Since I did not have one of those rolling blackouts, maybe my house is on the same electric grid as Cowboys Stadium, because...
... http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/sp...ng-Rolling-Blackouts
Weather has been whorrible. Snow drifts over 3 feet high. Wind blew all day yesterday. Sarge stared through the window most of the day. I finally let her in to make dinner.
quote:Originally posted by flippie:
just wait until NY gets their SB. Arizona and Florida will be on a 2 year rotation after that.
And Farmers Stadium in LA will get built just in time for the Vikings to move.
Only 46 here today in Phoenix with steady winds between 20-30mph. Normal high is 69 here. Tonights low is supposed to be 28 at the Phoenix Airport 24 where I am at in the western suburgs. Might be lowest temp here in Phoenix in over 40 years. BRRRRR!!!!!!
First the snow and now the cold. Forecast is -5 for tonight with a windchill of -20 to -30.
quote:Originally posted by Music City:
I sure hope no one else was as stupid as I was last night trying to drive in that sh*t. I hope everyone is safe and doesn't try today with an additional 8-12 inches coming. Be SAFE!!!
No work today - work was closed. So I drove to the hospital this morning (appt., nothing wrong). It was obvious there were plenty of IDOTS out there last night. They ended up in the ditch...facing the wrong way. I'm glad we bought my brother-in-law's Explorer. Our town road hadn't been plowed out so I had to drive through a few drifts. Kinda fun...reminded me of my younger days driving in snow storms in my '66 Mustang convertible...except the results today were much more successful.
A woman at the hospital said there was a bad accident on 33 (car went under a semi) and traffic was backed up. I used a county road and had only one spot where there was only one lane dug out through a 10+ foot high snow drift.
Iowacheese - your neighbor's tractor has the correct color.
And to think, last Saturday I was dipping my toes into the Atlantic while on a beach in Florida.
quote:Originally posted by flippie:quote:Originally posted by catts:
It is not even close to being that bad here but it is bad enough that it could affect, as to whether or not we will host another SB here.
Atlanta had snow durning a SB and it's not been held there since.
just wait until NY gets their SB. Arizona and Florida will be on a 2 year rotation after that.
Goodell will use this as a reason to expand to 18 games. Pushes the Super Bowl back 2 weeks or so and gets it closer to Spring.
12 to 16 inches in Janesville, WI area. Now the cold weather.
The city of Arlington is going to forgive red light runners who are caught on red light cameras as they slide through or into the intersection or do not stop fully before turning right on red.
Reading/seeing this is awful, and I've lived in WI and MN all my life. Up here in the Twin Cities we have just had cold weather. We had about four inches the day before yesterday, which is obviously no big deal.
Stay safe one and all.
Stay safe one and all.
quote:Up here in the Twin Cities we have just had cold weather. We had about four inches the day before yesterday, which is obviously no big deal.
Note that unlike in the TC, the roof on the Packers' stadium didn't collapse.
Too bad we had ice here instead of snow.
Last winter we had 1 large snow event. 7" at my house. More or less snow around the area.
It was a wet heavy snow and for those of us who have/had live oak trees and other evergreens it was just awful. limbs all over the streets. wood fences destroyed by falling limbs.
I had giant limbs/branches all over my house and yard....but the streets were drivable because it was only snow.
Last winter we had 1 large snow event. 7" at my house. More or less snow around the area.
It was a wet heavy snow and for those of us who have/had live oak trees and other evergreens it was just awful. limbs all over the streets. wood fences destroyed by falling limbs.
I had giant limbs/branches all over my house and yard....but the streets were drivable because it was only snow.
Thick ankles can handle ice better
I'm not sure thick ankles can handle 7"
I remember a few storms with similar accumulations as a kid in Green Bay. But never this dry, packed powder. There are some very strange snow dune formations around my neighborhood (O'Hare officially lists an 18" total)
A couple of homeowners in my ex's sub-division cleared the walks by tunneling through the piles pushed up by the plow. I bet I shoveled 3 tons today.
PS I love my Jeep.
A couple of homeowners in my ex's sub-division cleared the walks by tunneling through the piles pushed up by the plow. I bet I shoveled 3 tons today.
PS I love my Jeep.
quote:Originally posted by QuietOne:
And to think, last Saturday I was dipping my toes into the Atlantic while on a beach in Florida.
Statue of Liberty Syndrome.
I live a mile from the Atlantic. Have not set eyes on it in 2 months.
Have not "dipped a toe" in 5 years.
I suck.
We've been let off easy the last winter and a half. Can't ever get enough of the white gold and tracking the storm took a lot of stress off the upcoming game.
23 and half inches in Racine. I'm ready for spring
Pretty amazing picture of Lakeshore Drive.
Didn't get hammered with the snow like some but we did get the wind. Had a work function in the Stevens Point area and had to drive back late Tuesday evening on Hwy 10- that was a treat. 40-50MPH winds and greasy roads aren't much fun. Don't know how truck drivers do it.
Stay safe everyone make sure you have supplies in your vehicle in the case of a breakdown!
Didn't get hammered with the snow like some but we did get the wind. Had a work function in the Stevens Point area and had to drive back late Tuesday evening on Hwy 10- that was a treat. 40-50MPH winds and greasy roads aren't much fun. Don't know how truck drivers do it.
Stay safe everyone make sure you have supplies in your vehicle in the case of a breakdown!
quote:I'm not sure thick ankles can handle 7"
giggity giggity goo!
The official total for Madison from Mon. thru Wed. morning was 18.7" I believe.
On Tuesday about 5:00 p.m. my 13 yr. old son and I geared up and struck out on foot for the Kohl Center for the men's basketball game (about 20 blocks from my house). My wife wasn't home from work yet with the car and I really didn't want to take the car. Rightly so as it turned out.
The walk there wasn't too bad. We stopped at the square and took some pictures of the Green and Gold Capitol Dome.
Saw a great game. A little under 10,000 showed up for the game. lots of empty seats. The student section was full, though, and the kids were jazzed because of the weather. Halfway through the 2nd half it was announced that UW had cancelled all classes for Wed. Roars from the students. They never quieted down the rest of the game.
The walk back was slower going. Sidewalks with 6+" of snow the entire way. Wind like crazy. Sideways snow. We called home as we were leaving the Kohl Center to say we'd be there in 30 minutes or so. By the time we got to the Square there was my wife waiting for us in the car. I reprimanded her for taking the car out. I felt safer walking than in the car. Near total white out in the car in downtown Madison at that time. I think she got a little wrapped up in the pre-storm hype and figured she had to come and rescue us. The main reason we were glad to see her is we were getting tired from slogging through the snow.
Anyway we survived our adventure and now have a good story. "Remember when we walked to the Badger game in the Blizzard of "11?"
On Tuesday about 5:00 p.m. my 13 yr. old son and I geared up and struck out on foot for the Kohl Center for the men's basketball game (about 20 blocks from my house). My wife wasn't home from work yet with the car and I really didn't want to take the car. Rightly so as it turned out.
The walk there wasn't too bad. We stopped at the square and took some pictures of the Green and Gold Capitol Dome.
Saw a great game. A little under 10,000 showed up for the game. lots of empty seats. The student section was full, though, and the kids were jazzed because of the weather. Halfway through the 2nd half it was announced that UW had cancelled all classes for Wed. Roars from the students. They never quieted down the rest of the game.
The walk back was slower going. Sidewalks with 6+" of snow the entire way. Wind like crazy. Sideways snow. We called home as we were leaving the Kohl Center to say we'd be there in 30 minutes or so. By the time we got to the Square there was my wife waiting for us in the car. I reprimanded her for taking the car out. I felt safer walking than in the car. Near total white out in the car in downtown Madison at that time. I think she got a little wrapped up in the pre-storm hype and figured she had to come and rescue us. The main reason we were glad to see her is we were getting tired from slogging through the snow.
Anyway we survived our adventure and now have a good story. "Remember when we walked to the Badger game in the Blizzard of "11?"
Western Wisconsin missed it... which pisses me off a bit. If you're gonna live up in the great white north, embrace it. Cold sucks but if ya gotta have it, let it snow like MF.
quote:Originally posted by grignon:
I remember a few storms with similar accumulations as a kid in Green Bay. But never this dry, packed powder. There are some very strange snow dune formations around my neighborhood (O'Hare officially lists an 18" total)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/...0202,0,4717683.story
quote:The snowstorm that battered the area looks to be the 3rd biggest on record in Chicago.
As of noon 20.2 inches of snow was recorded at O'Hare International Airport,
Following are the five top winter storms to hit Chicago:
1. 23.0 inches on Jan. 26-27, 1967
2. 21.6 inches on Jan .1-3, 1999
3. 20.2 inches on Feb. 1-2, 2011
4. 19.2 inches on March 25-26, 1930
5. 18.8 inches on Jan. 13-14, 1979
Snow tomorrow [only 1 to 2 inchs]....but NO ICE this time.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/ne...ot-ice-coming-friday
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/ne...ot-ice-coming-friday
-2 degrees currently in ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO!!! Similar temperatures Tuesday night and Wednesday morning with 30-40 mph winds to boot. Yeah, this is the high desert, but this is nearly unprecedented. New Mexico hasn't had these kinds of temps in nearly 50+ years.
Some locales in northern New Mexico and Colorado had temps of -30 degrees overnight. Factor in that it is usually 20-30 degrees colder in the high mountains, too. These are not wind chill factors, but actual temps.
Schools have been cancelled for three days straight. First, because of blizzard conditions, then because of "extreme cold," and now because we are experiencing rolling blackouts, and bus fleets that "won't start" because of drained batteries and the like.
People don't know how to deal with this kind of stuff here. Sometimes it's pretty ridiculous, but this system has really thrown everyone for a loop.
I grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin and remember walking to school in sub-zero temperatures with snow on the ground measured in feet. Here in Albuquerque, they cancel school when an inch accumulates!
Some locales in northern New Mexico and Colorado had temps of -30 degrees overnight. Factor in that it is usually 20-30 degrees colder in the high mountains, too. These are not wind chill factors, but actual temps.
Schools have been cancelled for three days straight. First, because of blizzard conditions, then because of "extreme cold," and now because we are experiencing rolling blackouts, and bus fleets that "won't start" because of drained batteries and the like.
People don't know how to deal with this kind of stuff here. Sometimes it's pretty ridiculous, but this system has really thrown everyone for a loop.
I grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin and remember walking to school in sub-zero temperatures with snow on the ground measured in feet. Here in Albuquerque, they cancel school when an inch accumulates!
N66, same here...an inch or 2 of ice, rolling blackouts allover TX [not me yet], 3rd day schools have been closed. Schools may be closed there and here to conserve energy.
Weather conditions have pretty much ruined SB week.
Even Mike & Mike moved their morning show indoors.
Weather conditions have pretty much ruined SB week.
Even Mike & Mike moved their morning show indoors.
Woke up this morning to 3 inches of snow w/other parts of Arlington w/5 and 6 inches....on top of the ice.
18 wheelers stuck all over the roads 3 across, blocking cars from getting past.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/ne...akes-dangerous-drive
18 wheelers stuck all over the roads 3 across, blocking cars from getting past.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/ne...akes-dangerous-drive
quote:Originally posted by pablopackerfan:
what is an Arlington anyways? Is that a province in Canada?
With the ice and snow....it kinda' looks like it.
Austin gets its annual dusting. City shuts down...
Front yard and out back off the deck.
Front yard and out back off the deck.
nice acreage !
I only own 1/2 acre... at the back of my property there is a small creek which is part of a 26 acre preserve. My kids think that is theirs.
quote:
not believed by me...only posted by me. 
Kinda' fits in w/the title of this thread.
Kinda' fits in w/the title of this thread.
What's CB Stadium? I thought it was called Jerruh World....
quote:Originally posted by PackerRuss:
What's CB Stadium? I thought it was called Jerruh World....
Sheppard Smith and a few others call it Jerry World.
