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SNOWPOCALYPSE 2011!!!!

 
 
Rockhead
 
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Reply Tue 1 Feb, 2011 09:47 pm
@JPB,
ohhhh. I know the answer...!!!

cuz you don't gotta throw the snow, you just point it toward the nebbors and shake it a little...

and if it makes you feel any worser, our winds are still gale force here. you prolly got another day of it at least.
plainoldme
 
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Reply Tue 1 Feb, 2011 09:53 pm
I have a snow day tomorrow. That's good. I don't want to get out of my driveway, flanked by those piles of snow, let alone drive 70 miles.
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JPB
 
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Reply Tue 1 Feb, 2011 09:58 pm
@Rockhead,
Well, I think he's goofy!
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Finn dAbuzz
 
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Reply Tue 1 Feb, 2011 09:59 pm
@ehBeth,
Truly The Beast
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 01:58 am
At midnight here in ABQ, the weather folks told us it is currently 2 degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill of -19. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be only 14 degrees. Tomorrow morning is to be even colder yet with a forecast of -7 degrees.

We're in the middle of a severe drought here but the water authority is telling people to let all their exterior faucets drip to prevent them from freezing and cracking.

All schools and government offices were closed today and will be closed again tomorrow.

Just looked at weather.com. Says it is now zero degrees here and is 21 degrees in Chicago. It is warmer in Chicago at the moment!
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 05:24 am
I remember the great storm of '67--i wasn't in Chicago, but my Aunt lived there with her three kids at the time. Her car was buried, and it was literally months before they saw it again.

There was an equally heavy storm, and because of winds and temperature, much more brutal, which hit central Illinois in the mid 70s (76-77, i think). It got so bad, not only were the state troopers telling everyone to stay home, they weren't even leaving their barracks unless they had a specific call. I went down to the corner, took a left, and walked two blocks to a convenience store on day three. I figured it would be open because the guy lived upstairs. It was open--but the three block walk took 15 minutes each way, several times i got lost and had to walk up to houses to look at street numbers, and my hair and moustache were frozen solid by the time i got home. It was five days before a snow plow made it to our street.
George
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 05:44 am
When I got home last night, the Lovely Bride informed me in no uncertain
terms
that I wasn't going to work today. So I won't be enjoying the merry
interplay of snow, sleet and ice on the highway this morning. I think I can
live with that disappointment.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 05:50 am
@Setanta,
I drove in that storm, from Providence, followed a snow plow through the tip of New York, through Illinois and on to California. Don't recall if it was 76 for sure, but had to be the same storm. I was doing thirty MPH through some hilly country and was terrified to hear over the radio that a semi had topped a hill and come down on a car doing thirty. Made the trip on newly purchased recap tires. I hit the end of the snow at Vail, Colorado. (I cursed my brother for talking me into going the northern route but was too stupid to turn south).
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 05:56 am
I just got back inside from shovelling for the second time. Although it has now let up, in the hour between my first go-round and this one, almost as much snow fell as had fallen overnight. It is bitterly, bitterly cold out there. The little dogs went outside with me the first time, but by the time i'd cleared the porch, and before i'd even started on the steps, they were back at the door, jumping around to be let back in. This second time, they showed no interest in going outside.
Izzie
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 06:46 am
@ehBeth,
ehBeth wrote:

the extent of this storm

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/common/images/uploadnewstorm/feb2_storm_noaa.jpg

amazing


good lawd...


see... can't even imagine how big that is...



Shocked

be safe y'all x
Intrepid
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 06:47 am
I am probably within 30 miles of Setanta and we have gale force winds, snow and at 5:30 am we also had thunder and lightening to go with it.

I am waiting for a while before firing up the snowblower because don't want to re-blow (is that a word) what blows back into the driveway.

Be safe everybody.
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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 06:48 am
@Izzie,
Here's a good comparison for you. This is Yasi, imbedded over the US mainland. The snow storm is about the same size as Yasi.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/234692047.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1296651865&Signature=BN2DZJQmHwFa2dZXYkYNF3EWAl4%3D
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Intrepid
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 06:49 am
@plainoldme,
plainoldme wrote:

Pat Robertson said that God is dumping snow on the United States to punish those who are planning to drive out to do something gay.

Isn't shoveling snow good for the pecs?


I am sure that Pat Robertson is a disappointment to God.
Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 06:49 am
@Setanta,

ah, to be a four-legged critter who's only interaction with snow is to use it as a toilet...
jespah
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 07:18 am
@Region Philbis,
Uh, honey, then you'd be in the snow with a nekkid beautroxial area.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 08:17 am
Well, I have poor pitiful elm boughs all over my front yard (some of 'em quite big) but that seems to be the extent of it. Knock on wood.

The ice was THICK for a while there. I put sozlet to bed and calmed her fears as elm branches crashed loudly over her head, then went back to my room and E.G. said, um, I'm a little freaked out about something... go look out the window. I did to see our neighbor's tree bowed down about 20 feet lower than usual and touching the power line. This made for a very pretty light show, including isolated areas of shooting flame. Um.

I said we have to do something about that, can't just note and then go to sleep. I suggested calling the power co., his idea was to call the fire dept. and ask for advice. We did, they said "we're on our way." Eeek.

So they showed up and basically said "keep an eye on it." The ice was so thick (an even coating on all sides of about a third of an inch, with drippy icicles besides), that if it really heated up the ice would melt and put out the fire, most times. Hmm.

So that was restful.

But as of this morning, it looks like the power blinked off then back on a few times but we currently have power AND that ice has melted from the trees (the temp rose to 34 overnight and the rain turned into non-freezing rain). The ground surfaces are still slippery because it then froze again (30 now, due to get super-cold). No school again. Snow coming down but just flurries.

Really happy to see that ice gone from the trees, even though it was pretty.
Izzie
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 08:41 am
@sozobe,
So glad you and the Soz family are all safe now. Ice sounds pretty, but pretty scary too!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Have we got any contact with Chi-towners right now?

wandeljw
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 08:59 am
@Izzie,
Izzie wrote:

So glad you and the Soz family are all safe now. Ice sounds pretty, but pretty scary too!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Have we got any contact with Chi-towners right now?





Thanks for asking about us, Izzie. Annie and I are okay (my wife is in China right now visiting her ailing mother).

Annie's school is closed. I am staying home with her. We will probably remain inside.
Finn dAbuzz
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 09:00 am
It's 14 degrees here - went down to 2 degrees over night.

Of course yesterday's ice remains on the roads and no one is going anywhere.

Blackouts across the State, and electric companies are now pulling rolling 15 minute blackout to relieve stress on the grid.

It's the end I'm afraid.
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Lash
 
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Reply Wed 2 Feb, 2011 10:14 am
@dyslexia,
Good grief - that's inhumane. Snuggle under some of those awesome blankets you keep in the guest room!
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