Supposed to gotten 1-5 inches. Looks closer to a foot.

It sounds like we'll be dealing with a version of that this afternoon.... I don't mind but can we get through this one without talking about the new boogieman later in the week.

Must be global warming

All the fear mongering over every snow event is getting really old. It's winter, in Wisconsin. It's going to snow. The world won't end.

I remember as a kid hoping school got canceled when I had my jacket on ready to go... now it's the day before if things look iffy. I appreciate that times have changed and more childcare needs to be considered but also part of our Snowflake culture now.

Supposed to get cold here

It doesn't bother me that the weather guys are usually wrong, they've been mostly wrong since forever, But it's the hysterical ,over the top life threatening warnings for an avg storm.

It's winter, it snows, not that much of a surprise...

Here in my little corner of paradise, we were expecting about 5" from late yesterday till about noon. So far, maybe just over 1" and 27°.
I sometimes wonder if maybe the retail industry doesn't pay these tv and radio people to scare the public in to a panic buying frenzy. It's almost fun to watch people panic when we're expecting a few inches of snow.

Yep, dad would turn on the little AM radio by the breakfast table and listen for the closings. More than once mom would come out to the bus stop to tell me to come home cause they'd cancelled school.

Kids don't learn to deal with adversity, they learn to hide from it. And use it as an excuse.

Power blinking off and on now.

We stay stocked up. Wife is getting cataract surgery today. Jeep will get us there. Not supposed to snow again till tomorrow

They was saying 6 to 10 inches here, I would say we got
the lower end of that.

Missed us this time they said 4-8 we got 1 inch maybe but an inch that drifts can make getting around tough if it blows hard enough. Brother in law has 10 inches just over in IA by Sioux Falls.

School closures today are all about the threat and actuality of lawsuits. You would not believe the phone calls schools get. Parents also forget they can always keep their own children home if they do not feel it is safe. And then unfortunately there is the daycare effect rather than a parent watching their child.

Yep, I get that. Lawyers messing things up again.

Schools are hiring anyone who shows up to drive busses now. At least here. They don't really have a choice. I think it a good idea not to use them in snow or ice. Here though it doesn't take much to shut them down. I have thought about doing it. I don't have the patience though to deal with the unruliness so many parents allow now.

It's time to get my plow truck ready!

I talk about that all the time I wouldn't have kids if they had to be raised by the daycare system or school system I'll make sure my kids are raised by there parents I feel bad for the parents that by the time there kid gets home from school they do there after school activity sports band whatever ever it is does there homework gets washed up an eat there lucky to get 2 good hours a day with there child ..it's pretty clear why these kids are Turing out the way they are an I get it in today's world its pretty much forced

It is life threatening in the open plains when snow and high winds combine.

It's been a while since we got big snow here, we got 13" Sat./Sunday. I love my snow blower.

Called for 2-4 inches of snow here. So far no snow and all rain and temps are rising. Too bad it wasn't snow or we would have about 2 feet.

exactly , I was thinking must be a slow news day when the 5-7 inch snowmageddon is happening actually about an inch this morning then rain on top.

the MKE news lady was concerned about the blowing snow at the same time she said it will be a heavy wet snow
now falling snow can be heavy and wet and blow some but heavy wet snow tends to stay where it falls especially if it switches back to rain every few hours.

if you were getting off school before you better have had >6 inches that fell after 2am.
our school district was half the county for HS everyone bussed in.

we put in the extra effort to get up early shovel before school & work , leave early ,leave time to drive.
I would say it was a point of pride to be one of the first people at work on a snowy day.

Here we had about 3 to 4 maybe a little more falling the worst part now is the wind as it’s moving the snow pretty good, the school here did virtual learning today.

Interstate hands have been on top of things.

Be careful out there, Danny.
Got maybe 8 inches here. Can't tell if its still snowing or just blowing now.

Highs below zero here by the weekend. Should make ice for fishing, finally.

They missed the low last night at my place by17 degrees. -12 was my low, they had said 5 above. It shows it down to -27 later this week. If they miss that I hope it is the the other direction.

Probably drive all the way there to find out the doctor took a snow day.

But they knew the temperature 125,000 years ago within a fraction of a degree.

We probably got 6"s here. Was shifting between rain and snow for most of the day yesterday or we would have had a lot more I am sure. Should be good moisture content from this storm either way, which is definitely a plus. Noticed a little water finally setting in the bottom of one of our ponds that dried up this past summer.

Quite true then you add in pretty much unlimited snow days and HERE when my kids were in school plowing and spreading dirt/ salt on the bus route was the road commissions top priority. morning and night nowdays side roads are the last to get plowed

Dr was there. They called to make sure we would be. Snowplows got the main roads drivable.

They are calling for 8-10 inches here of really wet, heavy snow. I blew the first 4 inches out and now it is really coming down. I did not want to try and blow 10 inches of that stuff in one swipe. Not much frost in the ground here, maybe a lot of the water will soak in a bit. We can use the moisture as our ground water level here is really low.
I spent 10 years on our local school board and know all about the calls one gets on closures etc. It is one thing to be concerned and questioning but many are just very mean spirited from the get go. Spent 31 years teaching in a tech college also and we had our issues too as we a rural campus located about 10-12 miles from the two major cities we served.

Bryce

One inch of snow here can drift the roads shut with a little wind, your old tracks then fill in making it tough to get through I had to walk in both places today.

About 15 years ago, the Outer Banks had a sifting of snow that didn't stick in many areas. It did however stick on the downwind side of a red cedar tree causing a small patch of snow on the road. A teacher hit that patch of snow and was killed in an auto accident. Unfortunate. Administrators can't win whenever school delays or cancellations are made, or not made.

We have about an inch or two maybe! But, we have already received around 17’ of warnings and advisories.

Got offered 2 weeks work in New York by a powerline contractor. Not a friggin chance! If Mb Hydro was putting a couple crews together I’d go in a heartbeat. These contractors and alotta linemen can’t do a thing if they can’t get a bucket truck to the pole. Some don’t even have a set of spurs. Useless as boobies on a bull.

Yep.
Most don't realize what wind and a small amount of snow can do on the open prairie.

Or, smart, mebbe. My pops spent 35 years as a utility lineman. He never complained about using a bucket truck.

It is snowing and blowing now. I wish you were here so you could enjoy it.

Everybody down here freaking out over how lows may be in the teens here starting Monday.

We got whopped here too Danny. Maybe 8 inches and then the winds hit yesterday and made some bad drifts, and all the wet heavy snow from day before turned to ice. Roads are all crap down here now.
Jim

Seen some real bad snow in Wy, West KS. NE, Dakotas, Donner . Literally cant see 20 yards. Been in Erie PA and Buffalo when lake effect snow rolls in. I get tired of the gloom and doom when every day snowfall gets described by tv talking heads.

No one ever will. But when the works inaccessible, alotta crews can’t do it. We showed up down a street in Toronto and the people living there came out and asked “are you guys just gonna roll through with your trucks and carry on like the last 4 crews?” Foreman looks at him kinda funny “no, why? We’ll be outta here in 6-8 hours and your power will be back on” lol.

It's going to get chilly. The annual week of chopping ice starts soon.

Hey Danny how did Lori's surgery go?