Winter Storm in the Upper Midwest!
Hey VegWebbers! Take a look at the national weather radar:
http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/dopplerradarusnational/index_large.html
eep! Where I am in Iowa, that big white blob is sending down a nasty mix of freezing rain...and it's only going to get worse throughout the day.
this nasty winter storm is expected to sweep across the areas of many of our VW friends here....
JessaCita and other Minnesotans
Vigilant20 and other Wisconsinites
Cephi and other Chi-town/Illinoisans
....and probably many others that I'm forgetting right now...
The forecast for my area:
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCRUAL ON TOP OF THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...A SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL LIKELY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THAT ARE WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MAJOR POWER OUTAGES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.
(sorry, it was all in caps on the website...someone let me know if I should edit that)
:P
So please, for anyone who will be hit with this severe weather, STAY SAFE! Keep us updated on what's happening in your area, and let us know if you're okay.
I don't know if your areas are expecting power outages, too...but I do hope that we'll hear from you sometime so we (I) don't worry about you! Keep warm, friends.
:-*
Tomorrow is suppose to be a whopper with lots of snow. No ice or rain.....just snow. :)
We got the same. Funny how they didn't make as big a deal of this storm, even though it was bigger than the last one!
True dat!
I think we're supposed to get more today and Friday, have a break tomorrow?
When it rains, it pours snows, it really snows!
We got a bunch of snow too! I even had to clean my car off and drive slow to work there was so much--it was really pretty!
Awesome! I'm real busy too right now so if it doesen't happen till spring/summe--no worries! If the weather is nice I'll show you around town too..hope you don't mind riding the bus :)
If you don't count the school bus...I've never taken a bus in my life. So might be fun. :)
Wait..I take that back...I've been on tour buses overseas.
Awesome! I'm real busy too right now so if it doesen't happen till spring/summe--no worries! If the weather is nice I'll show you around town too..hope you don't mind riding the bus :)
If you don't count the school bus...I've never taken a bus in my life. So might be fun. :)
Wait..I take that back...I've been on tour buses overseas.
Our city busses are pretty nice--and it only take about 10-15 minutes from my house to get down town :) I would just drive down there, but by the time you get through the traffic and find a place to park it would take a lot more time--plus the bus is cheaper then paying for parking! And--Earthen Jar is well worth a bus trip--it's the yummest!
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