SLIGHTLY WEST of the BM and we are dry as a bone up here.It's voodoo weather I say.

Agree on those foul weather terms which do nothing but stir agitation and anxiety and anger.They will be stricken from the OTI dictionary.

The Mainlanders will not listen to reason on your proposal to extirpate the 2/16/2014 snow killer.All I hear over there is spin and doubletalk which leads me to believe the higher ups are protecting someone.I have imposed self exile on myself to OTI in order to free myself of the model mahem and madness that goes with it.

Yes, sadly, we bump up .2 of an inch.

Mugsy may have left OTI but at least he left his retinue of honeys behind including the Queen.Remember, as a result,our visitor visa revenue is off the charts!

Phew, things getting crazy on the mainland threads,very likely due to frustration with this winter's snow production.Oh, there is a nice coconut tree I will sit under and relax and just think of all the great snowstorms of the last 54 years I have seen and also thinking how lucky the youngsters under 45 are who are going to see snowstorms for the next 45 years or more! Hey, winter ain't over until it's over....March 30 or so 1970, 12 inches.....April 2 or 3 1982 12 inch blizzrad........Just sayin' guys and gals!

I need a mental break from this winter and the mainland for at least several days, and will only be on OTI until further notice.

A few things about those late season storms Doc. The March 30, 1970 blizzard our car got stuck in the snow on the way to church, if you remember it was Easter Sunday. I believe we had about 15 inches in Rockland County where I grew up. As we walked through the snow back home, my father looked back at me and yelled, this is what we get with your lousy snow. I was 9 at the time.

The Aprl blizzard in 1982 was actually on April 6th. 9.6 inches in NYC, probably 12 inches but lets not go there now, and 18 where I was in Orange County. I had tickets for the Yankees home opener that day and the season was canceled 5 days till they could clear out Yankee Stadium.

Many many other good snows in mid March, through mid April just in our lifetime, especially where you now reside in the HV.

March 20, 1958 11.8 inches in NYC, well over a foot in suburbs.
March 22, 1967 9.0 inches in NYC over a foot in nearby suburbs.
March 19, 1992 6.2 inches in NYC and more in suburbs.
March 13, 1993 10.6 inches in NYC and over 20 inches in HV - Superstorm 1993.
April 3, 2003 4-8 inches in NYC, again opening day at Yankee stadium only delayed one day this time.The next day the game was played with a game time temperature 0f 33 and a snow covered Bronx in the background. Charlie Steiners opening line on the radio. "Welcome everyone to Yankee baseball. It's a beautiful day for  baseball today" short pause, "somewhere in the country but certainly not here".

I'm going to the beach for a midnight swim, ummm budget meeting with the Queen.

Good memories, old buddy!

I was driving around with my high school pals that March 1970 Blizzard and in Fort Lee, there must have been a foot.Yep, Easter Sunday.
Love what your Dad said.My Dad, too, was a snow hater.What a punch to the gut it must have been to him to have a snowaholic son,LOL!

April 6th Blizzard had to close my shop as it got very bad quickly.Everybody cancelled for the afternoon shift and I was glad to bail out and get home in my rear wheel drive 1977 Ford Granada.Must have been 4 or 5 inches on the ground when I bailed.Still remember the announcer on my NOAA weather cube radio saying..."we are going to experience something very rare today...an April Blizzard!"

There was one you missed in your list, a snowstorm in March 1960 of over 17 inches in Fort Lee.That, plus the incredible 1888 March Blizzard proves there is plenty of time for snow yet.

Enjoy that midnight swim with the Queen.I'll take Amber and June on a coconut and banana tour.

Later, my Good Man!!!

Your right Doc, I was just listing mid March to mid April snowstorms. That one was March 3-4, 1960 14.5 inches in Central Park so I wouldn't doubt you were over 17 inches in Ft. Lee, of course CPK may have been also.

Math23X7, so glad you came to visit us on OTI with your amazing recall of storms long past.You are CP's right arm in our never ending statistical analysis.

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:Your right Doc, I was just listing mid March to mid April snowstorms. That one was March 3-4, 1960 14.5 inches in Central Park so I wouldn't doubt you were over 17 inches in Ft. Lee, of course CPK may have been also.

OK, sorry, CP didn't realize your table was mid March on.You are right.

I'm a little tipsy with two Kentucky Teas tonight ( 1 shot of bourbon in a glass of water),LOL!

Great one ,Math!

Math23x7 wrote:

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:I need a mental break from this winter and the mainland for at least several days, and will only be on OTI until further notice.

A few things about those late season storms Doc. The March 30, 1970 blizzard our car got stuck in the snow on the way to church, if you remember it was Easter Sunday. I believe we had about 15 inches in Rockland County where I grew up. As we walked through the snow back home, my father looked back at me and yelled, this is what we get with your lousy snow. I was 9 at the time.

The Aprl blizzard in 1982 was actually on April 6th. 9.6 inches in NYC, probably 12 inches but lets not go there now, and 18 where I was in Orange County. I had tickets for the Yankees home opener that day and the season was canceled 5 days till they could clear out Yankee Stadium.

Many many other good snows in mid March, through mid April just in our lifetime, especially where you now reside in the HV.

March 20, 1958 11.8 inches in NYC, well over a foot in suburbs.
March 22, 1967 9.0 inches in NYC over a foot in nearby suburbs.
March 19, 1992 6.2 inches in NYC and more in suburbs.
March 13, 1993 10.6 inches in NYC and over 20 inches in HV - Superstorm 1993.
April 3, 2003 4-8 inches in NYC, again opening day at Yankee stadium only delayed one day this time.The next day the game was played with a game time temperature 0f 33 and a snow covered Bronx in the background. Charlie Steiners opening line on the radio. "Welcome everyone to Yankee baseball. It's a beautiful day for  baseball today" short pause, "somewhere in the country but certainly not here".

I'm going to the beach for a midnight swim, ummm budget meeting with the Queen.

April 2003 was the 7th.

Thanks Math. April 7th wow there you go I was thinking the 3rd. And the high the next day didn't get out of the mid 30's. Was the weirdest opening Day with all the Bronx rooftops snow covered.

Math I'm no longer the Director of Immigration and Tourism on OTI, that happens to be Mugsy job now but since he's never around, as the former Director I am granting you an extended stay Visa here for the rest of the winter.

Parliament seconds that as Mugsy,Director of Immigration and Tourism in absentia cannot, for reasons we cannot fathom, issue that extended stay visa.As such, CP's bureaucratic power is still functioning and viable in this matter.I am waiving all extended stay visa costs as Math is such an exceptional immigrant who adds to our OTI Bureau of Statistical Snowstorm Memoribilia and Records.

docstox12 wrote:Parliament seconds that as  Mugsy,Director of Immigration and Tourism in absentia cannot, for reasons we cannot fathom, issue that extended stay visa.As such, CP's bureaucratic power is still functioning and viable in this matter.I am waiving all extended stay visa costs as Math is such an exceptional immigrant who adds to our OTI Bureau of Statistical Snowstorm Memoribilia and Records.

Unanimously passed.

Let all citizens give an OTI, three cheers for Math23x7

HIP HIP Hooray!!!
HIP HIP Hooray!!!
HIP HIP Hooray!!!

One restriction though, he may not visit or even look upon the Queen during his stay.

He'll be too busy working on his statistical analysis of OTI's Bureau of Snowfall and Snowstorm Records, which have fallen into a sorry state of disarray due to your dalliances with Queen Star, all completely understandable, of course!

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:

Math23x7 wrote:

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:I need a mental break from this winter and the mainland for at least several days, and will only be on OTI until further notice.

A few things about those late season storms Doc. The March 30, 1970 blizzard our car got stuck in the snow on the way to church, if you remember it was Easter Sunday. I believe we had about 15 inches in Rockland County where I grew up. As we walked through the snow back home, my father looked back at me and yelled, this is what we get with your lousy snow. I was 9 at the time.

The Aprl blizzard in 1982 was actually on April 6th. 9.6 inches in NYC, probably 12 inches but lets not go there now, and 18 where I was in Orange County. I had tickets for the Yankees home opener that day and the season was canceled 5 days till they could clear out Yankee Stadium.

Many many other good snows in mid March, through mid April just in our lifetime, especially where you now reside in the HV.

March 20, 1958 11.8 inches in NYC, well over a foot in suburbs.
March 22, 1967 9.0 inches in NYC over a foot in nearby suburbs.
March 19, 1992 6.2 inches in NYC and more in suburbs.
March 13, 1993 10.6 inches in NYC and over 20 inches in HV - Superstorm 1993.
April 3, 2003 4-8 inches in NYC, again opening day at Yankee stadium only delayed one day this time.The next day the game was played with a game time temperature 0f 33 and a snow covered Bronx in the background. Charlie Steiners opening line on the radio. "Welcome everyone to Yankee baseball. It's a beautiful day for  baseball today" short pause, "somewhere in the country but certainly not here".

I'm going to the beach for a midnight swim, ummm budget meeting with the Queen.

April 2003 was the 7th.

Thanks Math. April 7th wow there you go I was thinking the 3rd. And the high the next day didn't get out of the mid 30's. Was the weirdest opening Day with all the Bronx rooftops snow covered.

Math I'm no longer the Director of Immigration and Tourism on OTI, that happens to be Mugsy job now but since he's never around, as the former Director I am granting you an extended stay Visa here for the rest of the winter.

"Opening day in the Bronx with snow covered roofs!". Totally classic and amazing!

Math23X7, you are a gem, my friend! You will see some day when you hit my age,64, that razor sharp memories like yours really do start to fade.Reading this detailed analysis of the 1998-1999 winter was very enjoyable.Yes, a White Christmas does forgive a lot of sins in a relatively snowless winter.My first memories start with the winter of 1960-1961 which was very productive around here and had a White Christmas with the remains of the Dec.11-12 Blizzard.Hope you do well with these two storms coming up.

KCACO!