our white Christmas arrived !!

[namvet]

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/298/hpim0702sq7.jpg


http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4324/hpim0703cp6.jpg

about 2 in during the night. yep. its as cold as it looks. 14 above.

merry Christmas everyone !!!!!

:coffee:

[LiberalNation]

Cool, raining here but warmer. I'm just glad it isn't freezing cold anymore.

[Kathianne]

Bah, it's been snowing hard for the past 2 hours, picked up another 5" to the previous 18 on the ground. Oh, the weather center is saying we 'may' get 1 or 2" today! It's still snowing.

[namvet]

Bah, it's been snowing hard for the past 2 hours, picked up another 5" to the previous 18 on the ground. Oh, the weather center is saying we 'may' get 1 or 2" today! It's still snowing.

get some pics and post if you can

[Kathianne]

get some pics and post if you can

My daughter has my digital camera. I'll try to take my mac outside and see what it can see.

[emmett]

Where's the snowman!!!!!

[Kathianne]

get some pics and post if you can

I took the pic with iphoto, now how do I get it where I can use photobucket to host? LOL!

It's pretty lopsided, as I had to hold the laptop while shooting. :laugh2:

[namvet]

I took the pic with iphoto, now how do I get it where I can use photobucket to host? LOL!

It's pretty lopsided, as I had to hold the laptop while shooting. :laugh2:

we can't wait we can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:coffee:

[namvet]

I took the pic with iphoto, now how do I get it where I can use photobucket to host? LOL!

It's pretty lopsided, as I had to hold the laptop while shooting. :laugh2:

heres photobucket - but you must have an account. http://photobucket.com/

I use image shack. no account needed http://www.imageshack.us/

[Kathianne]

Giving this a shot:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6759/photo7ed6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/photo7ed6.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img88/photo7ed6.jpg/1/)

Couldn't pick up the falling snow, but pretty good idea. Didn't want to get the puter wet!

[namvet]

Giving this a shot:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6759/photo7ed6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/photo7ed6.jpg/1/w640.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img88/photo7ed6.jpg/1/)

Couldn't pick up the falling snow, but pretty good idea. Didn't want to get the puter wet!

cool. you got a load to. thanks for posting.............

[red states rule]

So this is what Al Gore means by global warming - or climate change?

Kat, this is nothing more then the same weather patterns we had in the 40's - 50's - 60's

[manu1959]

partly sunny and 50 here in the plastic smile.....

[Kathianne]

So this is what Al Gore means by global warming - or climate change?

Kat, this is nothing more then the same weather patterns we had in the 40's - 50's - 60's

Funny, the other day when the 25 year old was schlepping me here and there for food stuffs, I said to him, as the big, fat flakes were swirling around us, "You guys would have loved this when you were kids." He responded, "There never was snow like this, it's weird." My response, "It was always like this when I was growing up, but I agree, not there when you guys were kids." Truth is, they were lucky to see 3 or 4" at a time on the ground.

When I was a kid, more like the stuff were dealing with now, every few days, a system rolls through, dumping a few or more inches of the white stuff. Then there is the cold, twice now we've dealt with below zero temps, the worst being a real -11F. Wind chills in the -30's.

[manu1959]

Funny, the other day when the 25 year old was schlepping me here and there for food stuffs, I said to him, as the big, fat flakes were swirling around us, "You guys would have loved this when you were kids." He responded, "There never was snow like this, it's weird." My response, "It was always like this when I was growing up, but I agree, not there when you guys were kids." Truth is, they were lucky to see 3 or 4" at a time on the ground.

When I was a kid, more like the stuff were dealing with now, every few days, a system rolls through, dumping a few or more inches of the white stuff. Then there is the cold, twice now we've dealt with below zero temps, the worst being a real -11F. Wind chills in the -30's.

i remember this one christmas at tahoe when i was 6 or 7 digging tunnels and making igloos ......

[namvet]

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2811/drivewayaftermaineblizzqo9.jpg

these are the ones I remember. you couldn't open the front door. the snow drifted from the ground up to the roof line

[Yurt]

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2811/drivewayaftermaineblizzqo9.jpg

these are the ones I remember. you couldn't open the front door. the snow drifted from the ground up to the roof line

holy crap...now that is snow

it snowed here in san luis obispo in 1922....town shut down, people didn't open their doors, no one could get past the.................2 inches of snow

[Kathianne]

Yep, THAT is snow! Reminds me of the 'Big Snow' that hit Chicago in '67!

[Kathianne]

Another moment of Chicago weather, 'if you don't like it, wait a minute, it'll probably change...'

Another 'severe weather watch':


Detailed Local Forecast:

Today: Precipitation ending. Overcast. High 44F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight: Showers early will become a steadier rain overnight with a rumble of thunder possible. Low 41F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.

Tomorrow: Rain likely with a few thunderstorms. High 53F. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall may reach one inch.

Tomorrow night: Rain showers early with overcast skies late. Low 24F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%.

http://weather.yahoo.com/storm/USIL1259.html


...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD...
GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE...
LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND
PORTER.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING

* WIDESPREAD...AND POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. RAIN AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE
AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF THREE
INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...TEMPERATURES
WARMING WELL ABOVE FREEZING WILL CAUSE EXISTING SNOW AND ICE
COVER TO RAPIDLY MELT WHICH WILL INCREASE RUN OFF...WHICH WILL
ALREADY BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE FROZEN GROUND. ALSO...THE
BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST WEEK HAVE CAUSED ICE TO
FORM ON MANY RIVERS...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY BECOME DISLODGED AS
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND STREAM FLOW INCREASES.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER CHANCE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE
TO ICE JAMS. FINALLY...MANY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY
BLOCKED BY SNOW AND ICE COVER...SO AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS
FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EVEN IN URBANIZED AREAS THAT DO
NOT FLOOD OFTEN.

* IF CURRENT FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR AS EXPECTED THEN
WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND
LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. IN ADDITION...MANY OF THE LARGER
MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL GO INTO FLOOD. GIVEN THE FORECAST
MAGNITUDE OF THE UPCOMING SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT...
MAJOR FLOODING AND NEAR RECORD CRESTS MAY OCCUR ON SOME OF THE
LARGER MAIN STEM RIVERS...INCLUDING THE DES PLAINES...
KANKAKEE...VERMILLION...LITTLE CALUMET...IROQUOIS...AND
ILLINOIS.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR VERY SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING FLOODING TO DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND...WITH SOME AREAS
THAT TYPICALLY DO NOT FLOOD POSSIBLY EVEN BECOMING INUNDATED WITH
WATER. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD
PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LATER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER
GROUND ON SHORT NOTICE. EVERYONE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOOD WARNINGS BE
ISSUED.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD ALSO MONITOR
FORECASTS CLOSELY...AS FLOODING COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT ROADS
MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

[namvet]

snow here is all but gone. we're headed for 64 today !!!!! :coffee: