ATTENTION: Chicago Trainz Fans

[Jacobchgo19]

Any one here in the Midwest is in a STATE OF EMERGECNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TO DO LIST

STAY SAFE
HAVE FUN WITH TRAINZ
STAY ALERT WITH THE WEATHER
HAVE FUN WITH TRAINZ
With backround of weather i know that this is a LIFE THERATINING EMERGENCY SITUATON STAY SAFE

Jacob Metzger
STAY SAFE

 

[UP4021]

LOL. Snowpocalypse!

Yep, 34" is the last I heard. Stuff is blown over, roads are terrible...

snow day for me.

 

[007007]

Have fun with that guys. Good to know work will be slow since Chicago will hardly be able to spit any trains out..... :clap:

 

[PerRock]

Amtrak has said they don't plan to have any service disruptions...

It just started snowing here. We aren't forcasted to get it as bad as other places. Last report I heard said a total of 15-17 inches, ~12 of them tonight.

peter

 

[UP4021]

Have fun with that guys. Good to know work will be slow since Chicago will hardly be able to spit any trains out..... :clap:

Oh, well how sad for you.

Predicted totals down to 21" by me... well darn.

I was just out shoveling in the winter wonderland. I felt kind of like I was in some documentary on Antarctica. It's all just powder, but the winds are blowing it everywhere.
BTW, I'm not completely insane, but I'd rather not wait and have to shovel up two feet of solid ice later.


EDIT: Also, everyone else: Be careful as well. I just saw on the news that there was a two-inch thick sheet of ice covering most of Indiana because of the sleet on the south end of the storm.

So really, this should be a warning to most of the Northeastern US.

 

[HiBaller]

All day today we had freezing rain. My cars are covered with about a half-inch of clear ice. Roads are dangerous and my county was just declared as a Travel Advisory 2 area. This means: if you don't have any business being out, don't be out.

Bill

 

[sparky15]

90 miles southeast of Chicago.
The snow and wind is blowing. Cut some wood for the fireplace, stocked up on munchies. Looking forward to a mid week vacation. I love it, since I retired.

Dave....

 

[Euphod]

Last report I heard said a total of 15-17 inches, ~12 of them tonight.peter

Blizzards are like honeymoons... 12 inches are promised, but you usually only deliver 4!:hehe:

 

[aardvark1]

Ed,

NOAA forecast for Chicago area:

Tonight: Snow and widespread blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. Steady temperature around 24. Very windy, with a northeast wind between 30 and 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 10 to 16 inches possible.

Wednesday: Snow and widespread blowing snow before PM, then areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow after 3pm. Temperature falling to around 19 by 8am. Wind chill values as low as 1. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to between 15 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible

Better warm up your long undies.

Be safe,

 

[Euphod]

Metra is running, the CTA has put their plows on, (unless you're from the UK, then that would be "ploughs"). It's rather unpleasant outside, but my PC is nice and toasty! Thanks for the concern Ron, I'll weather this weather just fine, unless RAF helicopters start falling from the sky!

BTW: To those in the UK; we make bread with something we call "dough", and we pronounce it "doh...(just like Homer). What do you make bread with?

 

[sniper297]

"Blizzards are like honeymoons... 12 inches are promised, but you usually only deliver 4!"

Funny thing, the Chicago blizzard of '67 originally forecast light flurries, then 2-4 inches, and about halfway thru they said we give up, no idea when it's gonna stop. :wave:
Blizzard of '79 wasn't as bad because they were READY for it, in '67 they waited until there was 20" on the ground before they started calling in the plow drivers. Here's my Dad in '79;

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=24730&l=2120018b69&id=100001028687859

He was a Chicago garbage truck driver, plowed snow every winter from 1958 to 1988. January 27th, 1967, he got the phone call about 2:00 in the afternoon, we didn't see him again for five days.

 

[PerRock]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
713 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SPREADING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS INTO SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY
TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
REACHING BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. IN RESPONSE TO THIS
WINTER STORM...VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF
35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN. SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL OCCUR...HELPING TO CREATE
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL AND WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE IN
INTENSITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW DIMINISHING BY THE
EARLY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 7 AND
12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...
WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE BETWEEN THE I 69 AND M
46 CORRIDORS.

THOSE RESIDING IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL TO THIS REGION ARE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...PREPARE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT TO TAKE WITH YOU.


MIZ075-076-082-083-020815-
/O.CON.KDTX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1300Z/
WASHTENAW-WAYNE-LENAWEE-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANN ARBOR...DETROIT...ADRIAN...MONROE
713 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

* HEAVY SNOW...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

* WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR
LESS DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

* QUICKLY ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
MAKE ROADS VERY HARD TO CLEAR.

* UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY...SNOWPACKED...AND
DANGEROUS.

* HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

* WIND CHILLS ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 0 AND 5 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE
REST OF THE EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AS THE
SNOW QUICKLY BECOMES HEAVY. UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION HAS
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE ANN ARBOR AREA. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM AND
MIDNIGHT.

* NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
COINCIDE BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY.

* HEAVY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 TO 12 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND CHILLS ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 0 AND 5 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO
NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

my report.

peter

 

[UP4021]

Impressive.

 

[schweitzerdude]

Blizzard of '67

I grew up in Chicago and am old enough to remember the blizzard of '67. Two feet of snow as I recall. Once the streets were somewhat cleared the problem became nowhere to park, since anyone who dug out in front of their house set up folding chairs and whatnot so no one else could park in front of their house. What a mess.

Best wishes to everyone in the midwest and northeast. Stay off the roads if you can.

 

[Jacobchgo19]

Three ft of snow on the ground... constant power flashes... its going to **** and the power outeges were lines rubbing against each other next door to my house... just amazing.....


The GFS/RPM models are showing another one possibly next week...

Skilling on WGN was saying last night that another one but less worse will hit next week....

I have a sore throat and im stuck inside :'(

Have fun guys

 

[dh2k3]

well I am stuck inside with at least 2ft+ of snow outside and on top of my car.

 

[UP4021]

Jeez there's a lot of snow out there. Now to go shovel it all up...

The snowplow got stuck and couldn't get to our street.

 

[aardvark1]

Deleted... no point in post.

 

[Jacobchgo19]

Do not rest cause we have got more on the way and it looks like mon-tue of next week we have another one...

Just found out that WE GOT ANOTHER SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!
YIPPE

 

[Euphod]

I just came in after five hours of shoveling. My car was parked in an overflow space because the plowing service doesn't clean your reserved space if your car is parked in it. That should be rather obvious, eh? Well, they didn't clean any spaces this time, just cleared a narrow path down the center. After I dug out my Bugati, I had to dig out my reserved space, which was armpit deep, 10 foot wide and 16 long.

I feel like I've just summit-ed Everest!