IT'S SNOWING!!! (a fairly comprehensive pic thread of the expression)

[orleans]

10 inches here in the chicago burbs since last night and now we're in a blizzard warning





















































that should do it for now

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear orleans!

There's one place where it's not snowing.














HERE.



*runs and hides*














Those are great pictures, BTW...

[struggle4progress]

2. Um ... that ain't whut ya spozed t'say, Peggy!

Ya spozed t'roll yer eyes & say: Snow? Ya think yer seein snow where YOU is? Lemme tell yabout th'1949 blizzard in LA

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear struggle4progress!

Well, you know, you're right............there's only one problem.



I didn't know about it.





Sorry.

[orleans]

8. i love that picture! their pants! saddle shoes! loafers! no coat for the girl

behind the snowman

was that really taken in LA?

[struggle4progress]

11. It's the Great LA Blizzard of '49!

http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/central-library/snow-los-angeles

... Snowfall lasted nearly three days ... a third of an inch fell on the L.A. civic center ... Snow blanketed beach cities from Santa Monica to Laguna. Nighttime temperatures dipped into the 20s ...
http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/citydig-a-snowstorm-in-los-angeles-its-happened/

[orleans]

13. very cool n/t

[TNNurse]

26. I loved saddle shoes

[orleans]

28. my mom hated them so i never got a pair of those

but here's the low-down on saddle shoes:

http://www.vintagedancer.com/1920s/saddle-shoes-history/

[LiberalEsto]

12. Did Fargo Guy have a permit for that flamethrower?

just askin'

[tclambert]

20. But they sell flamethrowers at Home Depot.

http://reviews.homedepot.com/1999/100341111/lincoln-electric-inferno-propane-torch-kit-reviews/reviews.htm

They call it a propane torch and say it is for burning brush and weeds as well as clearing ice and snow.

[orleans]

3. yeah...lucky you... (lol)

i wish i could post pictures of the trees, yard, fences, etc.

it's beautiful but it's a LOT OF SNOW with blowing & drifting

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I apologize, my dear orleans...

Sometimes I just feel a bit devilish, and today was one of those times.

You folks are getting hammered, and I wish you weren't.

Mea culpa.

[orleans]

9. no prob. peggy. and it could be worse. it could be boston a week ago. or maine.

so, i should just go take a nap!

[magical thyme]

6. with all do respect, could you keep your effing blizzard back in chicago?!?

We already had a pre-blizzard, follwed by a blizzard last week, with a chaser on Friday, with nonstop high winds from pre-blizzard day until sometime last night.

We do not, repeat do NOT, need another 8-12 with winds blowing everything all over hell again.

[orleans]

7. well...because i like you and i liked the pictures of your horsies...i guess i'll try. lol n/t

[Padiddle]

10. My uni is closed tomorrow :)

I'm a senior graduating in May and hope to kill off as many snow days in these first few months as I can. February is short, and President's Day is in two weeks; March has spring break, and in April, MA has Patriots' Day. Not having to get up at 5:30 to get to an 8:00 class in the dark dead of winter, and seeing February evaporate before your eyes (and the profs have to axe a few assignments and quizzes) makes it all that much sweeter when you're counting down in springtime and know you have only a few weeks to go.

Supposed to get 8-10 inches up our way. It's all, shall we say, downhill from here?

[orleans]

14. then i think your assignment should be to build a snow slide or fort.

have fun!

[sarge43]

15. Then there's over reaction

[3catwoman3]

18. When we lived in...

...the Washington DC area, that's exactly what it was like. A forecast was sufficient to cause this, let alone if the white stuff actually fell.

[sarge43]

22. I know

Even in central NH there's the Bread and Milk panic. Hubby went by the local supermarket this morning. He said there wasn't enough room between the cars to slip in a credit card, just about parked on top of one another.

I can understand this reaction in places like Atlanta or Houston, but this is New England; winter five months of the year.

[raven mad]

16. LOL! I could've posted this is September!

And October, November, December, January..................... too early to tell for February, a little too cold to snow at 19 below (warm for this time of year, but the best snow is when it's above zero).

[3catwoman3]

17. I grew up in Rochester NY.

Lots of snow, being along Lake Ontario. Lived in Denver. Lots of snow. When my husband and I were first married, he was stationed at K I Sawyer AFB in the upper peninsula of MI. Lots and LOTS of snow.

For the last 21 years, we have lived in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago. I laugh to myself at how the the local weather forecasters carry on when snow is expected. OMG - it's going to SNOW.! Yes, it is. We live near Lake Michigan, and it is winter time. Snow is a surprise???

[sarge43]

23. When was your husband at KayEye?

Mine put in a stretch there. With a middle distance stare, he tells of spending a couple of memorable hours during an Alberta Clipper digging through a six foot snow drift looking for his restricted area badge which had been torn off by a Force Five wind.

[3catwoman3]

24. We were there from January 1982...

...until Sept 1985. 4 long winters.

He flew tankers.

How about yours? Ask him if he remembers the convex mirrors that used to be mounted in town during the winter so drivers could see oncoming traffic. The snow would get piled up so high you couldn't see anything while waiting at an intersection.

Winters are damn long up there. Trees don't get their leaves fully until June, and by August they are turning color. The first 4th of July we were there, we went to watch the base fireworks wearing jackets, scarves, boots and mittens because it was 42 degrees. When you walk outside in deep winter, all the little hairs inside your nose freeze stiff because the air is so cold.

the social isolation was worse than the weather. Not much to do up there. I didn't miss it when we left.

[sarge43]

25. Yeah, the UP is pretty much the back of beyond (I grew up in the northern LP)

No mirrors in his day, but driving there any time of year is Russian roulette.

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. The only thing that gets us thru this...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=

...is dreaming we could be here (except for the politics, that is):

[tclambert]

21. You are in dire need of some Beach Boys:

[riderinthestorm]

27. My small town literally got the most snow this time around. Yay us!

It literally took 4 of us over six hours to get everything cleared and salted using a plow truck, tractor and shovels - driveways, parking areas, lanes to the paddocks, gates, door ways, stairs, manure spreader ramp, and walking paths between the barns.

It's beautiful but damn tiring. The horses were exuberant outside though. They LOVE playing in the snow and making "horse Angels". Watching them between taking breaks is fun.

Kinda makes it worthwhile.

Kinda



Hope you're shovelled out and ready for action tomorrow!

[orleans]

29. the neighbors snow-blowed my driveway & sidewalk

i bet watching the horses in the snow is breathtaking & joyous!

i shoveled a little pathway in the backyard for my little dog. she goes out there & looks at me like: "what the hell?"

she seems to like snow, though. she bounded through it when it first came down. but now, she can't get over the wall of snow that's going on

[hunter]

30. We need some snow in California's mountains...

... life's not fair.

[Liberalynn]

31. Wait

I see a strange celestial object outside my window. It's beaming light down upon the earth and reflecting off those cold white mounds. Oh my God it's the sun. I'd almost forgotten what it looks like. Alert the media!

[underpants]

32. Great compilation IT'S SNOWING

Marking so I can use some of those on Facebook