Oklahoma under major FEAR warnings tonight! (Weather related)

[karlrschneider]

All the local TV stations are predicting massive power failures, transportation shutdown, cattle freezing where they stand, 2 or more inches of ice on everything. Few trees will be spared, old people will die, dogs will have no unfrozen water, cars won't start, stores will have bare shelves...it's damn near apocolyptic, I tells ya! It's 64 degrees outside but apparently in 24 hours or so we will all be
burning the kitchen chairs to keep warm according to these mawking morons. (Actually it might turn out to be a bad storm but they sure are milking the possibilities...)
:eyes:

[Horse with no Name]

1. I live in Northeast Texas

we have been getting some of the same dire warnings.:eyes:
I went to the store tonight and it was wall-to-wall.
I guess if it comes down to it and we are iced in...I can always eat my cats and brush my teeth with treebark.:silly:

[HeeBGBz]

2. My sisters in Missouri and brother in Iowa

May be getting hammered as well.

[karlrschneider]

3. Missouri, probably...I think Iowa is far enough north it will miss the ice storm.

Snow probably but they can handle that...

[originalpckelly]

4. Um, it's 22 degrees in Denver right now...

It was 41 degrees earlier today. And up a little north of us, there are places where it's 4 degrees.

It's an arctic air mass moving down.

[karlrschneider]

13. I'm scheduled to fly some people to Nashville tomorrow. It might not happen.

Rain or snow is no problem but that damn freezing rain is a whole 'nother thing...

[ToolTex]

21. For sure! Remember Mack!

[karlrschneider]

24. Yup. Bad business, that was.

:-(

[JanMichael]

56. by "Mack"....do you mean

DemoTex? Did something happen to him? He's one of our favorite DUers.

[AndyA]

5. They might be right.

I went to the store tonight in Tulsa, and there was no ground beef or ground turkey to be found anywhere. Bare shelves, literally. They were also out of the no fat milk I like, although they did have lots of other brands.

They said the store would restock tonight, and everything should be full in the morning, but they are expecting it to be a zoo again tomorrow.

They just announced that the ice storm will hit much earlier tomorrow, and much harder than originally anticipated. My concern is keeping the power on with all that ice on the lines.

64 here, but should be dropping soon. Brrr...

[originalpckelly]

8. I can assure you that they probably are right...

because the temperature dropped 20 degrees within a couple hours earlier today.

[bperci108]

37. Something to think about when you go back to the store...

"I went to the store tonight in Tulsa, and there was no ground beef or ground turkey to be found anywhere."

I wonder how they will cook it when the electricity isn't anywhere to be found?

(I know, I know; some folks have gas stoves, but I bet not all of the burger-buyers do.) ;)

[Little Wing]

6. Look at the doppler

from weather.com

ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY...

.PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AS THE COLD AIR PUSHES FARTHER SOUTH...FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SLEET MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO EXTEND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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.

all caps are theirs

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/USOK0400?clip=699®ion=null&collection=localwxforecast&presname=Oklahoma%20City,%20OK%20Forecast&name=southcentralussatellite_large_animated&day=1>

[Subdivisions]

22. This is beginning to sound like an epic ice storm. I'm

in the SW corner North Texas, right on the edge of the predicted area of severity, and If it gets as bad as they say it will I don't want anything to do with it.

If it is epic, good luck to us all who may be affected by this storm and everyone stay safe for gosh sakes...

[seabeyond]

43. i am in the panhandle of texas. at least it is falling on a weekend

and we wont have to be driving. think i will hit the grocery store too. we had so many limbs down from the oce storm right before christmas. havent gotten that cleaned up yet.

sure was beautiful though.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. I have a better idea.

Save the chairs. Burn the morons. ;-)

[Little Wing]

9. I love you

:hug:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

44. Wheeeeee!

:D

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. No shortage there.

:evilgrin:

[msongs]

10. global WARMING again? nt

[karlrschneider]

15. It is, actually.

;-)

[TlalocW]

11. Good for the weather

I got my chimney repaired a month ago, and I'd like to be able to use it.

TlalocW

[bling bling]

12. Hee hee.

I don't know if you can top the weathermen/women in St. Louis. If there is a chance of snow here, the news people freak out or something. They station one journalist to report to us "LIVE" from the salt-truck stations where the salt trucks are being prepared to hit the road. Then one journalist is sent to the park to interview passers-by on what their take is on the possibility of snow. Another journalist reports from some other city where it really IS snowing right then, apparently just to give us a preview of what the snow might look like.

They get their viewers so worked up over snow that everyone rushes to the store and buys up ALL the bread and milk. Nobody can fall asleep because we're all excited about the impending day off we're surely going to get from school and work due to the blizzard that's on the way.

I can't tell you how many days of my life I've spent over-tired and disappointed at having woken up expecting a winter wonderland outside and seeing only a light dust of powder on the lawn, if anything.

[Wildewolfe]

16. By the same token....

... the warnings in denver for these last snows let people stock up cause with the one right before chrismas you weren't getting out after... 5 foot drifts and up to 3 foot everywhere else.

It's much better to be falsely warned and stock up than be hungry and uninformed.

[bling bling]

20. Ok, well you're talking about 3 feet of snow. I'm talking about 3-6 inches.

If you lived in St. Louis you would laugh at the way we go absolutely bananas if it snows enough to cover the grass. And we have salt trucks. And it's snowed here in the winter for all of time. So there's no good reason for our collective snow related hysteria. I've seen major public schools close BEFORE any snow was on the ground and we only ended up getting a quarter of an inch or so.

I'm not mocking the cities who warn of serious storms. And I don't mock the warnings of ice storms. An ice storm knocked out the electricity for a half a million people here last month for a few days.

But the snow-anticipation panic is usually pretty humourous here.

[karlrschneider]

25. I lived in St. Louis as a kid (my sis does now), you guys don't get the ICE

near as much as we do "way down here" :D There's a convergence between about here down to around Dallas that creates just the right (or wrong) conditions for it. Nasty shit, I promise. It really does tear down lots of power lines & trees. :-(

[sandnsea]

14. I got snow on the coast

Yes, there is a cold cold front moving in. Some might be inclined to think those who sneer at the warnings and don't prepare properly should just be left to freeze, like those climbers on Mt. Hood.

[Warpy]

17. They're predicting an ice storm for eastern NM

overnight, and it's headed your way.

That's ice on top of all the damn snow that still hasn't melted.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Just to be safe, stock up. We had no heat, water or power for 10 days

during the ice storm of '98. It was freakin awful. (But then I was 8 mos preggers and also had influenza, but even so....)

[karlrschneider]

29. It can suck, for sure. We have a generator. And another generator

in case generator #1 doesn't work. :D (I'm serious)

Plus a wood stove and 2 acres of trees. Barring cabin fever and myocardial infarctions, we should be okay. :-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. Wish we'd had all that. Just a trailer and a kerosene heater that

we ran 12 hours a day. It's miracle we didn't die of CO poisoning.

[ToolTex]

19. Good luck to you in the coming blizzard. May be you first chance to drive directly to Yonkers.

Be very careful. Remember you may have drinking water in your hot water tank when the mains freeze. You may have to burn the house to warm the tank enough to get it out, however. Put an axe in the attic so you can chop through the roof if the ice gets up to the eaves. As long as the winds stay below 114 mph you should be OK. Above that and I have no advice.

Remember cactus has water in it and that moss grows on the North side and you can eat tree bark and that Eule Gibbons died from eating woodland fare. Oh, and small rocks can masquerade as frozen berries and crack teeth.

Hope your mom enjoyed last Monday.

[bling bling]

23. Excellent advice. And might I add:

Should you lose your electricity, do NOT bring the barbeque grill inside the house and light it to keep everybody warm. I never knew that this was advice that needed to be given until the power went out in my city from an ice storm a few weeks ago and I heard about the victims on the news.

If it gets cold and nobody has electricity, go to a shelter, they usually will have generators. It also might be a good idea to look up the addresses of the local shelters on the internet now, before the power goes out.

[karlrschneider]

26. Your talents are wasted. Survival schools would pay handsomely for advice

like that! Mom celebrated her birthday by driving to Utica Square. Or so I learned today when I
went over to see her. :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[Gloria]

27. Is the National Guard ready to assist????? (sarcasm)

[karlrschneider]

30. I think so but it might take them a while to get back from Baghdad...

:eyes:

[kentuck]

28. A few hours ago in Colorado, the temp dropped about 24 degrees....

in one hour. It was about 50 degrees or so at the time. I was driving with my window down in my car...and my dog was keeping me company..:)

[ulysses]

31. you guys be careful.

Steer into the slide.

uly
Okie diaspora

[Chiyo-chichi]

47. ...or slide into the steer.

soonerhoosier
another member of the Okie diaspora, born during an ice storm

[Beelzebud]

32. Warm winters are perfect for ice storms. I spent 6 days with no power in December from one.

Get your facts straight. Ice storms are very serious. We lost about half the trees in my town in December from one...

[karlrschneider]

36. I wasn't minimizing the possibilities, just commenting on the hysteria from the media.

I'm quite aware of the facts...among which are that the weather forecasters are far from infallible.
That's something I've learned in 64 years and 10,000+ hours of flying airplanes.

edit: My post was meant to be sardonically amusing...the sarcasm smilie wasn't really appropriate.

[kestrel91316]

33. They are trying to scare us here in Los Angeles this evening saying it's

going to get down into the 20s. Could prove problematic since there's a friggin' CLOUD COVER, lol. Maybe low 40s, is my guess.

This storm was supposed to bring rain and all it did was cool things off to normal, and raise the humidity to over 20%.

[RoyGBiv]

34. Defintely a day of FUD ...

Thursday is my normal shopping day. The place where I normally go had so many people in it that there were no available shopping carts. People were walking around with stuff in their arms. Thankfully I was only there to get a little cat food and a few minor things. Some people were apparently stocking up for the next month.

Although I am worried about power outages. Ever since 2000-2001, even the suggestion of an ice storm puts me into a planning mode. It got so bad that winter I slept for several days where I worked because it was one of the few buildings that had power, and I couldn't even drive down my street. Looked like it had been bombed with all the fallen trees and caved in roofs.

Where I live now also has a lot of trees, and the power goes out every time we get freezing rain that lasts more than an hour or so.

[karlrschneider]

35. Yeah, I hear that. We live out in the boonies...but the 'lectric is actually

pretty decent maintenance-wise and dependability. (It's a co-op) but we have 2 generators just in case.

Let's hope it's not as bad as they're speculating! :D

[Ms. Toad]

41. That was my parents' experience in NE

(out in the boonies, and dependable electric) - until the Christmas/New Years Eve ice storm . . . they were out of power for days, for the first time ever.

[shanti]

38. funny, but they're telling us that in california too

:eyes: too weird.

[NickB79]

39. Wind chill in northern Minnesota is already -35F

Thief River Falls reported that Thursday evening. Apparently winter is returning with a vengence.

[donheld]

40. Link please

I fully believe you, I just want to read about it.

[sendero]

42. Never underestimate...

... the media's ability to whip up a frenzy of hand-wringing if they think some more folks will tune in.

I'm bummed about this weather because it is going to rain all damn weekend. There go my plans.

[RebelOne]

45. The weather report for my area near Atlanta is 68 degrees tomorrow.

[madokie]

46. Well Karl when I got up this morning at 5:00 am it was still 61 degrees here, 38 now

I'm ready I have a fresh ton of wood pellets and just made a trip to the store yesterday

[rainbow4321]

48. If how the state handled the last snow storm...

is how they will handle this one, OK residents really do need to be afraid.
Outside of Tulsa the cities just threw up their hands and didn't finish their road plowing, telling locals that they ran out of supplies and money. One district "forgot" to put ice melting material on their parking lots so the kids get an extra day off of school...once residents managed to get thru the local roads to the stores, they found very little food because the trucks with the food that was to be delivered couldn't make it in to the state to BRING the food TO the stores. So residents were forced to piecemeal their grocery list together with whatever was left on the shelves. You just took what little that was still there.
Days after, there was an article on a local news website that had state officials congratulating road crews on their outstanding job of keeping the roads passable, etc....whoever was doing the "pat on the back" must not have been stuck in their houses for days on end with their kids for 4-5 days and didn't try to go grocery shopping!

[bmbmd]

49. I worked last weekend.

It was beautiful. I'm off this weekend-it freezes. Sorry, this Texan doesn't like ice and snow.

[HeeBGBz]

51. So how's things in the Midwest this am?

I hear it's getting icky for Okies.

[Jim Warren]

52. Get ready for the deep freeze.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/2xTemperature.html

-18 right now in Minot ND

[kentuck]

53. It is 10 degrees in Colorado Springs with light snow...

People have been complaining that the roads have not been cleared very well. Some have pointed out that they voted for the TABOR Amendment...

[blonndee]

54. Freezing rain has just begun here in S OKC/Moore area

I ran to the supermarket this a.m. for the stuff I forgot and it was a bit drizzly, but now it's hard little ice pellets falling. Man oh man, I hope the power doesn't go out, or if it does, that any outages won't last long. I don't have any backup sources of heat. Although I do have three dogs to help keep me warm. ;-)

[Theres-a]

57. Stay safe!

:hi:

[donsu]

58. the last recent bad storm out west destroyed 1000+ electric poles

will there be a shortage of poles for this coming ice storm. will the electric be off for a longer time because of a shortage of poles. it will take time for areas outside of the storm area to send in their extra poles.

just something to think about.

[Sapphire Blue]

59. I wonder if NOAA is full of "mawking morons"?

Current Conditions, Forecasts, Watches and Warnings for Oklahoma, OK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
944 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007


MAJOR ICE STORM UNDERWAY

ARCTIC AIR
GULF MOISTURE...AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE TREACHEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
RAIN HAS ALREADY BEGUN THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA.
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ICING OF TREES AND POWER
LINES WHICH COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES. SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH
THE FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END
SUNDAY.

OKZ019-020-023>031-035-038-122345-
/O.UPG.KOUN.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070113T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KOUN.IS.W.0001.070112T1544Z-070115T0000Z/
LOGAN-PAYNE-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-KIOWA-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ANADARKO...
YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...CHANDLER...
CHICKASHA...PURCELL...NORMAN...MOORE...SHAWNEE...SEMINOLE...
HOBART...LAWTON
944 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007


ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS... MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...
WILL OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TODAY. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH TO HALF INCH WILL BE LIKELY TODAY.

PERIODS OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE
BY LATE SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN
EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES IN SOME AREAS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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.

http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone3

[Sapphire Blue]

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