Yay for snow

[miked]

It's snowed 1.5" in my yard in the past hour and everything is already closed down here for Monday (and probably Tuesday). They are expecting 4-6" of snow around here, which would be the most I've ever seen. Here's to hoping my power stays on. Hope all the ATLians resisted the urge to buy 30 gallons of water in preparation.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Here's to hoping my power stays on.

This.

[GrantDawg]

This.


This, this. I have a little over 2 inches on the ground now. It spits heavy flakes, and then sleety-pelts for a while. They are expecting even heaver snow later tonight, then turning into freezing rain by daybreak. With the temp not expecting to hit 30, it looks really bad for significant ice. Rough couple of days ahead.

[GrantDawg]

Btw, the snow started about 4 hours ahead of schedule, and much heavier at the start. Interstates are already covered in snow and ice, and many are already backed up heavy from people sliding and spinning out.

[miked]

I-20 Shut down in parts, 285/85 all lanes blocked. And some guy honking his horn next door because his car is stuck in an intersection. Should be fun.

[tucking fypo]

Got about 3 inches in north Mississippi. Last time we had something like this was the massive ice storm back in '94. Kids are wanting to build snowmen in the dark.

[MJ4H]

Just a dusting here, but over where I teach the roads are bad enough to have cancelled school for tomorrow. Hooray.

[GrantDawg]

Got about 3 inches in north Mississippi. Last time we had something like this was the massive ice storm back in '94. Kids are wanting to build snowmen in the dark.


I was living there then. I remember it very well. It was a ugly mess.

[Recoil]

Nothing in north GA right now. Apparently it's on the way, though.

[Edward64]

The snow is coming down nicely North of the perimeter.

Delta cancelled my early Mon morning flight and rescheduled for Mon 2pm. I think its wishful thinking ... it'll be a bad travel day tomorrow at Hartsfield.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Right around 2 inches here in Athens now, didn't start until a few minutes before 10pm. That part is fine & dandy, it's the shift to freezing rain expected to occur sometime in the next few hours that has me seriously concerned. Local EMC (which isn't my provider but still) has been warning customers to expect power outtages of up to 4 DAYS if the predictions were accurate ... right now they look pretty well on target.

[Warhammer]

Have maybe an inch in Memphis, doesn't look too bad.

[Wolfpack]

We're expected to get less snow than at Christmas in Raleigh, but there's a significant ice chance this time that wasn't there then. Estimates are for a couple of inches of snow late tomorrow before it shifts over to whatever frozen precip decides to fall. Whether that's sleet or freezing rain is anyone's guess at this point. The weather people around here have been all over the place in terms of forecasting this which pretty much means they haven't got a clue. I'm expecting probably an inch or two of snow and then a nice crusty layer of ice in the form of some sleet, but mostly freezing rain. We're on the northeast side of Raleigh and the snow amounts should be heavier south and west with this storm, which means it'll transition to icy stuff before it has a chance to accumulate much in the way of snow.

I'm thinking I may be bailing out of work a bit early tomorrow and then am undecided about Tuesday depending on how everything plays out. I've got a 4x4 so getting around on thoroughfares isn't going to be a big issue. Getting up and down my inclined driveway is something else, though. At least I've got a garage so I'm not needing a jackhammer to scrape anything off the windshield if I have to go anywhere on Tuesday.

[rjolley]

Came down pretty heavy here in Stone Mountain around 9:30 or so. Reminded me of winters at home a bit. Right now, there's nothing coming down.

It'd be a great day if I was off tomorrow. Unfortunately, I work from home more than I do from my office, so it'll be business as usual.

[Warhammer]

We're at roughly 4" now.

[CU Tiger]

None here an hour south of Charlotte yet..but the school already cancelled for tomorrow....

Kinda hoping the power does go out...with the newly installed generator I want to get my money's worth. lol

[rjolley]

None here an hour south of Charlotte yet..but the school already cancelled for tomorrow....

Kinda hoping the power does go out...with the newly installed generator I want to get my money's worth. lol
Which one did you get? We're thinking about getting one since our power goes out way too much.

[Recoil]

Starting snowing about an hour ago here. Experienced some of the "thundersnow" I heard about earlier tonight on the local news. Crazy.

[CU Tiger]

Which one did you get? We're thinking about getting one since our power goes out way too much.


Cummins/Onan

Did a ton of research here...it was not the cheapest (by a decent margin) but well worth it.
Actually if you get serious let me know, I have a good friend in NW GA that is a generator specialist, he mainly does commercial/large projects but I think he does som homs or at worst would know who to recommend locally to help you out price wise.

[Easy Mac]

Walked the dog. 4 inches on the yardstick. Still no word on work yet.

[Ben E Lou]

It's sleeting here in the Lowcountry. School is delayed for two hours in Charleston County, three hours in the counties just inland. But from what I'm reading, the roads are icing in some places. This could get interesting all the way down here...

[Thomkal]

haven't gone outside yet, but looks like just a small trace of snow if anything here in Myrtle Beach. :(

[Thomkal]

Of course right after I typed that it started sleeting like crazy. Stepped outside and its crunchy/icy underfoot and a small trace of snow on the trees and roof

[Ben E Lou]

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:

01/10/2011 0749 am

North Charleston, Charleston County.

Ice on Don Holt bridge. Police escorting cars over
bridge one at at time.

For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...

[Ben E Lou]

Just looked at radar. A fairly large red/orange area is heading my way. Not sure what kind of precip it is, but it's below freezing here. Could be thundersnow.

[tucking fypo]

Unbelievable. We got 8 inches here in Pontotoc County. Thin layer of ice under the snow. It looks like we're not going anywhere for two or three days. Maybe the power will stay on. We're all electric.

[GrantDawg]

Icy snow everywhere here, with a drizzle falling pretty steady. Trees look ok so far. It looks like they over-estimated the ice fall. It was almost all sleet for most of the morning.

[Ben E Lou]

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:



For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...Actually, according to Wikipedia, it's 150+ feet up. And they've closed it now, along with the Ravenel.


Yeah, Grantdawg, looks like they underestimated the ice here. We have a quarter inch or so on all the trees, and it's still coming down. Our entire development (about 8 subdivisions) is pretty much clear-cut, and mostly has buried lines, so I'm not particularly concerned about power for us, but I suspect this is gonna suck for some parts of the Lowcountry.

[MizzouRah]

4-6" for us expected.. going to get out of work a bit early and take the rest of it home. :)

[Tellistto]

I'll take my foot of snow with a smile over an inch of ice any day of the week. Grew up in Texas and Oklahoma and it rarely snowed, but iced up all the time. No thanks, you can keep it! I do feel for you guys, though, ice just plain sucks.

Tell

[SirFozzie]

Looks like over a foot of snow here in MA, starting tommrrow night.

[Ben E Lou]

Hehehe.

Snow helps police catch liquor store burglary suspects *| ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/news/snow-helps-police-catch-800291.html)

[miked]

Our street is still unplowed, got about 5" of snow that is now ice-covered. I think most places will be closed tomorrow as well. Keeping my fingers crossed for power stability. Two years ago our power was out for about a day and a half following an ice/snow storm.

[cartman]

Our street is still unplowed, got about 5" of snow that is now ice-covered. I think most places will be closed tomorrow as well. Keeping my fingers crossed for power stability. Two years ago our power was out for about a day and a half following an ice/snow storm.

Do they even have plows for residential streets in ATL? I know that in DFW, there were only trucks that would sand bridges and overpasses, and that was about the extent of winter weather machinery.

[Ben E Lou]

Do they even have plows for residential streets in ATL? I know that in DFW, there were only trucks that would sand bridges and overpasses, and that was about the extent of winter weather machinery.
Atlanta has a couple ol' boys named Bubba and Earl with an pickup truck full of salt and sand.

At least it has an extended bed.

[MIJB#19]

Hehehe.

Snow helps police catch liquor store burglary suspects *| ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/news/snow-helps-police-catch-800291.html)Rookies...

[Ben E Lou]

...along with the Ravenel...

http://postandcourier.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2011/01/10/Lowcountry_ice_metro-5_t330.jpg?8a91d453cbbd7cf42c928ff5407efeffbbbc0321

[Alan T]

Looks like over a foot of snow here in MA, starting tommrrow night.


Having lived in both Atlanta and Massachusetts, 4 inches of snow/ice in Atlanta > 1 foot in Mass.

For the amount of time that 4 inches will shut down Atlanta, it would probably take like 4 feet of snow hitting Massachussets (maybe even more). Problem is Georgia just doesn't have the equipment to get rid of it. So you either go drive on an ice skating rink, or just sit at home and enjoy the days off :)

[Thomkal]

This is one of the craziest things I've ever heard of:



For those who have been here, the Don Holt is the bridge across the Cooper River heading from I-26 to the Sullivan's/Isle Of Palm/Mt. Pleasant area. It spans quite some distance, and is probably 80 feet or so above the water. Makes complete sense that it would be one of the first places to ice. But one car at a time??? Why not just close it??? They'll close it when the wind gets over 40mph or so...

Yep been on that bridge, and that's just insane.

[FBPro]

North of Chattanooga 6.5"

[ISiddiqui]

3-4 inches here in Decatur, GA. Really pretty, but the weather being so cold, its been icing up on the top layer of snow. Was supposed to go to Tifton this week for work, but that's been postponed as it doesn't look safe to drive on the interstates even tomorrow.

[tarcone]

4-6" for us expected.. going to get out of work a bit early and take the rest of it home. :)

It started a couple hours ago here. Its coming down harder now. Everything is canceled tonight. Im sure school out tomorrow and possible wednesday if we are on the 6 inch side of things.

[Wolfpack]

The snow has barely amounted to anything here. Just too dry in our area, so it kept evaporating as it moved in. Finally started falling about 5 PM, but has pretty much turned into a mix in the last couple of hours. Still some snow, but it's mostly sleeting right now. Still expected to turn into freezing rain or drizzle before it's over with, so we'll have a dusting of snow, a crusting of sleet, and then a nice little glaze of ice over all of it by tomorrow morning. However, it's been a rather pitiful storm compared to the hype that had been preceding it. If you were inside of an arc in NC drawn by I-95 and I-40, it was a pretty good snowfall, but along and past that line it hasn't amounted to a whole lot.

[JonInMiddleGA]

No school around here tomorrow, given the forecasted high temps I'm not expecting any on Wednesday either. That's cool, just so long as the freezing rain tomorrow doesn't lead to power outages.

[Peregrine]

No snow here as you said, but there is hellacious ice everywhere from all the freezing rain last night. No one has been able to climb the steep hill out of my neighborhood yet, and there are cars scattered everywhere, including mine.

The snow has barely amounted to anything here. Just too dry in our area, so it kept evaporating as it moved in. Finally started falling about 5 PM, but has pretty much turned into a mix in the last couple of hours. Still some snow, but it's mostly sleeting right now. Still expected to turn into freezing rain or drizzle before it's over with, so we'll have a dusting of snow, a crusting of sleet, and then a nice little glaze of ice over all of it by tomorrow morning. However, it's been a rather pitiful storm compared to the hype that had been preceding it. If you were inside of an arc in NC drawn by I-95 and I-40, it was a pretty good snowfall, but along and past that line it hasn't amounted to a whole lot.

[Wolfpack]

No snow here as you said, but there is hellacious ice everywhere from all the freezing rain last night. No one has been able to climb the steep hill out of my neighborhood yet, and there are cars scattered everywhere, including mine.

Somewhat the same boat here. My driveway's got 1/8" ice on it right now, with no breaks in it that could provide decent traction. I've seen one car on my street this morning, so I think if I could make it down my driveway, I would be okay, but it's the getting down part that's the problem. Even in a 4x4, I think I'd be skating some going down to the street. Might be even more fun getting back up.

I thought Wake County was being awfully optimistic that they'd only need a two-hour delay this morning after hearing the sleet falling like it did last night.

[Qwikshot]

Stocked and ready...though getting a sixpack may be wise...

Made some pumpkin soup.

Got a bunch of netflix ready...

Of course, if the power goes out I got plenty of chef boy r dee to heat on the gas stove.

[ColtCrazy]

School district here is taking a ton of flak. Every other school district had called school today by 6AM. By then, we had about an inch, but the counties west of us already had 3-5'' and it seemed like that would hit us between 6-11. Our school district didn't make the call till nearly 7, when most parents were preparing to put kids on buses, and some teachers made struggled to make it to buildings (by 7, there was easily 2 inches and roads were completely covered). Our district has done this in the past, canceling school for flooding once only after on bus got stuck and had to backtrack. I ended up at work that day, one of 3 that made it, only to take a 10 mile detour to find a way home.

What a strange school district I work for.

[spleen1015]

What a strange school district I work for.

Which one?

[Alan T]

School district here is taking a ton of flak. Every other school district had called school today by 6AM. By then, we had about an inch, but the counties west of us already had 3-5'' and it seemed like that would hit us between 6-11. Our school district didn't make the call till nearly 7, when most parents were preparing to put kids on buses, and some teachers made struggled to make it to buildings (by 7, there was easily 2 inches and roads were completely covered). Our district has done this in the past, canceling school for flooding once only after on bus got stuck and had to backtrack. I ended up at work that day, one of 3 that made it, only to take a 10 mile detour to find a way home.

What a strange school district I work for.


That does sound odd. Everywhere I have lived, School districts usually error on the side of overly cautious for fear of legal liability if even one student was hurt on the way to school on a questionable weather day.

I haven't heard of too many districts really pushing the envelope in the other direction.

[lungs]

Don't you morons know how to put chains on your tires?

[lungs]

Dola

I'm joking, before anybody freaks out on me.

I saw first hand out in California how a piddly little winter storm can paralyze a region that doesn't have the abilities to cope. And ice storms are a bitch. I've ended up in the ditch twice during ice storms.

[Wolfpack]

It warmed up just enough (near freezing) to clear the driveway and the street, but that should refreeze overnight. Still, it'll only be a superficial freezing as opposed to the thin ice rink I woke up to this morning. At least I got a day off out of it (though it comes out of my vacation time because while my office was pretty well shut today, company HQ in Maryland was open, so that technically meant my office was open anyway--the Maryland office is typically operating on normal hours except in case of nuclear attack on DC in which case they might consider their options).

[jeff061]

Hate the snow.

But at least I can work from home.

[ColtCrazy]

I work in Scott Co.

Yeah, the new super was ripped quite a bit today on the social network. Apparently some kids had even gotten on the bus at the rural sites and the parents had left to work.

With the rural roads still in bad shape and the wind picking up to likely cause drifts, I would think they'll call it early tonight. I mean, if the roads are bad now, they won't improve over night, unless they believe the moon can cause some evaporation.

[jeff061]

I remember in high school when there was a major storm and they didn't call school off. One of my teachers had us spend the whole class writing letters to the superintendent to complain.

Chances are he didn't deliver them, but christ he got us to buy into the fact that he was.

[JonInMiddleGA]

No school most places in the northern half of Georgia tomorrow, Atlanta still pretty f'ed up with ice on the interstates & people raising hell at the DOT.

For whatever reason it seems the traditional salt & sand mixture didn't work as well this year as in the past and no one seems to know for sure why that is.

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, I got a 3rd straight snow day as a result of the ice (I don't even remember getting one before - when all the school are closed usually the federal government is open on "delayed opening", not this time). Basically the slight melting that happened today will refreeze as temps go down to 20.

[miked]

Work and daycare closed for day 3 tomorrow. Our street is ice and basically untouched by anything (except brave/stupid drivers). Even the main drag right next to us (Briarcliff Road) is a disaster...and we are right by the top of a hill. We are almost out of Yo Gabba Gabba episodes...SOS. Anyone want to babysit.

[tucking fypo]

It could have been worse here in north Mississippi. School buses still can't travel down many of the side roads so almost all schools in the northeast part of the state are closed again tomorrow. Thursday should see some school districts return but the temps are supposed to get down to 11 to 15 degrees tonight. So who knows what will happen?

[MizzouRah]

They closed schools again tomorrow.. crazy how easily they close schools these days..

When I was a kid we walked to school if the buses weren't running.. :)

[cougarfreak]

Schools in NKY closed for day 2 tomorrow.......my AP kids now mus email me for homework!

[General Mike]

I remember when I was in 7th grade, and we got a big snowstorm over a weekend, and then it kept melting and freezing over night so they kept closing school, and then at the end of the week the temps got up to 60 so everything flooded. fun story.

[SirFozzie]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/car-skids-out-live-on-air-19280

Fun video... That driver has never had to deal with this kinda thing

[larrymcg421]

The annoying thing is that we have work from home capability at my job. However, employees with strikes against them aren't allowed to do that. So this week they have been off with pay while those of us with that work from home "privilege" have to do extra work to make up for them.

[Logan]

Believe I heard NYC got 9 inches in this storm but it wasn't too bad getting around this morning. Schools are open...poor kids.

[Alan T]

According to Boston channel 7 weather, the pivot point on this storm is pretty much right on top of my house. So we're looking likely to get 20inches from this one. I guess I have alot of shoveling scheduled for this afternoon

[tarcone]

Every state in the US besides Hawaii and Florida have snow on the ground.

[jeff061]

Pretty miserable out there. Times like this I'm glad I pay for a garage parking spot.

Working from home until this blows over and don't even have to shovel my car out afterwards. Like nothing happened.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Every state in the US besides Hawaii and Florida have snow on the ground.

USA Today says even Hawaii has some, atop Mauna Kea.

Huge snowstorm pounding Northeast - USATODAY.com (http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2011-01-12-northeast-winter-storm_N.htm)

[Ben E Lou]

Atlanta still pretty f'ed up with ice on the interstates & people raising hell at the DOT.http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs756.ash1/164711_1734418527604_1452797312_1849900_709775_n.jpg

[miked]

Hey, they increased it to 58 last night now that they are in competition with every other municipality. Emory is closed tomorrow but Tech has a delayed opening. I think the CDC must be open because our daycare opens at 9:30...can I get a hallelujah!

[JonInMiddleGA]

The power is still on, I've got smokes, coffee & food. I'm good.

[ColtCrazy]

Been off 2 days, going back tomorrow on a 2 hour delay. This is where teaching is a grind, I have a day and a half left in a week where the kids are going to be wired anyway. fun times.


Thankfully, the forecast for Sunday is now only at getting a 1/2 inch and then rain, so maybe we'll be in school for a bit.

[CU Tiger]

They cancelled the kids school again tomorrow...Friday and Monday were scheduled off for CMD and MLK so my kids were ou of school 2 weeks for Christmas wen back for a week and then got a week and a day off. In amonth of real time they will have seen 5 days of school. My wife has taken up drinking and smoking...not sure why.....

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'm so tired of hearing some of my FB peeps whine about the weather that I had a blogasm. If you're in the mood for a grumpy Jon rant then check it out Chill out, Stay frosty, or something | Jon's Three Cents (http://t.co/YJBMOt6)

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Already had a 6" storm and a 10" storm this year. Now we have a blizzard coming in on Tuesday that's going to drop another 12" of snow on us. Enough is enough.

[jeff061]

After these last 2 weeks in Mass I don't want to hear it :D.

[Alan T]

We've officially had 64 inches of snow so far this month here and have more coming on Wednesday it seems. We've tried making the most of it in the backyard by building some really fun snow fortresses/tunnels and having a good ole snow ball fight from the snow fortresses. We also built a great sled track, and my 3 year old has a "mountain of doom" That is about 8 feet high that she likes climbing up.

Posted this picture for my ootp leagues last week, but it gives an idea of what 64 inches of snow looks like!

[cubboyroy1826]

Looks like we have 16-22 inches of snow headed our way.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

After these last 2 weeks in Mass I don't want to hear it :D.

It's all relative of course. Our average for an entire winter is around 13". We'll likely triple that this winter at a minimum. Looks like Boston is already 20" ahead for the entire winter, so a similar situation relatively speaking.

[jeff061]

We got nothing until almost January and then got slammed. Over and over again. Wouldn't be so bad if it was more evenly spread out.

[cartman]

We set a record high today in Austin. The current forecast will have the area setting record lows on Wednesday and/or Thursday.

[Young Drachma]

Supposed to snow in Colorado over the next two days. Not pleased about this at all after being back on the east coast for sub-zero temps but just missing out on a snow a week ago.

[Apathetic Lurker]

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Already had a 6" storm and a 10" storm this year. Now we have a blizzard coming in on Tuesday that's going to drop another 12" of snow on us. Enough is enough.

You call 6" a storm?

[Alan T]

It's all relative of course. Our average for an entire winter is around 13". We'll likely triple that this winter at a minimum. Looks like Boston is already 20" ahead for the entire winter, so a similar situation relatively speaking.


Just so it is clear how unusual this amount of snow is. Our normal January snowfall in my city is roughly 16 inches for the month. We've had 4 times that this month :)

[MizzouRah]

Ice followed by lots of snow starting late tonight.. UGH....

[JPhillips]

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Already had a 6" storm and a 10" storm this year. Now we have a blizzard coming in on Tuesday that's going to drop another 12" of snow on us. Enough is enough.

I'll trade you your 12" of snow for my predicted 3-6" followed by a massive ice storm.

I swear, if I had a weatherman friend I'd punch him in the throat.

[cubboyroy1826]

I don't think friend and weatherman go together.

[CleBrownsfan]

15.3 Inches of Snow on the way is predicted for Cleveland - they really put the .3 in there?!

[Senator]

Our brothers and sisters in the east getting pummeled like rented mules is bad enough. But to have the Super Bowl in danger of having horrible sleet and snow this week, is madness. Thanks alot Bin Laden.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

You call 6" a storm?

When you only average around a foot for an entire winter, having 6", 10", and 12" storms in three weeks is pretty significant. We've got a geeky weather guy here in KC (Gary Lezak) that is going nuts over this stuff.

[sterlingice]

Ice followed by lots of snow starting late tonight.. UGH....

We're going to be right behind you in Indy with the ice starting tomorrow night and snow after that.

SI

[duckman]

We're supposed to have between 4-12" depending on the track of the storm and how much warm we get aloft (then it becomes an ice event).

[tarcone]

1/2" to 3/4" of ice followed by 6-12 inches of snow.

My wife said aftet this snow the farmers alamanac calls for storms Feb. 15thand March 1st.

[Scarecrow]

1/2" to 3/4" of ice followed by 6-12 inches of snow.

Ditto.

Just wondering if 12" of packed snow is enough traction on top of 1" ice.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs250.snc6/179808_10150128965886391_186359036390_8246022_6516996_n.jpg

[kcchief19]

This storm is threatening to border on ridiculous. Models are continuing to add precipitation, and it's looking like 12-16" could be the norm for KC. If this storm get its act together, the models show there could be areas east of KC getting 20-30" from Monday night to Wednesday morning.

[tarcone]

Just watched the weather.

1 inch of ice
3-4 inches of sleet
4-7 inches of snow

[SirFozzie]

They're predicting another 10-20" of snow in the new england area tues/wed/thurs.

I have NO idea where they're going to put it.

http://twitpic.com/12nqof

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

This storm is threatening to border on ridiculous. Models are continuing to add precipitation, and it's looking like 12-16" could be the norm for KC. If this storm get its act together, the models show there could be areas east of KC getting 20-30" from Monday night to Wednesday morning.

Crazy stuff. Now predicted to be the largest snowstorm in KC since the 1960s. There's a wine and grape growers convention that I'm supposed to attend on Friday in St. Louis. I think I'll get there, but it's going to be a slow haul.

[lungs]

Looks like I'm going to be on the northern edge of this storm. Might get over a foot between now and Wednesday but that really isn't too bad.

All in all, I can't complain about this winter too much. Better than the past three have been.

[DaddyTorgo]

They're predicting another 10-20" of snow in the new england area tues/wed/thurs.

I have NO idea where they're going to put it.

Whoever is praying for snow, please stop. on Twitpic (http://twitpic.com/12nqof)

Seriously!?!? It's supposed to be that much!?!?!?

[The Jackal]

yeah I read yesterday that people are being advised to clear their roofs and cars in NYC because of the coming mid-week storm. There are already so many cars buried under snow, there were guys walking around yesterday with shovels shouting, "Anyone need help getting their car out?"

Just made me think of monty python and bring out your dead.

[Logan]

Yeah we got 16" here with the Wed-Thurs storm and all of that is still around. I imagine getting more snow on top of that, plus the coming ice, could do a lot of damage.

You couldn't pay me enough to shovel out those cars. That snow is rock solid and about 6 feet high.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Seriously!?!? It's supposed to be that much!?!?!?

http://www1.whdh.com/images/weather/producer_uploads/special-560x389.jpg

[Alan T]

http://www1.whdh.com/images/weather/producer_uploads/special-560x389.jpg



Yes, that is me in the pink area! I'm close to the point where I just hope we get a crazy amount of snow this next month and break all of the records. If I get another 30 or so inches, I'm pretty sure it will cover the entire back side of my house.

[jeff061]

That picture is making me shit my pants.

That said, I can't find a forecast anywhere that's more than 4".

[Alan T]

That picture is making me shit my pants.

That said, I can't find a forecast anywhere that's more than 4".


That is an entire storm prediction. You are closer to Boston than me, so your numbers will be less, but for me they say Tuesday I'll get 8 inches, Wednesday another foot possibly. Basically two storms going back to back causing it to snow from Tuesday morning through till Thursday at some point.


I am guessing that 4 inch total you are reading is just the first half of the storm (the lighter half)

[jeff061]

Ugh. I remember wanting it to snow some so I could put my car through it's paces. Now we are what, 3 or 4 storms inside of a few weeks. Too much.

[JPhillips]

Holy shit! Weather.com is talking about ice tornadoes!

[The Jackal]

There's a comma there!

[JPhillips]

I consider the comma a typo.

ICE TORNADOES!

[MJ4H]

hahahaha

[sterlingice]

I consider the comma a typo.

ICE TORNADOES!

My wife and I have joked about Snownadoes! We think SciFi (er.. SyFy) should make a movie about them :D

SI

[DaddyTorgo]

http://www1.whdh.com/images/weather/producer_uploads/special-560x389.jpg

Aaargh - looks like I'm right on the border of 10-14 and 14-20! Yet another "work from home" day!

[SirFozzie]

That picture is making me shit my pants.

That said, I can't find a forecast anywhere that's more than 4".

One-Two Punch « CBS Boston (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/01/31/one-two-punch/)


#1…The first part of the storm will bring us snowfall Tuesday. The majority of our viewing area will receive 3-5″ (6″ in spots) during the day. However, the rain/snow line appears to create a rain/freezing rain/snow mix for the Cape/Islands which will lower the snowfall totals to 1-3″ in those locations.

#2…Late Tuesday night thru Wednesday Night…This is the biggie! The ‘panhandle hook’ is transporting loads of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. The rain/snow line with this storm system is going to be key in terms of how much snow southeastern Mass. receives. The current forecast would lead to this timeline…

-Early AM Wednesday–the initial onset will be snow

-Mid-AM thru Afternoon Wednesday–heavy snow prevails for areas north and west of the Pike, but a mixture of snow/sleet/frz.rain/rain will be an issue fro neighborhoods south of the Pike.

-Wednesday evening–the heavy snow prevails to the north while suburbs south of the Pike start to transition back to snow.

***Overall Snowfall Projections: 12-18+” for north central Mass just north and west of 495 and ‘burbs near Worcester , 9-12″ for the North Shore/southwest diagonal from Boston to areas southwest along the pike boundary (south of Worcester)…6-9″ just South of the Pike/South Shore…3-6″ near Cape Cod Canal/Buzzards Bay…1-3″ Cape/Islands. There is also a chance that we receive some ice accumulation (1/4″+) for areas south of the Pike.

[DaddyTorgo]

I've got a package that needs to be in Texas by Friday for work and isn't ready to go out yet. Yikes.

[tyketime]

Holy shit! Weather.com is talking about ice tornadoes!

I guess ThunderSnow has been pushed to the side...

[McSweeny]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/assets_c/2011/01/strom_forecast_113111_1248p-thumb-780x708-31760.png

[Rizon]

I think I'll stick to my cocaine, thanks.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Just upgraded to a Blizzard Warning here in KC. Over a foot of snow + 40 MPH winds = play time with my kids and PS3 time at night. I'm not too upset about that. :)

[stevew]

Is anywhere safe? I'm considering moving to Costa Rica or Belize at the moment. Fuck this shit.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Just upgraded to a Blizzard Warning here in KC. Over a foot of snow + 40 MPH winds = play time with my kids and PS3 time at night. I'm not too upset about that. :)

It's all fun & games until the power goes out ... ;)

[Honolulu_Blue]

There are predictions that Detroit may get it's first big snow fall of the year. Since moving back in 2006, we've really only had one major snowfall that I can remember.

The newspapers are already getting excited for Tuesday night's anticipated storms.

Detroit News: "Mich. braces for storm forecast to be among worst ever."

Detroit Free Press: "Massive snowstorm could dump 15 inches on region."

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

It's all fun & games until the power goes out ... ;)

We're very fortunate here. Not much icing today and underground lines everywhere. If the power goes out, I'm going to go outside and go all Caddyshack (aka curse God for ruining the best game of Resistance 2 I've had in my whole life).

[Ksyrup]

Looks like most of KY is going to be right in the middle and not in line for much other than rain. Tornadoes below us, ice and snow above us. It's supposed to be mid-50s tomorrow, which is going to feel like 80.

[Coffee Warlord]

ICE TORNADOES!

That's....fucked up.

They don't even write about that kind of weather in the bible.

[wade moore]

And we miss out again, BOO!

[JPhillips]

Latest info has us getting 7-12 inches of snow and 1/2 inch of ice.

[duckman]

http://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/13941555_BG1.jpg

[MizzouRah]

Just watched the weather.

1 inch of ice
3-4 inches of sleet
4-7 inches of snow

We have about an inch and a half of sleet and 12-18 inches of snow coming tomorrow.. good thing I can work from home the next few days. :)

[sterlingice]

Here's our latest forecast. The sleet has already begun, tho, as of about an hour ago.


AT THIS TIME...NORTH AND NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF KOKOMO AND LAFAYETTE LOOK TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH THAT
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL IN THE FORM OF
SNOW. HOWEVER SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS
OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

FARTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TERRE HAUTE...
INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...NEW CASTLE AND MUNCIE...WARM AIR IS
EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT AND PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE. FURTHERMORE...STRONG WINDS
GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN
WIDESPREAD DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RECEIVE LARGE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG WINDS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT
IN WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. LONG DURATION
POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MANY PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA.

</pre>SI

[JediKooter]

And I was shocked that it rained this weekend...

[sterlingice]

It started around 6:00 and we're up to a good 1/4" of ice at least. There have been times where it's sounded like pretty heavy rain only it's clattering against the window instead of rain falling. The fun is just getting started:

"I-70 WESTBOUND: CRASH INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. BETWEEN EXIT 91: POST RD AND EXIT 96: MT. COMFORT RD (1 MILE WEST OF CUMBERLAND). THERE IS AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. ALL LANES ARE BLOCKED. FOR THE NEXT HOUR. LAST UPDATED TODAY AT 7:38PM EST BY INDOT"

SI

[tarcone]

Our forecast has changed. More snow less ice. 12-15 inches of snow now.

[Dodgerchick]

Holy shit it's windy out there! I'm waiting for a tree to snap like a toothpick.

[wade moore]

It's going to be 70 degrees here tomorrow.

So odd.

[sterlingice]

I'm really missing Virginia weather about now, wade :)

SI

[wade moore]

I'm really missing Virginia weather about now, wade :)

SI

That's a sad state of affairs ;).

But really, we're just barely missing this storm, yet tomorrow will be 70.

Virginia weather is so wild.

[tarcone]

Our Winter Storm Warning was Canceled.

We are now in a Blizzard Warning. WOO HOO.

10-20 inches of snow on top of the 1/4 inch of ice already down and the sleet that is falling right now. I cant wait.

[sterlingice]

Wade, I don't think anyone there fully appreciates how good the Virginia weather is. Short of somewhere like San Diego or Hawaii where it's always warm, you have the best weather of anywhere in the country.

There's a legitimate 4 seasons, which is incredibly rare. Spring and fall are lengthy and extremely pleasant. My wife summed it up perfectly: "I never understood why people liked fall until I moved here." Everywhere else, it's like this short interlude between a really hot summer and winter crap. There, you had this gradual cooling (and warming in the Spring) that lasted for a couple of months and you got to see the trees change colors or flowers bloom, depending on the season. It really was gorgeous.

The combination of summers and winters are mild, by the rest of the country's standards. It never really gets too hot or too cold but I think this needs a little further explanation. Yes, upstate New York has milder summers. However, they also get feet of snow in the winter. Similarly, Houston has mild winters but at the expense of 7 months of summer. In Virginia, the summers were fairly mild as were the winters, last year's crazy snows excepted- that was a rarity, I sense.

You want to see wild: pick a day in the Midwest when it goes from 50 in the morning to 80 and tornadic by evening to 25 and snowing the next day. That variance in Richmond was muted and much less common.

Seriously, if I could pick weather of anywhere I've been in the country and the obvious places like, again, California or Hawaii were thrown out, Virginia would be right there on my list. Everyone thinks they have crazy weather but you guys have some of the most gorgeous weather of anywhere I've been :)

SI

[Senator]

Dallas/Ft.Worth was hit about 3am.

17 degrees, snow and ice predominant. It was 70 degrees 2 days ago.

[fpres]

It was 66 degrees when I got into my car this morning. After a 60-minute, 14-mile commute to work (driving in the same direction as the approaching front), it was 35 degrees. Texas weather changes on a whim but still...

No precipitation here until Friday...I'm not looking forward to dealing with spastic Houston drivers on ice.

[SirFozzie]

Looks like we have six-eight inches on the ground already, but it's not the wet/heavy stuff we got before.

[jeff061]

Yeah, started earlier than I was expecting. Had to drive down 95/90 and they were not terribly clear.

[duckman]

Crazy! A three foot snow drift on my patio.

[tarcone]

Its been pouring ice pellets here. Waiting for the snow still.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

We appear to be getting 'lucky' here in KC. It's a blizzard, but only around 8 inches.

My parents live at Lake of the Ozarks. They're at the center of the storm. 12 inches on the ground with another 8 or so yet to come.

[sooner333]

On Saturday it was in the mid-70s, I drank on a covered patio in a short-sleeve shirt. Then I went to the driving range where I was feeling hot because I didn't wear shorts.

Fast-forward to last night and we have thunder-sleet around midnight. It turned to snow pretty quickly and it's not quite finished yet. We've had a Tulsa record (not daily, but all time) of 13.4" of snow. And I can't tell where the street begins and the curbs end. I certainly didn't drive anywhere as pretty much everything is closed.

Crazy turnaround.

[sterlingice]

Round two has started up here in the last hour or two. We had about 1/3" of ice this morning and it let up. But now it's supposed to start again in earnest to the tune of at least 1" of more ice overnight.

SI

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

I-70 now closed over good portion of central Missouri. Whiteout conditions had people just driving off the road because they couldn't see.

[sterlingice]

Oddly enough- not a super "powerful" storm in terms of pressure. The low is centered around Memphis right now and the pressure is around 29.4". Sure, that's low, but sometimes we'll have crazy strong winter storms that clock in around 29.0" (30.0" is normal).

SI

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg617/scaled.php?tn=0&server=617&filename=mvohp.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

[tarcone]

My wife heard an interesting tidbit on the news. The last snowstorm of this magnitude in St Louis (1982) the Cardinals won the world series. The last ice storm of this magnitude (2006) the Cardinals won the world series. Put your bets in now.

[hoopsguy]

It has taken a little longer than expected, but the snow is officially on in Chicago. It's been coming down hard for the last hour after just looking ominous most of yesterday and this morning.

[MizzouRah]

My wife heard an interesting tidbit on the news. The last snowstorm of this magnitude in St Louis (1982) the Cardinals won the world series. The last ice storm of this magnitude (2006) the Cardinals won the world series. Put your bets in now.

Yeah baby!

[panerd]

My wife heard an interesting tidbit on the news. The last snowstorm of this magnitude in St Louis (1982) the Cardinals won the world series. The last ice storm of this magnitude (2006) the Cardinals won the world series. Put your bets in now.

Except it hasn't done shit here in Eureka. I keep hearing about this massive storm but see a little sleet and cars driving down my street at normal speeds. When does this big storm start? weather.com says 2-3 inches not 10-18 the local news (spin) outlets are reporting.

Are you guys actually getting something in Pacific?

[MizzouRah]

Well, in Troy we are still getting hammered.

Shoveling the driveway part 3 :)

[sterlingice]

Except it hasn't done shit here in Eureka. I keep hearing about this massive storm but see a little sleet and cars driving down my street at normal speeds. When does this big storm start? weather.com says 2-3 inches not 10-18 the local news (spin) outlets are reporting.

Are you guys actually getting something in Pacific?

I didn't think St Louis was in the big range for this one. It was more towards central MO and back towards Kansas City for the bigger snowfall amounts.

SI

[panerd]

I didn't think St Louis was in the big range for this one. It was more towards central MO and back towards Kansas City for the bigger snowfall amounts.

SI

Tarcone and me live right down the road from each other and the local St. Louis media has been hyping 10+ inches of snow and 1+ inch of ice for the last couple of days. I don't mind them being wrong but they still are sticking with this story even though the national weather service is saying 2-3 inches are somewhat likely.

[tarcone]

Right now we have 2 or 3 inches of sleet on the ground. Thats it. No snow yet. It looks like we may catch the wrap aound tonight. So tomorrow we could see the heavy snow.
We have been sledding down our street in the subdivision today.

[tarcone]

Just watched the weather. 6-10 inches including the sleet thast is on the ground. Booooo. I was hoping for 20 inches.

[panerd]

Right now we have 2 or 3 inches of sleet on the ground. Thats it. No snow yet. It looks like we may catch the wrap aound tonight. So tomorrow we could see the heavy snow.
We have been sledding down our street in the subdivision today.

Don't get me wrong I loved being off school and my school was already cancelled for tomorrow as well. I just think these weather guys are as bull-headed as the posters in the FOFC politics thread and they will be right about the snowstorm of the centruy even if it doesn't happen until 2020. I assume you guys are off tomorrow as well?

[tarcone]

Yeah. We just got the call. I was thinking we would be off the rest of the week. But now I think we will back for Friday.

[Coffee Warlord]

Wind is causing havoc at the moment. Really quite spiffy to watch.

Apocalyptic Snowfall levels have been a disappointment thus far, though it's early. Really thus far just been...little bit of snow, fuck-me wind blowing it around.

[sterlingice]

We've got at least an inch of ice on the ground right now. That's catastrophic in my book.

SI

[duckman]

Got the call this evening. No work again tomorrow. Almost every business in town is shut down, including the grocery stores (according to my friend who text me a while ago).

[Izulde]

No snow here in Vegas, but it's been cold and windy.

Spent all morning on the phone to Southwest before I finally got a 4:20 nonstop to Baltimore tomorrow that gets me in about midnight.

At least I'll make the conference and my presentation time, but I won't get much sleep beforehand. :D

[sterlingice]

It's interesting- if you look at the radar, the storm is spinning around St Louis. Nothing there but go an hour west and you're looking at 1'+

Oh, and I'm sorry, but, really "it didn't hit us so it's not a big storm" people? Yes, weathermen do exaggerate but winter storms typically have pretty extreme gradients. Again, depending on where in Missouri, you could have anywhere from 1 inch to 2 feet of snow. Where we are, it's an icy nightmare in the 20s. 120 miles from here in Evansville, it's 54 and drizzly. Parts of Chicago aren't too bad. O'Hare is closed. This happens.

There really are a lot of other people experiencing what will be the worst storm of the year. Hell, almost 300 miles of I-44 are closed. That's a pretty bad storm. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get something crazy next time ;)

SI

[panerd]

It's interesting- if you look at the radar, the storm is spinning around St Louis. Nothing there but go an hour west and you're looking at 1'+

Oh, and I'm sorry, but, really "it didn't hit us so it's not a big storm" people? Yes, weathermen do exaggerate but winter storms typically have pretty extreme gradients. Again, depending on where in Missouri, you could have anywhere from 1 inch to 2 feet of snow. Where we are, it's an icy nightmare in the 20s. 120 miles from here in Evansville, it's 54 and drizzly. Parts of Chicago aren't too bad. O'Hare is closed. This happens.

There really are a lot of other people experiencing what will be the worst storm of the year. Hell, almost 300 miles of I-44 are closed. That's a pretty bad storm. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get something crazy next time ;)

SI

Yeah except for that the fact when I went on weather.com this morning it was telling me a whole different story than any of the local weathermen. Sorry but that seems unusual. (weather.com was saying 2 to 3 inches, they were still predicting in feet)

[Router Help]

I'm right next door to Wrigley Field. In addition to the snow we now have thunder and lightning. AWESOME

[Coffee Warlord]

I'm right next door to Wrigley Field. In addition to the snow we now have thunder and lightning. AWESOME

You see the chunk of the roof that blew off?

[Router Help]

I can see the police lights but that's about it. I tried going out there with my dog, but I sprained my ankle Sunday playing indoor soccer and that is making it tough to walk in the drifting snow :)

[Mustang]

I'd rather have 24" of snow than 1" of ice. Ice is just nasty.

[Passacaglia]

We're about half a mile south of Wrigley -- I was home before it got bad, but lurker said she saw a lot of debris around when she got off the el.

[RainMaker]

We're about half a mile south of Wrigley -- I was home before it got bad, but lurker said she saw a lot of debris around when she got off the el.
Wind is pretty insane by me. There is a construction site next door and shit is blowing around everywhere. I'm worrying the scaffolding will fall and knock out our power/cable (the wires are just to the right of it). I give it a 50/50 chance.

[Passacaglia]

Your lights flicker? We've had that happen here a handful of times.

We noticed a crack in a window of our baby's room yesterday, and then this afternoon we saw some water and snow seep through. Figuring we wouldn't be able to get a handyman, we patched it up with tons of duck tape, covered the window with garbage bags, and put a space heater in there. Oh, and closed all the vents I was able to in other rooms. It seems pretty close to the same temperature in there, and he's sleeping fine so far.

[rowech]

Well...we've had nothing but ice this whole time and we've lost some major branches off this tree. Pretty much a done deal that it'll have to come out. Will insurance pay for that or would it generally not be worth it to claim something that minor?

Of course, at this point it's minor. If some of the rest of this tree comes crashing through the roof, it's going to change things real damn quick.

Ice sucks. I'll take 2 feet of snow before I'd take the amount of ice we have.

[sterlingice]

Time to go to sleep and hope the power doesn't go out. A slight bit of good news is that it's just warm enough (33) to melt a little bit of ice off of the roof. Sure, it makes the road worse but if it turns some of the ice into water and off the roof before the wind picks up... well, I'll be happy :)

SI

[RainMaker]

My lights haven't flickered. I know my Mom has had hers, she's out in the North suburbs.

[Mustang]

Well...we've had nothing but ice this whole time and we've lost some major branches off this tree. Pretty much a done deal that it'll have to come out. Will insurance pay for that or would it generally not be worth it to claim something that minor?


I don't know if you ask the insurance to remove a tree (unless I suppose it does damage to property). If it is around power lines you can sometimes get the power company to remove it for fear that it will fall and bring down the other power lines. When our oak went, the power company took it down and left it there and then we found someone that wanted the wood for their furnace and was willing to cut it up so we didn't pay anything.

[Apathetic Lurker]

They were predicting doom and gloom here in Western NY... Buffalo is gonna get socked in ! All semi's will get ticketed on the thruway after such and such time ! Alll schools closed ! Snowmageddon ! Bunch of sissies is what I say ! I got up a few minutes ago and I have a fucking light dusting of 1-2 inches on my street.

Oh well, at least I have a day off. Thanks be to the wilting petunias running the school system here!

[sterlingice]

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow so early spring. Hooray (if you believe in oversized rodents who can predict the weather)!

SI

[Router Help]

Ended up with 17" officially but it is still snowing and there are some very large snow drifts around.

My dog is doing his best to plow for us.

http://www.jaylark.com/fred_snow2.jpg

[Apathetic Lurker]

Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow so early spring. Hooray (if you believe in oversized rodents who can predict the weather)!

SI

The local rodent, Lockport Lucy or something silly like that "predicted" early spring too.... So far the rodents are predicting the weather better than our local weather types......

[Kodos]

Had to shovel my fucking roof last night. Fucking winter. I had enough snow growing up in Rochester. I would love to never see another fucking flake.

[SirFozzie]

it's 21 and raining. WTF. (thank god it's not more snow, mind you)

[Alan T]

it's 21 and raining. WTF. (thank god it's not more snow, mind you)


I prefer the snow. This frozen rain is going to cause some horrible power problems. Plus dealing with frozen rain on top of 14 inches of snow is going to be a nightmare later today. (Makes the snow like 4 times heavier to remove and we already have no where to put the snow as it is).

[jeff061]

I'm staying home. Haven't been out since yesterday morning, I don't want to deal with ice.

[DaddyTorgo]

I'm staying home. Haven't been out since yesterday morning, I don't want to deal with ice.

Indeed. I went to work yesterday, and the drive home wasn't horrible, but I have no intention of going out with the frozen rain+icing that's going to go on.

[lungs]

I wish I could have a snow day

[CleBrownsfan]

Yeah - I can deal with snow but this ice we got is no fun. We got nearly an inch of ice overnight - then it started raining around 7:00 this morning for a couple hours - and now it's snowing again.

[molson]

The weather in southern Idaho is so boring. I miss storms sometimes. Storms are cool.

[sooner333]

Well, day two of being snowed in. I live at a T in the road in my neighborhood. It looks like one or two trucks have driven down the road, leaving huge ruts in the snow that my car could not clear. One side of the T has not even been touched. Given that they probably won't clear the neighborhoods, I'm severely doubting my ability to get onto the street from the cleared driveway tomorrow.

[sterlingice]

I went out and chipped away at the driveway this morning with a metal ruler to see what it looked like. At least one inch of solid ice and then one inch of refrozen sleet (it's solid to walk on but packed more like really dense snow). I say "at least" because I wasn't really sure if I was at the driveway or just a more solid layer of ice that I couldn't chip through.

SI

[tarcone]

We ended up with a few inches of sleet and a couple inches of snow is all. We missed out on the fun.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

3 hours to dig out my driveway today. It's a L-shaped driveway. It looks like a fortress. 5 foot snow walls on all sides. You can't even see the cars parked in the driveway when you drive by on the street. Around 12-14 inches of snow, but drifts up to three foot.

[Matthean]

Thankfully on vacation so I'm missing the worst of it. Today was mostly 50 degrees with a decent amount of sun. Not looking forward to digging out my car and then seeing what my house is like when I get home on Saturday.

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm amazed that I have a winter weather day off of work because we are expected to get some freezing rain throughout the day. There isn't exepcted to be accumulation until this evening.

[Alan T]

Finally unburied my house from the latest snowfall. (6th snow day so far this year for the kids).

This is probably the most snow I've ever had in my life, even though I have only lived in the North for 12 years. Here is a picture of my mailbox (if you can find it. I had to dig it out so the postman would still deliver mail)

[SirFozzie]

and more sleet/snow saturday, and then probably tuesday/wed :?

[MizzouRah]

Winter wonderland!

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs885.ash1/179354_179481522088911_100000811920913_360406_5506771_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs265.snc6/179354_179481512088912_100000811920913_360404_8242524_n.jpg

[I. J. Reilly]

I need some advice from the cold weather contingent of FOFC, I’m not used to these temp’s that we are getting here in Texas.

Before the storm hit I put the Styrofoam covers on our two outside faucets, so they have been covered the whole time. The last two days have been fricken cold, high of 20 and lows in the single digits. So I went outside today figuring I would open both faucets and let some water run, but I can’t even budge the spigot. They seem frozen pretty solid, but I didn’t want to strain them so I didn’t use much force.

It’s supposed to stay well below freezing until Saturday, so is there anything I can do in the mean time to relive pressure on the pipes? My wife is absolutely freaking out about the thought of ruptured pipes.

[stevew]

I've never worried about the outside faucets. My plumbing is in the basement though, which is pretty warm.

[gstelmack]

It’s supposed to stay well below freezing until Saturday, so is there anything I can do in the mean time to relive pressure on the pipes? My wife is absolutely freaking out about the thought of ruptured pipes.

Turn on a faucet or two and let them drip slowly.

[Scoobz0202]

I've never worried about the outside faucets. My plumbing is in the basement though, which is pretty warm.

Yea, I don't know how he has his set up, but here in Ohio I do nothing with my outside faucets for the winter.

[I. J. Reilly]

Turn on a faucet or two and let them drip slowly.

Maybe I’m okay then; I’ve had the two indoor faucets that are against an exterior wall dripping the whole time. And now that I think about it even if the outdoor spigots do freeze the pressure should be able to back up to the running faucets in the house, right? So I would think that as long as we are regularly running water inside we shouldn’t rupture anything.

Anyway, thanks guys. I guess I won't know for sure until it thaws.

[nilodor]

For my outdoor faucets I've never had to do anything with them and they work fine and I don't think there is anything special with them, I do blow the one out that has the hose attached to it but I've never had any problems.

Also a note that I think has been touched on elsewhere, people here are making fun of people down there and how tough it is with a little bit of snow but they totally forget that
- There is limited snow removal and we have 160 plows ripping around non stop
- We salt and sand the roads
- And ice is worst right around freezing (which we get a lot of when temperatures can go from -24 C to 8 C in a day and back down to -10 at night). Besides no one here drives that well in it anyways!

[Coffee Warlord]

From my house.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_GHF1WQ3lsFM/TUtGTZTt_xI/AAAAAAAAACU/ifqd_OPZM9o/s640/IMAG0001.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_GHF1WQ3lsFM/TUtGkU_Pi7I/AAAAAAAAACY/SFvrPWZVqhA/s640/IMAG0002.jpg

[sterlingice]

Now Houston's supposed to get 1-3" of sleet and snow tomorrow. The difference- 1 day after that here in Indy and it's in the teens the next day. In Houston, it'll be in the 50s on Saturday.

SI

[Eaglesfan27]

Baton Rouge area is supposed to get 1/2" inch ice accumulation tonight. Another winter weather day off tomorrow!

[cartman]

Now Houston's supposed to get 1-3" of sleet and snow tomorrow. The difference- 1 day after that here in Indy and it's in the teens the next day. In Houston, it'll be in the 50s on Saturday.

SI

It has already started. I've been in Houston all week, and was hoping to wrap up this stuff with the client by 2pm. It ran on until 8pm. I just now got home. Almost 5 hours to go 180 miles. The last 5 were by far the worst. There are a couple of back to back low water crossings, with fairly steep entries and exits near my house. I slid sideways at 5 mph down most of the first one, and crept along at 1 mph on the next one. The road was a sheet of ice. My fear was that while on the crossing the car would slide into the water.

[thealmighty]

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Not exactly a blizzard, but cool stuff for Dallas area (.75" of ice under the snow). The car was covered but my brother cleaned it up preparing to go back home to Ft. Worth- he decided to stay.

[Senator]

Woke up in Fort Worth to 3 more inches of snow - this is truly the end of times.

[tarcone]

Profit AL Gore says that for decades global warming experts have predicted more severe winter storms.
So we are not out of the woods yet.

[duckman]

It's snowing very lightly here again. We expect another inch or two.

Another storm system is expected to be here next week. Very early projections are showing 4-6 inches of snow for Wednesday night into Thursday. *sigh*

[MrBug708]

I'm sure other SoCal people have chimed in, but it's going to be 75 and sunny here

[Ksyrup]

New Hampshire pile-up/accident:

http://swns.com/images/stories/snowcrash/snowcrash1.jpg

[MJ4H]

Is that even possible?

[lighthousekeeper]

Is that even possible?

i saw it in GTA once so it must be.

[sterlingice]

Car carrier accident, right?

SI

[sterlingice]

Profit AL Gore says that for decades global warming experts have predicted more severe winter storms.
So we are not out of the woods yet.

I hear that even if the earth warms up or cools 5 degrees, winter is still cold and summer is still hot in most places. Yesterday, in Indy, the low would have been 17 instead of 12, which is still pretty darn cold. Just because the change would be minimal here doesn't mean it's not a big deal elsewhere.

SI

[panerd]

So the local forecasters were all doom and gloom earlier in the week predicting at least 10 inches of snow and ice and probably more. A bunch of businesses shut down and they even cancelled a Blues game. Net result: About 2 inches. Fast forward to last night. Weather forecast: Light dusting, possibly 1 inch so I decide to stay downtown (about 25 minutes from where I live) I wake up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on my car and one of the worst drives I have ever had in my life. Fuck weather forecasters!

(tomorrow they are saying 3 inches which means sunny and warm. :) )

[sterlingice]

I'm sure it has nothing to do with weather being hard to predict, especially winter weather.

Again, you wouldn't really notice the difference between 1/5th of an inch of rain and 1/2 inch of rain. Yeah, one would be more but not substantially more on the street. If the water ratio is up to 15:1 or 20:1 like it was for this storm in a lot of places, that's the difference between 3 inches and 10 inches of snow which, yeah, is pretty noticeable.

And you've lived in the Midwest too long to not know which stations to trust as trying their best and missing versus the "we're the first station on and last one off the air" apocalypse mongers. I've only lived in Indy 6 months and I'm starting to be able to tell them apart here much less in KC where I knew exactly which forecasters to believe if I wanted an accurate count instead of just entertainment.

SI

[tarcone]

So the local forecasters were all doom and gloom earlier in the week predicting at least 10 inches of snow and ice and probably more. A bunch of businesses shut down and they even cancelled a Blues game. Net result: About 2 inches. Fast forward to last night. Weather forecast: Light dusting, possibly 1 inch so I decide to stay downtown (about 25 minutes from where I live) I wake up this morning to about 6 inches of snow on my car and one of the worst drives I have ever had in my life. Fuck weather forecasters!

(tomorrow they are saying 3 inches which means sunny and warm. :) )

LOL. I was going to post the same thing. We got a bunch of snow too.

I finally got the 2inches of ice off my driveway last night. Let the ice melt work on it all day. Was going to do the other side today. The 5 inches of snow changed that plan a little.

[tarcone]

Whatever Dave Murray says in St Louis, I believe the opposite.

[Matthean]

I took off from Florida yesterday and about 26+ hours later I got home. The flight that got me home was at one point at 50/50 odds of being canceled as well.

[MizzouRah]

Whatever Dave Murray says in St Louis, I believe the opposite.

Me too.

[BishopMVP]

New Hampshire pile-up/accident:

http://swns.com/images/stories/snowcrash/snowcrash1.jpgIt wasn't a car carrier accident... here's short video of the aftermath - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niEIuwLCCiQ&feature=player_embedded - with a link to the news article. At least Geek Squad was there to help with any necessary physics calculations.

[MizzouRah]

Wow.. that's nuts.

[duckman]

It's snowing very lightly here again. We expect another inch or two.

Another storm system is expected to be here next week. Very early projections are showing 4-6 inches of snow for Wednesday night into Thursday. *sigh*

That storm on Friday actually dumped 6 inches giving us 14 total. Tonight, we are expecting another storm that will drop another 6-10 inches over the next 18-24 hours.

[Senator]

Another night attack by the snow and ice monsters, aka The Others, have left Fort Worth shut down another day.

[cartman]

Meanwhile in Driftwood, where it hit a high of 68 degrees yesterday, it was 19 when I woke up this morning.

[MJ4H]

About 2 feet of snow in my backyard

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/IMG_0135.jpg

[MJ4H]

Apparently setting records for snowfall. Confirmed over 25" on the ground which was the previous record. Unconfirmed up to 30 in some places. I think I have 2 ft. in my backyard now.

[GoldenEagle]

We don't have much down here in Central Arkansas.

[JediKooter]

Man, all that white stuff reminds me of partying with Charlie Sheen.