[ATrain]

if you guys get 18" down there you are truly screwed

don't plan on going anywhere for the next month

With my house being on top of a hill and a steep driveway down to the street, I most definitely won't be going anywhere once I get home tonight. I'm in the 14-24" range on that WSET map...doubt that much will happen, but then again its possible.

[kel varson]

Atrain,

Consider parking at the bottom of the hill. We live in the boondocks w/ a long driveway and that's what we used to do. We don't even have a steep hill, our driveway is just way to long to shovel.
YoU probably won't get 24 inches but 12-15 seems likely.

[jcmanson]

haha, schools in Richmond are already starting to close early today

[ATrain]

Atrain,

Consider parking at the bottom of the hill. We live in the boondocks w/ a long driveway and that's what we used to do. We don't even have a steep hill, our driveway is just way to long to shovel.
YoU probably won't get 24 inches but 12-15 seems likely.

I could, problem is there are other houses behind mine that use the driveway and there's no POA to ensure plowing.

[ALUmnus]

haha, schools in Richmond are already starting to close early today

When will these schools realize that closing early is a guarantee that it won't snow. I don't think the snow has even hit the state yet. I've been checking the traffic cams, and it's starting to get wet in the most western parts of the state, but I don't see any snow.

[olldflame]

The agency where I work closed at 1:00, but we're still here because we have clients waiting for rides. It's costing us a small fortune in billing, and will probably end up being totally unnecessary.

[ATrain]

Just heard from a coworker who left early, the snow has hit Ferrum, and the SSA field offices in NC and extreme southern Virginia are closing.

[LUconn]

Is this like some giant joke on me? Because I haven't seen a single flake. Yet this map makes it look as if we've been in a blizzard for the last couple of hours

[SuperJon]

My brother said they've got an inch and a half in NC already.

[flamehunter]

[quote="LUconn

Is this like some giant joke on me? Because I haven't seen a single flake. Yet this map makes it look as if we've been in a blizzard for the last couple of hours[/quote]

From our friends at WSET:

As the low approaches, the first of the precipitation will fall into air that may be above the freezing mark. But because the air is dry, precipitation will initially dry up before it makes it to the ground. However, as falling precipitation dries up, it will cool the air, taking temperatures back down to near or below the freezing mark. So precipitation may start as a sleet and snow mix, but will change to all snow later in the afternoon.

http://www.wset.com/news/stories/1209/688403.html

[bigsmooth]

the precipitation has just not hit the ground yet. the weather guys say this all the time..

[ATrain]

It has started snowing in Roanoke, and people that left early are calling back from Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Boones Mill and Ferrum that its really coming down and sticking.

[ALUmnus]

http://www.511virginia.org/Cameras.aspx?r=1

Yes, Roanoke is getting it right now, so it won't be long.

[Hold My Own]

snowing pretty good here at LU

[01LUGrad]

My autobiography will be titled, "My life 25 miles east of the rain/snow line."

[Th3rd]

its going to be fun getting to campus tomorrow for the basketball game

[4everfsu]

They are calling for 12 to 15 inches of snow in the foothills here

[ATrain]

I thought Lynchburg drivers didn't know how to get around in the snow...Roanokers are even more clueless, and as a result of that plus road crews not spreading salt/sand I ended up parking a mile and a half away from my house, and even while I was walking I kept stopping to help push people out or up a hill.

[Cider Jim]

Just finished about 7 hours of WV-VA snow driving tonight (Routes 20 & 60 in WV, I-64, 220 South & 460 West). Some places I couldn't go more than about 20-30 miles an hour, and had to stop every half hour and break the ice off my wipers. Not fun! I probably counted 50 cars either in the ditch or the median.

[LUnpretty11]

Anyone got pics?

[HenryGale]

Has anybody looked outside yet? It snowed last night!

[Covert Hawk]

8 3/4 inches as of 8:30 a.m. at my house here in rainbow forest. 12 inches has piled up on top of my car( a Honda civic). Civics are great but I probably won't be able to make the game tonight.

[SuperJon]

There is no basketball game today.

I hope to God the roads get cleared before tomorrow. I was supposed to go home.

[Sly Fox]

Who is going to clear them? Did Virginia ever invest in snow removal equipment? I know back in the day we waited until it melted.

[SuperJon]

Lynchburg apparently has 22 snow plows.