Meteorologist's dire warning as arctic bomb to blast up to 20 INCHES of snow across bulk of America:

[Hoodat]

We got snow this morning for about an hour.  Only because the weatherman forecast zero precipitation today.  How can someone be so consistently wrong yet still keep his job?

[roamer_1]

Y'all.
Quit taking all our snow.
Give it back. 

[Kamaji]

Y'all.
Quit taking all our snow.
Give it back. 

Soon as we can get it loaded up, we’ll be on the road!!!

[berdie]

When I lived in St. Louis many years ago, we had an ice storm that encased everything in nearly 1/2". The front yard was like a hilly ice rink, impossible to traverse, and the car that was parked in the driveway was completely stuck. I chipped and chipped, trying to free the tires (without puncturing them) when, in my awkward crouching position, my leg shot out on the ice, I heard something loudly pop, and was sure I'd torn a hamstring or worse. Wow, did that hurt! Thankfully, it wasn't as serious as I feared, but that got me thinking about moving back east to my hometown where they may be a lot of snow at times, but ice storms were fairly rare.

Ouch!

My sole purpose in trying to go out today was to check my propane and start my truck and let it run for a while. I hope the cold hasn't killed my battery. I'll find out later in the week I guess.

I swear that when I was growing up, we didn't have ice storms. We might have a "snowflake" storm. Not even enough to make snow ice cream. My friend assures me that I just don't remember. But I don't think that's true.

[Sighlass]

Well the old fireplace insert is holding the temps within the 60s inside... Tonight is a test as it will be colder, but this morning it was 61 in the house and we managed to get the temp back up to 70 before nightfall. It is all good, I have an electric blanket and some thermal undies that are getting good use. Wife is thrilled (she likes the cold)... boy is buried under about 6 quilts and seems to be doing fine. Dog is enjoying her heat lamp on the porch but we had to put some water on the porch because her's froze outside pretty solid. I carried some coal out of the fireplace to put in the shed to try and keep it above freezing (so the paints and things don't go bad).

[mountaineer]

I'm so thankful we haven't lost power nor Wi-Fi in the midst of this storm, and that neither of us has taken a tumble while out trying to clear the driveway.

[cato potatoe]

Now the models are hinting at a Miller A setup this weekend with snow in the Mid Atlantic and 30 foot swells offshore. 

[DCPatriot]

[240B]

[DCPatriot]

They did a long segment on the snow-plowing results in the Montgomery County, Maryland area of Washington, DC.

The vast majority of side streets are NOT plowed and the streets are covered in large chunks of solid ice.

Then it dawned on me... the County workers are all illegal immigrants.

[mountaineer]

Then it dawned on me... the County workers are all illegal immigrants.

And we were told they snuck into the US simply because they wanted to work and support their families. 

[DCPatriot]

And we were told they snuck into the US simply because they wanted to work and support their families. 

Montgomery County is a Felony-level Sanctuary County, inside a Sanctuary State.

Wondering if the work inefficiency is due to their fear of being targeted by ICE...or something more simple:  It's 20 degrees BELOW our seasonal norms.

Perhaps it's a form of going on strike, but I think they're having trouble filling the positions.

[Kamaji]

More snow on the way for next weekend!