weather
No Power Means No Shower
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008This past Sunday Hurricane Ike pummeled Cincinnati and the surrounding areas with wind. We’re not talking about some lame breeze you get in the springtime with bunnies hopping around and flowers blooming; this was the kind of wind that didn’t think about sucker punching you in the gut, knocking you down, and then kicking you [...]
Oh, White Death, How I Loathe Thee
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Listen: I’ll be the first to say that if it’s going to be cold, it might as well snow. But hold on; there are some stipulations that belong with that statement, and apparently Mother Nature didn’t check her voicemail (either that or she finds joy is screwing with the city). Jonathan Lepolt’s Snow Rules: If [...]
Poll: Predicted Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain
Monday, February 11th, 2008I point to a previous post. Weather.com says: …WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST TUESDAY… A MIXTURE OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW [...]
Snow: Friend or Enemy?
Monday, January 28th, 2008Ah yes, winter time. The leaves fall off trees, the temperature drops, Christmas season comes upon us, and the number of reported chimney fires increases exponentially like Nintendo Wii sales this year. And it snows. In Cincinnati it snows…maybe not a lot, but enough to shut down the city. Up until last year I used [...]