Yikes! Midwestern Blizzards!

[3113]

You! You who laughed at us Californians and our rain, at our building an ark to save our poor, endangered chihuahuas from the deluge....

You laughed! But now our storm is coming your way! And it's gonna get you and your little dogs, too!

DES MOINES, Iowa – Fierce winds ripped away the roof of a police station, thousands of people lost power and drivers stuck by closed highways settled in to wait as storms swept out of the West to the nation's midsection Tuesday. Much of the Upper Midwest was covered in deep snow, and strong winds Tuesday night were expected to create blizzard conditions. The storm had already blanketed much of the mountain west and drenched Southern California with rain.

Ice was the problem Tuesday morning in Oklahoma, where Interstate 40 was closed for about 25 miles between Clinton and Elk City. Mitch Dodson, a trucker hauling soda pop out of Durango, Colo., to Virginia, was waylaid at the Travel America plaza near the town of Sayre in western Oklahoma. "It's just a sheet of ice from Amarillo to here," Dodson said. "It's a disaster."

With travel likely to get worse, officials were warning residents in parts of the west and Midwest to stay close to home. Blizzard warnings were issued for most of Iowa as well as eastern Nebraska, southern Minnesota and southern Wisconsin.

More here.

 

[fieryjen]

I just drove home from work.

It kinda really sucked.

Was going at least 25 under the speed limit and still nearly missed my exit ramp because my car fucking slid right past it.

 

[m_storyman_x]

your kidding right? a blizard is nothing more than a good reason to curl up next to a fire with a good woman and not go outside. we plan them that way, dont you? I mean in California all you gotta do is put on a raincoat and she can escape!

 

[SweetWitch]

Blizzard? What blizzard. All we got was buckets of friggin' rain. Again. More rain. Lots and lots of friggin' rain.

When will it end?

 

[Wife of Bath]

You! You who laughed at us Californians and our rain, at our building an ark to save our poor, endangered chihuahuas from the deluge....

You laughed! But now our storm is coming your way! And it's gonna get you and your little dogs, too!

More here.

lol! awesome post.

I posted this on the Midwesterners thread, but I was watching the Weather Channel this evening and the guy said "Don't drive anywhere on Wednesday, you will get stuck and no one will come help you."

*battens down hatches*

 

[3113]

I mean in California all you gotta do is put on a raincoat and she can escape!

As Californians can't drive in the rain, and, at least in L.A., there's no going anywhere if you don't drive, no, she can't escape.

 

[Freefall_mc]

*Shaking head at southern Californians. What wimps! Always complaining about too much water, or not enough.*

Hold steady to the wheel Midwest!

"You call that snow, Old Man Winter?! I said bring it."

 

[m_storyman_x]

Blizzard? What blizzard. All we got was buckets of friggin' rain. Again. More rain. Lots and lots of friggin' rain.

When will it end?

rain is just snow that has melted

we didnt get either.. snow went north, rain storms went south, all we had was a bit of light rain.

but still cold.... wanna go snuggle up and stay warm?

 

[SweetWitch]

rain is just snow that has melted

we didnt get either.. snow went north, rain storms went south, all we had was a bit of light rain.

but still cold.... wanna go snuggle up and stay warm?

Bite me.

 

[R. Richard]

rain is just snow that has melted

Rain is also snow that doesn't have to be shoveled.

 

[SweetWitch]

Rain is also snow that doesn't have to be shoveled.

Yeah. It just has to be pumped out of my crawl space.

 

[AvoidingRealWork]

Blizzard? What blizzard. All we got was buckets of friggin' rain. Again. More rain. Lots and lots of friggin' rain.

When will it end?

I for one am glad to be just far enough south to be getting rain this time around.

 

[SweetWitch]

I for one am glad to be just far enough south to be getting rain this time around.

Doll, I'm so sick of rain I'll gladly take the snow.

 

[JackLuis]

Just what is needed to quench the wild fires. TWO Feet of Snow in San Diego !

 

[_Lynn_]

Doll, I'm so sick of rain I'll gladly take the snow.

You can have this storm.

# Windy. Snow this evening will mix with sleet and freezing rain at times late. Low around 30F. Winds E at 20 to 30 mph.
# Tomorrow: Periods of rain and snow in the morning. Windy with light snow in the afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the mid 30s. Winds SW at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
# Tomorrow night: Snow along with gusty winds at times. Low 19F. Winds W at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 3 to 5 inches. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.
# Thursday: Periods of snow and windy. High 19F. Winds W at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Significant snow accumulation possible. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

 

[sophia jane]

So far our snow is mixed with rain enough that it's not accumulating too much. But the roads are shit and visibility is zero. We'll see how it looks tomorrow.

 

[ishtat]

I have a small property/getaway about 800 miles wnw of Sydney. It last had recorded rain in August 2005. Central Australia is as dry as a witches tit, so you can send as much of your rain, storms, snow, whatever you like but please please - no more dust.

 

[Handley_Page]

Good Grief; real weather.
I think I'll stay over here for the time being, though.
It's just cool & wet. . . . . . .

 

[sr71plt]

It's all rain here in Virginia--and too warm to freeze tonight, thank goodness.

 

[Dragonlipz]

Bite me.

Ok, where?

Sunny and clear here in the Puget Sound.....Damn! I hope the moss between my toes doesn't dry out.....

 

[michchick98]

You can have this storm.

# Windy. Snow this evening will mix with sleet and freezing rain at times late. Low around 30F. Winds E at 20 to 30 mph.
# Tomorrow: Periods of rain and snow in the morning. Windy with light snow in the afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the mid 30s. Winds SW at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of precip 90%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
# Tomorrow night: Snow along with gusty winds at times. Low 19F. Winds W at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 90%. Snow accumulating 3 to 5 inches. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.
# Thursday: Periods of snow and windy. High 19F. Winds W at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 80%. Significant snow accumulation possible. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

Yeah, that sounds exactly like the weather report for my area. Everyone stay safe and warm! I knew the no snow thing couldn't last forever, not in Michigan.

 

[SweetWitch]

It's heeee-re... Blistering wind, periodic white-out, falling temps. Supposed to be in the teens before the end of the day. Thanks so much for cursing us.

 

[rgraham666]

I woke to about an inch of slush all over everything. Stuff is a bitch to shovel.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I woke to about an inch of slush all over everything. Stuff is a bitch to shovel.

I woke to five inches of snow with another couple inches of rain weighing down the snow, making it a bitch in the ass to shovel. It was about 15 to 20 pounds per shovel-full. On top of that, I was shoveling in the rain, so I had to change all of my clothes when I was done because I was soaked through.

And then there was the drive to work in the slush, with huge puddles all over the road.

What a pain in the ass this morning has been.

 

[YoursSINSerely]

The rain just started here on top of the 3 or 4 inches. What I don't see, is the plow or sand truck going by. I hate this crap!