posted 01-26-2011 08:01 PM                  

We have gotten in excess of five inches of snow in the past three hours. I would call this a blizzard snowstorm that includes thunder and lightning along with some wind.

I started home and got almost halfway before traffic really stopped. There was an incline that I had no way around that even the 4X4 and All Wheel Drive vehicles were not able to climb. (I am betting the vehicles could have made it with competent drivers behind the wheel)
I was driving the company vehicle which is a E-250 Van with a single track differential. It does OK until I have to stop, then getting going again is a chore which includes a lot of praying and eventually a little !%&*+#$%!. I turned around and went back to the shop where I will try to sleep. It's gonna be a long night and a longer day tomorrow.

On the trip back I passed multiple vehicles on the side of the road and many more just accelerating with no forward motion. I feel lucky that I am at least inside and warm tonight. I am not going to press my luck and venture out.

Stop by if you are out and around.

posted 01-27-2011 07:30 AM                  

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Originally posted by Nick M:
Yeah Andria we got hit hard by the snow!

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Nick,
The snow by it's self was not that bad.
The problem is with all the idiots that have the "SUV's" and No Fear that simply don't have enough common sense to drive in the stuff.(Many of them probably can't even check their oil)

I did better in my work van with a single trac differential than most front wheel drive cars and all wheel drive vehicles.

Mickey,
I am to some degree color blind but when the lightning arrived, the whole area lit up almost like daylight.
It looked white to me. (No, not that White Lightning )

posted 01-28-2011 07:53 AM                  

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We have gotten in excess of five inches of snow in the past three hours.

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posted 01-28-2011 09:43 AM                  

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Originally posted by enzvoy:
heard this morning
16 more inches of snow sets January record
so much for global warming

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posted 02-01-2011 10:11 PM                  

23 degrees right now at 10pm, going to get down to 14 with the wind chill at zero! High tomorrow will not break freezing. Had 70mph winds at 4am this morning, took a third of the shingles off one side of my barn roof!

posted 02-02-2011 08:13 AM                  

Bet you were glad to have missed this one:

Jan. 10, 1982 - Riverfront Stadium, Cincy - AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers:

Temperature: -9 degrees / Wind chill: -59 degrees

Bengals won that game,,,lost in the Super Bowl two weeks later.

posted 02-02-2011 08:59 AM                  

Think I see Ed sitting up in the stands,,,,he looks like a frozen, 300lb block of Crystal Ice. Frozen nuts, with his Diet Dr. Pepper in one hand, and a list of repo license numbers in the other, lol.

Damn fine, mild, winters there.........

posted 02-02-2011 10:10 AM                  

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Originally posted by Chi_Town_Prowler:
It seems like winters in the south, east coast and north have been pretty bad while the winters in Chicago for several years now have been pretty mild. Everyone else has been suffering except for us!! Go figure....

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