BLIZZARD HITS CHI-TOWN !!!
Possible 24 inches of snow in the next 24 hours.
50 mph winds and then down near 0 Degrees
This storm is being compared to the HUGE snowstorm back in 1967.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-1967blizzard-story%2C0%2C1032940.story

Crossfire tucked away in my 60 degree heated garage although I took it out for a nice warm up run just yesterday while the roads were clean and dry.

 

The storm is on its way over here... there is winter storm warning all over the news

 

It's hitting us full force right now !!!
Glad to be home surfing the net and not out among the crazies that are trying to drive in this mess.
Winds are creating white out conditions.
Visibility is very bad.

Putting another log in the fireplace

 

you keep that white stuff up there Gary. Stay safe and warm inside. We are getting sleet right now. I have about 6" of sleet on the driveway right now, and it is still coming down.

 

The are talking about bad snow storms in Chicago in 1967 and 1979. I have a question for Chicagoans.

Not to make light of your current situation but what about the 22 inches that hit Chicago area on New Years Day 1999? I was living in Bolingbrook (yes Drew Peterson was a neighbor) and at that time they said it was the 2nd largest snowfall in Chicago history, now no mention of it. Did I dream it?

 

Chicago's 10 biggest Snowstorms:

1. 23.0 inches Jan 26-27, 1967
2. 21.6 inches Jan 1-3, 1999
3. 19.2 inches Mar 25-26, 1930
4. 18.8 inches Jan 13-14, 1979
5. 16.2 inches Mar 7-8, 1931
6. 15.0 inches Dec 17-20, 1929
7. 14.9 inches Jan 30, 1939
8. 14.9 inches Jan 6-7, 1918
9. 14.3 inches Mar 25-26, 1970
10. 14.0 inches Jan 18-20, 1886

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lot/winter/chi_sno_hist.php

 

Thanks.


Guess I didn't dream it!

 

We got nailed today by about 10" then another 2 foot plus expected tomorrow. Got told to stay home tomorrow because its going to be really bad.

By far the biggest hazard on the roads are idiots in p/ups with plows, all invincible and driving to fast

 

Glad you are getting the brunt of it

This town was all but crippled by the ice and then sleet we've had all day. The snow falls are expected to be a little less, but still around 10".

Be safe up there.

 

I-70 between St Louis and KC is closed.

 

That has to suck for so many people but probably for the best all things considered.

 

Ditto here. You can't tell I cleaned it off today. I had to take the Crossfire to work yesterday, my son needed the truck to go to a meeting with the army guard, and I had to drive it home through the sleet at 6:30 am this morning. I went just fine.

 

Halfway home tonite the wipers seized up on the Jeep. Highway was not cleared so just a white foggy expanse in front of me.

2 Crossies are fine inside the buildings. The vert is stuck out in the mess. My bad.

Thursday the temps will be at Zero F.

I will be glad when the storm is over and I can sort it all out.

Mae

Meanwhile, can somebody explain why this cold crap is because CO2 is warming up the planet.

 

Drove home in the early part of the storm this afternoon. XFire is much better in the snow than some might think.

 

I'm glad it's going to be 80 degrees down here today!

 

I think Beaner would beg to differ on that one

How you guys out west doing today?

 

First look out the window this morning...............

 

Obviously they don't like people in your "hood" they would leave your drives clear.

 

Moving that snow is the only exercise some people get and then they have a heart attack.

 

I can walk on top of everything that fell here. I need a jack hammer to clean my driveway now. So, no heart attack here, no jack hammers available, no salt, no shovels........