8 to 12 Inches of Snow Expected - Blizzard Conditions - Snow Drifts to Exceed 2 Feet !!!

[BeatleBoot]

Michigan.

I love my state, but at these moments I ask myself why I live here.

Time to throw another log on the fire and have another Ginger Brandy...

Good thing I fired up the Snow Blower earlier today and went to Mass...


...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AGAIN THIS EVENING INCREASING IN INTENSITY BY MIDNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TOMORROW BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND RESULTING REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL SEVERELY HAMPER TRANSPORTATION. SNOW DRIFTS WILL LIKELY EXCEED TWO FEET DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

[lovuian]

1. Say nice and warm and have another Ginger Brandy

:woohoo:

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

2. It IS December. It is NOT July.

[BeatleBoot]

9. Summer is definitely OVER!!!!

[Bobbieo]

3. According to my brother-in-law, there is no snow on the ground in Anchorage, Ala

Weird huh?

[Blue_In_AK]

6. That is exactly true.

I just posted that below. The ground was basically bare until a few days ago when we got maybe an inch. It's frosty, but no snow. We're all really depressed.

ed. I assume you mean Anchorage, Alaska, not Anchorage, Alabama. :rofl:

[nealmhughes]

32. No snow in Alabama, but it looks like far northeastern TN is in for a right smart spell of snow.

Just rain here. Lots of rain, which is good. We have a drought, ya might have heard about it!

But we are rather frantic over the fact that it might drop to 28F in Huntsville tomorrow night! I slept with windows open until 2 nights ago. . .

[Blue_In_AK]

35. Yes, I've been very concerned for you people

down in the Southeast. I'm glad that you're getting a little rain out of this storm. I just wish we were getting some of the snow. The ice they can keep, but the snow would be great.

[whistle]

4. When I lived in East Lansing we those regularly, I was grateful that it happened

...only during the winter months....hehehehe

My heart goes out to you, I think it was during the winter of 1967-68 when the MSU campus was shut down for nearly a week and my wife who was a dietitian at Lansing General Hospital was taken to work in a National Guard half-track vehicle and was there four days.

[BeatleBoot]

7. Go State!

Mrs Beatleboot is a State grad.

:-)


I think it will be okay for the Holidays and all, but after Jan 1, I hope it all melts...

In the meantime, it's a total "Cuddle Alert" as the local weatherman says....

[knitter4democracy]

25. Go Green! Go White!

Go more white! :D

[whistle]

39. Keep those logs going in the fireplace

[Blue_In_AK]

5. Send it here .

PLEASE send it here. We are so short on snow this year, it's not even funny.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. sounds like the forcast the day before I was born

in Montcalm County. Mom got to the hospital just in time.

[BeatleBoot]

10. Very close to Lansing

I went to a party in Stanton once...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. My grandparents were married there in 1913.

If you were around Crystal or Carson City you probably ran into my cousins.

[Warpy]

11. Thanks for reminding me why I moved to NM when I left Boston

Of course, it's no guarantee. We got socked with an 18 incher last year and there are no snow plows in town.

However, most of our snow behaves itself and stays on the mountains, looking lovely but not screwing up our lives.

Stay warm! Been there, done that, moved the hell away from it.

[pansypoo53219]

12. we are supposed to be out of the range of the storm

but a few inches is now about 6", so glad we are north of the big mess.

[walldude]

14. Wow a whole 12 inches? And giant 2 foot drifts?

In Colorado we call that flurries...

[TahitiNut]

20. Colorado hasn't had to get rid its snow removal equipment and staff for lack of funds.

I have to give the state and county workers a LOT of credit here in Michigan for doing as good a job as they do with the lack of budget.

[knitter4democracy]

26. Most counties here can't afford to plow on the weekends or at night.

They can't afford the overtime. Guess when the worst of the snow usually is. *sigh* That's the reason why I have all-wheel drive.

[knitter4democracy]

28. We're thinking of heading north.

Up in the U.P. and Northern Lower in Michigan, they'd agree with you. :)

[Subdivisions]

15. Damn! That sounds just about perfect! n/t

[mac2]

16. Two feet of snow?

Is that a lot? Drifting can be a problem. Just stay home. The media sounds like you all might die.

Hey that's not a lot of snow. Ask the people who live on the East side of the Great Lakes if two feet is a lot of snow? Heck they just ski on it.

Maybe you haven't had snow in awhile? It's winter isn't it?

If find the power outages more disturbing. What a snow storm leaves 100,000 without power for weeks? Guess you'd better get another power company or bury your power lines. It would be cheaper don't you think?

Why aren't we burying our power lines instead of so many all over our country being without power all the time? We'd rather have 700 military bases around the world? Take over countries who have wealth for our own? Who profits? We the people without power certainly don't.

Priorities stink in this country since Reagan.

[Berry Cool]

18. We have the same forecast up here in Ohio on Lake Erie

and Buffalo looks as if it's due for a sock, too.

We'll deal with it.

[TahitiNut]

27. Buffalo will dodge a bigger bullet if the winds stay E, SE, and E.

If the winds were westerly, they'd get Erie lake effect ... northerly it'd be Ontario lake effect ... on top of the already loaded system.

[amandabeech]

36. I grew up on the east side of Lake Michigan in Michigan.

When I was a kid, 8-12 was a good snowfall, but nothing to hyperventilate about. We'd be out of school for a couple of days. Two feet, however, would be good for a week, especially if it was blowing. Generally, though, folks up north know what to do. I'm sorry that there's not enough $$$ for snowplows. I hate to see this happen to my home state.

Here in the DC area, a few flakes results in mass panic and talk of shutting down the government. We may get a bit tomorrow, and that means that the grocery stores tonight probably have no bread or milk in stock. I stay home not because I'm afraid to drive in the snow, but because I'm afraid of other who think that they can drive in the snow.

The weather channel folk now either didn't grow up in snow country or are looking for ratings.

[JenniferJuniper]

38. burying cables and wires

ain't necessarily all it's cracked up to be.

When cables and other equipment are above ground, you have a better chance of seeing and dealing with problems. I live in a neighborhood with 30 year old with deteriorating underground facilities and the power company won't deal with it except to do some patches when obvious problems arise. This is even though by house nearly burned down from an electrical fire 3 years ago caused by an underground electrical problem.

And we still often loses power/phone service during storms. At some point, poles are going to be involved, even if your local lines are underground.

[zorahopkins]

17. Be Careful!

It sounds like you are in for some rough weather.

Please be careful!

[TahitiNut]

19. Yup. I'm watching it start coming down now ... to increase a lot at midnight.

BAY-GENESEE-HURON-LAPEER-LENAWEE-LIVINGSTON-MACOMB-MIDLAND-MONROE-
OAKLAND-SAGINAW-SANILAC-SHIAWASSEE-ST. CLAIR-TUSCOLA-WASHTENAW-WAYNE-
850 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

...FIRST MAJOR SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON BREWING FOR THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING...

THE FIRST MAJOR SNOWSTORM FOR SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND INTENSIFY AS THE CENTER TRACKS NORTHEAST
TOWARD CENTRAL OHIO BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING A
WIDE SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN.
SNOWFALLS OF 8" TO 12" INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM THROUGH
SUNDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY DOWNWIND OF LAKE HURON.

SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY ACROSS THE REGION. ALONG WITH
THE SNOW INTENSITY INCREASING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
BE ON THE UPSWING AS EAST WINDS PICK UP TO GENERALLY 10 TO 20 MPH.
TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S.

DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
AND BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS SUNDAY UNFOLDS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS
THE STORM APPROACHES AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY AS WE MOVE INTO SUNDAY.

[nonconformist]

21. Aww, it's moments like this that make me miss Michigan!

By February or so, I'm over it, but I love these big snowstorms! So long as the power stays on...

[TahitiNut]

22. Spoken like one who doesn't do the shoveling.

:rofl:

[kestrel91316]

23. Any news on the situation in the Milwaukee, WI area? I'm headed there

in exactly a week.......and I HATE that approach to Mitchell Field that takes you (unnecessarily, IMHO) way out over Lake Michigan with its ice floes........

[knitter4democracy]

24. WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Winter's finally here! I hope we get at least 5". We got our tree today, and it was gorgeous with the snow falling and all. Fire's going in the fireplace, and we're set. I should start some soup . . .

I'm so excited! To me, as a Michigander, it's not winter until I see some real accumulation on the ground. :bounce: Happy snow dance!!

[TahitiNut]

29. Yech.

:puke:

I gotta shovel that shit.

:puke:

[knitter4democracy]

30. So do I.

:D I get the kids out with their shovels, the dog (who just loves the snow), and Hubby and make a party out of it. Then we have hot chocolate.

I do hate the snow plow, though. They always seem to wait for us to just be finished before they plow in our driveway.

[Canuckistanian]

31. Drifts of TWO FEET? My goodness.

It must be horrible for you.

[Arctic Dave]

33. No snow even further north

Blue in AK is right. No snow to speak of in Anchorage. But
what is even more strange is there is almost no snow up in
Prudhoe Bay (the very top of AK) heck its sill above zero
degrees. But theres no such thing as climate change.

[renate]

50. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[B Calm]

34. I have to drive to Grand Rapids monday morning.. The weather here

in Indiana is bad too!

[JenniferJuniper]

37. Don't get lost

in those 2 foot drifts!

And try shufflin' off to Buffalo one of these days....

[Eurobabe]

40. Guess this means a White Christmas?

Take care and stay warm and safe... :hi:

[knitter4democracy]

41. We've got 8" and more on the way so far this morning.

How's everyone else doing? It's a light powder, so the kids are having fun pretending to shovel. I'll go out when it tapes off this afternoon and dig us out. Is everyone doing okay, and does everyone still have power?

[BeatleBoot]

42. Did a "first dig" this morning - now drinking a warm Vernor's Mrs B heated on the stovetop...

Did the neighbors walk, too.

Hey, they give me homemade cookies. I'll do anything for homemade chocolate chip cookies!

I feel like I got quite the workout - endorphines are flowing...

Warm Ginger Brandy last night and Warm Vernor's Ginger Ale this morning.

Now I'm looking forward to watching the Lions lose later today in San Diego.



:rofl:

[knitter4democracy]

43. You're a real Michigander.

Warm Vernors, shovelling snow, watching the Lions. You must be a Michigander. :D

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

47. Sipping Vernors and Brandy here in the UP.

Never tried it warm, I'll have to do that.

[BeatleBoot]

49. Growing up in Michigan, whenever I was sick, my Dad would heat up Vernor's for me

on top of the stove in a pan.

It's a comfort thing I still do to this day.

[ellie]

44. Hey! I'm in NW Ohio

and we are having a blizzard too. Level 2 emergency, meaning only drive if you have to. A Level 3 emergency subjects drivers to arrest. I don't know why I live here either. I should have went to the store yesterday.

[marmar]

45. But honestly, these type of snow events are becoming more rare....

Think back to last Christmas - temps of about 60. People were golfing in January and winter started about February and was gone a month and a half later. Driving and shoveling aside, I'm glad to see the snow - the Great Lakes levels aren't exactly at all-time highs.

[knitter4democracy]

46. Very true. Hubby and I are thinking of moving north.

The U.P's looking better all the time.

[uppityperson]

48. we have wind again, 25-35 mph with gusts to 60

bah, I hate wind

[Desertrose]

51. Clearly then, global warming should be canceled...

Sorry. Kidding.

Winter sure sucks sometimes.Stay inside & stay safe. Hope you have laid in plenty of supplies.....I remember the days of living in Pa & Ontario. brrrrr.....