Monday - Freeze-Frame Radio

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Monday

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Morning.

I'm just happy that we're not in the center of this one. We're supposed to get more snow, but the Eastern end if the state is preparing for a good pounding.

Well, I did it . . . I've made an appointment for the dentist tomorrow morning. I've not been there in a LONG time. I wasn't having any troubles and it just kept being a "later" thing. I've had some pain going on the last few days so it's time to get started going again.

I didn't take good care of my teeth when I was a kid. My dentist then liked to drill. I've got several teeth that he drilled most of the tooth out so there is not much left. He was cheap, so my mom liked going to him. I knew that was going to mean caps and expensive repairs some day so I put it off and put it off. Time to quit putting it off. Ugh.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

Howdy folks.

Our little tease of spring was heavenly! But alas, it is winter and we will pay dearly for the couple days of 70's with about a week of teens and 20's, a couple inch accumulation of freezing rain topped with possibly 12 inches of snow. Hopefully we don't lose power...

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

We've been told that lake effect snow will start today (which it has) and run through Wednesday. That alone should give us 6 - 8".

Then tonight into tomorrow we're supposed to get a storm from the west that will overlay the lake effect and add 4 - 6".

Then Tuesday night into Wednesday the storm MZ is getting is supposed to poke it's ugly head up here and add up to 10" more.

Two feet in two days? I can't remember the last time that happened around here. I hope they're wrong.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Good day, all.

The drizzle/rain/fog section of the storm is currently hovering over my area. I didn't have any problems getting to work, but I hear that north of the city it is really bad. Lots of cars off the road.

It looks like my area is on the back side of the storm, so we are forecast for 8-12+ inches of snow with near blizzard like conditions all day tomorrow. I already spoke with the boss and told him that after I leave today, I likely won't see him in person til Thursday.
He is okay with that.

I'm pretty optomistic that I won't lose power. The lines for my neighborhood are all buried, so it is rare that we lose power. It would require something blowing out a transformer or taking down a high tension line for that to happen.

Good luck to us all with this here Stormageddon.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

That's what's coming our way Mema. Blizzard like conditions TUE into WED. If you want to, you're free to hang onto it a little longer. We're willing to give it up if need be.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I'll be suffering it with you. It is not supposed to start snowing here until this evening. I think around 5PM. Right now there is only like a 20-30% chance of snow. 5PM it goes to 50%, then by 7PM it is 80%.

Think I'm going to try to make my escape from the office around 4:15 or 4:30. I'd like to get home early and move some more wood into the garage just in case. Kev was going to do that yesterday, but ended up falling down the stairs and hurt himself pretty good. He has had 2 open rotator cuff surgeries already on his left shoulder... hence sometimes I call him the one-armed bandit... but his right shoulder isn't in very good shape either. He somehow managed to get his right arm caught in the spindles as he went down the stairs so that did his shoulder no further favors. He had a Dr's appointment already scheduled for today so no trip to the ER last night... I'm still waiting to hear what the Dr. has to say. My guess is later this week he will be in for a MRI. Probably will end up having shoulder surgery in the next couple weeks. yay. So, as usual... I'm on my own for the snow removal and heavy lifting duties.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Morning all. For once this winter, we are due for a lot of snow. Unfortuately, it will be a combination of snow, freezing rain and ice. It is going to make for an ugly ride into the office tomorrow and Wednesday. I have had enough.

I think I may be grumpy. The boss ticked me off mighty early today. Now I want a nap. Or maybe a beverage. And I want the ugly weather to saty away this week. Can't we go one week this winter without snow or ice?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I'm thinking you should stay home tomorrow, Fuzzy. If nothing else, you should call in with a wicked case of anal glaucoma.

Oh yeah... just got off the phone with the Kev-meister. My guess is right so far... MRI on Wednesday.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I need to ask Eddie if this is what he said to Kev:

funny pictures - ...an yu needz to make shur teh life inshuranse is paid up wen yu haz an aksident. Wut? Did I say wen? I ment if.

funny pictures - ...an yu needz to make shur teh life inshuranse is paid up wen yu haz an aksident. Wut? Did I say wen? I ment if.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

It is not a good time of year for to have a case of anal glacoma. Having Thursday off last week is what forced me to be here Saturday.

And lucky you. Sounds like Kev is keeping you busy with his mishaps. Hmmm. Now that I think about it, how can we be sure he "fell" down the stairs?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

If I did it, I'd own it! The weird thing is he couldn't tell me how it happened either. He said he got to the top of the steps and was looking at Eddie who was laying up on the landing, then next thing he knew he was tumbling backwards down the steps. I think maybe those "hypno-cat" lessons have been paying off.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

I just heard on the car radio that this is a rare storm in that all three of their weather models are agreeing on 20+ inches for the Milwaukee area.

They think it's as close to certain as possible. YAY!

And I work in one of only three buildings on campus that NEVER close. yay.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

DOH! Just be careful up there. That is crazy snow! Honestly, for my area of the country more than 6 inches of snow in one shot is rare. It will be interesting to see how the snow plow / salt trunks do with all this.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Mad Mema wrote:

DOH! Just be careful up there. That is crazy snow! Honestly, for my area of the country more than 6 inches of snow in one shot is rare. It will be interesting to see how the snow plow / salt trunks do with all this.

I know! I was thinking about earlier this year when you said you only expect to get 5 or 6 inches of snow all year. So much for that huh?

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Whomever it is who writes your NOAA updates is a lot less excitable than the person who writes for my area:

weather.gov

National Weather Service

Watches, Warnings & Advisories

Local weather forecast by "City, St" or zip code

4 products issued by NWS for: Milwaukee WI

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1027 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

...BLIZZARD LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.THREE DIFFERENT WEATHER FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO BRING EXTREME
SNOW TOTALS TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. A FAVORABLE SETUP FOR LAKE
EFFECT SNOWS BEGINS TODAY OVER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY AND OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE LAKE COUNTIES TONIGHT. IT THEN PERSISTS INTO
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO TUESDAY BRINGING 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW
WITH UP TO 8 INCHES NEAR SECTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL GATHER STRENGTH AND MOISTURE
AND MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SHEBOYGAN AND
JANESVILLE AREAS ON EAST. A LARGE AREA OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS
EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE WISCONSIN DELLS TO FOND DU LAC.
13 TO 17 INCHES ARE FORECAST SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM JANESVILLE
TO PORT WASHINGTON.

SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE EARLY JANUARY
1999 BLIZZARD...WHICH PRODUCED 14 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WITH 4 TO 8 FOOT DRIFTS EAST OF A LINE FROM
FOND DU LAC TO JANESVILLE.

NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS COULD BE A HISTORIC BLIZZARD CAPABLE OF
PARALYZING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

*** I love the last sentence. Kinda like, "Yeah, yeah... historic snowfall. Potential for catastrophe. Big deal."

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

They told us w'd have 20-22" for the year. We are up over 38". Stupid weather people.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

You know, I was thinking the same thing. We were told "maybe 5-7 inches TOTAL for the winter". Blew that one out the doors on the first snowfall.

Jeremy Riggs · 2011 Super Bowl Champions!

Wow Mema, that report makes it sound even more serious than the weathermen did. I'm SO glad I have a short week this week. I'm off tonight AND Friday so it's a three day week for me. Good timing since things get bad down there after a snowfall.

FUZZY, I was thinking you were getting all our snow this year, but now it looks like we're gonna catch up.

The grocery store was ridiculous today, everybody stocking up like the end of the world is coming.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

That is why I went grocery shopping on Saturday. Really, it wasn't any busier than a normal Saturday. I also wanted to get all of my chili making supplies for Superbowl weekend before everyone else gets that idea.

So out of curiosity, I looked at the NOAA warning for Mz's area. Another non-excitable person wrote that one. It is like, "(yawn) an inch of ice. Maybe. Too soon to tell."

Having troubles getting to the notices for Fuzzy and Ghost.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Yeah, it's funny how we all get weather here in the office. The one my boss listens to always overestimates and overreacts. I always get mine from NOAA, which is always like, "Yeah, I don't know, whatever."

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Mad Mema wrote:
Having troubles getting to the notices for Fuzzy and Ghost.

Probably because they don't dare to try after we got screwed last Wednesday morning.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I finally got to one for the Philly area, it seemed pretty understated. Whomever it is who writes for my local office needs some valium or something. It is just a shade away from "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!" Yes, it is going to be a bad storm. No, I don't think it is being brought in by the four horses of the Apocalypse.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

I already know I won't be getting out of my driveway (no 4wd on my car); if Mr. DS gets out of our driveway(has 4wd), he still has to make it up the hill on our road before he gets to the county road. Then because our county is run by a bunch of cheapskates, the county roads won't be salt&sanded anyhow...

We will all be staying home -- REDRUM... REDRUM!

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I have that level of concern too, DS. Kev is supposed to be going to a small town about 200 miles south of us tomorrow, but I seriously doubt he will go given the weather and his injury. On the up side, he just got a shiney new bottle of Tylenol-3's and I made a stop at the liquor store yesterday. One or the other of us WILL be unconscious before the day is out. I deeply suspect it will not be me.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

The weather is getting super old around here. They are expecting this to make a very messy morning rush hour both Tuesday and Wednesday. Knowing that it could keep changing I didn't even look at the news last night at 11.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

We just got upgraded to blizzard conditions starting at 6AM tomorrow.

Fundamentally the only difference in the forecast is now sustained wind speeds. Wind chill index for here is something like -10 to -20 for the next couple days.

disco strangler · Smiles everyone, smiles!

We just heard the same thing, Mema. "Blizzard" puts a whole new spin on things. Last blizzard we lost power for, I think just a day, but some people in Tulsa were without power for a couple weeks. I imagine my heat will run all day and all night, sucking down that high dollar propane we just filled hmm

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I'm imagining that the space heaters will be running at my house and probably the fireplace will be going too. That reminds me... I need to move some wood into the garage when I get home.

Really, I still don't think we will lose power. I sure hope we don't. Haven't gotten around to investing in a back up generator yet.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

If we get the ice and wind that they say we'll get, I think a wind sailing board will be the best way to get around. At least it'll be safer than wheels.