Snowmageddon 2011

[Steve]

Took hours to dig out today..... Most businesses closed early yesterday, and didn't open until noon today. 16" of snow, high winds and drifting. Snow was up to my waist in several places, including one drift almost across half the width of the driveway.

That wasn't much fun.

In Chicago, Lakeshore Drive was closed down and people were stuck in their cars there.

 

[tomshobby]

Hi Steve,

I thought you were supposed to get more than we did. I heard predictions for more than 20 inches over there. We got about 20 inches over the two days.

 

[Sherlock]

I'm just looking for photos... If I lived in Chicago, within the best of my ability, I'd be out the door with my camera (dressed appropriately of course

), treated with respect inclement weather like this creates some potential for epic photography... With all due respect to those stuck in the middle of it all...

 

[tomshobby]

I enjoy the snow. Winter seams rather bleak without it. This is a photo from a few years ago.

 

[rick_ingram]

I'm just looking for photos... If I lived in Chicago, within the best of my ability, I'd be out the door with my camera (dressed appropriately of course

), treated with respect inclement weather like this creates some potential for epic photography... With all due respect to those stuck in the middle of it all...

Headline from the 2-2-11 Champaign-Urbana News Gazette:

 

[tomshobby]

Did you see? Chicago had 2 feet of snow!!

 

[Silverghost]

It was brutal here....many of the neighborhood side streets are still impassable. There's a white minivan stuck in the middle of the street the next block over - been there 2 days now.

 

[DNK]

That's where my Safari van is.!!

 

[Banjo]

southern tier of NY... we got nuttin. it went all around us again. We had 2-3 inches of crusty wet snow. that was it.

 

[Shinsen774]

I lived in Chicago briefly, in 1966. After 5 feet of snow one week, we came back home to the south

 

[DNK]

Think that was 67. I think that was a record year.

 

[TR4nut]

Think that was 67. I think that was a record year.

Yep, 67 - I was there. My dad managed to drive the station wagon to my school to pick me up as well as a few other neighborhood kids. Still don't know how he did it- by the next day the snow drifts had reached the roof line. As a kid that was a blast!

 

[DNK]

Had just moved to DC from CA. First snow I'd ever seen. We had a big snow fall year too. Got a sled and learned to build snow caves.
Thought all winters were like that.

 

[Bruce Bowker]

Think that was 67. I think that was a record year.

Yep, 67 - I was there. My dad managed to drive the station wagon to my school to pick me up as well as a few other neighborhood kids. Still don't know how he did it- by the next day the snow drifts had reached the roof line. As a kid that was a blast!

And I would bet the media did not make a big of deal out of it as they do now.

 

[rick_ingram]

And I would bet the media did not make a big of deal out of it as they do now.

No....but then there was really only radio, tv, and newspapers.

The Internet, while providing good information most of the time, allows for a lot of hype and panic from many sources, some not as reputable as they should be.

I've got friends in St.Louis who were bemoaning the fact that their weathermen were reporting huge amounts of snow last week..they escaped without that much. They said folks (including themselves) were stock piling groceries, fuel, etc...and then didn't need it. They were upset.

My comment to that....would you rather them downplay the seriousness of a potential storm and be caught with your pants around your ankles?

We have a local tv station out of Decatur, IL who is overly cautious about weather/storms...they downplayed the potential of some spring storms a few years ago...and tornadoes ripped through the town.

It's a no-win situation.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

What we have today in Northern Middle Tenn.:

First picture is the street in front of the house...

And here's the back yard - the shed where the GT lives...

And a view from the front porch...

This one caught us off guard, but looks like it's finally leaving us. SOOO ready for spring!