dmarc117 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY SUNSET. SOME SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY EVENING. ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN BEGINS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN WHICH COULD RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH. POTENTIALLY COMPLICATING THE SITUATION WILL BE THE INCREASINGLY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH SATURDAY EVENING. WHERE ICE DOES ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES...THE STRONG WINDS WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STOCK UP ON NON-PERISHABLE FOODS...CANDLES...AND MEDICATIONS IN THE EVENT OF A PROLONGED POWER OUTAGE. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS CAN MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORM BEGINS TO PREPARE! TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ICE MELTING AND IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Yeah no kidding. About 7 inches up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Started here about an hour ago. Pretty slippery driving. Temps rising. We're supposed to go to dinner tonight,30 minute drive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Coming down at a pretty good clip here this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 this is why i love it up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Got cranking in Milwaukee area at about 11ish Central time. Is it just me, or do blizzards result in the following: - EVERYONE runs to the grocery store for supplies on some sort of assumption that they will be snowed in for a week or two - random people who would normally be sitting at home decide to get out and drive around to nowhere in particular. A grocery run and trip to the library just took me in the 2 hr neighborhood; normally it'd be about 45 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 i hear ya chavez.....just went to home depot and grocery store. took about 2hr too. usually a 30min trip. its as though people forget how to drive in the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 It should be here in the next hour or two. The giant green mass on the radar is inching closer. I have the sudden urge to go to the grocery store, buy batteries, water, and drive around aimlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Still snowing here, just got back from 4 hours worth of essential errands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbie Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 The snow here in Madison, WI now has turned to freezing rain. Time to drink heavily and play some guitar...I ain't going nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 only three things to do when there is a blizzard... drink , hunt and screw... ive accomplished all three today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Linguist Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 The snow stopped and is turing into freezing rain now. I'm stuck in the office today but at least there is a bottle of Single Malt to keep me company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 it's supposed to miss us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ksu70 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Got cranking in Milwaukee area at about 11ish Central time. Is it just me, or do blizzards result in the following: - EVERYONE runs to the grocery store for supplies on some sort of assumption that they will be snowed in for a week or two - random people who would normally be sitting at home decide to get out and drive around to nowhere in particular. A grocery run and trip to the library just took me in the 2 hr neighborhood; normally it'd be about 45 minutes. That's exactly what I was wondering Chavez, so true. I have not left my condo today but headed out to the Bucks game tonight. Thank goodness I only live about four minutes from the Bradley Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShiznit Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 only three things to do when there is a blizzard... drink , hunt and screw... ive accomplished all three today..... Did you screw her after you shot her..or before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 The snow wasn't bad, but the freezing rain that started a few hours ago is a f'n mess. I believe they've closed 90/94, the main interstate from Chicago to Minneapolis. Luckily, I live very close to the bars. Time to go get drunk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 The snow here in Madison, WI now has turned to freezing rain. Time to drink heavily and play some guitar...I ain't going nowhere. Jesus - I didn't know there was another Madisonite here. Where do you live? Do you want to be friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Jesus - I didn't know there was another Madisonite here. Where do you live? Do you want to be friends? As long as you don't mind him being a Bears fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 (edited) only three things to do when there is a blizzard... drink , hunt and screw... ive accomplished all three today..... Did you screw the deer before or after you killed it? EDIT - damn your black heart Shiznit Edited December 2, 2007 by Chavez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Jesus - I didn't know there was another Madisonite here. Where do you live? Do you want to be friends? Oh, so you'll be friends with the Madison people but you won't drive an hour for Milwaukeeans. I see how it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 As long as you don't mind him being a Bears fan. What a communist. Offer rescinded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Oh, so you'll be friends with the Madison people but you won't drive an hour for Milwaukeeans. I see how it is. Well, not much else going on tonight...how about I drive over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Well, not much else going on tonight...how about I drive over? If you drove for an hour tonight, you might make it out of the city limits. Besides, I have the wife's company Christmas party. Hopefully her boss breaks his annual tradition of spilling a drink on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Meh the roads were not too bad. The parking lots were ice skating rinks! Just got back from a great German dinner. Duck, liver dumpling soup, potato pancakes, dumplings, etc.. Not to mention a couple of glasses of Lieb Frau Milch! :burp: The roads were fine. Driving was easy! Did I mention the wife drove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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