Here in Boston, last night we got about 8" of snow. We're getting a few more inches tonight, then 6 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow afternoon. Yeah, it's a mess here.

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:frosty:

we've been getting freezing rain which is causing all sorts of problems - impossible to drive in and taking down trees and powerlines everywhere

my driveway is littered with huge branches - nothing has landed on the truck but im never gonna be able to get it out tomorrow.

It's very windy and 26 degrees right now. It's going to get down to 22 degrees here in Houston. :eek:

A MAJOR ice storm is hitting the New York City area. I am so dang sick of it!

we getting bad weather here to but the snow feels fine and real tough weather dont like the snow here.ice is tough guess its the same everywhere

Ice storm yesterday, followed by snow all day, and a blizzard warning tonight...they've declared a state of emergency here in Kansas.

Windchill tonight expected to be 20-30 below zero! Brrrrr!

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo283/tzgames/Forecast.jpg

We're having an ice storm right now. This morning I went outside and fell right on my back. It was nothing but a sheet of ice.

We're having an ice storm right now. This morning I went outside and fell right on my back. It was nothing but a sheet of ice.

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that Sonny. How is your back?

Wow, I'm sorry to hear that Sonny. How is your back?
It's Okay. I'm shocked I didn't get hurt. All I did was step on the step and it was nothing but ice.

Here in Boston, last night we got about 8" of snow. We're getting a few more inches tonight, then 6 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow afternoon. Yeah, it's a mess here.

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:frosty:
yea Janice, I hear that Boston's getting a lot of snow!
Down here, we still have a lot of snow on the ground from last week,and tonight and wednesday they're calling for freezing rain and ice!

link (http://www.click2houston.com/weather/26687321/detail.html)

Colossal Storm Roars Through Nation's Heartland
Residents Stock Up On Food, Shovels
Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Posted: Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Updated: 8:30 pm CST February 1, 2011

Chicago -- A winter weather colossus roared into the nation's heartland Tuesday, laying down a paralyzing punch of dangerous ice and whiteout snow that served notice from Texas to Maine that the storm billed as the worst in decades could live up to the hype. Ice-covered streets were deserted in Super Bowl host city Dallas. Whiteouts shut down Oklahoma City and Tulsa. And more was on the way. Chicago expected 2 feet of snow, Indianapolis an inch of ice, and the Northeast still more ice and snow in what's shaping up to be a record winter for the region.

The system that stretched more than 2,000 miles across a third of the country promised to leave in its aftermath a chilly cloak of teeth-chattering cold, with temperatures in the single digits or lower. Winds topped 60 mph in Texas. The newspaper in Tulsa, Okla., canceled its print edition for the first time in more than a century. In Chicago, public schools called a snow day for the first time in 12 years, and both major airports gave up on flying until at least Wednesday afternoon.

The storm also led Chicago officials to close the city's busy and iconic Lake Shore Drive while crews tried to plow snow Tuesday night. City officials said the move was temporary but that they could have to close it again if high winds push 25-foot waves from nearby Lake Michigan onto the roadway. Everyone "should brace for a storm that will be remembered for a long time," said Jose Santiago, executive director of the city's office of emergency management.

Cities across middle America shut down hours ahead of the snow. Scores of schools, colleges and government offices canceled activities or decided not to open at all. Large sections of busy Midwest interstates were closed, and 9,000 flights had been canceled across the nation. Advice to stay home was followed widely. Thousands of office workers in Chicago's famous downtown Loop district left early to avoid any transit troubles. Pete Donaghue, a 49-year-old commodity trader, missed an early train before catching a 2:35 p.m. ride to suburban Wilmette.

"Big mistake," he said. "I'd be home right now, with my feet up, clicker in hand." At the city's elegant apartment buildings closest to Lake Michigan, employees weren't fazed by the storm, but they kept an eye on the lakefront nonetheless. The wind was strong enough outside one building's lobby to send the heavy revolving door spinning by itself. "This is nothing to play with here. This is gale-force wind," doorman Edward Butler said as he peered outside at snow blowing horizontally and in small cyclones.

The management at Butler's building called in extra employees for the storm. They bought the staff dinner and offered to put them up for the night at a nearby hotel, but Butler planned to drive home no matter what. "If you're a true Chicagoan, you don't back down from this kind of storm." But, he added, "if you don't respect it, you'll pay a price." In Missouri, more than a foot of snow had fallen by midday, with no end in sight. For the first time in history, the state of Missouri shut down Interstate 70 between St. Louis and Kansas City due to a winter storm.

"The roads are just pure white. There's no traffic. Nothing," said Kristi Strait, who was working at Clinton Discount Building Materials in Clinton, Mo. Meteorologist Jeff Johnson of the National Weather Service in Des Moines said the storm was sure to "cripple transportation for a couple of days." The snow and the wind were a dangerous combination, even in areas where not that much snow was expected.

"You don't want to get caught out in the rural areas in your vehicle in this storm. It's a good night to stay home," he said. The storm was so bad in Polk County, 200 miles west of St. Louis, that emergency officials requested help from the National Guard because local officials did not have enough vehicles to get the elderly and shut-ins to shelter if the power went out.

In state capitols across the Midwest and East, lawmakers cut short their workweek because of the storm. Normally bustling downtown streets were quiet, too. And many stores were closed, with signs on the windows blaming the weather. Others didn't let the weather keep them from work. The bakery Chez Monet in downtown Jefferson City was open, adding hot oatmeal for chilled customers. Owner Joan Fairfax said she road to work without trouble. She wasn't sure about her ride home, but said she could walk if necessary.

"I have never missed a day of work because of weather in 20 years," said Fairfax, 54. The leading edge of the storm slammed first into Texas and Oklahoma after moving out of the Rockies. The blizzard halted production of the print edition of Wednesday's Tulsa World, marking the first time in the paper's nearly 106-year history that is has not published an edition. Both of Oklahoma's major airports were closed. Outside Tulsa, at the Hard Rock Casino, the snow caused the partial collapse of a roof, but no injuries were reported.

In Texas, thousands of people lost electricity during the frigid conditions. Utility company Oncor reported nearly 27,000 customers without power statewide, with nearly half of the outages in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. St. Louis-based AmerenUE had 1,100 linemen on standby, some borrowed from companies in other states. Six trailers stocked with wire, replacement lines and other supplies were dispatched to possible trouble spots.

Few immediate outages were reported. But Chip Webb, Ameren's superintendent of reliability support services, expected that to change. "There is ice on the lines," and it could be there for days, Webb said. For those who insisted on braving the elements, the risks were many. "If you don't have enough fuel in your vehicle, you can run out, the heat goes out - and people can even freeze to death," said Greg Cohen, executive director of the Roadway Safety Foundation.

The storm was expected to roll into the Northeast on Wednesday, bringing still more snow to a winter-weary region. Towns that have been hit by several blizzards since December feared they wouldn't have anywhere to put more snow. Ice-coated roads were nearly empty in Dallas, where the few motorists who braved the unfamiliar terrain slowed to a crawl as they passed jack-knifed tractor-trailers on slick highways. The NFL managed to stick to its Super Bowl schedule, holding media activities at Cowboys Stadium in suburban Arlington as planned.

Green Bay Packers fans Dieter Sturm and Mark Madson postponed plans to drive from Wisconsin to the Super Bowl in a Cadillac convertible, but said they planned to leave Wednesday morning if possible. "We love driving in the snow," said Sturm, who works making snow for movies and commercials. "We love having the snow fall on top of us. We're from Wisconsin. We can handle that without a problem. The icy roads are another story." The pair said they have personal heating systems, including clothes dryer hoses laced inside their jackets that rest beneath their chins to keep their "faces from freezing solid," Sturm said.

In Ryan Stratton's house in the northern Oklahoma town of Bartlesville, nine children and nine adults crowded together to play video games, at least as long as the electricity stayed on. The area tends to lose electricity in storms, Stratton said, and that's one reason he invited two other families to join him while waiting for this one to pass. They prepared by stocking up on propane and food, but a power outage would cut out some of the fun. "We've got Rock Band, a PlayStation 3 in one room, a Wii in another, an old PS2 in another," Stratton said. "And we've got cable. ... It's a good chaos today."

Associated Press writers Don Babwin and Karen Hawkins in Chicago; Jim Salter in St. Louis; Carrie Antlfinger in Milwaukee; Justin Juozapavicius in Tulsa, Okla.; and Chris Blank in Jefferson City, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

I'm in the process of getting a ton of snow.

It's been raining here. I think it's supposed to clear up, low around 42 with upper 50s Wednesday.

Here in Cleveland it is snowing, and most of the schools have already announced they will be closed for the day. The main concern here is freezing rain. Too bad we just can't all own a Zamboni and drive those on the freeways!!!

Bad weather here, too... along with the rest of the entire planet...

Live streaming video of Super Cyclone Yasi as it approaches the Australian coast:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/townsville-yasi

Here in mid- Michigan (Flint area)10 inches of snow and it's still coming down.

Where IS the warm weather? Hawaii? Puerto Rico?

Snow has stopped here, but it is COLD! We are supposed to have record-breaking low temps tonight. I hope my car starts in the morning since I am pretty sure we will be back to school. :)

Where IS the warm weather? Hawaii? Puerto Rico?
Maybe Al Gore knows, lol.

It's going to be even colder overnight. It's going to get down to 20 tonight. They're saying on tv that it might snow.

http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/galleries/Front_02022011.jpg

The weather has been crappy here in NYC as well. It snowing practically every other day. I am so sick of it.

Wow you guys up north are really getting the snow. We had a lot rain yesterday but luckily no snow & it's turned much colder today.

Here in Cleveland it is snowing, and most of the schools have already announced they will be closed for the day. The main concern here is freezing rain. Too bad we just can't all own a Zamboni and drive those on the freeways!!!

Surprisingly here in Toledo it isn't much better. Everything usually misses us. This time though we had freezing rain and high winds, and of course lots of snow. The wind took off our siding last night and today when we went out to try and get a snow blower, it took us two hours to get out of driveway. Lol, not the best snow day I have had.

We're having an ice storm right now. This morning I went outside and fell right on my back. It was nothing but a sheet of ice.

Oh that sounds awful (and a little scary and unnerving as well.) Glad you're OK! (saw your earlier response.)

Heres out forecast. It was 70 degrees on Sunday. Im in NC.

We're having an ice storm right now. This morning I went outside and fell right on my back. It was nothing but a sheet of ice.
How is your back, Sonny? That can be the start of hell. You have a back problem already, don't you? Try some heat and then ice. I hope you feel better.

Everything usually misses us storm-wise, but one thing I can tell you for sure.

We have snow. A ****ton of it. Probably not as much as you guys, but a lot. Throw in the fact that it has snowed pretty much every other day since before Thanksgiving... That's a whole lotta snow.

We were in a windchill warning Tuesday and yesterday... At one point yesterday, the actual temperature was -30F. BEFORE windchill. We were getting windchills of between -25F to -50F. Now THAT'S cold! And yes, schools were still open here.

Well...this is how the weather is going to be for the week more than likely....

Well...this is how the weather is going to be for the week more than likely....

That's what those weather charts should say... the truth!!! :lol:

The massive snow storm that is sweeping the nation hit us late Tuesday and Wednesday morning. All the schools and several businesses closed. The roads were a mess.


Today is better though.

In Connecticut, it seems at least once a week, we are getting another storm, and this past week with the ice mixed in was probably the worst yet. The biggest concern in our area right now is the conditions of the roofs. We have had several instances of roof collapses from the weight of the snow and ice. The Wal-Mart across from where I live had a scare this morning and has been closed all day. :eek:

Crimson, I am jealous. 70 degrees. :lol:

Here in mid- Michigan (Flint area)10 inches of snow and it's still coming down.
Lucky we got 16 inches on Wed. :(

Oswego, NY got lucky. We had 6 whole in. the whole time. Yay us!!!

I really feel for you all because here in Seattle it's been pretty 'normal' (yes, rain and some sun), but I'll take that over snow and ice any day! The weather this year has been crazy around the US!!!!

I believe our total was something like 12 inches, but with the wind the drifts are just out of this world. I can imagine how awful it's going to be if we get a quick warming; I might as well buy an ark!

This is going to sound astounding to those of you living in freezing places, but I'm getting sick of all this socal heat, the high today was around 80. It'd be nice to get at least ONE winter day.

If I could have my way the temps would be 50's high/40's low year round. :crazy:

when it's come to weather my city is very blessed,it's never too cold here and never too hot.... i just love the weather of my city

Right now I consider myself fortunate, I live in Asheboro which is about 65 miles or so from the area the tornados hit. It bypassed us completely but the town of Sanford, NC which is where my Girlfriend lives got hit really bad. Ironically, I had planned to visit her Saturday and go to Big Lots which is in the area that was hardest hit. Friday morning something told me to go today and stay home Saturday. I did and we were shopping in Big Lots just after 3:00 and the tornado came through about the same time 24 hours later. Here's some photos my Girlfriend's brother took, The first is Lowes Home Improvement which is across the street from Big Lots and Tractor Supply.

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo283/tzgames/Lowes.jpg

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo283/tzgames/BigLots.jpg

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo283/tzgames/TractorSupply.jpg

^It looks like it did some terrible damage there in your state Charles. I heard on the news that there were several deaths associated with that storm.

Here in mid-Michigan we had snow on Monday morning and last night (Tuesday) we had thunderstorms. It is just starting to clear up as I type this. But the weather reports state cold temperatures for at least another week. Hopefully the month of May will show an improvement!:happyface

We had a nice day on Saturday-didn't even need a jacket! But today (Sunday) it turned cloudy and very rainy again.

friday we had a big ef4 tornado rip thru my neighborhood, many houses destroyed, debris everywhere. my house has a hole in the roof and a tree in my yard, but luckily no deaths or major injuries anywhere. i saw on the news last night where a family fled their home right before it struck so they could stay with their grandma who lived down the street. after it was over, they returned to find their house untouched, but when they went in, they discovered someone kicked in their back door and stole their tv and computer.
imagine that, thieves burglarizing a house during a tornado. thats st.louis for you.

in kentucky, we're having crazy weather. it rains almost day. like we live in seattle. i can't wait until summer!

It's a really bad drought here. It's been hot and I don't remember the last time it rained. It's 93 degrees today. That's hot for April.

It's a really bad drought here. It's been hot and I don't remember the last time it rained. It's 93 degrees today. That's hot for April.

i'll be glad to send some rain your way. lol.