Blizzard of 2011

GeeMack · 1st February 2011, 09:54 AM

This is what the near-term forecast looks like for my area, central Illinois, USA. This storm is going to affect many millions of people in North America for at least the next several days. The snow has started to fall here with a vengeance.

Originally Posted by NOAA 418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

ILZ029-031-036-037-020130-
PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA
418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY

TODAY
SNOW LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE
MORNING...THEN SNOW AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE
AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S. WINDY. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

TONIGHT
SNOW. BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. LOWS AROUND 15. VERY WINDY.
NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

WEDNESDAY
VERY COLD. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A
CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. TOTAL ACCUMULATION
16 TO 22 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 19. VERY WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 25
TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DECREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

Sabretooth · 1st February 2011, 09:59 AM

Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall.

Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here.

Sir Robin Goodfellow · 1st February 2011, 10:25 AM

It's only really cold here... for now.

rwguinn · 1st February 2011, 10:37 AM

Super bowl country- less than a week before...

Thunder · 1st February 2011, 10:52 AM

looks like for now, NYC dodged a bullet with this one. and we soooo needed it.

but we may have 6 inches of ice tomorrow. who knows.

Travis · 1st February 2011, 11:21 AM

Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine.

GeeMack · 1st February 2011, 12:27 PM

We get several snowfalls each winter, usually from a couple inches to maybe 6 or 8. City services dump trucks with plows attached push the snow to the sides where it usually melts away after a few days. It rarely gets so bad to make it worth keeping a full compliment of snow removal equipment in the city corral. A couple feet of snow like this will effectively cripple the town for a few days.

Gytu · 1st February 2011, 12:29 PM

How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010?

Moon-Spinner · 1st February 2011, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Sabretooth

Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall.

Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here.

Yep, that's the prediction where I am too (Finger Lakes region of NY). I kind of hope we get inundated, as I would like to have a paid day off

Aoidoi · 1st February 2011, 12:56 PM

Just drove home from the office early, snow isn't accumulating much yet, but man that blowing snow makes for some rough visibility.

Sherman Bay · 1st February 2011, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Gytu

How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010?

Easy. I've already forgotten the Blizzard of January, 2011.

RoboTimbo · 1st February 2011, 01:01 PM

Glad I was in Chicago last week and not this week. I'm in Phoenix this week and it's about 60 degrees.

Travis · 1st February 2011, 02:25 PM

Well our nearby ski resorts got ten feet of snow back in December so we're not really hurting too bad but we will need to get some more sometime this month.

Mr. Purple · 1st February 2011, 03:10 PM

Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech.

I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long.

If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit.

We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears.

I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in.
I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket.

**** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him.

rwguinn · 1st February 2011, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by FSM76

Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech.

I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long.

If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit.

We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears.

I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in.
I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket.

**** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him.

My condolences.
and a Big 10-4 on Phil...

CORed · 1st February 2011, 03:23 PM

We've only got an inch or two of snow in Denver, with not much more expected. That's the good news. The bad news is the low was -10 F last night, forecast to be -17 tonight, 0 tomorrow night, with windchills in -25 - -30 range. That is just too damn cold for me.

Sabretooth · 1st February 2011, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by FSM76

Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech.

I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long.

If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit.

We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears.

I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in.
I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket.

**** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him.

Nominated

This made me laugh out loud at the office. People are staring.

Sherman Bay · 1st February 2011, 03:47 PM

Northeastern Wisconsin is predicted to be on the fringe of the storm, and a minor slip in the trajectory can put us in the middle or totally out of it. Maybe Chicago is supposed to get 18 ft waves and 40MPH winds, but so far it is calm here both in air and water. Snowfall has stopped with only a trace dusting today.

Rolfe · 1st February 2011, 03:52 PM

From 15 inches of snow and -18.5^oC daytime temperatures before Christmas, it has become very mild here.

I attribute this to my recent purchase of a small domestic snow blower. I confidently expect no more than the occasional light dusting in the next ten years.

Rolfe.

Steve001 · 1st February 2011, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Gytu

How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010?

x2

JoeyDonuts · 1st February 2011, 04:58 PM

We got slammed here in NE Oklahoma. Broke every record for accumulation. I don't think my car's going anywhere for a few days, even after shoveling the driveway for about four hours today.

Still, I had a little fun earlier:

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I Ratant · 1st February 2011, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by Travis

Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine.

.
No it's not!
The firmament was a blue vault, horizon to horizon for most of the day.
32° at 0630. but that improved to 44° upon arising to greet the rosy after-dawn.

Mr. Purple · 1st February 2011, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Sabretooth

Nominated

This made me laugh out loud at the office. People are staring.

Aw, Thanks!

GreyArea · 1st February 2011, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by FSM76

Winter can go directly to hell.

Thank you for that post, FSM76. I really needed that laugh after an afternoon of shoveling a driveway and clearing rooves.

tyr_13 · 1st February 2011, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Sabretooth

Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall.

Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here.

Originally Posted by Moon-Spinner

Yep, that's the prediction where I am too (Finger Lakes region of NY). I kind of hope we get inundated, as I would like to have a paid day off

Supposed to be ice storms over here in the southern tier.

EDIT: Yup, sleet and freezing rain hitting the wall, driven by high winds right now. Good thing I spent an hour on roof breaking off ice and shoveling off snow. That adz my brother made last year sure came in handy. Adz. Ha. More like subtracts. Am I right? Right?

MattusMaximus · 1st February 2011, 05:49 PM

The blizzard is slamming us north of Chicago right now. I can barely see 50 feet outside, and the drifts are getting huge. On the upside, pretty much everything is going to be closed tomorrow, including my school.

Ah, winter

Sciwoman · 1st February 2011, 05:54 PM

Here in the St. Louis area, we are predicted to get between 8 and 10 inches of snow on top of the sleet we had earlier in the day. I stayed home from work tonight. It's a 45 minute drive (or more depending on traffic) and I really didn't want to be stuck that far from home.

WildCat · 1st February 2011, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Travis

Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine.

Feel free to come here and shovel...

It's very windy here, I have a driveway in back off the alley next to the garage and about half of it is swept clean by the wind, the drift is on the other half. And against the back door.

I have to go out and shovel now (again), not that it will even be noticed in an hour.

Thunder · 1st February 2011, 06:05 PM

pics please. you all saw pics of my 6 foot high snow drifts in Queens.

WildCat · 1st February 2011, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Sherman Bay

Northeastern Wisconsin is predicted to be on the fringe of the storm, and a minor slip in the trajectory can put us in the middle or totally out of it. Maybe Chicago is supposed to get 18 ft waves and 40MPH winds, but so far it is calm here both in air and water. Snowfall has stopped with only a trace dusting today.

They're saying some waves here will reach 25', not that anyone's out boating now.

Thunder · 1st February 2011, 06:08 PM

18 foot waves in a Great Lake?

yikes. i didn't know low pressure systems could have that kind of effect on a sea-size body of water.

I should also say that I found NYC's first 2 snowstorms to be kinda exciting. its thrilling to have nature take over and almost shut down a massive city like NY.

but now, I'm just tired of it. yet I think we can expect another snowstorm every damn week till spring....and probably the first few damn weeks of spring.

MG1962 · 1st February 2011, 06:29 PM

Well here in Western Kansas we did not get the snow expected, but the cold was as bad as predicted. Got down with wind chills of -40.1 which was a personal record for me.

Good luck all you guys in front of it

jnelso99 · 1st February 2011, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by CORed

We've only got an inch or two of snow in Denver, with not much more expected. That's the good news. The bad news is the low was -10 F last night, forecast to be -17 tonight, 0 tomorrow night, with windchills in -25 - -30 range. That is just too damn cold for me.

Since moving to Denver from Chicago some years ago, I don't miss the words "lake effect snow."

RoboTimbo · 1st February 2011, 06:46 PM

Here's an ambulance stuck in front of the house. The fire rescue truck was close behind it. Everyone had to bail out and shovel. They were finally able to back up into a neighbor's drive and get turned around and go out the other way.

They were taking someone to the hospital who had a heart attack while shoveling.

dirtywick · 1st February 2011, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Thunder

18 foot waves in a Great Lake?

yikes. i didn't know low pressure systems could have that kind of effect on a sea-size body of water.

I should also say that I found NYC's first 2 snowstorms to be kinda exciting. its thrilling to have nature take over and almost shut down a massive city like NY.

but now, I'm just tired of it. yet I think we can expect another snowstorm every damn week till spring....and probably the first few damn weeks of spring.

The largest freshwater surfing event in the world is held on lake Michigan in my hometown, Sheboygan WI. When the winds are right the waves get bigger than that.

WildCat · 1st February 2011, 07:10 PM

Thundersnow here now... as bad as during a thunderstorm.

eta: link to doppler: http://sirocco.accuweather.com/nxssa...xr1KCHIa_h.gif

BenBurch · 1st February 2011, 07:23 PM

8 inches here now. And the major snow is starting.

roger · 1st February 2011, 07:32 PM

-22F (-30C) as of 8:30pm. Bound to go lower.

edit: well boo hoo. Weather station a few towns over is reporting -37F at the moment (Ward, CO)

JimBenArm · 1st February 2011, 07:37 PM

Kansas City is predicted to get 12 inches by the time it's all done. Just 30 miles East is getting as much as 26 inches. Temps are going to fall to as low as -10F tomorrow night.

Can someone remind me why I left San Diego? I can't come up with a reason...

BenBurch · 1st February 2011, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by JimBenArm

Kansas City is predicted to get 12 inches by the time it's all done. Just 30 miles East is getting as much as 26 inches. Temps are going to fall to as low as -10F tomorrow night.

Can someone remind me why I left San Diego? I can't come up with a reason...

All the hot babes in KC?

1st February 2011, 09:54 AM	#1
GeeMack Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Not Bandiagara Posts: 7,174	Blizzard of 2011 This is what the near-term forecast looks like for my area, central Illinois, USA. This storm is going to affect many millions of people in North America for at least the next several days. The snow has started to fall here with a vengeance. Originally Posted by NOAA 418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ILZ029-031-036-037-020130- PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEORIA 418 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY TODAY SNOW LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. WINDY. NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. TONIGHT SNOW. BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. LOWS AROUND 15. VERY WINDY. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. WEDNESDAY VERY COLD. SNOW LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH. TOTAL ACCUMULATION 16 TO 22 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 19. VERY WINDY. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DECREASING TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

1st February 2011, 09:59 AM	#2
Sabretooth No Ordinary Rabbit Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Wyoming, NY Posts: 6,149	Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall. Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here.
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1st February 2011, 11:21 AM	#6
Travis Misanthrope of the Mountains Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tuolumne City, CA Posts: 17,937	Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine.
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1st February 2011, 12:56 PM	#10
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,417	Just drove home from the office early, snow isn't accumulating much yet, but man that blowing snow makes for some rough visibility.
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1st February 2011, 02:25 PM	#13
Travis Misanthrope of the Mountains Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tuolumne City, CA Posts: 17,937	Well our nearby ski resorts got ten feet of snow back in December so we're not really hurting too bad but we will need to get some more sometime this month.
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1st February 2011, 10:25 AM	#3
Sir Robin Goodfellow Master Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Estevan (wear da fox hat) Posts: 2,751	It's only really cold here... for now.

1st February 2011, 10:52 AM	#5
Thunder Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queens Posts: 34,947	looks like for now, NYC dodged a bullet with this one. and we soooo needed it. but we may have 6 inches of ice tomorrow. who knows.

1st February 2011, 12:27 PM	#7
GeeMack Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Not Bandiagara Posts: 7,174	We get several snowfalls each winter, usually from a couple inches to maybe 6 or 8. City services dump trucks with plows attached push the snow to the sides where it usually melts away after a few days. It rarely gets so bad to make it worth keeping a full compliment of snow removal equipment in the city corral. A couple feet of snow like this will effectively cripple the town for a few days.

1st February 2011, 12:29 PM	#8
Gytu New Blood Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 13	How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010?

1st February 2011, 12:47 PM	#9
Moon-Spinner Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Within a star too far to dream of Posts: 1,483	Originally Posted by Sabretooth Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall. Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here. Yep, that's the prediction where I am too (Finger Lakes region of NY). I kind of hope we get inundated, as I would like to have a paid day off

1st February 2011, 12:58 PM	#11
Sherman Bay Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,074	Originally Posted by Gytu How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010? Easy. I've already forgotten the Blizzard of January, 2011.

1st February 2011, 01:01 PM	#12
RoboTimbo Hostile Nanobacon Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Prosperity, AZ Posts: 21,847	Glad I was in Chicago last week and not this week. I'm in Phoenix this week and it's about 60 degrees.

1st February 2011, 03:10 PM	#14
Mr. Purple Some Other Guy on Some Other Job Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,424	Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech. I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long. If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit. We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears. I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in. I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket. **** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him.

1st February 2011, 03:20 PM	#15
rwguinn Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 16 miles from 7 lakes Posts: 8,423	Originally Posted by FSM76 Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech. I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long. If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit. We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears. I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in. I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket. **** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him. My condolences. and a Big 10-4 on Phil...
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1st February 2011, 03:23 PM	#16
CORed Illuminator Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4,284	We've only got an inch or two of snow in Denver, with not much more expected. That's the good news. The bad news is the low was -10 F last night, forecast to be -17 tonight, 0 tomorrow night, with windchills in -25 - -30 range. That is just too damn cold for me.
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1st February 2011, 03:42 PM	#17
Sabretooth No Ordinary Rabbit Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Wyoming, NY Posts: 6,149	Originally Posted by FSM76 Winter can go directly to hell. I only have to deal with about 3 months of winter-type weather and it is all I can do to keep my sanity. Cold hurts, cold sucks, and it makes you sick (yeah, it's the germs...but...). The trees are ugly, the animals are all asleep, and the sky's are grey. Blech, blech, and blech. I know many of you have to deal with "real" winter, and I think you are all bat-scat crazy. I will gladly build a shrine to the gods of summer (praise be unto them), and lovingly worship in the 96 degree days of July if I can survive that long. If the good lord intended us to live in the cold he would not have invented the disposable toe warmer or a thermostat set at 82. The igloo does not count as it is an invention of the (obviously) satanic Inuit. We got 6" this year (Georgia) and you would have thought it was the apocalypse. Schools were closed for a full week. Every road was covered in 2" of solid ice. A few brave retailers managed to somehow stay open and fend off looters and stray polar bears. I simply won't be able to forget about this blizzard as it caused a tragedy for me personally. I left a delicious, un-opened Dos Equis on my porch. Due to snow-induced-cabin-fever, I perhaps over-served myself. As such, I neglected my poor forgotten beer and left her outside. She didn't make it through the night. I heard her screams of horror as the cold compromised her natural liquid state, forcing her to solidfy and break out of the shackles of glass holding her (painfully) in. I still have shards of glass from that bottle that I keep in a locket. **** winter. That groundhog had better not see his shadow if he knows what's good for him. Nominated This made me laugh out loud at the office. People are staring.
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1st February 2011, 03:47 PM	#18
Sherman Bay Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,074	Northeastern Wisconsin is predicted to be on the fringe of the storm, and a minor slip in the trajectory can put us in the middle or totally out of it. Maybe Chicago is supposed to get 18 ft waves and 40MPH winds, but so far it is calm here both in air and water. Snowfall has stopped with only a trace dusting today.

1st February 2011, 03:52 PM	#19
Rolfe Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NT 150 511 Posts: 34,320	From 15 inches of snow and -18.5^oC daytime temperatures before Christmas, it has become very mild here. I attribute this to my recent purchase of a small domestic snow blower. I confidently expect no more than the occasional light dusting in the next ten years. Rolfe.
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1st February 2011, 03:55 PM	#20
Steve001 Muse Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 533	Originally Posted by Gytu How could everyone forget the Blizzard of 2010? x2
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1st February 2011, 05:17 PM	#22
I Ratant Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 15,305	Originally Posted by Travis Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine. . No it's not! The firmament was a blue vault, horizon to horizon for most of the day. 32° at 0630. but that improved to 44° upon arising to greet the rosy after-dawn.

1st February 2011, 05:36 PM	#23
Mr. Purple Some Other Guy on Some Other Job Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,424	Originally Posted by Sabretooth Nominated This made me laugh out loud at the office. People are staring. Aw, Thanks!

1st February 2011, 05:38 PM	#24
GreyArea Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,000	Originally Posted by FSM76 Winter can go directly to hell. Thank you for that post, FSM76. I really needed that laugh after an afternoon of shoveling a driveway and clearing rooves.
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1st February 2011, 05:41 PM	#25
tyr_13 Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Falconer, NY Posts: 9,657	Originally Posted by Sabretooth Yeah, we're getting the same warnings in Western New York. Though they are only predicting 12-18" total snowfall. Honestly, though...it won't even cause a hiccup here. Originally Posted by Moon-Spinner Yep, that's the prediction where I am too (Finger Lakes region of NY). I kind of hope we get inundated, as I would like to have a paid day off Supposed to be ice storms over here in the southern tier. EDIT: Yup, sleet and freezing rain hitting the wall, driven by high winds right now. Good thing I spent an hour on roof breaking off ice and shoveling off snow. That adz my brother made last year sure came in handy. Adz. Ha. More like subtracts. Am I right? Right?
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1st February 2011, 05:49 PM	#26
MattusMaximus Intellectual Gladiator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the midst of a vast, beautiful & uncaring universe Posts: 14,175	The blizzard is slamming us north of Chicago right now. I can barely see 50 feet outside, and the drifts are getting huge. On the upside, pretty much everything is going to be closed tomorrow, including my school. Ah, winter
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1st February 2011, 05:54 PM	#27
Sciwoman Scholar Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 72	Here in the St. Louis area, we are predicted to get between 8 and 10 inches of snow on top of the sleet we had earlier in the day. I stayed home from work tonight. It's a 45 minute drive (or more depending on traffic) and I really didn't want to be stuck that far from home.
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1st February 2011, 06:03 PM	#28
WildCat NWO Master Conspirator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany Park, Chicago Posts: 48,985	Originally Posted by Travis Could you all send some snow this way. It's almost getting boring with so much sunshine. Feel free to come here and shovel... It's very windy here, I have a driveway in back off the alley next to the garage and about half of it is swept clean by the wind, the drift is on the other half. And against the back door. I have to go out and shovel now (again), not that it will even be noticed in an hour.
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1st February 2011, 06:05 PM	#29
Thunder Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queens Posts: 34,947	pics please. you all saw pics of my 6 foot high snow drifts in Queens.

1st February 2011, 06:07 PM	#30
WildCat NWO Master Conspirator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany Park, Chicago Posts: 48,985	Originally Posted by Sherman Bay Northeastern Wisconsin is predicted to be on the fringe of the storm, and a minor slip in the trajectory can put us in the middle or totally out of it. Maybe Chicago is supposed to get 18 ft waves and 40MPH winds, but so far it is calm here both in air and water. Snowfall has stopped with only a trace dusting today. They're saying some waves here will reach 25', not that anyone's out boating now.

1st February 2011, 06:08 PM	#31
Thunder Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queens Posts: 34,947	18 foot waves in a Great Lake? yikes. i didn't know low pressure systems could have that kind of effect on a sea-size body of water. I should also say that I found NYC's first 2 snowstorms to be kinda exciting. its thrilling to have nature take over and almost shut down a massive city like NY. but now, I'm just tired of it. yet I think we can expect another snowstorm every damn week till spring....and probably the first few damn weeks of spring.
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1st February 2011, 06:29 PM	#32
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	Well here in Western Kansas we did not get the snow expected, but the cold was as bad as predicted. Got down with wind chills of -40.1 which was a personal record for me. Good luck all you guys in front of it

1st February 2011, 06:35 PM	#33
jnelso99 Critical Thinker Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 444	Originally Posted by CORed We've only got an inch or two of snow in Denver, with not much more expected. That's the good news. The bad news is the low was -10 F last night, forecast to be -17 tonight, 0 tomorrow night, with windchills in -25 - -30 range. That is just too damn cold for me. Since moving to Denver from Chicago some years ago, I don't miss the words "lake effect snow."
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1st February 2011, 06:46 PM	#34
RoboTimbo Hostile Nanobacon Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Prosperity, AZ Posts: 21,847	Here's an ambulance stuck in front of the house. The fire rescue truck was close behind it. Everyone had to bail out and shovel. They were finally able to back up into a neighbor's drive and get turned around and go out the other way. They were taking someone to the hospital who had a heart attack while shoveling.

1st February 2011, 06:53 PM	#35
dirtywick Graduate Poster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,719	Originally Posted by Thunder 18 foot waves in a Great Lake? yikes. i didn't know low pressure systems could have that kind of effect on a sea-size body of water. I should also say that I found NYC's first 2 snowstorms to be kinda exciting. its thrilling to have nature take over and almost shut down a massive city like NY. but now, I'm just tired of it. yet I think we can expect another snowstorm every damn week till spring....and probably the first few damn weeks of spring. The largest freshwater surfing event in the world is held on lake Michigan in my hometown, Sheboygan WI. When the winds are right the waves get bigger than that.

1st February 2011, 07:10 PM	#36
WildCat NWO Master Conspirator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany Park, Chicago Posts: 48,985	Thundersnow here now... as bad as during a thunderstorm. eta: link to doppler: http://sirocco.accuweather.com/nxssa...xr1KCHIa_h.gif
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1st February 2011, 07:23 PM	#37
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,107	8 inches here now. And the major snow is starting.
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