Cataclysmic Oklahoma Ice Storm of '10 [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

M GO BLUE!!!

12-23-2009, 10:40 PM

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, klahoma where the wind comes driving snow & rain!

Raiders Army

12-24-2009, 05:48 AM

The more I live here, the less I like it...and mostly I'm not talking about the weather.

Anyhow, we're just getting rain in Lawton/Cache.

Tellistto

12-24-2009, 10:12 AM

Is just because your in Lawton, trust me. That's not a pretty place. Spent 2 years in college there.

Tell

duckman

12-24-2009, 10:48 AM

After letting me drive 25 minutes to work and waiting for the precip to change over to sleet, our blessed governor decided to send all state employees home. Brilliant!

Tellistto

12-24-2009, 11:04 AM

Sleet and ice are the worst part about any storm in the southwest. Remember a storm way back in the 80's that froze my grandfathers pond 6 inches thick, no snow, just sleet! Or the storm in late 90's that knocked power out in southern OK for two weeks because they hadn't kept the trees trimmed back off the power lines. Stupid OG&E. KG&E had to come down after two weeks to help them out.

At least you don't have to drive on it after it sticks, duckman.

Hopefully.

Tell

Tellistto

12-24-2009, 11:05 AM

On a side note, I'll take the foot+ of snow where I currently am over an inch of ice any day of the week. Thanks all the same.

Tell

JeeberDMack

12-24-2009, 11:10 AM

Yeah, it's been raining since yedyerday down here, and it's going to get down into the 20s and start snowing soon. It's not going to be pretty...

cartman

12-24-2009, 11:17 AM

Ugh. I'm driving up to DFW in about an hour and a half. I should be getting there just as it starts getting interesting.

duckman

12-24-2009, 05:02 PM

Wow, we've had actual blizzard conditions for several hours now! I have about 6 inches of snow in my yard with drifts as high as 2 feet.

Raiders Army

12-24-2009, 07:00 PM

We had blizzard conditions for most of the day. We lost electricity about 10:30 Central and just got it back (about 7:00 PM Central).

I ate an MRE.

Anyhow, since it was dark we got the Christmas presents out and put them under the tree. The power came back on and the kids didn't realize that it came back. We then scrambled to get the presents back in our room before we let them know.

Senator

12-24-2009, 07:15 PM

Under a snow deluge, might get me out of the mother in laws tomorrow. Yippee Ki Yah, will it be a Christmas miracle!?!

Mizzou B-ball fan

12-24-2009, 07:21 PM

We have a blizzard warning in KC metro area for the first time ever. Expecting a foot of snow with 40-50 MPH winds. Guess we'll stay inside for Christmas.

MJ4H

12-24-2009, 07:56 PM

Just started sleeting/icing here. Oh, joy.

cartman

12-24-2009, 07:59 PM

The drive up was interesting. Heavy snow and winds started about an hour into the drive, and lasted about 40 miles. Then it let up for a bit, and came back with a vengance about 60 miles south of Fort Worth. A pickup towing a pop-up camper jackknifed and blocked both lanes of I-35W. Then when I got to Fort Worth, the big overpasses were either closed by the police, or closed because someone spun out and wrecked at the top. After a stop by my parents' house, I continued on to my aunts' place, and that took me another 45 minutes to go 15 miles. Lots of black ice formed after nightfall.

Senator

12-24-2009, 08:38 PM

Had to drive across Fort Worth 1hr and half ago. It was touch and go. Glad to be home.

duckman

12-24-2009, 09:57 PM

Oklahoma City had the largest snowfall total ever for the month of December: 14 inches.

RendeR

12-24-2009, 10:00 PM

Heh, 38 and clear as a bell in Buffalo.

just sayin....

sterlingice

12-24-2009, 10:57 PM

Hope everyone is staying safe. Just heard from someone in Lawrence and, yeah, it's pretty much a blizzard there right now. Not quite as much snow as expected but really strong winds

SI

thealmighty

12-24-2009, 11:18 PM

An honest to goodness white Christmas in Dallas and SMU wins 45-10. Hell freezing over?

Senator

12-24-2009, 11:20 PM

An honest to goodness white Christmas in Dallas and SMU wins 45-10. Hell freezing over?

Who could argue? Next up, Romo and the Cowboys win out.

duckman

12-25-2009, 10:11 AM

I'm stuck at home for Christmas because all the state highways are closed. We had to move our Christmas dinner back in hopes it will be safe enough to travel tomorrow or Sunday.

Calis

12-25-2009, 10:20 AM

Well crap, we were supposed to head down to Tulsa this afternoon(One I actually wanted to go to, doesn't happen often.) It's not too bad up here I'm just a little South of Wichita, the wind has died down and it stopped snowing pretty early this morning.

Doesn't sound good down there though.

Tellistto

12-25-2009, 11:31 AM

My mother is snowed in in Norman. Was supposed to work today 20 minutes south of there but the highways were closed, she said. 14 inches in OK is almost on disaster level. I'm not even sure they have enough plows in the state to take care of this in any kind of timely manner. Same for north Texas really.

Tell

Mizzou B-ball fan

12-25-2009, 11:36 AM

Nuts here. Still snowing with heavy winds. Hard to tell how much snow we had. 14-16 inches in some parts of the yard with other parts only having 2-4 inches. Blowing all over the place.

Senator

12-25-2009, 08:33 PM

And just like that... all melted and gone away.

claphamsa

12-25-2009, 08:39 PM

pooring rain here... I noticed a dripping sound, my gutters are frozen, so the water was getting under the ice, and into the roof? or something, spent some time on a ladder, in 35 degree rain, chipping ice with a channel lock! wooo

kcchief19

12-25-2009, 10:04 PM

Nuts here. Still snowing with heavy winds. Hard to tell how much snow we had. 14-16 inches in some parts of the yard with other parts only having 2-4 inches. Blowing all over the place.
Finally ventured out with the snow blower late this afternoon. Driveway near the home had 2-4 inches, most of the drive had 7-9 with drifts of 12-18 inches. We've got drifts in the side yard and back yard around 3 feet -- enough to tower over the air conditioner.

I've never seen a storm with so much dispute over snowfall totals. The drifting makes it almost impossible to get a good measurement. Apparently same thing in OKC -- reading some of the weather-nerd comments online, looks like a lot of people are disputing the 14" inches in OKC.

Regardless, any storm putting out 8-10 inches in Missouri, Oklahoma and eastern Kansas is out of the norm.

Oh, and it's still snowing. :)

Mizzou B-ball fan

12-26-2009, 09:17 AM

Finally ventured out with the snow blower late this afternoon. Driveway near the home had 2-4 inches, most of the drive had 7-9 with drifts of 12-18 inches. We've got drifts in the side yard and back yard around 3 feet -- enough to tower over the air conditioner.

I've never seen a storm with so much dispute over snowfall totals. The drifting makes it almost impossible to get a good measurement. Apparently same thing in OKC -- reading some of the weather-nerd comments online, looks like a lot of people are disputing the 14" inches in OKC.

Regardless, any storm putting out 8-10 inches in Missouri, Oklahoma and eastern Kansas is out of the norm.

Oh, and it's still snowing. :)

Yeah, it's supposed to snow off and on today. I'm quite pleased with my home builder right now. Evidently, he built it just right so a north wind would blow off most of my driveway. :)

duckman

01-28-2010, 03:28 PM

We're getting hammer right now. Some places already have an inch of ice. My area not too bad right now, but the heavier rain is moving in and could put us in the same position as some others in the area.

M GO BLUE!!!

01-28-2010, 03:46 PM

Chill out.

Greyroofoo

01-28-2010, 06:59 PM

Chill out.

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Matthean

01-28-2010, 07:04 PM

Heh, 38 and clear as a bell in Buffalo.

just sayin....

7 degrees, feels like -4 in Lansing, MI.

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Izulde

01-28-2010, 07:51 PM

We're supposed to be hit by the ice storm here. I wouldn't mind no classes for tomorrow.

Lathum

01-28-2010, 08:37 PM

We're supposed to be hit by the ice storm here. I wouldn't mind no classes for tomorrow.

Watching the Miss St-Arkansas game and there are a lot of empty seats.

MJ4H

01-28-2010, 09:02 PM

Watching the Miss St-Arkansas game and there are a lot of empty seats.

The ice is hitting here now. People are smart to not be there.

Lathum

01-28-2010, 09:02 PM

The ice is hitting here now. People are smart to not be there.

The announcers are saying as much.

MJ4H

01-28-2010, 09:07 PM

The announcers are saying as much.

I'm not convinced the players are there, either.

MacroGuru

01-28-2010, 09:09 PM

White out conditions in Buffalo tonight...I went to get a glass of milk tonight and realized we were out...I had to get to the store for milk for the kids and their breakfast.

If it keeps up, there will be a Snow Day.

RendeR

01-28-2010, 09:23 PM

Snow day? We don't have snow days in Buffalo, we have hangover days...

Wolfpack

01-28-2010, 10:25 PM

We're supposed to get hit by...something...tomorrow night into Saturday. Raleigh, as always, is sitting somewhere on the boundary between one form of precip and another. It's a little different this time in that it should be frozen no matter what, but what sort of frozen precip it is depends on time of day. Moreover, the local stations are all over the place on the forecast accumulations, ranging anywhere from 1-2" up to near a foot (though that prediction has since backslid to about half a foot). Since the predicted mixture of precip oscillates between nearly all snow and mostly snow, it's pretty hard to determine what about an inch of forecasted liquid precip will actually amount to in snow and ice. If it were all snow and the standard 10:1 ratio is used, then that's nearly 10 inches, but obviously, any amount of icing will trim the snow total back.

GoldenEagle

01-28-2010, 10:37 PM

Some models are saying we could get 20-24" in Arkansas. Unreal. I am so pumped.

Mizzou B-ball fan

01-29-2010, 07:24 AM

Some models are saying we could get 20-24" in Arkansas. Unreal. I am so pumped.

I thought that earlier this winter when we had our big storm. After a couple of days, the novelty wears off and you get REALLY tired of shoveling snow and dealing with mud everywhere.

But don't let me kill your excitement. :)

sooner333

01-29-2010, 01:34 PM

Watching the Miss St-Arkansas game and there are a lot of empty seats.

I don't think it was the ice.

MJ4H

01-29-2010, 01:39 PM

I don't think it was the ice.

Yes, it was. We had 13,000+ for last week's Thursday night game.

Subby

01-29-2010, 01:42 PM

Coffee Warlord

01-29-2010, 01:53 PM

We're getting hammer right now. Some places already have an inch of ice.

http://www.nndb.com/people/915/000025840/mc-hammer-pants.jpg
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B & B

01-29-2010, 05:32 PM

cant touch this

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Saturday's men's basketball game between No. 18 Ole Miss and Arkansas has been rescheduled for Sunday because of inclement weather.

The game will be played at 7 p.m. (et) at Ole Miss' C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum.

While originally slated to be shown on the SEC Network, the contest will not be televised live.

Raiders Army

01-30-2010, 08:26 AM

We've been without electricity since 4 PM on Thursday. We called yesterday morning and our electric company, the Cotton Electric co-op, told us that all their substations were out and it would be days until we got electricity back.

Our house is 100% electric. We came down to Wichita Falls yesterday and will go back tomorrow.

Cotton Electric's outage map is here: MilSoftOMS (http://www.cottonelectric.com/outage/index.html)

MJ4H

01-30-2010, 09:21 AM

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Here's my front yard. Supposedly about 7-8 inches ontop of ice. Looks like one brave soul tried to get down the road at some point.

lungs

01-30-2010, 09:41 AM

I like to make fun of southern folk for not being able to handle snow, but I think I will give you guys a pass on this one.

Wolfpack

01-30-2010, 12:20 PM

Ended up with about 4" on the back porch when I checked at breakfast this morning, but could have been a little more since it's somewhat sheltered by the house and the trees in the yard. However, it's been mostly sleet since dawn this morning when I first heard the sleet pelting our windows and driving me out of sleep. It's not expected to totaly finish until later tonight now and so I think we'll end up between 5 and 6" between all the snow and sleet. We'll be going through a couple of days of thaw-freeze cycles, as well, as temps will creep to freezing tomorrow and then plunge to the low teens tomorrow night. I may be one of the few to get to work on Monday since I've got 4x4 and I'm used to driving in this from my days in Michigan.