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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Snowpocalypse!! SNOW DAY! Open Thread!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:19 AM

How am I supposed to bike to work now?!
  • How am I supposed to bike to work now?!

This is the place to talk about the weather.

Topics include:
• Why does Portland cancel school for, like, a quarter inch of snow but not super heavy rain?
• Portlanders don't know how to handle the snow, dognabit!
• Snow is pretty!

Send good snow photos (snowtos) to news@portlandmercury.com and we'll post 'em.

Snowtos:

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  • Stephen Fung
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1
Technically it's only a half snow day for me: damn you delayed start!

Also, beat LA? That Blazer game last night was an epic letdown
Posted by Sūṕër Ḉḩüñdŷ on February 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM · Report
2
Let's see. Every freeway and major road in Portland has been running completely smoothly, actually faster and less congested than normal. So all the people who bitch about Portlanders not coping with a little snow can suck it; we cope with it just fine.

Bitching about the chicken little local TV news stations, on the other hand, is completely justified.
Posted by Stu on February 24, 2011 at 9:42 AM · Report
3
Lost m fignersss, fro0stbiite; waylaid cuz of snwow plz znd helps.........
Posted by TSW on February 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM · Report
4
@ TSW - I'd help, but I'm trapped in an igloo.
Posted by Joneser on February 24, 2011 at 10:18 AM · Report
5
We get snow days so rarely, I want everyone to jump on them and for nobody to go to work. Alas, time to brush my teeth and be gone for eight hours. Curse you snowpocolypse.
Posted by The Immortal Goon on February 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM · Report
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@Stu: I don't know if shutting down schools when roads are clear counts as "coping just fine."
I was hoping my office would be closed today (so I'd get paid for not working), but it's not. I actually got to work early: bus was less crowded than usual and my 14-to-6 transfer timed out perfectly. Surprising given all the hype. And I should add that my coworker from Aloha (where there was more snow this morning) also made it in on time via bus and MAX.
So, all in all, more of a snow dud.
Posted by Ginny on February 24, 2011 at 10:25 AM · Report
7
This is how the world ends, not with a whimper, not with a bang, but with a very light dusting of snow.
Posted by Never Alone on February 24, 2011 at 10:26 AM · Report
8
This storm is getting a write-up for a Snow Call, Snow Show.
Posted by rand on February 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM · Report
9
At least I got to work from home.
Posted by PDXwahine on February 24, 2011 at 11:56 AM · Report
10
I saw snow today, but was told it doesn't count if you are around strippers.
Posted by Rosy on February 24, 2011 at 12:05 PM · Report
11
I was waiting for a (chained-up, 25mph-driving) bus when a teenager at the stop made a snowball, threw it at a car and grinned. She turned to me and said "there's something really satisfying about that".

Also, dogs in snow > *.
Posted by cat & beard on February 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM · Report
12
SNOW DAY! Open Veins!
Posted by Todd Mecklem on February 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM · Report

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