It's the Official Mother of all Storms of the Century Thunder-Snowpocalypse Thread!

[lifeboat]

The Mother of all Storms of the Century Thunder-Snowpocalypse^® is on the way!

Chicago area looking at 2 feet and storm force winds. Pfft. I've seen worse.

Bring it on, Ma Nature, ya old bag! I think you're getting OLD and FRAIL!

[ulfhjorr]

I wish we were in the path of the 2-foot snows. That sucks, but I'll take it over fucking ice any day.

[whirlingbladesofkick]

It's SNOWMAGEDDON here. NM is expected to see its lowest temps in 20 years. Also, the whole damn state (and it's a biggun) is under either a warning (MOST of the state) or a watch (on the edges).

I peemed Lazlo to see if he's scared like me, but no response. I hope the thundersnow didn't already get him.

[lifeboat]

Originally Posted by ulfhjorr

I wish we were in the path of the 2-foot snows. That sucks, but I'll take it over fucking ice any day.

Oh, we're getting ice, too. Yeah, this thing's got it all: snow, bitter cold, storm-force winds, ice, thunder, tornadoes, locusts, people who talk loudly on cell phones in restaurants, commercials louder than the show, freaks who think pizza is better than bread, and wobbly shopping cart wheels. Yup, this puppy's gonna be one for the ages.

[ulfhjorr]

Well then, why are you on the Geeb instead of at the grocery store getting bread and milk and eggs and TP???? Are you daft, man? You're going to die!!!!!!!!!!!

[BJMoose]

Don't get too excited. The local NWS was already backed off from 8-12 inches to 3-5 and it isn't even here yet.

That wind's gonna suck, though.



C'mon, you know what I mean.

[Veb]

Originally Posted by lifeboat

Oh, we're getting ice, too. Yeah, this thing's got it all: snow, bitter cold, storm-force winds, ice, thunder, tornadoes, locusts, people who talk loudly on cell phones in restaurants, commercials louder than the show, freaks who think pizza is better than bread, and wobbly shopping cart wheels. Yup, this puppy's gonna be one for the ages.

::nods::

Yep, we're in the path of it too. By official media report, Life On Earth As We Know It will cease to exist within the next two days. It probably spells the end of all life but humankind for sure; toast, kaput, dinosaured, and not even Will Smith to survive to tell the tale this time. Forget stocking up on milk and toilet paper for this one. It's all over.

Though I personally suspect that televangelists and insurance executives will survive along with cockroaches and some forms of algae.

[Falcon]

Wooohooo! Very happy for you, Lifeboat!

And happy for me too--looks like Minnesota gets to sit this one out.

[Dragonlady]

Damn! I miss all the good apocalypses - apocali?

[Dirx]

Yeah, things are nice and clear up here. -40°F windchill, but hey, no snow!

[lifeboat]

Originally Posted by Veb

Yep, we're in the path of it too. By official media report, Life On Earth As We Know It will cease to exist within the next two days. It probably spells the end of all life but humankind for sure; toast, kaput, dinosaured, and not even Will Smith to survive to tell the tale this time. Forget stocking up on milk and toilet paper for this one. It's all over.

Just remember: the safest place to be for any approaching storm is near Jim Cantore. If he's reporting from anywhere near your town, you're safe as kittens.

[3acres]

We're all gonna freeze to death in the dark!!

According to the local forecaster, we're supposed to get 1" of ice, then 8" of snow, then it drops to 5 below with 45 mph winds. If we get that much ice, we're screwed. I'm counting on gigantothermy to get me through.

[Jaglavak]

Originally Posted by 3acres

I'm counting on gigantothermy to get me through.

Where on earth did you get a giant Threnny?

[Dragonlady]

Originally Posted by Jaglavak

Where on earth did you get a giant Threnny?

WHY on Earth do you have a giant Threnny?

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Well there is a real possibility it may be a minor disaster here depending on timing. It's supposed to rain first and then plunge below freezing. If it does that before tomorrow's morning rush hour I'm not going anywhere. I'll work from home.

On the other hand it may be perfectly fine during morning rush hour and then ice up around noon. Or it may not ice up until tomorrow evening.

Our local weatherdrones aren't exactly the best around. I wish we had someone as good as Gary England here in Dallas.

[lifeboat]

:: turns on The Weather Channel ::

Awww... GODDAMMIT!!! Jim Cantore is on Michigan Ave in Chicago RIGHT NOW! We're not gonna get ANYTHING!

GO AWAY JIM! GO TO BOSTON OR SOMETHING!!!

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Originally Posted by Dragonlady

WHY on Earth do you have a giant Threnny?

Oh come on I would think the answer to both questions would be clear as day!

Obviously it's the result of a cloning experiment gone horribly wrong! :scitard:

[3acres]

Originally Posted by Jaglavak

Where on earth did you get a giant Threnny?

Originally Posted by Dragonlady

WHY on Earth do you have a giant Threnny?

thermy, not threnny. Sheesh. If I had a giant Threnny, I'd have no cares at all.

[Jaglavak]

Yeah, but think of the expense! Why, the guacamole costs alone would break a small university.

ETA: Oh.

[mlerose]

I know I shouldn't be complaining, since everyone else is preparing for horrid winter weather, but we're supposedly set for another 10 days of sunshine and I'm starting to be concerned about drought. It's supposed to RAIN this time of year, dammit.

[Uthrecht]

Just means that you'll be able to start your own WILDFIREPOCALYPSE 2011 thread soon!

[mlerose]

Originally Posted by Uth

Just means that you'll be able to start your own WILDFIREPOCALYPSE 2011 thread soon!

You joke, but I grew up here during the big 80s drought and my house almost burned down twice in the same summer, from two different fires, coming from two different directions. I'm a little bit pyrophobic as a result.

[Falcon]

Originally Posted by lifeboat

GO AWAY JIM! GO TO BOSTON OR SOMETHING!!!

What are you sitting around for, Lifeboat? You have access to watercraft. Clearly, a kidnapping to Canada is in order! And if you get caught, all you gotta do is say it was a drill or something.

[Jaglavak]

Hmmm. Being as how they're living more or less in the vegetable and dairy basket for the entire West, I'm concerned about drought too. We're talking about my Monterey Jack, crisp spring brussel sprouts, raw almonds, and fresh strawberries here.

[wring]

semi planning on not going to work on Wednesday, depending on howw much snow, we'll see about Thursday. live in the boonies, 150 foot dirt driveway, will need to pay someone to deal with large amount of snow blech.

[eleanorigby]

Eh, because they've hyped this so much, we probably won't get anything. That seems to be the way things work.



We are down to our last half gallon o' milk and I am NOT going to the store tonight. I'm being edgy, man, living on the edge!

[Anacanapuna]

We were all braced for another killa snowzilla, but that's petered out. It is, however, colder'n a well digger's ass out there, and getting colder. The big dog has been inside most of the day and will be again tomorrow. Pickup's on the battery charger, I'm sittin' here sipping hot soup.

[Kat]

They sent out an email at work today with a phone number to call to see if the building will be closed on Wednesday.

[MissJeanLouise]

My kids' school has already called early release for tomorrow. My daughter is pissed. This is their 5th snow day and for 4 of those 5, she was scheduled to get school lunch and has missed out.

Fuck the bread and milk. As long as I have coffee and Malbec, I'll survive.

Shit...do I have enough red wine??

[Rebo]

We're supposed to get a hard freeze for three consecutive nights. Maybe snow! Ugh. This is Southeast Texas for cryin' out loud!

[WednesdayAddams]

And an inch and a half of ice up here in Northeast Texas. Hot chocolate, Rebo; we stay home tomorrow and drink hot chocolate.

[wring]

Originally Posted by WednesdayAddams

And an inch and a half of ice up here in Northeast Texas. Hot chocolate, Rebo; we stay home tomorrow and drink hot chocolate.

Wine. Great quantities of wine.

[Hokkaido Brit]

We have had 15 inches since midnight and it's still snowing at 8pm. But we are not in the USA - do I get sympathy anyway?! I'm sore from shovelling!

[Xploder]

Originally Posted by Dragonlady

WHY on Earth do you have a giant Threnny?

To go with the giant bird of course.

Sheesh...

[Xploder]

Originally Posted by Hokkaido Brit

We have had 15 inches since midnight and it's still snowing at 8pm. But we are not in the USA - do I get sympathy anyway?! I'm sore from shovelling!

NO.







_{well okay, maybe a little bit}

[The Futility of Nihilism]

Originally Posted by The Futility of Nihilism

Well there is a real possibility it may be a minor disaster here depending on timing. It's supposed to rain first and then plunge below freezing.

And that's pretty much what happened. The rain turned to sleet about 4am and woke me up. Along with the thunder and lightning. Thundersleet! Been sleeting ever since. It's piled up like snow out there.

TV is showing accidents on the roads everywhere. And it's just a little after 6am right now.

Yeah I'm not going anywhere today. Hot cocoa time!

[Hokkaido Brit]

Originally Posted by Xploder

NO.







_{well okay, maybe a little bit}

Thanks! I have just been outside and it's ankle deep again.

[Knee]

I almost had to put a coat on before I left the house today, so I feel your pain, guys.

[lifeboat]

*** ATTENTION! - URGENT UPDATE ***



*** The National Weather Service has upgraded the blizzard from "Winter Wonderland" to a "Class 3 Kill-Storm" ***

[Lord Blackmore]

Hmm.. Let's see.

Up to 10" of snow today, possibly sleet and freezing rain. This is followed shortly thereafter by another storm with a lot more snow. Local schools are already closed in anticipation of the travel problems later today. It is entirely possible that this will be a 3 day school "vacation". Kids are gonna still in school in July if this keeps up.

[kolga]

It's currently -10, -20 with the wind chill, extremely icy and snow-packed roads, and all of the public schools in the Denver metro area are closed.

Except for my CC.

Thanks a lot, admins. I'm going to have, like, four students show up to the classes you didn't cancel, meaning that they're functionally canceled anyway.

[Dudley]

Originally Posted by The Futility of Nihilism

And that's pretty much what happened. The rain turned to sleet about 4am and woke me up. Along with the thunder and lightning. Thundersleet! Been sleeting ever since. It's piled up like snow out there.

TV is showing accidents on the roads everywhere. And it's just a little after 6am right now.

Yeah I'm not going anywhere today. Hot cocoa time!

Nice. Apparently your big airport closed too!

[Solfy]

The world was supposed to be covered in 1/2" of frozen rain this morning. Instead we had a light glaze on things that was easily removed/melted with salt, and now everything's just sodden and foggy. Kids are on a 2hr delay. I was kind of hoping to be snowed in so I could sip tea and read boring papers about chromatography all day.

One of my colleagues, who is no stranger to winter weather having grown up in this general vicinity, freaks the hell out any time they predict more than 2" of snow. He was losing his shit yesterday, obsessively watching the radar maps and making contingency plans. He came in over an hour early and stayed late yesterday just in case he couldn't make it in on time this morning (local managment doesn't care - you can make the time up whenever). He's much calmer today.

[THespos]

Snowpocalypse has started here. I am under my desk, fetal and shivering, typing this out on my iPad.

I can't say the weather people didn't warn me. I didn't trust them. I rarely trust people with immovable hair. Now I will pay the price.

The storm hit Long Island early, scattering 10 inches of oil-soaked metal BBs all over the roads. Thank God for four-wheel drive. Most didn't make it to work. The Long Island Rail Road was running on or close to schedule with scattered 6-hour delays. I barely made it to my train to NYC, but I did make it. Later, as I emerged from Penn Station, I watched as the BBs changed over to Miata-sized hail.

The subways were running, so I was able to make it to my office after a 2-hour ordeal in which the MTA experienced light to moderate delays. The #1 downtown local was delayed for three days, after which the MTA sent the train back in time in order to improve their on-time performance stats. I survived on granola bars I keep in my backpack for such occasions.

I emerged from the subway to find a 3-foot layer of frozen whale shit had topped off the hail and BBs. Several NYC sanitation employees were openly weeping in the streets. One guy got his payloader stuck after using it to gingerly clean off the windshield of an SUV. He called a tow truck, which also got stuck. The tow truck called a crane company. The crane got stuck, and then collapsed.

Still, I made it to the office. We have no heat. (We shut it off - it was generating a disgusting, burning-whale-shit-sort of smell.) I have only two granola bars left before I will have to resort to eating the Twizzlers on my office assistant's desk. I don't know if my wife and children are still alive. (They're probably doing better than me, though. Wifey shops at CostCo and probably has a pallet or two of Nilla Wafers on hand.)

[KidVermicious]

Originally Posted by Solfy

He's much calmer today.

That's when they getcha. Did you pack your snowshoes?

[Dudley]

Originally Posted by THespos

Snowpocalypse has started here. I am under my desk, fetal and shivering, typing this out on my iPad.

I can't say the weather people didn't warn me. I didn't trust them. I rarely trust people with immovable hair. Now I will pay the price.

The storm hit Long Island early, scattering 10 inches of oil-soaked metal BBs all over the roads. Thank God for four-wheel drive. Most didn't make it to work. The Long Island Rail Road was running on or close to schedule with scattered 6-hour delays. I barely made it to my train to NYC, but I did make it. Later, as I emerged from Penn Station, I watched as the BBs changed over to Miata-sized hail.

The subways were running, so I was able to make it to my office after a 2-hour ordeal in which the MTA experienced light to moderate delays. The #1 downtown local was delayed for three days, after which the MTA sent the train back in time in order to improve their on-time performance stats. I survived on granola bars I keep in my backpack for such occasions.

I emerged from the subway to find a 3-foot layer of frozen whale shit had topped off the hail and BBs. Several NYC sanitation employees were openly weeping in the streets. One guy got his payloader stuck after using it to gingerly clean off the windshield of an SUV. He called a tow truck, which also got stuck. The tow truck called a crane company. The crane got stuck, and then collapsed.

Still, I made it to the office. We have no heat. (We shut it off - it was generating a disgusting, burning-whale-shit-sort of smell.) I have only two granola bars left before I will have to resort to eating the Twizzlers on my office assistant's desk. I don't know if my wife and children are still alive. (They're probably doing better than me, though. Wifey shops at CostCo and probably has a pallet or two of Nilla Wafers on hand.)

Once the granola bars and Twizzlers are gone... then what... <gulp>... co-workers?

[Solfy]

Originally Posted by KidVermicious

That's when they getcha. Did you pack your snowshoes?

No.
But at this rate there's not going to be any snow out there by the time I leave work, unless you count the piles left on the edges of the parking lot.

[The Futility of Nihilism]

THespos is Solfy's colleague?

[Wolf Larsen]

It's chilly here. When I went out to shovel the snow I wore a hat and gloves. But just sweatpants over my yarbles. It is a little below zero F.

We're made of sterner stuff here in Parallel Hell.

[Amy]

We have over a foot here in Tulsa, OK, and no end in sight. It isn't supposed to get back over freezing until Sunday, and our road crews are sheeeeet.

Should be fun!