Rob73
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Starting to rev up pretty good out here now -- 60mph winds. I'm about 25 minutes south of the city. Going to take shots as I can this is out my window. The morning is going to be a pain in the ass that's for sure.
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livertrans
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I'm in Rockford. I should have brought a snow shovel in the house. We have 10 inches so far and the snow is drifting in front of our front and back doors. 10 or more inches to go before its over sometime tomorrow. My daughter lives in Forrest Park and she called and said she is getting hit hard also.
seamus7227
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We got hit really hard last night into half of this morning, in Texas this is rare, but temps got below zero in the weee hours last night and early morning. I think somewhere around 6" of snow, nothing compared to others that are getting hammered by this storm? The crazy thing is, last saturday was 74 degrees, now this. Go figure.
sptfr43
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GLOBAL WARMING!!! HAHAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAAHAHAAA!!!!!!!
Rob73
Member
Morning : Still coming down hard. Here's hoping the old beast of a snow blower still starts lol... That is if I can open my door.
jttheclockman
Member
Oh those sites are too familar this year here on the east coast. We are getting the ice storm that is coming from that storm. My sister is without power for 8 hours now and it maybe another 8 before they get it restored. I have to bring the generator to her house to get some heat on for her. Again another day of misery. Make it go away already.
Rob73
Member
I can open the front door about 4 inches :
designer
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I lived in the NW burbs of Chicago (Carol Stream) for 2 years and spent a LOT of time in Rockford for business over the last 15 years. All I can say is gee thanks for sending the storm to the Detroit Area. LOL At least it is not as bad here. Stay warm and dig out the bbq.
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Well, they are calling us the "bullseye" of the storm---Goody, goody.
A first for me, our road is 2 feet deep, no plows all night--they gave up at midnight, because of 50 mph winds causing white outs. It just stopped snowing about an hour ago (9AM ish). Now, they say I94 is impassable, so I suspect I won't see a plow for a while.
Back door has a 5 foot drift, I CAN see the car, in the driveway, snow is only up to the bumper, so I could get out of the driveway (I dont do shovelling), but with no road to get to, I am officially "snowed in".
Pretty, completely white, sun just started shining--give it about two hours and we should be moving again--wind is down to 35 mph, air temp is about 20---all-in-all, survivable.
Thankfully, the electric is working and I had oil delivered last week. Warm in the house, have this crappy laptop---but, certainly not a major problem!!
A first for me, our road is 2 feet deep, no plows all night--they gave up at midnight, because of 50 mph winds causing white outs. It just stopped snowing about an hour ago (9AM ish). Now, they say I94 is impassable, so I suspect I won't see a plow for a while.
Back door has a 5 foot drift, I CAN see the car, in the driveway, snow is only up to the bumper, so I could get out of the driveway (I dont do shovelling), but with no road to get to, I am officially "snowed in".
Pretty, completely white, sun just started shining--give it about two hours and we should be moving again--wind is down to 35 mph, air temp is about 20---all-in-all, survivable.
Thankfully, the electric is working and I had oil delivered last week. Warm in the house, have this crappy laptop---but, certainly not a major problem!!
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Quick moment of excitement===Saw something move on the road!!!!!!!!!
Mental review----snowmobile,
Relax, wait for plow.
Mental review----snowmobile,
Relax, wait for plow.
livertrans
Member
This mornings aftermath. Had a heck of a time opening back door to get to my garage.
I spent two and a half hours blowing snow. I only have a area three foot wide between my driveway and my neighbors. Normally this is plenty fo room to put the snow from my driveway, not so this time so I had to blow it down the end of the drive to the front yard. I have mounds close to six feet tall in the front yard.
I spent two and a half hours blowing snow. I only have a area three foot wide between my driveway and my neighbors. Normally this is plenty fo room to put the snow from my driveway, not so this time so I had to blow it down the end of the drive to the front yard. I have mounds close to six feet tall in the front yard.
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phillywood
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That's exactly why, the arctic is not supposed to plunge in all the way to Mexico, if you watched the news they explained why this happened. The northern shield is tampered with since we got less ice in the north pole and therefore the arctic blasts which supposed to stay in the north about Canada now gets moved into the land southward. Today they said this is the worth weather in the last 40 years, so it's going to get worse form here on out.
In Ohio we got 8 inches and then last night 2 inches of ice on top. Bad, but still not the amount you guys got. Stay warm and wait for the plows. Remember, summer's coming.
Rob73
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The 1978 Mongomery Ward 3.5 HP briggs & startton wins the day. Ok so I had to jury rig myself an air filter and rig the carb spring up with some copper wire. I'd still use this over some $700 China made crap. 33 years old and still going!
OKLAHOMAN
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Guy's even though you're much more prepared for snow than we were , it's still a
B%$#@ of a storm, good luck.
B%$#@ of a storm, good luck.
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Made it to the office (10 miles).
Little snowplow did our road-1 lane, but that was all I needed.
16 cars and one snowplow in the ditch on the way to the office--areas of the highway are open on both sides (No buildings, trees, etc. Drifting and high winds pushed them off the road last night (they were not there when I came home about 7PM---but the "white-out" conditions were getting worse, then).
Happy to be back in the office and back to MY workstation.
BTW, when I walked out the front door to go to the car, the snow gradually got deeper---over my waist. As I pulled the Durango forward, I realized I was actually gonna HAVE to shovel
So, it took 45 minutes of pushing snow with the car, then moving the build up to the side. Even the four-wheel drive was slipping (first time in ten years--2 Durangos-- that has happened).
We have a legit two feet of snow--but its' not real wet, heavy snow. Tonight it is supposed to get really cold (10 degrees F) which should freeze it in place, mostly. Worst storm I have lived through, I believe.
Good news, even with the high winds, electric lines didn't snap (no ice), so there has only been one fatality (shovelling heart attack). Not too bad.
Little snowplow did our road-1 lane, but that was all I needed.
16 cars and one snowplow in the ditch on the way to the office--areas of the highway are open on both sides (No buildings, trees, etc. Drifting and high winds pushed them off the road last night (they were not there when I came home about 7PM---but the "white-out" conditions were getting worse, then).
Happy to be back in the office and back to MY workstation.
BTW, when I walked out the front door to go to the car, the snow gradually got deeper---over my waist. As I pulled the Durango forward, I realized I was actually gonna HAVE to shovel
So, it took 45 minutes of pushing snow with the car, then moving the build up to the side. Even the four-wheel drive was slipping (first time in ten years--2 Durangos-- that has happened).
We have a legit two feet of snow--but its' not real wet, heavy snow. Tonight it is supposed to get really cold (10 degrees F) which should freeze it in place, mostly. Worst storm I have lived through, I believe.
Good news, even with the high winds, electric lines didn't snap (no ice), so there has only been one fatality (shovelling heart attack). Not too bad.
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