Icy Hell

[papasan9]

Snake, this is your fault.

48 hour forecast my ass. i woke up to find car already sheeted with ice and ice raining. came alot faster and harder than i thought. i am now in charge of emergency operations at the shelter and find myself at work while all non-essentials have been sent home.

anyway, im sure had we not laughed so hard last night this would not be happenning. gottsta go, its raining ice.

[=HR=Gumby!!!]

I'm sorry I can't help the grin on my face after that conversation last night!

Keep safe and warm!

[papasan9]

I'm sorry I can't help the grin on my face after that conversation last night!

Keep safe and warm!

grin it up baby :)

well, im back at home. some power outtages have already started and the storm isnt even in full swing yet.

at least i have ups all my stuf is hooked up to. i will be able to transmit a distress call before i am electricityless. stove is gas, so that will be a saving factor.

fingers crossed, electricity stay on...

btw, we were discussing generators etc, yeah everybody has been sold out of everything...propane, propane accessories, generators... for a couple of days.

bob & cal, you should be in the same boat.

[atomicbob]

You know it papasan!

The closed the schools at about 1 pm. It could get ugly over the next two days.

Can you imagine 2" of ice!! ftw!!

That last big ice storm was only 1/2" and paralyzed this place for nearly a week.

Temps are supposed to be below freezing clear out past next Friday...

(Minnesota guys are laughing at our pussiness)

:lol:

[papasan9]

my fridge is full of beer and bought some wine. wife & i will just play cards and drink if we lose power.

damn my house is drafty..no insulation. it was high 60's yesterday. i was driving motorcycle and not even chilly.

[KAstickboy]

(Minnesota guys are laughing at our pussiness)

:lol:


haha when i lived in Cary, NC (basically Raleigh) at the slightest hint of snow, ice, sleet... school closed or let out early. Hell, in 2000 when Raleigh had that 18" outta no wheres, jeaz we were out of school for at least a week if not 7 days...

i loved it, cause when i went to school in pittsburgh, the only time we had a day off was during the blizzard of '95 and even then we only had 2 days off. hell i remember regularly watching tv in then morning with 6"+ on the ground hoping for some delay or a day off... no dice...

and thats why i loved hearing "winter" weather in NC! haha

KA

[atomicbob]

it was high 60's yesterday. i was driving motorcycle and not even chilly.

We set a record high on Wednesday.

Global warming arguments or not, this weather is freaky.

[sir_digalot]

wow this is awsome it is 40 degrees and raining here in chicago, it reminds me of the fatherland, where it used to be 40 degrees and raining on midsummers day....


if it does snow and ice and everything here it can do it AFTER i get my new video card, so at least i will have something to do

i think i will put and UPS on the DSL and router and use my laptop too :D

[Ichi]

Rain is starting to turn to ice in my area now. Looks like it is going to be a shitty weekend, guess I will have to stay home and play games.

[atomicbob]

Ours has been mostly sleet so far. Maybe we'll get lucky.

I have to make a beer run soon and will be able to recon.

:D

[Wibby]

I had blowing wind and snow yesterday morning. Around noon it quit snowing but the wind kept at it. It stayed around 0 all day and when I got home from work about 8:30 yesterday it was 50 degrees in my trailer and I think it got down into the 40s last night in my house. My poor little furnace can't keep up with the cold. Right now it is 62 in my house and falling. I might just go turn the oven on and prop the door open a little to help warm my house.

[atomicbob]

South Dakota.....

Yep yep yep

*shakes head*

[Lord ALF]

just been raining here all day... 37 now (Dallas).

hmmm, looks like a good time to go stock up on Oban.

-alf

[FozzyBear]

Still 66 here.

Supposed to take a nose dive in a few hours. :wallbash:

[sir_digalot]

anyone in phoenix, i will be there on tuesday.... i want it to be warm....

[SnaKe]

Papasan :lol: !

Good luck guys!!

[Ichi]

Looks like I am stuck again.

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[wihadmin]

ewww!!! nasty! I know what that's like iChix to have an ice covered car.

[Ichi]

I was able to move the Durango out before more tree limbs got us completely stuck.

Looks like I am still in for some more nasty weather.:wallbash:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/ILZ050.php?warncounty=ILC137&city=Waverly

[papasan9]

wow, ichix, thats what i expected here. you got freezing rain and everything is falling down.

weve been getting straight sleet, so the trees arent coated like that yet, just deposits of ice like snow. they are calling for situation like yours today and tomorrow, but knock on wood, its just white, i dont have the ice totally enveloping everything like that. good luck bud.

ive got a gargantuan pecan tree whose limbs (the size of smaller trees) are hanging over my deck. so if just one of those breaks and falls, the deck will be totally lost.

alright, good luck to everyone today. is supposed to last thru tomorrow.

[Kegg]

Ouch guy, hope your fairing well.

Growing up in Ill, there were a lot of ice storms, you get use to it....but never seen 2" of ice. The only two things about the winter I don't like is ice and wind chill :thumbsdown:, I love the rest.:thumbsup:

[atomicbob]

Still no icing (yet) here either papasan. Go SLEET!! We've gotten about 3". Waiting to see what will happen today and tomorrow.:D

I know what you mean about the pecans. I have two huge, hundred footers that shed limbs at will. The last one was 12" diameter, twenty some foot and lit smack between the trampoline, my grill (home built and indestructively tree proof), and my kitchen roof. There was no wind, no ice, no anything. It wasn't even dead! It just decided to fall out. They can be a hazard.

Good smoking wood though. I stocked up.

mmmmm......bbq

Now I'm hungry. Better thaw some ribs.

Good luck IChix! Looks like you're getting the raw end of the deal so far.

[atomicbob]

wind chill :thumbsdown:

WIND CHILL SUCKS!

[Tykwer]

Still 66 here.

Supposed to take a nose dive in a few hours. :wallbash:

it sure did, and it got VERY wet.

[papasan9]

Still no icing (yet) here either papasan. Go SLEET!! We've gotten about 3". Waiting to see what will happen today and tomorrow.:D

I know what you mean about the pecans. I have two huge, hundred footers that shed limbs at will. The last one was 12" diameter, twenty some foot and lit smack between the trampoline, my grill (home built and indestructively tree proof), and my kitchen roof. There was no wind, no ice, no anything. It wasn't even dead! It just decided to fall out. They can be a hazard.

Good smoking wood though. I stocked up.

mmmmm......bbq

Now I'm hungry. Better thaw some ribs.

Good luck IChix! Looks like you're getting the raw end of the deal so far.

you too huh, thats good to know. yeah, perfect sunny day, warm with zero wind and big limbs falling like bombs around the cars and in the back. so far, no damage, knock on wood again.

and bbq sounds perfect. im hungry all of a sudden.

[papasan9]

second wave blowing thru today. i woke up to thunder and small hail....which in this case is being called large sleet..hehe

anyway, i dont think we will get the freezing rain here to bring down power lines, but ithought i heard several hundred thousand are out of power in oklahoma.

anway, has been a freaky weather cycle. there goes more thunder.

edit- almost 100k homes with power outtages.

[wihadmin]

it was 31 degrees this morning in SoCal. Damn that's cold!!!!

[papasan9]

it was 31 degrees this morning in SoCal. Damn that's cold!!!!
yeah thats cold...

its not supposed to get above 31 for the next week, and i thought i saw more snow/rain/ice on friday.

[Ichi]

Managed to move all the vehicles to safety other than the RV (no where else to put it). Didn't get anymore freezing rain yesterday, but they are still calling for it today with up to 1/4 inch.


it was 31 degrees this morning in SoCal. Damn that's cold!!!!

Did you guys get an snow, I heard you had a chance of snow?

[wihadmin]

There was snow out in Palm Springs I think. And snow in the higher elevation. Downtown Los Angeles hit 25 last nite I think. The poor people I work with are all freezing their asses off.

[fellik]

I'm surprised to say that Utah doesent seem so bad anymore... Its cold, yes, and there is wind, but our snow has been off and on.. kinda seems to wait until all the snow is gone so it can put some more on the ground...

a note: winto green lifesavers tootsie rolls and dr. pepper make you shake like you are freezing to death :lol:... by the way wintogreen lifesavers and dr. pepper do not act like mentos and coca cola (at least thats what i think it was...)

[atomicbob]

Wow! Had to make a road trip this morning and what looked like a few inches of sleet on the ground was actually hard as a rock. Frozen into a solid mass. I about busted my ass going down my steps.

No footprints=no traction.:D

My truck didn't even leave tracks in it!

There will be no school around here this week.

[papasan9]

yeah the ground is a solid brick/sheet of ice. is funny watching the dogs on it.

[juuh77]

yeah we are still getting it on and off here.

[Tykwer]

it's 38 degrees at 7:30 and everything is wet. now i just need the conditions tobe like this tomorrow and ill have a good chance of missing my first day of school.

[papasan9]

this will probably be my last installment. the storms have all moved off, it is now sunny as crap and 22 deg f. we dont get that often here. so, just looks like we live in antarctica or something. anyway, ice is blazing bright with the sun. need sunglasses in the house. hard to see the monitor. blinds closed..

[atomicbob]

From the news it looks like the ice has moved clear to Connecticut.

Maybe our yank buddies will have more to add.:D

We got lucky here. Still nasty, but 60 miles south in Muskogee, and 30 miles east at Grand Lake, they got hammered. Total disater area.

Whew!!

[Tykwer]

my 1st day of school is CANCELED!! :rockon:
it's not the crazy ice storm, it's just really wet and it got really cold today.

[Kegg]

From the news it looks like the ice has moved clear to Connecticut.

Maybe our yank buddies will have more to add.:D

We got lucky here. Still nasty, but 60 miles south in Muskogee, and 30 miles east at Grand Lake, they got hammered. Total disater area.

Whew!!

So far its only been wet here (rained all day)...thou tonight it is suppose to freeze.

[[W33T] JimmytehHand8]

Snake, this is your fault.

48 hour forecast my ass. i woke up to find car already sheeted with ice and ice raining. came alot faster and harder than i thought. i am now in charge of emergency operations at the shelter and find myself at work while all non-essentials have been sent home.

anyway, im sure had we not laughed so hard last night this would not be happenning. gottsta go, its raining ice.

I woke up yesterday with a layer of ice on my car, with the addition of it still pouring when I went to leave for work. Not a fun thing I can tell you.

[Tykwer]

yay! it's all iced over and now it's started just barely snowing.

[papasan9]

ours isnt melting yet, but some is evaporating i think. going into work was postponed until 2pm. i am waiting for the call to tell me to just stay home. i guess a 3 hour workday isnt bad in any case.

if this had started on a monday, i could have an entire week off of work. so far both of our major winter storms have hit on weekends. weather needs to aim better.

[Tykwer]

ours isnt melting yet, but some is evaporating i think. going into work was postponed until 2pm. i am waiting for the call to tell me to just stay home. i guess a 3 hour workday isnt bad in any case.

if this had started on a monday, i could have an entire week off of work. so far both of our major winter storms have hit on weekends. weather needs to aim better.

maybe it was right on target, but you were the one in the wrong place. dude, it's ICY AND SNOWING on my first day of school. i'd say it's aim is dead on!:baeh:

[papasan9]

maybe it was right on target, but you were the one in the wrong place. dude, it's ICY AND SNOWING on my first day of school. i'd say it's aim is dead on!:baeh:lol:thumbsup:

[FozzyBear]

Still had to go to work...... they don't close hospitals for some reason :dunno: :D


Luckily I haven't had to sleep up there since I live pretty close. Sucks to be those people :thumbsdown:

[sir_digalot]

it was a little strange flying today so much of the country was covered in snow, then there wasa sort of line, and here in phoenix it is a nice and cozy 50 something.... shame i was dressed for the 16 degrees with additional windchill factor in chicago at 5am this morning!

[kilroy0097]

Texas A&M University closed on Tuesday the first day of classes because of a wintry ice storm and they are having a half day on Wednesday because it continues. We even had snow :D for a little bit and then it went back to sleet and freezing rain. Oh well.. first time this has happened in 11 years.

Edit Update: And it is closed today Wednesday also. Nothing like two free days of Comp Time :)

[atomicbob]

:flipoff:

Getcha some.

[papasan9]

today was slipperyest day yet. some of the ice melted just enough to make the ice packs like teflon. i spent all day helping people at our business. i almost had two wrecks and i got my own car stuck all day, i didnt get unstuck until two hours ago.

tomorrow will warm up to 38,

then we have another snow storm blowing thru starting friday and below freezing thru next week. so this thread wont die quite yet for me.

i dont know how big the snow area is, you supposed to get snow this weekend bob?

[sir_digalot]

awsome why don;t we get this weather, there is a pathetic dust of snow, and it is only freezing outside, why does all the good stuff happen to everyone else!

[wihadmin]

Malibu has snow yesterday. It was on a mountain top. They closed the road that was going thru there. It was enough snow to stick and didn't melt for a long time. Even though the pass was closed, people still drove up there to play in the snow and take pictures. It was quite a sight in the evening news.

[FozzyBear]

awsome why don;t we get this weather, there is a pathetic dust of snow, and it is only freezing outside, why does all the good stuff happen to everyone else!

:smack:


:lol: LOL he said good stuff :slap:

:D

[atomicbob]

We're supposed to get 4-6" this weekend.

BUt the highs are supposed to be in the high 30's so maybe something will finally melt and let the kids back in school. Missing weeks get tacked on at the end, so everyone is stressed about a short summer vacation.

I'm guessing they will run the buses again about Wednesday.

:dunno:

[atomicbob]

It was enough snow to stick

Waaaaaa......

:flipoff:

:D

You Cali boys are hating it.

:smack:

[FozzyBear]

supposed to get 4-6" this weekend.


:smack::rofl::rofl::rofl:



I'm just going to leave this alone.....after I pointed it of course :flipoff:

[papasan9]

so today we were supposed to this awesome snow storm and it has turned into nothing but freezing rain. my power just went out twice but is back on. it is supposed percipitate for another 10 hours. im not sure we are going to make it. cant.....live......without.....computer :)