16 inches of snow, 30+ MPH winds, -21 wind chill...

by Lance K

Posted: 14 years ago 27 replies

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And school was canceled. So I'm effectively snowed in with my wife and 4 kids.

The Wiggles Christmas video is blaring in the family room.

Needless to say, I'm not getting much work done today.

But it's music to my ears.

MikeAmbrosio 14 years ago

LOL - same here.

We only got about 3 inches early today. It's raining now so it's all melting. But our school system decided to close school.

Buncha pansies...
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Michael Motley 14 years ago

it was 72 when i came in this morning at 7am.

But we have a cold front coming through tonight..

it might hit 50.
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- Radix 14 years ago
  
  We got a dusting of snow and the wind is howling around 40 mph with a -5 windchill.
  
  I'll take it over the 16 inches of snow as that's out of the "fun" range.
  
  I like enough snow to cross country in, but not so much I have to spend hours on the tractor clearing the drive.
  
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MikeAmbrosio 14 years ago

I actually don't mind the snow either. Shoveling (or using the snow blower if it's deep enough) gets me out of the house and gets me a little exercise (like this morning). The physical labor clears my mind...

But I agree - 16" is way out of the fun zone. 6 - 12 is about my limit. Unfortunately, mother nature didn't get my memo for our area...
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BryanC 14 years ago

As an IM newbie, I still go to my daily office job. So, to get out of going to the office, I have 2 options:

- Become successful at IM
- Get snowed in with several feet of snow

We only got 2 inches last night...
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- eshera 14 years ago
  
  Cripes....took me about 2 hours to do the driveway, oh well, gotta love Minnesota...
  
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  Radix 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by eshera
  
  Cripes....took me about 2 hours to do the driveway, oh well, gotta love Minnesota...
  
  I have a good friend living in Rochester.
  
  Is now a good time to call and ask how he likes living there?
  
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HomeBizNizz 14 years ago

No snow, but wind and rain.
And cold.
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Sylvia Meier 14 years ago

OUrs is just as bad here. It snowed more than a months worth of snow in a single dump Friday and Saturday. Some cars were buried right over with snow, the buses were jack-knifed all over the roads to the point you couldn't drive through some of them, there were cars EVERYWHERE.

You can see some of the pictures from the weather site...

Your Weather: Snow storm in Calgary - The Weather Network

We still haven't been able to shovel our walk etc because there is so much snow on the cul-de-sac with no where to put it other than into the neighbours stalls LOL.
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talfighel 14 years ago

So, it has snowed here in Toronto for the first time in this winter. I must say that I was not happy to see the snow at all.

I wish I could live in a HOT place ALL year long.

Oh, well. TOO bad......

Tal
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- ThomM 14 years ago
  
  Well I just got back from 10 hours of plowing, time for a nap then back out at 2am.
  Don't have a clue how much we got, 5 inches maybe before the switch to rain.
  
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  Killer Joe 14 years ago
  
  You guys are such wussies.
  
  When I was young I had to walk 3 miles in the snow uphill to get to school.
  
  Both ways...:p
  
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  Dave Patterson 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  You guys are such wussies.
  
  When I was young I had to walk 3 miles in the snow uphill to get to school.
  
  Both ways...:p
  
  KJ
  
  3?
  
  What a wimp.
  It was 7 for me. And I was barefoot.
  
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  whateverpedia 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  You guys are such wussies.
  
  When I was young I had to walk 3 miles in the snow uphill to get to school.
  
  Both ways...:p
  
  KJ
  
  Originally Posted by Dave Patterson
  
  3?
  
  What a wimp.
  It was 7 for me. And I was barefoot.
  
  7?!?!?
  Barefoot?!?!?
  
  I had to crawl 15 miles each way giving my brother a piggyback ride.
  
  Hmmm. Methinks this motif has been done a lot better here:
  
  Four Yorkshiremen
  
  Please note this is the original version, not the Monty Python version, although it stars John Cleese and Graham Chapman. Also featured are Tim Brooke-Taylor from the Goodies and Marty Feldman. (Can anyone identify the show it was taken from?).
  
  BTW, here in Sydney it's a balmy 28 degrees Celsius (~82 Fahrenheit), bit cloudy, but nevertheless fine.
  
  Sigh.
  
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HeySal 14 years ago

4 below in Boise? Somebody get me the number for Copenhagen. Maybe if we ship some coal to the sun..........
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Michael Motley 14 years ago

I saw the snow that hit colorado this morning. I'll pass thanks. Sometimes i miss snow, then i come to my senses.
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Scot Standke 14 years ago

We got over a foot here with 40+ MPH winds, what a mess.

Thank God for really big snowblowers

6th biggest snowfall on record here.

Makes me wonder why I ever moved back here from always sunny Phoenix.

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FrancisAllard 14 years ago

Took me almost One hour and a half to commute a 20 minute ride yesterday. This morning they were saying icy roads, dangerous driving.... I don't know where they were looking, the roads were clear and the drive was back to the 20 minutes.

Good thing I got into work an hour early because of that.....
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- glchandler 14 years ago
  
  Anybody remember whining about the 100 degree heat last July when the air conditioner went on the blink?
  
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  ThomM 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by glchandler
  
  Anybody remember whining about the 100 degree heat last July when the air conditioner went on the blink?
  
  Most of been nice.
  Here in NY July was the 4th coldest on record and the rainiest on record.
  That's going back to the mid 1800's.
  
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  barbling 14 years ago
  
  Just cold here in NJ. Perhaps we'll get rain on Saturday.
  
  Lots of empathy for those who got buried!!
  
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Teresa Coppes 14 years ago

We got about 6" here in Northern Iowa and right now the temp feels like -18 degrees. Thankfully the wind has died down as we've got snow drifts up to a foot tall in some places. And lucky me, I get to play in the snow all next week while attempting to walk around in people's backyards

I'm ready to move to Florida.
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- Ron Kerr 14 years ago
  
  Can't beat that global warming.
  
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tabithanaylor 14 years ago

Lance - kudos to you. That kind of weather is definitely NOT for me!
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JoshH 14 years ago

I am in the midwest. I am looking forward to our first real snow this year. As it feels lately it can easily stick.
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- JMB Marketing Group 14 years ago
  
  I put my winter coat away a few days ago. Only need to wear a light jacket these days.
  
  It's been warm here on the West Coast. It's raining, but it's been mist-like at times too.
  
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Diana Lane 14 years ago

Bristol in the UK, and it's just started snowing here too. We see it so rarely that I think everyone's enjoying it. Except maybe the bookmakers because it's so close to Christmas day
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