Super User roadwarrior Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 Temperatures dropping into the teens tonight and a 30% chance of snow. Expected accumulation of more than an inch! The Memphis area will be CLOSED tomorrow. 1 Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 Hopefully you bought enough bread and milk to last for a couple weeks! 2 Quote
jr231 Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 Lol. Growing up in Michigan, i swear we had school even if we got 6-8 inches. It's like we only had a snow day when the council wanted off. Now I live in southern Ohio. About 45 mins north of Kentucky, and the schools here absolutely flip about any snow. I'm talking cancellations when I can still see the grass. Lol. Even cancellations because of how cold it was ! I guess it's cool for the kids but it's just odd to me. 2 Quote
Ohio Archer Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 50 minutes ago, Yeajray231 said: Lol. Growing up in Michigan, i swear we had school even if we got 6-8 inches. It's like we only had a snow day when the council wanted off. Now I live in southern Ohio. About 45 mins north of Kentucky, and the schools here absolutely flip about any snow. I'm talking cancellations when I can still see the grass. Lol. Even cancellations because of how cold it was ! I guess it's cool for the kids but it's just odd to me. Each school district is different. Mason and Lakota are usually the last to cancel. CSD usually the first. The cold closings baffled me as well until I figured out how they built some of these schools. Marginal heating systems and cathedral ceilings are not a good combination. Lakota built twin monoliths to past school boards that have got to cost a fortune to heat and cool (hence our tax levies). The school buses don't exactly provide unlimited heat, either. Even some companies around here close because "it's cold outside". Go figure... 1 Quote
Yakalong Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 Make sure you hurry to the store and buy up all the bottled water Quote
IndianaFinesse Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 You need to drive up to the upper pininsula of Michigan in February, then you can see what a real blizzard looks like. Picture ten foot high snowdrifts and having to climb out the window because your door's buried in snow. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 3 hours ago, roadwarrior said: Expected accumulation of more than an inch! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 8 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 5, 2017 Author Super User Posted January 5, 2017 I lived in Denver for 17 years. Here in the Mid South they hate using the "s" word, it's referred to as "frozen precipitation". Blizzard has an all new meaning around here, too. But seriously, if the forecast holds later this afternoon the schools will be closed, some business' will instruct their employees to plan to work from home and all the government offices will be directed to reduce staff to "essential personnel" only. Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 I live in a Lake Erie lake effect band........................tell me more about your "blizzard" ........LOL Actually I get it, I was driving through South Carolina a few years ago when the words "chance of snow" were broadcast over the local airwaves of the radio station we were picking up in the car on our way through. I had to stop for gas about an hour later and there was already a 50 car line at the gas station. I was like "you have got to be kidding me" . With nothing to do but sit and wait, the guy in line a head of me was a Buffalo transplant who seen the NY plates on our car. We started chatting and he was telling me it's like that any time the "s" word is mentioned...........lines at the gas station, stores ransacked for bread/milk/eggs, everything goes on lockdown. The local highway depts. just have no ability to deal with it, so even a few inches grind everything to a standstill, and it's not cost effective for them to buy the equipment, or stock pile the sand/salt for the 1 or 2 times a year they might need it. He said with the way people drive on dry roads around there, it's for the better, because the average motorist goes full retard the minute one flake falls from the sky. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 You don't have any snow plows, we lost a few, a couple weeks ago: http://www.twcnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2016/12/25/irondequoit-town-building-fire.html Quote
Hurricane Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 Coming down pretty good here in Buffalo.. Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 No snow here in the capital region of NY right now. Sure is windy though, 17 mph with 40 mph plus gusts. Makes the mid-twenty degree weather feel like sub-zero. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 Same here. 21° and windy as hell. Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 5, 2017 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 5, 2017 23 degrees right now. No snow here, but it snowed on Saturday and is still around. It hasn't broke above freezing since Saturday night. They're saying next Saturday it will "warm up" to 36 degrees. Woo hoo! Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 9 degrees here - but the suns out so it seems "kind of Nice" We're getting another coating tonight. That Red Weather Warning Band across the top of the local weather forecast page has been a steady deal for a while now. This Beast at least give me fighting chance to stay ahead of it. A-Jay Winter Storm Warning MIZ019-021-022-060045- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170106T2100Z/ CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA...GAYLORD 1137 AM EST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 4 PM FRIDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...GO TO THE MDOT WEBSITE AT MICHIGAN.GOV. 1 Quote
tigar Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 A-Jay, Thats why we call it the WINTER WONDERLAND here! I can remember as a kid, my grandpa standing at the window and saying "Well, the snow is so deep your gonna have to climb a telephone plole to take a dump"! 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 57 minutes ago, tigar said: A-Jay, Thats why we call it the WINTER WONDERLAND here! I can remember as a kid, my grandpa standing at the window and saying "Well, the snow is so deep your gonna have to climb a telephone plole to take a dump"! Sort of Like this ~ This is a snow pile in the Town Hall Parking lot A-Jay 1 Quote
Turkey sandwich Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 We're only expecting 2" or so here in Philly, but that's enough to create parking chaos. Parking here is already a nightmare. Snow makes you question whether murder is justifiable. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 Coming to Virginia this weekend!! WOO HOO If the track goes a little more north, we get a lovely 13-14". As it is currently, 6-8" thru Sunday. 1 Quote
thebillsman Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, Turkey sandwich said: We're only expecting 2" or so here in Philly, but that's enough to create parking chaos. Parking here is already a nightmare. Snow makes you question whether murder is justifiable. Can't wait! Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 5, 2017 Global Moderator Posted January 5, 2017 I would love to see some here in East tenn but I'm not getting my hopes up, we got basically zero last year (maybe a dusting or two). My favorite part about the whole thing in the south is that all the shoppers buy up all the most perishable of food items. You would think they would buy stuff with a longer shelf life. If you are truly preparing for a snowstorm, might want to get cans of soup or meat instead of milk and bread. Quote
Super User soflabasser Posted January 5, 2017 Super User Posted January 5, 2017 I wouldn't mind some cooler weather down here. Its been in the low to mid 80's almost every single day where I live, and that's not the best weather for some of the outdoor sports I enjoy doing this time of year. 1 Quote
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