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snorkelbagel t1_ja7ukg6 wrote

This thing is only getting so much amplification because it is potentially the first major accumulation of the season.

As an “essential heathcare worker”, my office goes nuts every time there’s more than a couple snowflakes in the air. More than likely itll be nothing crazy. Pretty sure I can count on one hand the number of times the state legitimately needed to shut down to clear roads in the past couple years.

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Ok-Daikon1519 t1_ja9cr9h wrote

I'm a pharmacist, and today this place is crazy. People believe they'll never leave the house again

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snorkelbagel t1_ja9eyk9 wrote

I left retail 10 years ago. My sincere condolences.

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Malapple t1_ja9ud4z wrote

I worked in a retail computer store in the early 90’s. The owners didn’t give a hoot about weather - state is open? We are open. The number of guys who would show up to buy random unnecessary items was huge. Never expensive or enough to justify staying open that day, but always a bunch of weirdos who decided that THAT was they day they needed to buy a spare $10 mouse or a CD Cleaner.

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Synapse82 t1_jaajzwl wrote

I also worked a computer store in the 90s, can confirm. Was always someone who would drive through the snow storm to pick up a BNC connector or a stack of blank CDs

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snorkelbagel t1_ja9z358 wrote

Gotta entertain the kids on those snow days somehow

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Ok-Daikon1519 t1_ja9fmcz wrote

It's okay, I'm in a neighborhood specialty location so we're normally not that busy. I did regular retail for 16 years prior to that, got out before the shit hit the fan for real

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TwoCanSee OP t1_ja7uy45 wrote

The Hills could get a foot. Agreed Malloy closed the state more times due to snow fall. Most likely a 2 hour delay.

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Interesting_Cheek241 t1_ja8fk8m wrote

Im following just so i can laugh when it snows hard af

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snorkelbagel t1_ja8fsdy wrote

Be out there in the mess yelling “i told you so” at my wife who was making fun of me for charging up my new snowthrower last night.

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Likeapuma24 t1_ja8ubk2 wrote

Assuming you have an electric snowblower... How long does it run for? Slowly converting all my stuff to electric, but it takes me well over an hour to clear my driveway and such, so not sure how many batteries it'd take.

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Kodiak01 t1_ja9braq wrote

I have the Kobalt 80V. Batteries are 5AH and 2.5AH. (I also have the lawnmower, leaf blower, string trimmer and hedge trimmer.)

My driveway is about 60' long, but only need it for about 40' of it. I should be able to easily clear it with the 2.5AH with juice to spare. The batteries recharge fast enough that by the time I drain one, the other would be ready to go again.

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snorkelbagel t1_ja98fsu wrote

Its a 4Ah battery. I haven’t actually taken it out for a snow clear yet. My wife said it was a pointless purchase since we have landscapers but they come and go as they please and I don’t like sitting there being at the mercy of the plows. Its supposed to run for like 30 minutes but I’ll probably have more accurate numbers later.

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