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| Fire up your snow blower, Mark. We're gonna get hit again! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 10 2010, 11:09 AM (921 Views) | |
| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 11:09 AM Post #1 |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Mark | Dec 10 2010, 02:24 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The snowblower is gassed up and ready to go! |
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___.___ (_]===* o 0 When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells | |
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| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 04:18 PM Post #3 |
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Yikes! Ice! For SE MN: 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF I-90. * FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. For Wisconsin: 357 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * 10 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW WILL BEING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY BY SUNRISE. * WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN OPEN AREAS. |
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| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 04:41 PM Post #4 |
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"Get yer motor runnin' Head out on the driveway Lookin' for a snowdrift Or whatever comes my way"
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| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 07:00 PM Post #5 |
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Tonight: Snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Steady temperature around 29. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Saturday: Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 8am. Patchy blowing snow after noon. Temperature falling to around 17 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -1. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 13 mph increasing to between 20 and 23 mph. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Saturday Night: Snow likely and areas of blowing snow before midnight, then areas of blowing snow and a slight chance of snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around -8. Wind chill values as low as -29. Windy, with a north wind between 21 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Sunday: Patchy blowing snow before 5pm. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Wind chill values as low as -33. Blustery, with a north wind between 16 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 10 2010, 08:33 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I can't believe how hard you are getting slammed, Brenda. Wow. We have not had more than a dusting. Is everything shutting down or are people carrying on? |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 08:55 PM Post #7 |
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Had ten inches just last weekend, and now another round with ice starting tonight. The schools aren't affected except for some sports activities cancelled for tomorrow. I expect people will be hunkered down all day tomorrow. Sunday we will begin to dig out, or in our case, chip our way out of the ice. Yesterday was crazy at the grocery store, and today we completed some more errands in the afternoon and evening. Got some movies and popcorn ready. Hubby pulled a leg of lamb out of the freezer. We will decorate for Christmas. Might even get some work done toward the new kitchen/office project. The workmen are done for now until the windows arrive, but we have some things we can do to get ready for after that, such as clearing out the current library/office closet that will become the hall to the new office. All good stuff to do while it's icky outside. I really wish we were getting all snow, instead of the ice/snow combo. A tenth of an inch doesn't sound like much, but .... |
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| brenda | Dec 10 2010, 09:22 PM Post #8 |
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And now we have a blizzard warning coming.
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 10 2010, 11:49 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Goodness. Can't imagine. Keep us posted. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 06:39 AM Post #10 |
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I haven't been out to see how much ice we got. It seems to have switched to all snow for now. The storm seems to have slid further south to be right over us now. Forecast posted this morning:
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| The 89th Key | Dec 11 2010, 08:15 AM Post #11 |
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The GF's dad started his 10-hour surgery around 8:30am Minnesooooooota time. She said it was absolutely awful getting to the hospital because of the snow and visibility. At least they are all camped out there in the hospital, hoping and praying for a good outcome. Brenda, I checked the traffic camera feeds there in MN...looks pretty intense! Stay warm! |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 08:27 AM Post #12 |
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Oh my. What a day to have to get to the hospital. Best wishes to her dad and family, 89th. The forecasted totals for snow have been revised upward again. Some snow removal has begun already just to try to keep up before the really heavy stuff starts falling this afternoon.
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 11 2010, 09:17 AM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My neighbor had her masectomy during the snowpocalypse last year. Her husband had just had shoulder surgery. All the neighbors shoveled them out so she could leave for the hospital. What a powerful event. She is doing well, almost a year later. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 10:26 AM Post #14 |
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People will remember that for years. You have a great neighborhood, R2. Ours is pretty good here, too, but we haven't had any misfortunes of that magnitude to test it. This afternoon the snow will begin to come down in earnest, up to 2 inches per hour is predicted. Looks like we've had 4 or more inches already. Hubby thinks he should shovel the roof on the new addition, since it only has the underlayment on it, not a real roof yet. He plans to do it several times as the snow piles up over the afternoon. I'm digging out EVERYTHING from the library closet, aka 'the Christmas closet', to get ready for Christmas and to get it ready for making it into the hall to the new office. Yowsers. It's full to the 9.5-foot ceiling, including shelves along one wall. |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 10:38 AM Post #15 |
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The entire SW corner of the state has closed roads. Towing services are prohibited in these areas now. State patrol will not be out in these areas. And usually the plows are not out either. http://hb.511mn.org/main.jsf |
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| sue | Dec 11 2010, 10:42 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yikes!! Stay safe at home, eh. Sure hope you don't lose power. |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 10:45 AM Post #17 |
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We'd manage without power, but we'd manage better with it.
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| Optimistic | Dec 11 2010, 10:53 AM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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As I sit here sweating in this hot, tropical climate with no air conditioner, or even a fan, that all sounds so fun and enticing to me! I´m sure the sentiment´s a little different on your end.
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 10:55 AM Post #19 |
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I love a day at home. It's just the cleanup of all the snow and ice that is a problem. I'm sooooo glad we did not have travel plans for this weekend. |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 01:17 PM Post #20 |
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Hey, Mark! The new snowfall forecast for the total storm is 19 inches for us now. What are you supposed to get? Bring your snowblower on over here!
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Luke's Dad | Dec 11 2010, 01:20 PM Post #21 |
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Do you have generators, Brenda? Something tells me that Brenda's would be the place to be in a blizzard. I bet there will be enough baked goods and hot dish to feed an army for a month. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| brenda | Dec 11 2010, 01:56 PM Post #22 |
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Yes, we have a generator. We are indeed cozy here, even during a blizzard. I made enough cinnamon rolls for tomorrow morning, too. No hot dish! Roasted leg of lamb in garlic/herb/dijon sauce, roasted potatoes, bok choy with garden veggies as a salad, green beans, and homemade French bread. A nice red wine to go with it. Brenda's is a very good place to be in a blizzard. The worst of the storm is yet to come tonight, but dinner will be done by then, with enough for a couple days of meals. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 11 2010, 02:43 PM Post #23 |
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Open mouth, insert foot. We are under a warning tomorrow. Betcha school is cancelled Monday. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| sue | Dec 11 2010, 02:50 PM Post #24 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I'm hoping things go well, 89th. |
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| sue | Dec 11 2010, 02:51 PM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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betcha your boys are really upset at that possibility.
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