Be careful tonight. The city is already freakin’ about the upcoming storm.
If the weather produces ice as currently predicted, we would like citizens to limit travel if at all possible and clean ice and snow off their cars before traveling
Weather advisory from the government:
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT. WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE
PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH SLEET AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN
FRIDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS FRIDAY NIGHT PRIOR TO ALL
PRECIPITATION ENDING.THIS STORM COULD BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT…WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. LATER
FORECASTS WILL MORE SPECIFICALLY PIN DOWN PRECIPITATION TYPES…
TIMING… AND AMOUNTS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
Charlottesville press release after the break…
City of Charlottesville Gears Up for Potential Ice Storm
City Crews Ready for Predicted Sleet and Freezing Rain
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA – With the season’s latest winter blast less than 24 hours away, city Public Works and Parks and Recreation crews are ready for whatever falls from the sky tonight and Friday. With one of the most state-of-the-art monitoring stations, city officials will be watching weather and road conditions starting tomorrow and lasting through the storm. New monitors have been placed at three locations: Ridge/McIntire, Route 250 East, and along Emmett Street, that allow crews at Public Works headquarters to know the road temperatures and whether that specific area is reporting icy conditions. Also, many intersections now have emergency backup power on traffic lights in the event there are power outages. During the last ice storm in January, several intersections in town benefited from this new technology, staying on while police were able to handle more calls for service from the numerous accidents happening in town.
“If the weather produces ice as currently predicted, we would like citizens to limit travel if at all possible and clean ice and snow off their cars before traveling ,” says Ric Barrick, the Director of Communications for the City. “We take every storm very seriously. As with the storm earlier this month, we are likely to see a period where some of the secondary roads will become ice covered before crews have a chance to treat them.”
The city Public Works Department maintains two 40-person crews working 12-hour shifts during most storms. The City maintains it’s own fleet of vehicles with 24 slow plows all with GPS guidance equipment to allow officials to monitor the progress of snow removal. County roads are maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Major thoroughfares are always treated first but secondary residential streets will be handled as soon as crews can get to them. Please avoid parking on the street prior to any snow event. Vehicles will be towed that are parked illegally. City ordinance requires all residents and business owners to clean sidewalks within 12 hours of a snow event.
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snow snow snow yippee!
Can we start a rumor that the Public Works department doesn’t have the funds for payroll so no one shows up to man the plows/salt trucks and we can all just stay home and relax like nature intended?
Boy, the government is sure shouty. Have they not taken a nettiquette class before?
Jenna Bush is driving a team of Clydesdales pulling a snowplow down W. Main St. However that works.
Real weather nerds read the discussions, but NWS has lightened some of the mystery by hyperlinking the ABBREVS.
LATEST WX MAP SHOWS SFC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. MADE SOME MINOR TEMP ADJUSTMENTS…FRE DEG LOWER… FOR THIS AFTN WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE SNOW COVER PER VIS SAT. OTHERWISE FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL UPGRADE WATCHES THIS AFTERNOON BY 4 PM.
But real, real weather nerds read the Blacksburg discussions instead of the Baltimore discussions.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE GFS QPF FIRST AND SEE HOW TEMPS TREND THIS AFTERNOON. ONE THING IS FOR SURE…THE ARCTIC DRY AIR IS IN PLACE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS…SO THIS WILL AID IN THE EVAP COOLING PROCESS AND SHOULD DRAG THE SFC TEMP BELOW CRITICAL TONIGHT. QPF IS THE STICKLER.
I forecast a morning of sleeping in late, an afternoon spent lolling about the house in my pj’s, an evening relaxing in front of the fireplace, drinking either warm mulled wine or warm spiced mead, with a fifty percent chance of a movie and a slight chance of nestling with a snugglebuddy if the weather permits.
Ahh….bliss.
is — is this — fire weather?
Qpf is the stickler.
INTERNET DELIVERS AGAIN!!!
here is the comeuppance of the satellite:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/video-pentagon.html
is — is this — fire weather?
We’ll find out at eleven…
@8 : wow, they really killed that death star! No big deal, just like shooting womp rats in beggars canyon back home…
@10 I know this means I’m falling for the ask me more trap, but what??? womp rats???
@11 Its from this fairly obscure movie that came out about thirty years ago, Lys. Dont feel bad for not catching the reference.
A much better space adventure. Does not work in Firefox. Must use FireMoose, IE!
http://video.aol.com/video/tv-rocky-and-bullwinkle-episode-2/1828787
Spot the connection to Lysistrata?
Armageddon 2: Electric Bugaloo
Bring it.
Lys fails the “nerd” test. Hell, Lys fails the “member of western civilization” test…
Parlie you whore! That’s the same footage I posted that you pooh-pooh’d!
Whore!
This is why I never win at trivial pursuit – I never get the pink pieces.
Downgraded to advisory with minimal dusting tonight, and on/off precip of rain/freezing rain tomorrow totaling less than a tenth of an inch…
Buzzkill’d.
Boooooooooooo…!!!!
I hope I’m wrong…
Got my info here:
http://www.accuweather.com/watches-warnings.asp?partner=forecastfox&zipcode=22902&county=VAc540&zone=VAz037&metric=0
It’ll take more than that to stop me from enjoying the blissful day I have planned out.
@5Ahh….bliss.
Overpriced and poor quality sex toys. Better to order online from a reputable vendor.
@21
My sex toys are living, breathing humans, not some plastic-fantastic-machine. At least, last time I checked they were…
me too Street!
(except for the living and breathing part)
street, i hate you.
has anyone been to the store? have our supplies of milk and bread been wiped clean?
the sky has that wonderfully ominous look to it…
have our supplies of milk and bread been wiped clean?
Eff that noise. What’s the beer situation?
@23 sounds a little necrofiliastic hon……
My sex toys are living, breathing humans, not some plastic-fantastic-machine
My, my, how’s the weather up on that super high horse? I was just making a dumb joke, and I don’t mean to begrudge you your bliss… but back before my vow of chastity, I enjoyed both the plastic and the living breathing together. The toys I have in my arsenal were not purchased for me or my satisfaction (well except for the life size latex Bea Aurthur doll). I take (dons gang jacket) umbrage with your implied judgement. Perhaps one day, when Im back in the game, I will call upon all freaks to join as one, if not in body, then at least in spirit. And we will have fun, yea verily.
/did note your curious use of the plural humans… heh. freaky deaky.
yeah, they don’t fight back as much
hey guys, blockquotes are back.. do you not like them anymore?
@24
No! If I have offended you buster, please tell me how I can make it up to you.
@27 I was being silly. If I came across negatively in any fashion, it was not intentional. My apologies.
/crawls back into his cave to work on his etchings
Street, grow a pair, man. When people get offended you can either ignore them, or say “Welcome to the internet”. Also, Street…. welcome to the internet.
I hope all of you are able to claw your way out from under all of this ice and get one with your lives…
sweet snowstorm, you guys.
I see the vicious ice storm has knocked out the weekend preview and any other new topics…
bored? Google “Gene Simmons sex tape” and prepare to be, well, even more bored
But not more bored than the woman he was with. You know, after 4800 groupies, you’d think he’d have it down better than that.
you’d think, but apparently, after 4800 groupies you don’t even bother taking off your shoes, shirt or pants (or, it seems, brush your teeth – she would *not* KISS him (ironic, doncha think?))
and what kind of bizarro-world is it where I’m hung better than a rockstar
@ 30 – i was joking, monsieur! you just described my perfect snow day, which i cannot fulfill due to work-ful obligations. oh, and also a complete and utter lack of any precipitation whatsoever. you can still make it up to me with some wine. i’ll supply the fireplace and the porn.
@39 I’m so relieved! A fireplace and porn(as long as it’s not Gene Simmons’ snorefest) sounds like a wonderful, stress-relieving evening. What kind of wine do you desire?
I believe I just witnessed a single raindrop. The horror! Godspeed to all.
she would *not* KISS him
Apparently, he was not, in fact, made for lovin’ her, baby.
Perhaps she feared his prehensile tongue. Or perhaps it is the fact that prostitutes dont kiss. We may never know. I have only ever been disappointed by leaked celebrity sex vids, but this was the worst.
non sequiter time.
anyone miss Deadwood?
I do – linkypoo
@ 40: red baby. anything that’s not a cab sauv will do. and hey, if the porn is bad we can chuck it into the fireplace!
burn baby burn, it’s a porno inferno…
@ 43 Fuckin’ cocksuckers *pulls on pants* ought not too get *grabs bottle* knicker-knotted over events *takes whiskey shot* beyond his control *spits* but rather cosksucker should have the intestinal fuckin fortitude *pours shot* to do what needs gettin done *adjusts suspenders* no matter how many heads he split. *takes shot* Now as for fuckin’ Deadwood’s unwelcome flight, *approaches, burning stare* I can only say… fuckin’ hoopleheads had it comin’! … Where’s the gimp? I need some coffee.
@35: here’s a weekend preview for you: no goddamn van halen concert. thanks a lot, “ice storm.”
What ice storm??? That’s crazy. Explain
The Van Halen concert has “jumped” to a later date. They might as well.
No Van Halen, awwwwwwwwww. I can’t believe people spend the amount of money they do for these shows that get added on at the last minute, for example The Police, a friend of mine bout a police shirt for her kid, just because the merch guy showed them one that had Cville on it. The next day, the T-Shirt they had purchased for some $30-40 did not have Cville listed. Sounds like the old bait & switch to me. There is going to have to be some an unbelievable show at JPJ for be to spend $100+ bucks, maybe Crapshaw can get Hendrix & the Doors on a double bill.
how’s about we all walk to a bar & get shitfaced!!!!
I’ll be in a bar all night! I think its a lovely idea…
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5510/frydaywf9.jpg
I am very sick of the parade of aging rock stars and reunion tours and astronomical prices. If they have to wheel the performers out on a dolly, it ain’t gonna be worth $150.
I would, however, pay upwards of $200 to see zombie hendrix.
Seriously. This was supposed to be a big ass storm, ensuring my late sleepage and only possible show-uppage at work! I want my money back.
i spent $50 for 2 tickets. worth it………IF THERE WAS A CONCERT.
and no crush tasting tonight either. my life is not worth living.
orchid, end it now ..
just kidding.. drink your sorrows away at bang (my new love)
i went there for a function a few months ago & thought it was weak, but i definitely need to give it another try.
Bummer! I hadn’t checked my email and didn’t know that the Crush tasting was cancelled. And no Kiki as the usual backup. Hmm. Well, I actually haven’t had one of Bang’s lovely ginger and honey martinis in a while…
is there a weekend preview? i need stuff to make fun of.
yeah, because of the wine dinners next week. there are still the tastings at market street & beer run, but that’s not ENOUGH wine!
Check the mirror, Parlie.
jesus.
jesus is in your mirror? Sell it on ebay!
I’ve decided beer thirty must come early today after braving the elements and such….so………time to drink…..
Oh, I am so with you df.
i’ve been drinking since 10am. i’m not even wearing pants any more. still got my boots on though!
god i am looking good right about now.
the Box open yet???
Some moron just burned popcorn in a microwave down the hall from my office. Now my office smells like burnt shit. Do I have a cause of action against this idiot?
I just heard the Box is opening tonight!
I’d heard that too…..was hoping happy hour started early there…………..like ..NOW….I’m gonna swing by there shortly
opens at 6 I believe
I’ve heard the Box is opening like every night for the last week. those people need to get their rocks in line.
At noon today in the downtown ACAC jacuzzi, I started a rumor that The Box would open tonight. No that it’s come back around, I believe it!!!
Another rumor: Sarah at Cassis?
40 ounce check it.. in 10 seconds
no/now whatever
I won’t disclose my source, but it’s pretty reliable
if i were the box, and i knew how to use the internet, i would post something, ANYTHING, on this internet website. anything at all.
this one. right. here.
alas.
that would be a great idea parlie!
that’s why i’m the reminder.
I keep walking by The Box on my way home, every night. Just in case. I’m sort of starting to lose interest. And given the average level of entertainment in my life, that’s saying something. Anyone know of some paint I can watch drying?
I know somebody and maybe will get info. …………..
……………
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argk every-thread poster i feel durtee
It will not open, it is the box.
It will not open, you posty fox.
It will not open sam i am
It will not open and serve you ham.
Stopped in the Box tonight around 8. Got some delicious noodles, which you can put together from a big selection of noodle types, sauces, toppings, etc. Also, they have a very cute brunette waitress and at least one hot blonde customer. The one with a freckled shoulders. Very nice.
Could be just my accidental celibate status, but every one of these posts referencing the box is reading like porn to me. WTF kind of a name is that…she says rhetorically.
To answer the rhetorical question, I noticed they have a stack of those thin cardboard boxes that Asian takeout comes in, and the centerpiece of the menu is the dish they call — the box (it’s the build your own box of noodles dish, except it comes on a plate if you eat it there). Hope that helps with all the questions you didn’t have.
Can anyone make a coherent sentence with all or some of the monosyllabic local restaurant names? I keep trying but I don’t think I’m drunk enough. So far:
Mas Siips Bang Box Flat.
I’m going to open a restaurant called Pecker. 2 syllables. Just chicken and innuendo on the menu. Chicken Innuendo would be an awesome dish. Best served cold like revenge. I’m getting drunk enough. Drunken Chicken Innuendo would be the specialty.
Jerk Chicken Innuendo: tastes like a “f*ck you,” but smells like a romantic romp in the sack.
Stanley, I think you are drunk enough
Ayup!
Stanley: adorable
Anybody gonna come watch rugby with me at Zinc? 3pm!
Mel bangs flat zinc chaps, sal sips rehtts box, lee sprays ten brix, mas foods! feast!
Rivals bang the box.
Three bang the box at ten. Mel siips chaps flat.
Story at eleven.
I will open veggie chinese joint across the street from Pecker called Maginificent Wang’s. Nothing but phallic shaped tofu dishes served by erotic ninja’s.
I think I need some more sleep.
Yum. I’m so going there.
And you do need some sleep, look at all your typos.
I want an erotic ninja. No pupu platter please. Just the ninja.
An anagram of my complete name is ” Erotic Crab Assassin”. Not completely ninja-y, but I always kinda liked it.
look at all your typos.… to be fair, I am typing with my feet. My hands are, um, busy. Multitasking!
Damn. The only thing I get from my name is MORON.
Being fascinated by etymology and all sorts of wordplay, I’m astounded that I never anagrammed my name.
Let’s see…
Naked Wonder Jeers ..hmm….no?
Endeared Jerk Owns ..no! :p
Dander Renews Joke …um, what?
Adorned Ween Jerks …y’know…forget it.
Too many jerks, not enough naked.
A reading kilts No
A grained silk torn
A tangled oink Sir
A garden Knit soil
A-graded Ink Lions
A alined gin stork
Derailing as knots
A denial stroking
a leotards inking
Shenanigans:
Sans Rhino Norm?
linkypoo
uuuuhhhhhhhhhhh… where’s the ice?
we sent it back to god. we’re that gangsta.
uuuuhhhhhhhhhhh… where’s the ice
your real name has four “u”s and ten “h”s? Are you from Somalia?
Shenanigans:
men earn sirens honor
she roar, men snore (inn)
siren, she ran one morn
she errors in men, anon
sinner nor moaner, she
no shame, inner snorer!
armor enshrines none
nor harems neon siren
a heron’s inner sermon
doof that is so romantic, I broke from my Saturday frown into a sneaky smile….Nicely done.
Yo you leave me in stitches.
a heron’s inner sermon
Thats beautiful. I wiped a tear and found enlightenment.
careful, I’m: eggshell ego trucker!
Doof as long as you recycle at easter, and use green fuels….
An anagram of Charlottesville, Virginia is “Hello Cavalier virgin tits.”
(No, really. It really is. Try it.)
Feeling a sense of regret for so liberally deploying a term for breasts I would not normally use, I amend and extend 110: it is an unfortunate coincidence, that anagram, but one I felt obligated to report.
i support your report.
I support tits (with a bra)
Ok, comments 104 and 108 just made my day. I will stop being cranky now.