MR

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:56 am**

for most of Iowa tomorrow and Friday morning... these are almost as fun as thurderstorm warnings!! forecast is for 35-50 mph winds and up to 7 inches of snow!! WAY COOL unless you lose power, like we did last week!! MARCH in like a lion out like a lamb!!

Rick
disclaimer, finally caught up at work and bored!!

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:39 am**

Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter :lol:

John from Boston

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:50 am**

Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps. :wink:

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:52 am**

strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Are you nuts? I live near Dallas, and we've had several instances of snow falling, not to mention sleet and freezing rain, all in this single winter. :wink:

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:58 am**

Shoot 'em up wrote:
strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Are you nuts? I live near Dallas, and we've had several instances of snow falling, not to mention sleet and freezing rain, all in this single winter.

Wow, all of that in one single winter? :wink:

Parts of Canada sometimes get that all in one single day! :lol:

That's one thing I like about Canada you definately get 4 distinct seasons.

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:00 pm**

strungout wrote:
Shoot 'em up wrote:
strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Are you nuts? I live near Dallas, and we've had several instances of snow falling, not to mention sleet and freezing rain, all in this single winter.

Wow, all of that in one single winter? Parts of Canada sometimes get that all in one single day! That's one thing I like about Canada you definately get 4 distinct seasons.

Yea, I bet. Not so much here, we usually get a few weeks of spring and then HOT!

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:02 pm**

Snow in FL would be awesome, lol. A/C's running right now, was in the 80's today

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:03 pm**

strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Oh and like canada really gets alot of snow.

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:07 pm**

I'm excited to get to leave my 80 degree weather to go up to NW Pa to see snow and go snow tubing with my husband and kids next week! Does that make me warped? I think you want what you don't have really

My kids have NEVER seen snow and they are finally at an age where they will remember so we're taking the plunge!

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:12 pm**

StevePerryHair wrote:I'm excited to get to leave my 80 degree weather to go up to NW Pa to see snow and go snow tubing with my husband and kids next week! Does that make me warped? I think you want what you don't have really My kids have NEVER seen snow and they are finally at an age where they will remember so we're taking the plunge!

Lynn....you can have ALL the snow you want. I'm ready to come back to Florida...if I wasn't going to the UK, that is! :wink:

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:15 pm**

yulog wrote:
strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Oh and like canada really gets alot of snow.

Yep, none at all. :lol:

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:15 pm**

SunshineTwilight wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:I'm excited to get to leave my 80 degree weather to go up to NW Pa to see snow and go snow tubing with my husband and kids next week! Does that make me warped? I think you want what you don't have really My kids have NEVER seen snow and they are finally at an age where they will remember so we're taking the plunge!

Lynn....you can have ALL the snow you want. I'm ready to come back to Florida...if I wasn't going to the UK, that is!

Is it cold in the UK right now?

(cold to me is below 70, lol)

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:16 pm**

SunshineTwilight wrote:
StevePerryHair wrote:I'm excited to get to leave my 80 degree weather to go up to NW Pa to see snow and go snow tubing with my husband and kids next week! Does that make me warped? I think you want what you don't have really My kids have NEVER seen snow and they are finally at an age where they will remember so we're taking the plunge!

Lynn....you can have ALL the snow you want. I'm ready to come back to Florida...if I wasn't going to the UK, that is!

If it was just for one week, I'd take some snow down here! I grew up in it, so I'm smart enough to know I don't want it all the time. My kids are in for a reality check. They think they know cold. They are going to freeze their butts off! Of course I'd pick the UK over Florida right now too! Enjoy yourself!!!!!! Keep us posted!

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:53 pm**

strungout wrote:
yulog wrote:
strungout wrote:
Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

LOL, you guys don't know what BRUTAL winters are! Wimps.

Oh and like canada really gets alot of snow.

Yep, none at all.

YIKES!!!

i remember when i first moved to flagstaff arizona. i was worried that we would get a lot of snow & be snowed in. so when we went shopping we would buy a lot of food & tp! lol! i miss the snow... and having 4 seasons. }:C)) don't miss having to walk to the laundry room in the freezing weather though! actually... i take that back... that was fun too! god i miss that! the most we ever got in one day when i lived there was 18 inches... and i thought that was a lot! };C))

really cute house btw deb... but damn that's too much snow! unless you have no place to go (and lots of eats & sp!! i mean tp!) }:CPP

Posted: **Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:01 pm**

treetopovskaya wrote:YIKES!!!

i remember when i first moved to flagstaff arizona. i was worried that we would get a lot of snow & be snowed in. so when we went shopping we would buy a lot of food & tp! lol! i miss the snow... and having 4 seasons. }:C)) don't miss having to walk to the laundry room in the freezing weather though! actually... i take that back... that was fun too! god i miss that! the most we ever got in one day when i lived there was 18 inches... and i thought that was a lot! };C))

really cute house btw deb... but damn that's too much snow! unless you have no place to go (and lots of eats & sp!! i mean tp!) }:CPP

Nah, that's not my house Tree, we rarely get that much snow out west. But it is a pic of a house in Canada, out east I think. :wink:

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:31 am**

Enigma869 wrote:Somehow I never quite understood a snowstorm, during winter, ever being a news story. Unless the snow is falling in Florida, it's not much of a story! As someone who grew up 8 miles north of Boston, and has suffered through MANY, BRUTAL winters...I say blizzards are simply part of winter

John from Boston

That's why you don't understand it. Winter in Boston and winter in the plains are two TOTALLY different things. You have condensed cities and trees. This is open country out here. They close interstates for hundreds of miles because you can't SEE anything when it's snowing and wind is blowing 50 miles an hour. Total whiteouts, you see NOTHING in front of you. If you get disorientated and lost out here, they don't find you for days. I've seen snow drifts ten feet high out here in this kind of weather. Winter sucks.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:58 am**

According to what I heard from my mom this afternoon that's about how it is in the Omaha area today Angie. I - 29 closed from the Missouri line to the SD line and I - 80 both east and west of Omaha. It was snowing 2" an hour for about 3 - 5 hours with 30 to 50 mph winds. Bad stuff.

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:25 am**

ohsherrie wrote:According to what I heard from my mom this afternoon that's about how it is in the Omaha area today Angie. I - 29 closed from the Missouri line to the SD line and I - 80 both east and west of Omaha. It was snowing 2" an hour for about 3 - 5 hours with 30 to 50 mph winds. Bad stuff.

Yep, everything is closing down here. Schools started closing yesterday afternoon and are closed through Monday, they closed I-90 from Sioux Falls to central MN. Our mall closed...when THAT happens, the whole town shuts down! lol! In my next lifetime, I'm going to pick a career with snow days. I'll have to be here bright and early at 8:30 tomorrow morning! :evil:

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:49 am**

Angiekay wrote:
ohsherrie wrote:According to what I heard from my mom this afternoon that's about how it is in the Omaha area today Angie. I - 29 closed from the Missouri line to the SD line and I - 80 both east and west of Omaha. It was snowing 2" an hour for about 3 - 5 hours with 30 to 50 mph winds. Bad stuff.

Yep, everything is closing down here. Schools started closing yesterday afternoon and are closed through Monday, they closed I-90 from Sioux Falls to central MN. Our mall closed...when THAT happens, the whole town shuts down! lol! In my next lifetime, I'm going to pick a career with snow days. I'll have to be here bright and early at 8:30 tomorrow morning!

Same here, I 80 is closed from Dexter Ia Marker 100 in west central Iowa all the way past Omaha... National Guard has been called in to help already--Des Moines has recveived hardly nothing so far...

Rick

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:28 pm**

is anyone from alabama? :cry:

http://www.komotv.com/news/6228386.html

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:41 pm**

LarryFromNextDoor wrote:is anyone from alabama?

http://www.komotv.com/news/6228386.html

That is so sad, Larry. :cry:

Posted: **Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:44 pm**

Clasicrockldy wrote:
LarryFromNextDoor wrote:is anyone from alabama?

http://www.komotv.com/news/6228386.html

That is so sad, Larry.

it seems that the warnings had gone off for some time before, but they felt that the school was the safest place.. instead of them being in school buses and scattered about.. unbelievable the devistation..

MR

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