Posted by SReis on 12/18/08 10:31am
Msg #272302

Why, Oh Why!!!!

My busiest day scheduled for tomm in almost a year & we're getting a major snow storm w/almost 1 foot of snow & 1-2" of snow fall per hour. Perfect!!!! Looks like my busy day, just got a little less busy :-( I'm not cancelling anything yet, but I won't go out if the conditions are too bad either (been there, done that). Hope you all have nice weather to end the month.

Reply by Bluemoonray on 12/18/08 10:39am
Msg #272305

That's why I live in Ca.

Reply by Leon_CO on 12/18/08 10:42am
Msg #272306

Last Friday I drove more than 90 miles (one way) to a closing because the title company couldn't find anyone else. So I plan on going where no one else is able or willing to go. And I'll be charging a premium too.

Good luck, and stay safe.

Reply by John_NorCal on 12/18/08 10:49am
Msg #272309

Better watch it Bluemoonray......

It's snowing in Las Vegas right now.......May only be a bit of time before we here on the Left Coast fall victim to the travails of our Right Coast friends... :-)

Reply by Glenn Strickler on 12/18/08 12:44pm
Msg #272329

Re: Better watch it Bluemoonray......

If you go to weather.com, you will find a map that shows that over the past 2 days 75% of the surface area of California had at least 4" of snow. We had about a foot here in the High Desert yesterday.

Reply by LKT/CA on 12/18/08 11:32am
Msg #272315

MYTHS about CA weather

<<<That's why I live in Ca.>>>

Please be advised: The entire state of California is NOT summed up by the weather of Los Angeles. SOUTHERN California is not sunny and nice all year long. It does snow in SOUTHERN California. I live in Upland, 15 minutes from the mountains (Mt. Baldy) - SNOW; I can stand on my front porch and see the snow capped mountains - seems like I can reach out and touch them; 40 min. drive to Crestline - SNOW and 40 min. drive to Wrightwood - SNOW; the 15 Freeway at the Cajon pass - SNOW. Two days ago the highway patrol shut down the 15 freeway at the 2,000 ft. elevation level - if you didn't have snow chains, they would not let you through and you were stuck sitting there. Friends that live in Hesperia - SNOW....Big Bear, 30 min. drive - SNOW. Angeles National Forest - SNOW and subzero temperatures. And this is SOUTHERN California. Don't get me started on where it snows in northern CA.

The entire state is does not Hawaii - like weather everywhere...all year. Now that you have been informed....go forth and prosper.

Reply by Bob_Chicago on 12/18/08 11:39am
Msg #272316

I have heard that CA has four seasons : brush fire, flood,

mudslide and earthquake.
Word is if you don't like Chicago's weather, wait 10 minutes.
8 to 12 inches of snow due today. Had a storm Tuesday. Trip that
normally took 20 minutes was 4 1/2 hours.
Luckily , I missed most of it.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 12/18/08 11:56am
Msg #272320

Yup, CNN just showed SNOW in Malibu... n/m

Reply by Marian_in_CA on 12/18/08 12:20pm
Msg #272326

Re: MYTHS about CA weather

Heh. I've lived in California pretty much my whole life and I love the sunny stereotype it gets. Few people realize that in the 4700 sq miles of Los Angeles county alone you can go from sunny beaches to mountain camping grounds to snow skiing to water skiing to an arid desert hike to lake fishing all in one day, and all within 90 minutes drive (or less) of where ever you happen to be. It has 4 rivers, 2 islands, 5 mountain ranges, 2 national forests, a national recreation area, the beginning of the Mojave desert.

Not that I'm trying to sound like a travel brochure, but LKT is sooo right, there's so much more to the area than sunshine.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 12/18/08 5:16pm
Msg #272350

Re: MYTHS about CA weather

<<all within 90 minutes drive (or less) of where ever you happen to be>>

heh, heh.... unless it's a day like the last couple, and you're trying to go through the road closure trhough "the grapevine" on the 5. (Admittedly, though, that's in a different direction.) Thousands of people are stuck on the side of the road with no where to go! I have to admit that, except for the truck drivers who are trying to earn their living, it makes me wonder about some people. Either they don't listen to weather reports or they're clueless!

Having said that, today was one of the most spectacular days I've seen in a long while. Perfectly clear skies -- and even the relatively smaller mountains behind me (5 - 6000 ft range) are capped in snow. It's nice to look in that direction and notice something other than the scarred areas that burned last year...

Reply by LKT/CA on 12/18/08 9:23pm
Msg #272365

To add...

The 15 freeway is a MAJOR thoroughfare to Las Vegas and Arizona....and many of the elementary schools take their 5th graders on overnight field trips to Crestline during this time. All the 18 wheelers have to pull over when it gets shut down due to snow so obviously their delivery schedule is all messed up.

Are there snow chains for 18 wheelers?

Reply by Susan Fischer on 12/18/08 11:24am
Msg #272313

I hear ya - snowing like crazy at the beach in OR...a

truly weird sight...

I've got to go over the mountain to get to Tillamook...gorgeous but nasty. Just hoping all of those 4-wheel-drivers slow down -

Be safe and warm, everyone.

Reply by Derrick/MT on 12/18/08 12:01pm
Msg #272323

it just warmed up to 12 above today, was 9 below yesterday. Looks like it is time to break out the shorts and t-shirts again before we get 3-6 inches tomorrow.

Reply by pat/WA on 12/18/08 12:14pm
Msg #272325

snow

In Washington State they say if you can see the sun its going to rain if you can't see the sun its raining, So what is it doing SNOWING!

Reply by Derrick/MT on 12/18/08 12:21pm
Msg #272327

Re: snow

I saw on the news yesterday that Spokane got pounded with snow.

Reply by pat/WA on 12/18/08 3:20pm
Msg #272346

Re: snow

Yes, Spokane. but I am in Olympia on the west side of the mountains!

Reply by MichiganAl on 12/18/08 2:03pm
Msg #272336

I can't wait. Bring it on. n/m

Reply by Claudine Osborne on 12/18/08 2:15pm
Msg #272341

Re: I can't wait. Bring it on.

In my corner of Ohio I am in the snowblet area. We already have a storm warning until tomorrow night. Sky looks like its about to open up and let loose. I have a 4x4 truck and we are used to this and love the challenges. No signings for tomorrow..Yet

Reply by parkerc/ME on 12/18/08 5:26pm
Msg #272352

Looks like we in ME will luck out on this next storm that you're getting MA. Only calling for 2-4" in my area, beginning tomorrow evening, so I can at least get work done tomorrow. But we're s'posed to be hit hard Sunday.