Let's play a game of "Guess where the winter storm is!" Stay safe out there guys, ya'll are getting ready to have a hell of an evening.
Posted Jan 22, 2016, 3:56 PM UTC
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MI cop here. Watch your ass on the highway boys. Those assholes never slow down.
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EMT working in a city that's surrounded by 3 highways and working tonight, wish me luck!
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Collars and Boards for everyone! Its the only way that people will learn their lessons and drive according to conditions. Or you know, just stay the hell home...
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Good luck man. That's even worse. I'm a paramedic too.
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The south did say it would rise again!
God have mercy on your souls.
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Am trapped in house. Snow hasn't hit yet. Send halp.
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Do you have supplies!? When was the last time you saw the sun? Did you go out when everyone else did and buy a $600 snow blower at Lowes because you'll need it!
Sir? Just stay inside the house. Remain calm. Do you have any children in the house? Pets?
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Once snow hit the ground people freaked the fuck out. Like "we all gonna die!"
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Open the windows so you can Netflix and chill.
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Hah! I'm gonna steal this and not give you credit.
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Thief!
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2 feet of snow expected to night. Should be good.
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Luckyyyy!
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We've lost several good cars in the fight. The storm has taken Richmond and Norfolk, and I fear the worst as it approaches the nation's capitol. I said goodbye to my brothers today, as I watched onward from my office, barely grazed by the terror of this wretched beast. I know the dangers they face and the paperwork they will write as they journey onto the highways where drivers refuse to travel below 70 MPH in the worst conditions.
May their coffee stay ever warm and may their gloves fight back against that weird cold that still manages to get inside and make your fingers cold.
The battle is lost, but the war is not yet over.
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I'm off work today and we've been getting snow for about an hour and forty five minutes now. I can see at least 3 accidents from my apartment. Fucking Virginian!
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I'd be really nervous about people getting stranded or killed out in the deep parts of Appalachia in WV. Over 30" of snow fall in on night. Add in the amount of mountain and local roads that aren't going to be plowed by the state and there's a chance somebody really could get killed or stranded for days.
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Hopefully they are adequately prepared. Most of this stuff is old hat to them, but this storm is a monster.
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Off all week and haven't gotten the call to be out on standby. Life's good.
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You damn southerners always freaking out over a little bit of fluffy water
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I live in the rural south where the roads are narrow, curvy and hardly get any attention. I remember one year we had a good snow storm and the sheriffs department closed off part of the highway because they had too many wrecks. I was home listening to the scanner.
"115, I've got a guy here from Michigan in a four wheel drive that say's he knows how to drive in the snow. I'm going to let him go ahead."
Minute passes.
"115, I'm going to need a wrecker for Mr. Michigan."
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Everyone stay safe out there. Remember speed kills.
Edit: also remember to dress warmly.
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I gotta fuckin' snowsuit in my car just in case.
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NOVA cop here. It's my weekend off and I'm just here enjoying the shit show.
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You got a hell of a weekend off. I would not want to be caught out this that shit. The whole storm just barely missed when I live, but I have a lot of family in NOVA so I've been keeping an eye on it.
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We had plenty of warning. I stocked up on beer and pizza and am ready to ride it out.
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A few of those dots were mine.
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For a sec I thought this was r/rva
RVA REP WOOOOO!
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South Jersey here, I'm getting dicked hard.
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Going to college in Hampton Roads area means just having to put up with 6 or less inches and some gross rain :)
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Ooh! Ooh! My odds are on High Point!
(I'm English, BTW)
It's murdering Charlotte and Greensboro right now. Those are two major cities in North Carolina. It's headed straight for Washington DC and is going to be hell on Earth when it hits.
The landmass on this map covers over 255,000 Square Kilometers, not including the ocean. The storm is much bigger that what you see here.
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I should have put both. I actually converted it to square kilometers because he said "I'm English, BTW".
I WAS DOING A SERVICE SAMMICH!
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Freedom units.
My bets were on High Point being the centre of it all. But, okay. Apparently my inbox didn't go RIP.
Google maps is odd. High Point is actually a smaller area than the surrounding Greensboro, although the map doesn't make it look that way.
Greensboro has almost 300,000 people.
High Point is just over 100,000 people.
There are a lot of north Carolina people in here.