Eek! Snow!!!
- The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather advisory as a storm heads toward Chicago that could dump as much as 4 inches of snow here by Tuesday -- possibly gumming up the evening rush hour.
The snow is expected to hit northwest and west central Illinois this evening, then spread east reaching most of northern Illinois and Indiana by Tuesday morning, the weather service predicted.
Areas to the south are expected to be hardest hit, but the Chicago area could see 2-4 inches before it's over late Tuesday, according to weather service meteorologist Kevin Birk said.
"It could be a little dicey for the evening commute Tuesday," he said.
Dicey? It's January. It snows here all winter. Geez.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
33 Comments:
A little snow will hurt no one because I'm Ripped and going to the gym....
I moved here for this bullshit job over a decade ago, and it still amazes me how Chicagoans BRAG about how tough the winter months are here but then turn into pussies when minimal snow appears. Signed, miserable fuck
Four inches!
The end is near. Every man for themselves.
This bleating about a little snow is kind of like that WBBM traffic guy who pronounces traffic jams to be 'disasters' when all they are is crashes that caused backups.
Disasters are what happened in Haiti, Oklahoma City, Mumbai... not a half-hour delay getting home because of a fender-bender.
Everything's got to be high drama, all the time, these days.
Did you notice how they play that scary music now with the weather forecast? As though we were Miami and snow shovels and boots were hard-to-find items in these parts. It's winter you morons!
We're pretty much crippled here in Tennessee. They are not used to the snow, so everything comes to a stand-still. They see a flake and panic. Sometimes I really long for being back home in Pennsylvania.
Cabin fever is already setting in.
We have been invaded by sissies. They're everywhere. This is winter, it is Chicago and occasionally it snows and I'll be damned, it even gets cold here.
Another news flash! By golly, in July and August, it gets hot here! Not to mention, we gets a ton of rain in April and May.
OMG, a snow EMERGENCY! I am gone to the store to buy all the bread and milk and butter I can find! The end is near! Run, SNOW IS COMING!!!
you must be superman
so annoying
This is a nation of panic
I have relatives that moved from here to Atlanta years ago. As of last night they are making survival plans!! lawdy lawdy!! we got more snow in the last two hours than they did total!!
PS. Kateykakes, you can come stay with me. (i have cable)
Rather the snow than the freezing temps and ice storms.
Shaved didn't take me on vacation with him. Can I hang out here for a while?
I moved here for this bullshit job over a decade ago, and it still amazes me how Chicagoans BRAG about how tough the winter months are here but then turn into pussies when minimal snow appears. Signed, miserable fuck
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Go back where you came from, or shut the fuck up.
Nothing like a fresh snow and playing manhunter following the dope dealers tracks in snow
Cabin fever is already setting in.
1/11/2011 04:20:00 AM
just means a spike in the population come fall.
I'm tired of winter..
(I said that in November.)
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Snow??In the winter time in Chicago,get out!!
CHICAGO TEMPERATURE CONVERSION CHART ...
60° F: Arizonans shiver uncontrollably; people in Chicago sunbathe.
50° F: New Yorkers try to turn on the heat; people in Chicago plant gardens.
40° F: Italian & English cars won't start; people in Chicago drive with the windows down.
32° F: Distilled water freezes; Lake Michigan's water gets thicker.
20° F: Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and wool hats; people in Chicago throw on a flannel shirt.
15° F: New York landlords finally turn up the heat; people in Chicago have the last cookout before it gets cold.
0° F: All the people in Phoenix die. Chicagoans close the windows.
10° below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico . The Girl Scouts in Chicago are selling cookies door to door.
25° below zero: Hollywood disintegrates; people in Chicago get out their winter coats.
40° below zero: Washington DC runs out of hot air; people in Chicago let the dogs sleep indoors.
100° below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Chicagoans get frustrated because they can't start 'da car.'
460° below zero: All atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale); people in Chicago start saying, 'cold 'nuff for ya?'
500° below zero: Hell freezes over. The Cubs win the World Series
(OT) Eddie Burke! You people that blog do not understand royalty! Just because Burke has
* A huge security police detail all being paid D-3 working 2 on 3 OFF and overtime.
* Had his water bill reduced to less than a small home on his mansion.
*Had his taxes reduced to what a home on a small lot pays.
*Had his street made dead end 1 way to keep out his neighbors.
*Has a $300,000 City pod camera mounted on the light pole to watch the king's home 24/7.
* carries a CPD badge he displays along with the aldermatic badge all of them carry (Fake bullshit badge.
* Has a get away mansion in Wisconsin.
*Did a deal with another shady developer on the 51st and lawndale fiasco.
* Has a campaign account (Money he is showing) of over 8 MILLION dollars.
* A law practice built on the backs of taxpayers.
He is King!
This is a sign of mommy government in full action. I mean whenever it snows, we have public officials like Mayor Daley or Mayor Bloomberg of New York tell their citizens (just like mommy did when we were young) to bundle up because it's cold and snowing outside, to be careful, to watch out when driving, etc....
Mr. Snethen,
I may have to cancel my cable and move to Chicago. ;)
My cable company (Charter) actually handled the "crisis" pretty well. I can't say the same for my mom's. She's 30 min from and forced to have Comcast. She had no cable all day yesterday.
1/11/2011 10:54:00 AM
bullshit.
the cubs ain't never gonna win the World Series.
We're pretty much crippled here in Tennessee. They are not used to the snow, so everything comes to a stand-still. They see a flake and panic. Sometimes I really long for being back home in Pennsylvania.
Cabin fever is already setting in.
1/11/2011 04:20:00 AM
If Tennessee panics when they see a "flake" they'd probably go ApE ShiT seeing our Superintendent...Gotta run!!!!
an't help ya then Katie, I have comcast!!
I disagree with the label, we got nothing. We got snow didn't we
: )
January happens. My arse is cold!!
Cabin fever just means a spike in the population come fall.
1/11/2011 09:51:00 AM
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So that's why I have to buy 5 birthday presents around the Labor Day weekend.......I think you're onto something detective...
Four inches!
The end is near. Every man for themselves.
1/11/2011 12:41:00 AM
That's what she said!
@ Mr. Snethen,
Comcast is the enemy! I didn't live inside the City of Philadelphia but I was only a few minutes away. Thankfully, we had other options besides Comcast. I had RCN for years.
@ Anonymous:
If Tennessee panics when they see a "flake" they'd probably go ApE ShiT seeing our Superintendent...Gotta run!!!!
Yeah, Philly had that "flake" for awhile and I'm sorry you guys are stuck with him. The PPD is even sorrier that they've got one of your former "flakes". ;)
@ Anonymous:
just means a spike in the population come fall.
Definitely NOT in my household. No more rug rats for me. But hey, I'm sure they'll be plenty of cockroaches breeding in cities all over that will create misery and trouble for generations to come. That's a given.
Since every one of them can't be exterminated, I'm all for mandatory sterilization for those "type" of people, errrr, I mean critters.
I think you're onto something detective...
1/11/2011 06:13:00 PM
elementary, my dear Watson, elementary.
"If Tennessee panics when they see a "flake" they'd probably go ApE ShiT seeing our Superintendent...Gotta run!!!!"
That's what he said . . .
"I am gone to the store to buy all the bread and milk and butter I can find! The end is near! Run, SNOW IS COMING!!!"
--1/11/2011 05:59:00 AM
You betcha. It's a Born In Chicago reflex. Kind of a ceremony. I get a gallon or two of milk and two-three loaves of bread, depending on what we already have.
Ever stand in the middle of Lake Shore Drive at rush hour and see...nothing?
1967.
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Of course, it's the same everywhere -- just reading about the "weather bomb" that hit the East Coast real good again.
"At the Stop and Shop, in West Springfield, they see the store filling up when major snowfall is in the forecast. Whether it's shoppers who have to switch their shopping day of the week to before the storm, or those who want to load up on essentials, they come out in droves.
"It gets pretty busy, it gets maybe three times as busy as a normal day. People come out of work wanting to stop at the store before the storm hits, they want to get items and maybe the kids are off school so they need snacks for the kids," said Lisa Lessing, Store Manager of Stop and Shop in West Springfield.
"The hottest items off the shelves are things like milk, bread, eggs and deli meats to make sandwiches..."
The place that blows my mind is Lake/Porter counties in Indiana and Berrien County, Michigan. I don't know how they do it. I woudn't live over there without one of those tracked snow vehicles they use to explore Antarctica.
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