We are snowed in with a Blizzard going on in OK City.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

Anyone else snowed in? How about a check in here.
Stay safe and warm, kids!
Duckie

[KatyaR]

1. Hey, Duckie!

Over here by Penn Square, we're in an almost total whiteout! Love watching it out the window, and I'm so glad to be able to stay indoors!

It's a good day to be warm.... :bounce:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Sweet! I'm not far from the May exit at I44! We're practically neighbors!!

Stay safe!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

33. I know where you guys are!

I was in the record snowfall last January in OKC that made the national news.
Dear Hubby's former bro in law died and they had a memorial service in Warr Acres.

I like to drive through Pretentious Estates (Nichols Hills) and look at the houses.

Here in East Texas it's 25 degrees. The front hit about 6:30 am and I ran outside at ten and brought my plants in. Hope they didn't freeze. We don't have any snow but it's colder than a welldigger's fanny in Nebraska.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

38. I actually work near Pretentiousville.

And our boss (the founder's son and CEO) lives there.
And the better Earl's is there. And if you tell me you don't know Earl's, you'd better get your ass back here to eat at Earl's. Best Ribs Ever.

[siligut]

2. I want to be snowed in, but it is not even raining in Seattle.

Just don't feel like doing anything other than sitting in front of a fire. You stay safe and warm too.

[av8rdave]

3. I'm trying to get out of Dallas as we type...

Have to work tomorrow, and I know all the flights will be REALLY full.

Looks like it will be an overnight in Minneapolis on my dime, as I have to fly to Alaska tomorrow.

[Angry Dragon]

6. Cold in Minneapolis right now ......... high of about 5 tomorrow

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. It's a nice, sunny day in Minneapolis.

METAR KMSP 011553Z 01011KT 9SM FEW044 BKN250 M14/M18 A3055 RMK AO2 SNE04 SLP365 P0000 T11391178

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. I have no idea waht that means....

...but :hug:
Duckie

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. It's an aviation weather report (for av8rdave).

It's sent out in a kind of code (goes back to teletype days) and is updated hourly. Translated, it says: wind is out of 10 degrees at 11 knots, visibility is 9 miles, few clouds at 4,400 feet, broken cloud layer at 25,000 feet, temperature -14 Celsius, dew point -18 Celsius, barometric pressure 30.55.

It's coldish, but at least we aren't getting any more snow.

[av8rdave]

23. Still on the plane in DFW

But nice to know it's better there than here. Thanks!

[av8rdave]

39. The 7 am flight from DFW to MSP just got airborne

What a day!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. Now that you have arrived in MSP, how are you liking our fine weather?

Surprised to see that the 737 does MSP-ANC. Used to be 757s. ANC in January -- fun...

[av8rdave]

49. The weather, believe it or not, is about the same as it is in DFW right now, without the ice

They have been doing a lot of equipment changes since the merger. I've been flying a lot of stuff I never would have in the past.

I used to love ANC, but normally did it in the summer. Right now, it's warmer there than it is here, so I guess I can't complain!

Hope you're staying warm!

[guitar man]

4. Near Memorial and the Broadway Ext

This is the view out of our rollup south garage door at the TV station where I work, near Memorial and Broadway, Edmond/OKC :wow:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. Wow!

You're not part of the crews going out in this mess are you?

[guitar man]

21. Thankfully no

I'm staying indoors and monitoring the station. We don't have any live crews or anything here. I feel for the guys from the big stations that have to get out and run around in this mess :o

[guitar man]

44. Tulsa got creamed

This is a shot my wife sent from our house in Tulsa :scared:

[Hayabusa]

5. Columbia, MO here

And it's snowing like crazy here. About a couple of inches on the ground already and there's forecast to be about 18 more to come.

[bif]

8. Detroit's getting nailed tonight

Supposedly.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Bow chika-wow wow!

Oh, you meant with snow.


Carry on.

[solara]

9. Albuquerque, NM - 14 degrees, snowing 1 to 3 inches, visibility .5 miles, wind E 25 mph

gusting to 39, windchill -7

Keep warm and stay off the roads if you can


:hi:

[abq e streeter]

36. Unbelievable isn't it? Just got back from Eubank and Central (i.e. in direct line of canyon winds)

And below zero tomorrow night (tonight too?). Thank god/goddess/Flying Spaghetti Monster, no gig tonight. I remember loading out from a hotel gig the last time Albq got down to zero, about 20 years ago...NOT fun.

[solara]

40. I hear you.. it isn't fun to have to be out in it and working, especially with the wind..

But kind of nice to watch from a warm little cave, with a hot coffee drink in hand. I like that part of it. But I had to go in to work today and, unfortunately, my car does not have a heater, so it makes traveling particularly uncomfortable.

I think it is gonna be colder tonight than they think it is.

Brrrrrrrrrr

[Ikonoklast]

11. Well, you better start shoveling, I'm gonna be there Friday.

I expect nice clean roads by then, so get busy, mmmk?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Hahahahaha...good luck with that!

[MorningGlow]

12. Scheduled for about a foot tonight

Should be fun. Went to the supermarket for the usual groceries (not a panicked bread-and-milk run) and noticed they were ready--gallons of milk in the cooler opposite the door, totes of firewood.

We haven't had a lot of snow this winter, so...bring it. My kid needs a snow day. :evilgrin:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. This is our first...

And the entire state is shut down and people are losing their shit. It's only going to last three days before it gets back up to 40 degrees, but people are behaving as if this is the end of the world.

[MorningGlow]

22. It's all in what you're used to, I guess

We'd be losing our shit if tornadoes were headed our way. But a foot of snow? Meh. (Of course, the army of plows and mountains of salt at the ready helps us be laid back about it all. :D ) Stay safe, Duckie. Hope you don't get a snowpocalypse. :hi:

[hedgehog]

31. I'm hearing snow north of the Thruway, ice south. Here's hoping you're north!

:hi:

[MorningGlow]

35. Nope! Just south!

I also heard the dividing line is Route 20, which is, like a quarter mile from my house. Such suspense! :hi:

[tigereye]

19. an old friend in Ok was saying the same - good day to

stay in. Just some early freezing rain here and now it's in the mid-30s.

[hippywife]

20. Buried here south of Tulsa.

No way of getting out without a helicopter out on these rural county roads. Winds are hell-fucking-acious!

Stay safe and warm, Ducks! :hug:

[rainbow4321]

42. LOL! My family lives northeast of Tulsa

She thinks the snow MIGHT melt by, oh, May.

[hippywife]

43. That's about what it's looking like.

Ugh! This was fun to have a snow day, but we can't afford a snow week! :rofl:

Hope your folks are doing okay. :hi:

[rainbow4321]

51. Apparently, they've gotten 21 inches in their neck of the woods

And that doesn't include the snowdrifts.

I've seen pics from their town on Facebook pages and the snow drifts are pretty much covering the front windows of peoples' homes! Eeek! The homes look like igloos!


Good luck and stay safe/arm! Hope ya'lls electricity stays on!

[hippywife]

54. I hope so, too!

We've done that "week with no power in the middle of winter" thing, and it ain't alot of fun!

Hope your folks do okay through this, too. :hi:

[guitar man]

52. Hang in there!!

I'm stranded in my office in OKC and mama and little one are stuck at home....hell, everybodys stuck! :hi:

[hippywife]

53. Nothing to do but hang in there. LOL

I hope mama and the baby are well stocked and doing okay. :hi:

[Hayabusa]

24. Another report from MO

Nine inches on the ground already and it doesn't show any sign at all of stopping anytime soon. Boy, this could get really fun...

[fizzgig]

25. just bitter cold here in northern colorado

hanging around zero right now, wind chill is taking it down to -15 or so but we're not getting anything more than sporadic gusts in my area, thank the gods.

it's my day off and i'm glad i don't have to go out in this nonsense. this is is our second sub-zero snap in a month or so and we were without a car for the last one x(

i picked up some ham hocks yesterday and tossed those in the crock pot with some beans earlier, i can't wait for dinner :9

[Common Sense Party]

28. Head a bit north if you really want bitter cold.

I was just stuck in Wyoming last night due to the blowing snow. Rawlins, Rock Springs were cold... Evanston was FREEEZING!

[mucifer]

26. Waiting to be snowed in here in Chicago.

I'm a hospice nurse and wondering about people who pass away at home. They will be with their families longer than expected.

[tabbycat31]

27. central new jersey-- rain

and I could not be happier about it.

[zen_bohemian]

29. -9, wind chill -30 in ND :)

its sunny...it snows all the time around here, so I wouldn't call this being snowed in.. I am SICK of the cold, it's been below zero, with the exception of 2-3 days, for the past 1 1/2 months.....

[murielm99]

30. Western Illinois, whiteout conditions.

We are expecting 12-18 inches, on top of what we already have.

Two ambulances just went by our house, and a snowplow. I feel badly for the people who have to be out.

Most schools and businesses closed early. Stay in and stay safe, everyone.

[Robbien]

34. Over here in Illinois by Lake Michigan just North of Chicago, we are getting buried

Cannot see further than maybe twenty feet. The howling wind is the bad part.

I don't see this letting up any time soon. Maybe tomorrow?

[hedgehog]

32. My sister in Houston always e-mails with the news of how warm it is down there

whenever we get snow up here in New York State.


Would it be too evil for me to hope for at least a few flakes tonight in Houston?





What if I told you that some wet snow would help protect the tender palnts?

[susanr516]

45. Current conditions at Houston Hobby Airport

32 with wind chill of 20, with a low tonight of about 20. Snow likely Thurs night/Fri morning. Your wish may well come true.

[bigwillq]

37. We will be snowed in soon in CT

or ICED in, which may be worse.

Be safe.

So ready for spring.

:hi:

[rainbow4321]

41. Iced in...

Might as well be snowed in...cuz we don't do ice well in Dallas. At all.

Area schools have already announced they are closed tomorrow cuz it's not like this is going away by then..wind chills are supposed to be -10 tonight.

So my outtings have been to take the dog out twice today and then back to couch potato status. Been a cycle of: couch potato/go smoke on the balcony/go kitchen graze/back to the couch to watch local news show abandoned vehicles on the highways kind of day. Pretty much the same agenda tomorrow :)

[rurallib]

46. 12 hours later Iowa is closed down

We will open again Thursday. Please come back then.

[rurallib]

47. 12 hours later Iowa is closed down

We will open again Thursday. Please come back then.

[orleans]

50. snowed in. chicago burbs. n/t