Posted on 01/31/2011 8:40:09 PM PST by metmom
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A monster winter storm took aim at a third of the nation Monday, threatening to lay a potentially deadly path of heavy snow and ice from the Rockies to New England, followed by a wave of bitter, bone-rattling cold that could affect tens of millions of people.
Cities including St. Louis, Kansas City and Milwaukee could be hardest hit, with expected midweek snowfalls of up to 2 feet and drifts piled 5 to 10 feet. Even hardy Chicago could be in for its third-worst blizzard since record-keeping began.
"I wouldn't want to be on the road in open areas tomorrow night," said forecaster Tom Skilling of Chicago television station WGN. "I don't think I'd want to be driving in the city either. The fact is people die in these things. They skid off the road and go wandering around in whiteout conditions."
Warmer areas were not safe, either. The system could spawn tornadoes in parts of the South.
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The loader is sitting in the yard, ready to clear the drive and around the gate, and there are chains for my truck, but so far we are getting flurries that don’t amount to much. I’m hoping for a little moisture. God bless those who are going to get a lot of it.
Perhaps it was because we lived 15 miles from the nearest big town, but we always had plenty of food and fuel. My parents just calmly dealt with it. It was normal. Snow plows might take several days to finally get to us. They prioritized. if someone on the road was pregnant or had a medical problem, you got done first, otherwise you waited. Many days of school were missed.
Now, for some reason, snow is a big deal. What am I missing?
You'll know the NWS is scared if they start posting warnings in ALL LOWER CASE LETTERS.
Psst. Over here....
The 24/7 news cycle is a large part of today’s hypersensitivity to these events.
The problem is it looks like a lot of icing.
That’s the WORST.
I’m going to predict that afterschool activities are canceled everywhere tomorrow night and that there will be no school for Wed and Thrus.
Friday depends on location and how well the local communities usually deal with the weather.
First time I've seen that term.....I like it!
“When I was growing up in rural Iowa in the 50’s and 60’s We were snowed in many times during some winters. Other winter, we never got snowed in. Weather varied from year to year and that was the norm. ... Now, for some reason, snow is a big deal. What am I missing?”
Now, in large metro areas, most either don’t know how to or have forgotten the self sufficiency. We’re too used to things being at our fingertips.
The winters haven’t been so bad in the last couple decades and we’ve become a nation of wusses.
LOL!!!
But they’re meteorologists. This is what they live for.
They get REALLY EXCITED about stuff like this and just can’t help themselves shouting.
Now, for some reason, snow is a big deal. What am I missing?
Even though the average age is rising, fewer people are growing up.
“The winters haven’t been so bad in the last couple decades and we’ve become a nation of wusses.”
LOL! That too!
doc1019 really gets the credit for it.
I liked it, too.
This storm reminds me of the Blizzard of ‘93 in scope.
That one took out the whole east coast, affecting more than half the population of the nation.
I think this one will equal or exceed it.
The one in ‘93 came up the coast but started as rain and while some areas further south got decent snowfall, this one is coming across the country and more areas are going to be seeing much higher snowfall rates.
Same here, except I was a kid in the suburbs outside Ithaca NY and Syracuse NY. We had 60 inches over one weekend around 1966. No big deal except Mom & Dad ran out of smokes and they sent my sister and I packing down to the main road to pick up an emergency drop-shipment in our mailbox!
Maybe it’s the Internet because now we hear and the amazement and angst.
Of course it’s easy for me to look back and say “no biggie” because I packed up and headed to warm California after I got out of college. But now I have a liberal cesspool all around me; but that’s another story.
Over here
Well, if you’ve been below freezing like the rest of us, when that rain hits the cold surfaces, it’s going to freeze on contact.
Having rain after a prolonged cold snap will guarantee it. Stuff needs to warm up to prevent that and there just won’t be enough time for that to happen.
Well, of course, I live in California now also. LOL
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