Winter Storm DOOM. Who Gets Hit and Who Doesn't? NWS Update pg 13

24" here in KY that year. I was a kid and loved it!!!! I beleive that record still stands. Dec 04 was 22".

So far so good here right now.

Yes, it's freezing rain but no, it's not staying frozen. The temp is starting to drop, so we'll see what happens as it progresses.

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I was in New England for that as a kid.

I think we missed two weeks of school.

People came from miles around to sled and ski down the hill on our street and walk back to the top.

Good times! Back when people were people!

That would have been quite a drive! I was excited over our 20 mile drive grandpa took us on to have supper in town! LOL We were in central Illinois. I don't know if our forecast wasn't bad or we just didn't know how hard and fast it was going to hit, but the lights were already flickering by the time we were done eating.

We took a vacation to Phoenix that next winter. The locals would get really excited when they would find out where we were from and wanted to hear about our experience.

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great thread!

Well aint that a bitch?!

Where are you?

Yeah...sucks here...beaches boating, palm trees and tiki bars all year...

In what is known as the bullseye center of this thing south of the Bluegrass.... Not sure how I feel right now. Don't have any heat if I lose my power. I have lots of blankets so I guess I will survive. 3/4 tank of gas but I do not think I will be able to get in it if it ices as it ices the doors shut, much less the handles. And my outside door handles will break if they ice and you try to open them. I'm inside for the duration. I expect.... weather says freezing rain tonight until sometimes tomorrow afternoon sometimes.

This must be a front or something because I'm getting a light drizzle, very light and it's not the coldest rain I've been in in Kentucky here. Been outside and it's nice for Kentucky winter weather, usual stuff. Kentucky's had a real mild winter this year so far IMO. No wind to speak of, nothing yet. Suppose to start after midnight here.

Right now, mushy ground that will freeze in this next week and crunch if you walk on it. My front door ramp will turn into a slide that is hard to come up without ice picks but the dogs climb it no problem after they potty. LOL And I expect all the doors and car to have a layer of ice that either the sun melts when it comes out for the one day this next week they are saying it's peeking out a short time, or I'm iced inside my house and I'm not leaving for around 8-9 days or so. That's if I get hit by this ice storm that I'm suppose to be in the bullseye of. I'm still waiting..... south central KY micro-climate. Seems KY has "micro-climates" and the state varies in how weather happens. Like SF is a micro-climate in CA and the surrounding areas are different weather temps and patterns. It's very interesting how that works to me. But it's another subject for another day.

Nothing yet. Nothing. Just wet with small puddles that will freeze into ice for a week or two. Dangerous to get out. Hope no one loses power. Me included. LOL

KY here also. Just south of Louisville. Right now temp says 28 but it is raining. As I am in my office with a large window facing the street I can see the roads are still just wet and easily passible. I am concerned we will get a flash freeze and turn all the rain that just fell on everything into a sheet of ice.

Just put plastic sheeting or a yard trash bag over your doors and windows. I always put something on the corners to hold it down. When the storm is over, just pull off the ice.

But, in a pinch, you could use something like this in the event of no power, no heat.

Stay safe!

Like the ice sickles falling off the cowboy stadium a few yrs back?

That's exactly what's happening in Newburgh, IN. Just talked to my bro-in-law who lives there. He said its freezing fast now. Been raining there most of the day. It's turning here now too. Temp dropped over the last 2 hrs and it's starting to come back together. Be careful....

I suggested a repin.

I will be leaving here in about 20 minutes. I was going to go by the pharmacy for a new med my doc sent in but that can wait. I think I will go straight home today. It is still actively raining, but I remember the last ice storm here happened fast.

I recently moved to Texas from Arizona...yikes I am freezing my ass off.

They see we could see a 1/2 inch of ice by morning! Got the genny ready to go just in case.

Just wrapped my hose bibs and checked the coolant in the cars.

One crazy model predicts Houston will be at 6 degree low on Monday and 2 degrees on Tuesday. Even the better models show us at 15 degrees on Tuesday morning. Brrrr....

Expecting a low of 3F in Hunt County by Monday night. OMG. Expecting up to half inch of sleet and freezing rain overnight tonight. We live in a remote area so I am praying the power lines hold up although we have a huge propane home heater installed and good fireplace.

6 to 7 in Houston!

One model has Houston at 6 degrees Monday morning and 2 degrees on Tuesday morning. Record low here was in 1899 and it was 5 degrees.

that, and when a Winter Storm is NAMED all kinds of Home Insurance Deductibles kick in - just like when a Hurricane or Storm is Named - all kinds of Home Insurance Deductibles kick in - Do you remember any winter storms being named when you were growing up???

In DFW 12/31/78 we had a serious ice storm. It was likely the worst in history here. I was carrying the Morning News at the time and it was incredible. So many power outages. You couldn't drive anywhere either. We had another bad one in 2013.

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WHEN you STOP repeating each and EVERY Fing LIE you come into contact with , nothing changes

I just got an e-mail from my governor that they expect extreme winter conditions in the next three days. If such an e-mail was written things are about to hit the fan. Moscow, Russia.

:doom:

Good soundtrack for the frozen apocalypse by the way my fellow weather tards.

Oh and it's -17C here (Windchill down to -25C) with heavy winds and some ice crystals in the air making for a lovely light pillar show as a sign of the oncoming apocalypse.

We have up to two feet of snow forecast for North east Texas.

One model says 6-10 inches and the other 16-23 inches. Low temp of 5 degrees and a high in the fucking teens.

Going to be a lot of business for plumbers, and firemen.

Either way, I'm glad I still have my old snowmobile and kept in in running order, these parts have never seen a snowplow.

yeah, this is a thing.

nope, no-name storms were the only kind except hurricanes

Cowboy stadium is in North Texas (Dallas), up near Oklahoma, about 6 hours north of me. I am near the Gulf Coast.

Don't think you realize just how big Texas is.