This About Sums it Up
From the comment section:
- Already I am sick of hearing about the "Great Blizzard of 2011"
"Record setting"
"Life threatening"
"Top snowstorm of ALL TIME"
"Never before in the course of human events..."
Fucking blow me already, 15 inches of snow and some wind. That's all. Big fucking deal.
WGN this morning was struggling to find enough superlatives to describe this alleged cataclysmic event. It got up to Major Major Storm before I had to vomit. Maybe they will add a third Major on there before noon.
They panned endlessly on the cars marooned in the life threatening wilderness of.... Lake Shore Drive, a mere few feet away!
Then they found two people stumbling and falling and getting up and stumbling some more and zoomed in on them. Were they the latest to be miraculously rescued from death's door in this unholy Perfect Mother of Storm of Storms?
No, they were just another news crew, cameraman and junior junior anchor with microphone in hand attempting to jump the fence onto LSD (Byrne's Alley) to interview some "survivors" of the Blizzard of Blizzards.
Were any still alive? Had they started eating each other yet? How many dead were in those cars? What heart rending tales could they tell?
Who knows, who cares?
They were busy making stories of each other covering the MegaStorm of the Millenium.
Get a life. Storm of '67 still rules, '79 is close second, '99 was worse than this.
Another cup of coffee and then back to nap time and then I will watch the Godfather trilogy. I haven't seen that since I had the flu a few years ago. And after that, the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western trio, and no I am not talking about former Italian American Streets & San Department Heads.
As far as storms go, I wouldn't put this in the top ten. In hype, yes, it is at the top, Numero Uno in Bullshit.
The wind whistles, the coyotes howl, the couch calls out it's seductive siren song...
Damn, that's almost poetry. Nicely written "anonymous."
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
53 Comments:
HAD TO SHOVEL MY ALLEY?
OH WELL IT WAS GOOD EXERCISE 3 HOURS OF FLUFFY SNOW.
DIDNT SEE MANY PLOW THOU.
TOMMY BYRNES AGE WAS SHOWING HIDING BEHIND THE PODIUM.
AND THE VERY FLAMBOYANT HEAD OF THE CTA WELL HE STAYS ON MESSAGE WHEN HE SPEAKS.
AND BEA WAS IN CHARGE OF SNOW?
SHE SHOULD GET LOST JUST LIKE THE MORALE SURVEY.
And this poster must be on furlough, medical, iod, or retired. Because if you were digging yourself out after a job, then out of a police lot, then trying to get home, then finding out you have no power then you might think differently. You idiot.
How about those clown reporters driving around in cars like a pack of idiots. These people have nothing better to do than hype up a snow storm?
I guess not, since Daley keeps them on a short leash. They never had the balls to call him on his bullshit and they'll be even worse when that bastard Rahm gets in.
It's not hard to keep cowards in line.
Little Sally Saucer sitting in the water........
Where did u grow up? In alaska? Been here for 35 years and this is the worst I can remember. The wind was the kicker.
Whoever thinks this storm was no big deal needs to lay off the pipe. This storm was a huge, made worse by the near hurricane force winds, something 99 and 79 lacked...
Channel 9 News is deteriorating since they tore down the wall between their radio and TV operations, let in the horrible, aging Garry Meier, started walking around the studio with wobbly handheld cameras to show you what neat computers they have, and in general turned into one big amorphous touchy-feely media glob.
WGN Radio people were always so full of themselves they were fit to burst, and now it's in the TV operation as well. Chat, chat, chat. I don't CARE what kind of hat Lourdes Duarte is going to wear tonight.
Tom Skilling is rumored to be the highest-paid meteorologist in the country. If/when he goes, I go. He's the only reason I tune to 9 at all.
Today they had Randy Belisomo and crew stuck in some motel out in Indiana because of the bad weather. Video of their drinking coffee in the coffee shop, reclining on beds with laptops and talking into cell phones IS NOT NEWS.
Grow up, kids.
"The couch calls out its seductive siren song..."
I guess I didn't hear the couch. Too far away. I was so tired last night that I toppled sideways out of my desk chair onto the floor.
There.
I told my watch secretary, (oops we aren't supposed to have one still) to put me with someone chubby. So if we got stuck on lsd id have someone with some meat on them in case I had to eat him.
Bull Crap! That was one of the worst, if not the worst, I've ever seen!
I was stuck working in that shit for 16 hours and it really fucking sucked. I wasn't alive in 67. Don't remember much about the 70's Didn't live here in 99. But I worked a double, then spent an hour trying to get my car out of the lot, 45 minute ride home then got stuck a block away from home. Another friggin hour trying to get my car out of the middle of the street so plows can get by. Got very few hours sleep then had to get a ride back to work. It wasn't the "day after tomorrow" but it still sucked and it's not over its still a pain in the ass to go anywhere. Oh 67, 79, 99, 2011 Still aint shit compared to what people on the east coast and other sections of the country go through a couple times a year.
LOL this is why i love the blog
Except in terms of snow, this is 3rd on the list behind 99 and 67. A few in between 79 and this one, though 79 did also have howling winds.
I already commented on this, but 99 was NOT WORSE THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH, and to back it up, I will gladly post pictures of the 1999 storm compared to this.
Ahhh,dees vunderful weather reminds of springtime in Siberia..
The the author of that comment:
ok how bout this your sick of listening to the bull shit on tv, then turn it the fuck off you fucking baby!!!!!!!!
you probably want the federal govt to pass a new law against stupid programming on tv.
NEXT TIME TURN THE TV OFF ASSHOLE!!!
Anonymous said...
And this poster must be on furlough, medical, iod, or retired. Because if you were digging yourself out after a job, then out of a police lot, then trying to get home, then finding out you have no power then you might think differently. You idiot.
2/03/2011 12:22:00 AM
I AGREE...Same things happened to me. I was LUCKY though, I had power when I got home. The WIND is what made it SO DIFFICULT. If you worked the street on 1st watch you know the TRUTH!
Chicago is the only big city in the country that doesn't have a Master Exercise Planner from Homeland Security running their Emergency Operations Center. The city continually believes that they know what to do but consistently fail.
The head of Chicago's emergency center should step down.
Anonymous said...
I told my watch secretary, (oops we aren't supposed to have one still) to put me with someone chubby. So if we got stuck on lsd id have someone with some meat on them in case I had to eat him.
2/03/2011 01:03:00 AM
LAMO! There is a purpose for fat partners. They also add weight when trying to get out of a snow drift.
y2k happened while the kiddies were on xmas break---- and if memory serves me correctly it melted away about two weeks later--- this storm was a backbreaker but I think 79 was worse--- can't omment on 67 as I was a wee little one then.....
THANK YOU!
It has been said before:
Most of our society believes that history only started when they were born.
People live virtually now and all of history is becoming irrelevant according to them.
"Channel 9 News is deteriorating since.."
Ch9 is a Tribune 'Lib-une' owned entity.
Nothing more to say.
I miss John Coleman, a real weatherman instead of having to see 'Knucklehead Smith' in the morning.
'67 was bigger.
City and suburb-wide, you had snow up to the drivers window of your car and drifting up to the top of the garage door or gable of your home.
This storm had higher winds perhaps and no doubt working in it and after was a bitch but the severity of this one was pretty hyped compared to past storms.
Bull Crap! That was one of the worst, if not the worst, I've ever seen!
Your mistake is thinking the world began when you did
I remember '67 quite well. Snow drifts as high as the roof of our one storey house, roads clogged, grocery store lines to the back of the store where the meat was, or should have been, since all meat was sold. All dairy products and bread gone.
'79 was not quite as bad, but it was a pain in the ass. The suburbs had it easier because most of them have enough parking so the streets weren't full of cars. Side streets in the city were terrible for over a week afterwards. If you needed chairs, you could get them easy from the 'dibs' that were out.
'99 was a blip, and this shit we're dealing with now is better only because it was short and there are more snowblowers in circulation. My block had 7 of them going and we cleared it out in a day.
Plowing school parking lots when school is canceled? Crazy. Front end loaders driving down my block with their buckets up? Also crazy. I'm sure if you check the blocks of our alderman and other city officials they'll be pristine.
In a few weeks, the lemmings will have forgotten and his highness Rahm will be installed.
Why would you sit in your stuck vehicle for eight hours on LSD. No matter where you are on the drive you could walk a couple of blocks to somewhere warm. LSD is not in the middle of the wilderness, in fact it is in walking distace to some of the finest restaurant's in the world. Just saying!
It's not that 79 or 99 were worst than this years blizzard. It's that the city superiors sux a lot more now than they did back then. The city is like two democrats stuck on the elevator.
67 was worse than this. If only because of the lack of warning.
99 was bad, but there was a one day lull in the wo parts of that storm making it easier overall to deal with.
This was bad. Way worse than 99.........way.
SCC:
With all due respect, my power has been out for going on 36 hours. There is 3 feet of snow in the alley, and I cannot get out. The Comm Ed truck just left, but they said they couldn't guarantee power would stay on. Trust me, no heat for that long, no stove, nothing, was not fun. I was down to my last two matches lighting candles. Brrr. My feet are still frozen
I guess I didn't hear the couch. Too far away. I was so tired last night that I toppled sideways out of my desk chair onto the floor.
There.
2/03/2011 12:57:00 AM
i'd pay to see a video of that.
I agree with the media hype, but c'mon s.c.c., no way was 99 worse than this storm.
Since I have experienced the most wonderful super storm ever on the face of the earth as told, not suggested to us, but told us in no uncertain terms. Maybe we should pray to the liberal, panicky, bullshit, left wing, commie loving, American hating, rat whore, terrorist loving news media instead of praying for them. Remember now the Catholic Church taught us to pray for our enemy. When I was in the military I prayed for the enemy TO DIE!
Channel nine is going to get rid of all union employees and have a CLTV format. CLTV is run with non union employees. Tom Skilling will be moving to another station unless he gets huge contract.
99 far worse and far more accumulation in a shorter amount of time, and back then we were just getting the crown vics in and still riding the old steel steeds the classic Chevy Bubble. Would take the bubble or the Vic's over the Tabloe's..... No 4 wheel drive? NUTS.....
plenty of gas, a gas can in the back full just in case, portable DVD player, Laptop with wifi connection, lots of food, snacks and beverages and a few extra blankets. Squad can i get an event number for my TABLOE stuck in the snow?
Still no matter what year, how bad the weather is, or how many inches of snow fall.......... The animal still walking around outside in the middle of the street like it was summer. Got to love the creative bunch.
I remember 99 as being worse than this.
My wife lived in Buffalo for years and thinks were all pussies. This was a "light dusting".
Perspective is everything I guess.
The people stuck in their cars along LSD remind me of that TV commercial where the people are stuck on the escalator that stopped. Aren't they capable of doing something to "save" themselves for a change? They could have walked 3 blocks and gotten to someplace better than sitting in their cars for 12 hours.
I have to agree with this post. Back in the 67 storm, We walked home from school in what was already 10 inches of snow. The next day, my sister and I were sent by my mother to walk 10 blocks to the grocery store to get bread,milk., etc. We were 12 and 13 years old.Don't see kids doing that nowadays. Too much hooked into smart phones, facebook, and TV watching 'American Idol'.
Went to work on Wednesday, the day of the storm at HQ's. It was a ghosttown at HQ. Yea, I probably could of stayed home, but I am the police, albeit in an office environment, and made it a challenge to see if I can get to work. Like a drill, a drill in preparation for something more serious that will occur in this country, a terrorist attack. It will happen again. No one knows where and when. Couldn't drive, due to car stuck in the preplowed street. But used my 2 feet to walk 3 quarters of a mile to get on a train, then transfer onto a bus to get to work. Not bragging, but just pointing out that we got to have back up plans to get to work. Afterall, we are the police, we don't work at Shoe Carnival. That is why it is important for the police to keep physically fit also. Got to be prepared for the next 9-11. The enemy is not soft, they are determined, and training every day. God Bless the guys and girls in patrol, the least glamorous, but the toughest job on this department. I have the upmost respect for you. God Bless our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, for fighting the enemy on foreign soil.
'99 was worse? What are you smoking, SCC?
I don't think so. I was working that at O'Hare that day in '99, and they were able to keep a runway open for international flights, two of which were mine.
There was no way they could have conducted flight ops on Tuesday.
Not that windy in '99, the snow was as light and fluffy as anything I've ever seen.
This storm, as far as intensity goes, was the worst I've ever experienced. '67 was pretty bad, but forecasting wasn't as sophisticated back then. '79 was a walk in the park.
This storm was top to bottom way worse than any of them. You usually see some slackening off on the outer edges of most storms. This one packed a wallop from the middle of it to the outer bands.
The city is like two democrats stuck on the elevator.
2/03/2011 11:01:00 AM
that's just plain mean.
People live virtually now and all of history is becoming irrelevant according to them.
2/03/2011 09:02:00 AM
until they become history.
if they manage to live that long.
The media in this city really suck, start writing the bastards and don't talk to them....drives them nuts.
67 and 79 were both bad-ass storms but so was this one.The difference is after 79 the city learned a little and bought more equipment.In 67 there was hardly any and in 79 we were driving early 1950's trucks that all broke down.
Went to work on Wednesday, the day of the storm at HQ's. It was a ghosttown at HQ. Yea, I probably could of stayed home, but I am the police, albeit in an office environment, and made it a challenge to see if I can get to work. Like a drill, a drill in preparation for something more serious that will occur in this country, a terrorist attack. It will happen again. No one knows where and when. Couldn't drive, due to car stuck in the preplowed street. But used my 2 feet to walk 3 quarters of a mile to get on a train, then transfer onto a bus to get to work. Not bragging, but just pointing out that we got to have back up plans to get to work. Afterall, we are the police, we don't work at Shoe Carnival.
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God bless you for your dedication. I will not question your sincerity. As for myself I don't know if I would go through all of that if my destination was in some ghetto dist. deep in enemy territory were a piece of your final journey is on foot many blocks from the station. Only to do it again to get home. I agree that we should be prepared but for these ungrateful rats? I don't know anymore I guess I'm tired.
2/03/2011 05:19:00 PM
I am so uplifted now, after reading your comment, that
i'm actually going to kiss my cat and tell her I love her.
Oh, and by the way, you've been promoted.
Toodles.
Your biggest fan,
Jody xoxoxoxox
My wife lived in Buffalo for years and thinks were all pussies. This was a "light dusting".
Perspective is everything I guess.
2/03/2011 03:36:00 PM
I'll bet she made you say that.
They could have walked 3 blocks and gotten to someplace better than sitting in their cars for 12 hours.
2/03/2011 04:58:00 PM
maybe they had no place better to be.
The animal still walking around outside in the middle of the street like it was summer. Got to love the creative bunch.
2/03/2011 03:13:00 PM
where's Pneumonia Chalkie when we need him?
"Channel nine is going to get rid of all union employees and have a CLTV format. CLTV is run with non union employees. Tom Skilling will be moving to another station unless he gets huge contract."
--2/03/2011 01:04:00 PM
God help us. Skilling must have been taking a rest tonight; they put on some woman named "Duffy Atkins" in his stead. Talk about imprecise diction, swallowed words, and a peculiar regional accent. Is she Canadian or something? I'm glad to hear she's normally on CLTV, which I never see.
Stay out of air traffic control, Ms. Atkins -- we don't need any collisions, etc.
None of you built Snowmen or Snow Families, tried scientific experiments like throwing very hot water on the snow to compare shoveling vs hot water? Hot water solves the problem of where to put the snow, while putting gigantic containers to catch the falling snow, adding sugar, milk and vanilla flavor will make tons of yummy ice cream to eat all day, tons of yummy ice cream at a good price, very nice in this economy.
This time I did not have to work, if I did have to work, I would have taken public transportation, and the wind, I tied my hat on tighter and testted my strength against the wind strength.
This time I did not have to work, if I did have to work, I would have taken public transportation, and the wind, I tied my hat on tighter and testted my strength against the wind strength.
2/04/2011 01:47:00 AM
damn, grandma, we thought you'd retired and moved to Florida.
I was a kid in '67 but I remember is pretty well. The snow was so deep on the side streets, no cars could pass and they didn't get plowed for a couple of days. Someone on the block had a heart attack and neighbors had to carry him 2 blocks to a major intersection b/c the ambulance couldn't get down the street.
'79 was bad because it kept snowing for about 2 weeks. The city couldn't figure out what to do with it all. My side street stayed unpassable for most of that time. People had to park on the main street and walk blocks to their houses. My mother's garage roof caved in -- on top of the car that couldn't be driven out.
'99 was over quickly. No big deal at all.
I would agree with those that said that the high winds made this a particularly dangerous storm. It isn't just the snow totals that count. Glad I was off and able to stay home until it was over.
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