There's a blizzard outside!

[Swingline0.0.1]

Don't feel bad...my car is buried too! My mailman couldn't even get here!

[shorty54]

This is why when I retire from the military. I'm moving back to the Gulf Coast! I can run from Hurricanes!!! LOL!!!!!

[ed4281]

I live in texas and we have 2 inches of ice, certainly not a blizzard but very slipery to drive on and they don't have plows or anything. They are salting the roads and the temp overnight is going to be 10 degrees so its just going to freeze worse than before.

[j_h_smith]

I hear Dallas was something like 9 degrees yesterday, snow and ice everywhere. So much that a huge party tent collapsed. Just think what it could be like in 3 years when the Superbowl will be in the New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey.

I do feel for all of you, we had back to back blizzards last year with over 5 feet of snow from both storms.

We were very lucky this time, got a little bit of ice yesterday morning (that quickly melted, due to temps rising into the 40's). Got a ton of rain last night, but temps were warm enough to not allow anything frozen.

Good luck, stay in, keep warm, post a few messages on BP.net.
Jim Smith

[mpkeelee]

we are gettin it pretty bad. its ice now but this is what im worried about cuz i dont wanna lose power. if we do i gotta move the snakes. i dont have a generator or heat packs prepared.

[jbean7916]

we are gettin it pretty bad. its ice now but this is what im worried about cuz i dont wanna lose power. if we do i gotta move the snakes. i dont have a generator or heat packs prepared.

I actually stayed home from work yesterday in case of a power outage!!!! I was so worried I'd be at work and the babies would go without heat!! We don't have a generator but we have some heatpacks, a credit card and a jeep that can get us to the nearest hotel with power!!!

[blackcrystal22]

Yeahhh, Chicago and the suburbs got 2ft+.

Let's just say I'm not looking forward to the -15F windchill tomorrow either.

Having 500-700 cars stranded on Lakeshore Drive with wind speeds of up to 70mph (we had a 67mph gust reported) created waves 15-20ft tall and created a freezing spray along the roads in Chicago.

They're using bobcat machinery to load snow onto dump trucks and pull it out of downtown instead of plowing.

[kitedemon]

I love it! Fresh powder snow and my work was closed at 12 today!

[m00kfu]

The view outside of my front window earlier today in mid-Michigan. I'm totally digging that snow awning that's building up off of the eaves troughs!

[nicolehh11]

Well I hate to brag but I'm in California and it was 63 here yesterday But if it counts for anything, I'm from Kansas City and I'm totally missing the snow!! My first year without any and I kinda miss the cold stuff!