The Weather Thread

[Eismann]

Superior.

[Letang Is The Truth]

how much snow are we supposed to receive tonight

[viva la ben]

1-3"

[mac5155]

my roads are still a mess of packed snow and ice mixture.

[newarenanow]

how much snow are we supposed to receive tonight

Probably a dusting.

[JS©]

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[mac5155]

This week better be winter's last hurrah...

[dodint]

Probably should be in the Travel thread, but I find it very much amusing that the airport here in WI is functioning fine but the Charlotte-New Bern leg of my wife's trip is iced out so she got a new ticket for tomorrow. She'll be passing through MSP and ATL to avoid ORD and CLT.

[FreeCandy44]

Ive heard rumors of a storm Saturday. :(

[PensFanInDC]

That's why I decided to come into town Friday evening instead. Looks like I'll be all public transit on Saturday though. I don't trust a Yaris in this weather on those hills.

[mac5155]

in Pitt? Uber is your friend too.

Winter related - I need side windshield wipers. My side windows are completely salted over.

[Tico Rick]

Probably should be in the Travel thread, but I find it very much amusing that the airport here in WI is functioning fine but the Charlotte-New Bern leg of my wife's trip is iced out so she got a new ticket for tomorrow. She'll be passing through MSP and ATL to avoid ORD and CLT.

We got 1 inch of snow in Charlotte, but the schools are all closed because everything is ice. Black ice is a big problem here.

[FreeCandy44]

So we are getting a storm in Western Pa this Saturday?

[mac5155]

You're the one startin those rumors here

(weather.com said 1-3")

[FreeCandy44]

Rumor has it Mac wears dress shoes and drives a minivan.

[Sarcastic]

I need one of those fluffy bank robber masks because yesterday I almost got frost bite on my face. Warm everywhere else.

[44windmill]

I need one of those fluffy bank robber masks because yesterday I almost got frost bite on my face. Warm everywhere else.

I believe the correct term is balaclava. Love that word btw.

[JS©]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday. We better not be getting no **** 1-3" of snow.

Luckily the run is in a cave, but it's a 40 minute drive to get there.

[Sarcastic]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday. We better not be getting no **** 1-3" of snow.

Luckily the run is in a cave, but it's a 40 minute drive to get there.

Why the hell are you running around in a cave, man?

[dodint]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday.

Luckily the run is in a cave...

Go on...

[PensFanInDC]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday. We better not be getting no **** 1-3" of snow.

Luckily the run is in a cave, but it's a 40 minute drive to get there.

Why the hell are you running around in a cave, man?

Harder for them to get away. I figured you would know that.

:slug:

[FreeCandy44]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday.

Luckily the run is in a cave...

Go on...

Ha

[JS©]

[mac5155]

Laurel caverns?

[JS©]

I'm supposed to be running on Saturday.

Luckily the run is in a cave...

Go on...

I was wrong. Not a cave, but an old mine. Co-worker kept on referring to it as a cave.

From 1870 to 1946 the Crescent Stone Company mined the limestone for its cement manufacturing thereby setting the stage for later site development. In the mid-1950’s the U.S. Air Force created an engineering study to create a bomb-proof storage depot at the site. The military never followed through with the plan.

The property lay dormant until 1963 when Page Avjet, an aviation service company, and Medusa Cement Company jointly owned and developed the mine into The Wampum Mine Storage Company. The first tenant was the General Services Administration. The GSA stored medical supplies and equipment for Civil Defense hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A year later Medusa Cement Company opened a new technical center at the current site of the real estate offices. The pedestrian entrance and facade were completed for the project. American Optical Company in 1965 created plans for a 2,000 square foot optical lab including a shaft to the surface for measurement purposes.

Page Avjet became the sole owner in 1980, rebranding the mine as the Wampum Industrial Facility. Through the years, space has been used in a variety of ways: from a storage facility for equipment, metal alloys, vehicles, and food products to a secure records storage facility with humidity and temperature controlled vaults for vital records, film (Star Wars Trilogy along with other classics), microfilm and computer tapes, to a film location for movies including the 1985 cult classic Day of the Dead by George Romero.