Snow

[Cataboo]

I'm jealous! I want more snow. Rain is melting ours away.

I went to my Mom's for Christmas & she had made herself a snowman:



We had some thick fog & rain earlier today:






From snowshoing Christmas eve:

[divingbiker]

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard. Roads are totally blocked by drifts of snow, 40 mph winds, temp is 10 or so with wind chills well below zero. There's not been a storm like this in many years.

Our storm last week in the DC area was a piece of cake compared to this. I'm not even sure I'll be able to fly home on Sunday.

And the whole family is cooped up together; another day or two and it might get ugly.

[Zen]

I went to my Mom's for Christmas & she had made herself a snowman:

Poor guy looks like a Peep in a microwave

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard.

Little House on the Prairie
And little Laura without her xc skis
Be sure to tie a rope around you if you have to go out to the barn

[divingbiker]

Little House on the Prairie
And little Laura without her xc skis
Be sure to tie a rope around you if you have to go out to the barn

LOL, Zen. I keep saying the same thing to the folks here. You can tell we're about the same age, with the same TV references.

[Cataboo]

LOL, Zen. I keep saying the same thing to the folks here. You can tell we're about the same age, with the same TV references.

I read the books

If I was trapped with my sister, definitely things would get ugly and there would probably be blood.

But I'm home by myself, I have milk, toilet paper, and snowshoes. I want snow.

[owlice]

Ritamarie, what is WITH these kids?!?! No internal thermostats? Running hot? What? What?

Poor guy looks like a Peep in a microwave

lol, Zen! Now we know what you've been doing with Peeps!!

All those in places with dangerous weather, please stay safe and warm.

[kmehrzad]

I read the books

I want snow.

I'm looking forward to the white stuff melting away. Can't wait for dry ground again. Want to feel the road/ground on the rubber of my bicycle tires.

[7rider]

Be careful what you wish for. I'm housebound at my sister's, out in the country in Nebraska, and we're in the middle of a blizzard. Roads are totally blocked by drifts of snow, 40 mph winds, temp is 10 or so with wind chills well below zero. There's not been a storm like this in many years..

Now I know why you haven't returned my phone call from Christmas Eve.

We're stuck at my sister's place in Connecticut. Not for horrible weather. Well, for the lack of decent ski weather. We didn't head to Vermont, as planned, b/c they're calling for warming temps, sleet, and rain. Not exactly ideal ski conditions. Blech.

[Ritamarie]

Can't wait for dry ground again. Want to feel the road/ground on the rubber of my bicycle tires.

Me too!!! It's been raining here steadily since mid-day yesterday. Starting to see the ground in places. It's supposed to stop raining by 6:00 tonight and be clear and dry and 40 degrees by noon tomorrow. I'm thinking it might just be suitable for a loooonnng road ride.

[HillSlugger]

I'm looking forward to the white stuff melting away. Can't wait for dry ground again. Want to feel the road/ground on the rubber of my bicycle tires.

Me too! I'm hoping to ride outside tomorrow.

[Zen]

I'm looking forward to the white stuff melting away. Can't wait for dry ground again.

Yes,riding would be nice but...I JUST BOUGHT XC SKIS!

[Crankin]

Had some sleety rain this AM, but now it's just rain. It's going to be 40 degrees tomorrow! The rain might stop in time for me to get a little outdoor ride in, after I pick up my son at the train station.
It's going to be freezing cold the rest of the week.

[Deborajen]

Eek! We wound up having the worst blizzard on record yesterday in Oklahoma City. We got 14" (which although it's not much for you northerners, it's a TREMENDOUS amount of snow for us). Our previous record of 8.5" was shattered. The city shuts down with 3-4", so 14" about did us in. The airport, and all the highways and many major roads were shut down- and there are abandoned cars/buses/trucks littering the streets. My DH is a mailman, so he had to deliver mail in it all day, but made it home safely. they had to send out the National Guard out to rescue people stuck on the highways.
Here are the same two pictures that I posted earlier with the final snowfall total.
We've only had 3 white Christmases in the last 100 years, but we got one this year. I think it's highly over-rated. Snow is just problematic unless your city can handle clearing it off effectively (which ours cannot). It's pretty, but I'm already ready for it to go away.

Tri Girl, I saw news reports about OKC. What a mess! We only got 2.8 inches in Wichita, and it was a lot worse north of us so we really lucked out. I didn't realize that was record snowfall for OKC, though. We get a foot every 6 or 7 years up here. I like it for about a day! Hope it melts off soon.

[Tuckervill]

I was thinking about you, Tri Girl! I was howling about the first ever BLIZZARD Warning I'd ever seen. It was for the one county over in Oklahoma, but we are 3 miles from there. I was really hoping for a spill over. But, of course, it slid right by us, as usual. There has to be something geographical about the Ozarks that causes this phenomenon. We got 2", and the wind died down before the snow started, so no blizzard.

But a white Christmas is nice. And we had a good excuse not to go anywhere.

Kare

[Trekhawk]

Take care all of you!
We keep seeing shots of all your snow on the news at night. The delays at the airports look like hell.

It is hard to imagine all that snow when we are in the middle of some super hot weather. We are expecting a high today of 40 degrees C (about 104 degrees F). Not a lot of riding going on here today either.