Tag Archives: Weather

This Sucks

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3-6" of snow in mid-March (via @LappyGirl)

Picture via @LappyGirl

It’s being reported that we’re going to see between 3-6″ of snow this weekend. Based on the map above, it looks inevitable. This might be the last (hooray!) snowstorm we see before Spring really springs itself into action. It’s not easy, but we were thinking of some ways to make it as unboring as possible…
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Six Degrees of Precipitation in Pittsburgh

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Six degrees of precipitation in Pittsburgh t-shirt by Mongoware

Six Degrees of Precipitation in Pittsburgh t-shirt by Mongoware

One of our readers sent us a link to this parking chair shirt, but after browsing a few of the other designs, this one was hilarious – especially since weather is a topic of choice around BPGH. This shirt covers it all: Scattered Shahrs, Shahrs, Warsh Out, Snow Shahrs, Slippy Conditions, and of course SNOMG. Notice the bread and milk below the SNOMG label? They forgot the carton of eggs.

The shirts are sold under the name Mongo and the entire collection of Pittsburgh themed tees can be found here. Some of our favorites are Slippy, Pittsburgh Flag (Steelers fans will get a kick out of this one), and of course Stinkbug (which says “There’s one on me isn’t there?”).
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Tornado Warnings in Pittsburgh

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Thunderstorms and tornadoes in weather obsessed Pittsburgh

Thunderstorms and tornadoes in weather obsessed Pittsburgh (via jmd41280)

People from Pittsburgh love talking about the weather. Probably because there’s nothing else to do. On sunny days, they will talk about how amazing it is outside (keep in mind this only occurs about 30 days per year). On rainy days they will say the city is weeping because of something that happened to one of the local sports teams. When it’s snowing they will run out and take hundreds of pictures and then run back inside to post them on Facebook. It’s a local obsession.

The big topic on Twitter this afternoon is, you guessed it, the weather. Specifically, the big storm that is supposed to be traveling from Cleveland – along with a tornado warning up its sleeve. Yes, a tornado warning. Or is it a watch? It doesn’t really matter because anything weather related is the Burgh’s favorite topic of discussion!
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