Midwestern BS'ers -- how you guys doing?

[milner351]

Re: Midwestern BS'ers -- how you guys doing?

My Sister in the Chicago suburbs got it way worse than we did here in the Detroit area.
I'm calling it the blizzard that wasn't.

We got about 8" lots of wind - and today it's single digit temps so the salt on the roads isn't working.

Most folks did not go to work yesterday - and pretty much every school was called off, today some schools are off and most folks are back to work.

The freeways are mostly clear - but the drifting thanks to the wind is keeping things interesting.

[ch1ll]

Re: Midwestern BS'ers -- how you guys doing?

Another day, another snowflake.
"We" got 10-11".
My folks 21mi. south got 21".
My brother 60mi. south got buried.
Chicago is 100mi. south and they are still buried.
But the big deal was the wind, you couldn't see and that's how you ended up in a snow drift.
the national guard was called out cause the state patrol and the sheriff's dept. were overwhelmed.
They ended up closing down the expressway's from 1am or so to daylight Wednesday.
Were all dug out now and dealing with the single digit cold.

[tedly]

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Garage roof last night. Notice the snow coming down sideways?

View across the street. Thats a full size van and F250 4X4 by the shed.

Driveway, the drift was over the hood of the middle car.

The deep drifts were as high as the chute on the snowblower.

Front door

Back porch

Drift on the back porch. Driveway drifts were twice as deep.

Just thought this looked cool.

[455 LeMans]

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Working my two jobs, Ski shop-busy, shoe store-not so much. Snow in February? In Michigan? Who knew?

[oldsman496]

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Mostly over here now.... Lights went out at 8pm or so last night...All my food from the fridge an freezer got frozen to the porch after I put it outside to stay cool...We got about 1/2" of Ice before midnight. I live under a crapload of trees...they started breaking about 11pm and I laid in bed listening to them fall through the branches...till about 2am when the wind really picked up... which was actually good cause it broke all that ice off the trees..and they stopped dropping! but the lights didn't come back till almost 11am today....

[TC]

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LMFAO!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D



Like I said I can't understand why people want to live above I40?? ;)

Even though it was cold as a mofo today, high was about 46, but it was the wind that was the killer. Brrrrr........

[tedly]

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Not too bad here. We're surrounded by farmland, so the unimpeded winds kept the snow from building up in most of our property. There's about a foot average with drifts in the driveway over 3 feet. Winds hit over 50mph last night. No damage around us. Haven't been on the roads yet, but in sheltered areas there were drifts across the road over 6 feet in a storm not nearly as bad as this one. I'll let the plows do their work first. I'm uploading pictures now and will post them in a few.

[ksj1]

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Forgot Zeller,Ron ;D ;D ;D

[Ron Ward]

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We officially received 9.1" of snow here in Topeka. The winds blowing 20-35 mph spread it all over the place. A lot of it settled in front of my garage door. This is what I woke up to @ 5:30 this morning:

Ron

Hey Ron - I just received my HPT Newsletter, they open Saturday April 2nd, what kind of snow removal equipment to they have at the track?

We have a jet-powered track dryer.

... and Mike Walker.


;D


Ron

[bbnova]

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Got about 13 inchs of snow 4ft drift in the driveway spent about 3 hours cleaning,
need gas jump in the Tahoe had to make my own path and yes its a guy thing.

[vert1940]

Re: Midwestern BS'ers -- how you guys doing?

up till about 2:30 AM waiting and listening outside at all the crashing of trees and limbs coming down with one inch of ice on them....80,000 people without electricity.then the winds came.got a heck of a mess here....but i do have power

[457Brodix]

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We officially received 9.1" of snow here in Topeka. The winds blowing 20-35 mph spread it all over the place. A lot of it settled in front of my garage door. This is what I woke up to @ 5:30 this morning:

Ron

Hey Ron - I just received my HPT Newsletter, they open Saturday April 2nd, what kind of snow removal equipment to they have at the track?

[457Brodix]

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We probably ended up with 4" of sleet and then 4" to 6" of snow on top of that, 55 mph winds last night meant Blizzard conditions of course and they even pulled the plow trucks off the roads overnight, we're headed for sub-zero temperatures tonight but as long as our Power stays on we can deal with the rest of it, I did go out to the garage yesterday and fire the gen. set just in case! I also drove my 4WD Tracker to Menards last night in the Blizzard, just to see if I could make it I guess, it's a guy thing.

[mike343sharpstick]

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Not sure how much we got, but the drifts in my driveway were from 3 to 4 feet high. Got up at 6:30 to start clearing the drive and made it to work at 9:30, 4 wheel Drive is my friend. ;D

[mopar57]

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The ice is still the concern, warm upper level temps drop rain that freezes on contact with power lines and tree limbs. Here in Indy we had rain, sleet, snow, ice, 30 MPH winds. Stay in if you can and if you go out, be careful.

btw they claim a 1/2 inch of ice on a power cable can add 500-600 pounds between spans!