Blizzard for Minnesota this Weekend!

[Dude#1279435]

I was driving this morning and said why are their headlights so dim? Didn't brush the snow off.

 

[highfigh]

the 'leeward' side of the Great Lakes is the REAL snow side

I saw this on Facebook- Negaunee, MI- looks about 12 miles West of Marquette, MI on the map. I'll take a hard pass on this. I have gone to the UP for skiing and the highway had more than 10' of snow at the edge- they have giant snowblowers mounted on large trucks.

 

[Mikado463]

looks AI/photoshop altered to me, where's all the snow on the hse rooftop ?

 

[adk highlander]

I saw this on Facebook- Negaunee, MI- looks about 12 miles West of Marquette, MI on the map. I'll take a hard pass on this. I have gone to the UP for skiing and the highway had more than 10' of snow at the edge- they have giant snowblowers mounted on large trucks.

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Growing up we had a few of those on our roads. They were purchased from the air force base where they were used to clean runways. I had that much once about 25 years ago in an apartment that I lived in. Needless to say, it took two days to clear out.

 

[highfigh]

looks AI/photoshop altered to me, where's all the snow on the hse rooftop ?

The valley of the roof across the street is pretty deep- the wind was srong enough here on Monday that most roofs were bare but we had drifts more than 12" high. Wind speeds were 30-50MPH for most of the day. NOPE.

Massive blizzard snow totals are in, 52 inches was Michigan’s top snow

The massive storm system covered two to three days over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Michigan. Here are the official snow tallies from the National Weather Service offices in northern...

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[Mikado463]

yep, 52 inches of the white stuff is for sure a legitimate snow storm !

 

[highfigh]

Growing up we had a few of those on our roads. They were purchased from the air force base where they were used to clean runways. I had that much once about 25 years ago in an apartment that I lived in. Needless to say, it took two days to clear out.

The day I closed on my house, snow started- the kind with big clumps falling. As the former owner & I chatted in the parking lot, one of those clumps went straight into my ear and I said "I'm going home. It continued to snow overnight and before I could do anything, I had to dig myself out, then I went to dig my parents out before going to the new place to dig it out. On the South side of my parents' house, the snow drift was waist-high, so I picked up the small snowblower by the handles and carved it away. (imagine this said in Morgan Freeman's voice)- "And that's when he realized that buying a house with a 105' long driveway was a mistake".

That was a bad winter for snow but because I bought in the area where I grew up, I knew people who worked for the city. One day, I had finished removing the snow from the garage to about 15' from the door when someone I had known almost all of my life drove up the driveway in a city-owned pickup, dropped the plow blade and dragged the snow all the way to the street and blowed it onto the side. I gave him a big salute and he drove away. My neighbors asked "How the he!! did that happen?????".

 

[highfigh]

yep, 52 inches of the white stuff is for sure a legitimate snow storm !

"When we were kids,....."

 

[Mikado463]

"When we were kids,....."

this was the 'big one' for me when I was a young lad...........

The Blizzard of ’66: A Kid’s Dream Come True | Faith Hope & Fiction

Going back in time for an historic look at the 1966 Blizzard through the Eyes of a New York Kid

faithhopeandfiction.com

 

[Squishman]

looks AI/photoshop altered to me, where's all the snow on the hse rooftop ?

AI on the internet? Couldn't be! I didn't notice that at first. So good eye!

 

[Teetertotter?]

We had 7 inches in deep/middle, southern WI, We have a 23" Toro, 4cycle, 2 stage, and my son said he struggled bigtime, with our double wide driveway and corner lot w sidewalk. A little later in the day, the city snowplow. My son stayed home from work, Monday. lol

We had snow around Easter, back around 1975. It was about 4", and lived a bit northwest of Milwaukee City. Closer to Menomonee, Falls.

 

[Dude#1279435]

this was the 'big one' for me when I was a young lad...........

The Blizzard of ’66: A Kid’s Dream Come True | Faith Hope & Fiction

Going back in time for an historic look at the 1966 Blizzard through the Eyes of a New York Kid

faithhopeandfiction.com

>>>But nothing in our dreams of snow and snow days could compare with the Blizzard of ’66. The snow started on January 27 and never let up until January 31. The local newspaper called it the “Storm of the Century.” Oswego, New York recorded 103 inches of snow (more than 8.5 feet) in that one, continuous storm. Winds were recorded at 58 miles an hour, drifting the snow to the roofs of houses in our neighborhood.<<<

Makes the storm here on Halloween of '91 (28") look like flurries lol.

 

[highfigh]

AI on the internet? Couldn't be! I didn't notice that at first. So good eye!

With the wind on Monday and drifting snow, I had bare grass on the East side of my house- strong wind can prevent snow accumulation on roofs and most of the two storey houses near mine had very little.

 

[Mikado463]

with the UP get the big totals it again shows the power of 'lake effect' , for after the low went by the wrap around allowed the snow to pile up

 

[highfigh]

with the UP get the big totals it again shows the power of 'lake effect' , for after the low went by the wrap around allowed the snow to pile up

The weird part- the snow was the lightweight type that packs really well, but when the wind kicked up, it blew the snow as if it was powder, even hours after it stopped falling.

All things considered, I really prefer being on the West coast of the lake.

And I didn't see a single snowman. Temp is supposed to reach 47F today, mid-50s tomorrow and 61 on Saturday- I expect most of the snow to be gone by Sunday.

 

[Mikado463]

we should be back to 80 by Sat........

 

[j_garcia]

Our last week of winter here was in the 90s all week. 5-10 degrees above average. One month ago we had snow on the highest peaks.

 

[Mikado463]

The weird part- the snow was the lightweight type that packs really well, but when the wind kicked up, it blew the snow as if it was powder, even hours after it stopped falling.

actually lightweight snow is the powdery type(less water content) whereas the big flake heavier variety is what packs well and makes better snowball fighting

All things considered, I really prefer being on the West coast of the lake.

yeah but you miss the great sunsets !

 

[highfigh]

actually lightweight snow is the powdery type(less water content) whereas the big flake heavier variety is what packs well and makes better snowball fighting



yeah but you miss the great sunsets !

I live in the Milwaukee area- why do you think you need to tell me about snow? This was lightweight snow that packs. I have shoveled just about every kind of snow- I can tell the difference. Powder doesn't stay together after packing, this stuff could be compressed and made into a baseball without turning to ice like the heavy packing snow.

We had snowball fights when I was a kid, where one side had more people and sometimes, we would go 3-4 on 1. That only happened to me once- I hid behind a snowbank and made a bunch of snowballs and knowing that 8 year olds would pay attention to something that was moving, I lobbed them into the air above them and while they were watching them, I threw directly at them. They didn't like being hit in the face and I always had a good arm.

I got one directly in my beak- that wasn't fun.

Good times! Good times.

No, we have great sunsets, especially when we're on Lake Michigan- the skyline (as much as we can call downtown Milwaukee a 'skyline') backing the water with the colors behind it- not the same as in some places, but still pretty good.

 

[Mikado463]

ok fine, regardless you don't the sunsets like on the Mich side !!