So did winter storm Selene affect you.

Yeah, I'm stayin inside just in case :) :)

avan wrote:
Yeah, I'm stayin inside just in case :) :)

Glad to see you still have that sense of humor after your sabbatical. I know you wouldn't set a foot near border country till at least late July (you lucky dog. ;))

sit tight unless you want to be stranded on the freeways. many trucks are jackknifed and cars stuck on the roads.

We have had many Winter Texans delay their exit and they just don't mind...lol

What's a Selene storm?

Joe:

The Weather Channel has unilaterally decided to "name" noteworthy storms (unlike scientific naming of tropical storms, under an industry-wide (spanning the Globe) naming convention). This started in 2012 appx. They argue that naming (winter) storms makes it "easier" for the layperson to track individual systems (say, if 3 systems are going to strike the US over short periods of time)...

On the flip side, other WX companies (weather expert providers) argue that naming storms only adds to confusion, confusing "media spin" with science.

I personally prefer that every storm that comes by isn't named. YMMV

:B

....we are in the middle of this "storm" as I write. IMO, if you live north of the latitudes from Albany, NY, to Cleveland, to Detroit, to Chicago, to Omaha, to southern Wyoming...I would wait till at least May 2nd to migrate home. It is bloody cold north of this line, snowy, and warm/cold fickle (ie. one day it can be 50F the next, 15F !).

:B

Been in the 70's to mid 80's here, a bit breezy. South Texas

silversand wrote:
Joe:

The Weather Channel has unilaterally decided to "name" noteworthy storms (unlike scientific naming of tropical storms, under an industry-wide (spanning the Globe) naming convention). This started in 2012 appx. They argue that naming (winter) storms makes it "easier" for the layperson to track individual systems (say, if 3 systems are going to strike the US over short periods of time)...

On the flip side, other WX companies (weather expert providers) argue that naming storms only adds to confusion, confusing "media spin" with science.

I personally prefer that every storm that comes by isn't named. YMMV :B

X2
All I need to know from the weather is if it is heading MY way. Don't need to know about the ones 3,000 miles away or what it's name is!

You Florida Snowbirds that are sitting tight until the snowstorms are over? You will be ok as long as you get out before May 1. That's when God flips a switch in Florida were no joke it goes from pleasant to burning hell hot temps! :B

joebedford wrote:
What's a Selene storm?

I can always tell who the true RV'ing snowbirds are.

I used the name Selene to allow other "on the road" RV'ers to Google it on their cell phones and see what they may be driving into.

This storm was really a dangerous one for the mobile RV snowbirds moving north because it was so intense and such a very narrow band. It would be easy to drive into it from clear weather, and have it go bad very fast. Pulling a rig or tow car could become one very white knuckle drive.