Happy Michigan NSD God (Weather)?
There is a pretty major snowstorm setting up for Tuesday going into Wednesday which has the potential to dump a lot of snow and freezing rain from the Midwest through the Northeast. And we all know NSD is Wednesday. Could one of the emotional football dieties be throwing us a bone?
Am I overstating this? Maybe the opportunity to be home following all the action as opposed to acting like we're "working" at the job is not that big a deal. I think it's pretty awesome.
Also, could a bunch of us being home potentially crush the server to epic proportions? I really don't want to watch Tom Lemming all day long for my info.
January 30th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
ESPNU on Wednesday.
I love hearing Tom Luginbill explain how recruiting is about finding and evaluating athletes.
January 30th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
I'll be tuning into NSD coverage on Wednesday, whether at work or home... I have my priorities in order!
January 30th, 2011 at 8:39 PM ^
Nothing more normal than taking a day of work to watch a bunch of high school boys pick what college they go to
January 30th, 2011 at 11:15 AM ^
You are tempting fate my friend, implying that Michigan God will be happy on such an important day. As penance, please kill a kitten at your earliest convenience, so as not to anger our beloved, yet oft-hated deity.
January 30th, 2011 at 11:17 AM ^
Ugh..
* HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE FOUND TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR.
* NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RAMP UP INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS TUESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
* SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS IN TRACK AND INTENSITY ARE STILL VERY POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS."
Note to self:. Self, replenish beer supply today.
January 30th, 2011 at 1:02 PM ^
Unless Buckeye pisswater is being sold in C-Bus now? A local Toledo beverage that should never have been brought back.
January 30th, 2011 at 1:25 PM ^
We were in Toledo watching the hockey team play and stumbled into the Maumee Bay Brew Pub. We couldn't pass up the photo op on our way out.
January 30th, 2011 at 11:43 AM ^
i, for one, will take my snow day and watch tv all day.
January 30th, 2011 at 12:00 PM ^
I don't think we'll be needing that GroundHog. Winter is still here.
January 30th, 2011 at 12:01 PM ^
to stay home and watch ESPNU. I will stay late on Tuesday to get my shit together and "plan" on taking Wednesday off. I will throw a NSD party (pre-superbowl).
My luck, it will turn to rain and I-94 will be clear sailing.
January 30th, 2011 at 12:40 PM ^
Keep in mind the media hot-air effect: as the pre-storm panic and hysteria on the part of local news stations and weathercasters increases, the great clouds of their eye-bugging, CO2-laden yammerings become weather systems themselves, which in turn greatly decrease the intensity of approaching snowstorms, if not drive them off altogether. The greater the panic, the smaller the snowfall.
The storms to fear are the ones that catch the weatherscreamers with their pants down. If there are no idiot reporters out on location in a winter parka warning us about the impending snowpocalypse, that's when you know we're going to get hammered.
January 30th, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
This is exactly right.
January 31st, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^
...I so wish that was in effect. Now that I'm back in Detroit, I think the forecasters started predicting doom and gloom too late. They keep ramping up the snow totals.
January 30th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 22. Northeast wind between 10 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tuesday Night: Snow. Low around 15. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
Wednesday: Snow. High near 22. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
January 30th, 2011 at 1:45 PM ^
I have a mandatory staff meeting on Wednesday that I cannot miss. I was planning on taking the day off to follow coverage and be geeky/creppy with everyone else, but alas I will have to follow along at work throughout the day and on the phone during this two-hour meeting.
However, I do work at a college so there is always the chance that they close for inclement weather. I will now hope for that (while not actually hoping for it, because if you get your hopes up for a snow day you will be undoubtedly crushed).
January 30th, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
Well I'm sure not taking the Commuter North to lecture on Wednesday. If I'm gonna die in a skidding bus, I'd rather not be spooning with 50 other people at 9am while it happens.
January 30th, 2011 at 3:07 PM ^
but if I'm gonna go, I'd rather be spooning than cold and alone.
January 31st, 2011 at 12:37 PM ^
I'm assuming that he/she doesn't live in Northwood, so they'd have to navigate those same roads in the morning.
January 30th, 2011 at 5:26 PM ^
Thank God for DVR's.
January 30th, 2011 at 5:38 PM ^
Projected total snow fall between now and Thursday (Feb. 3). Hard to read the key below the image but Southern Michigan is in the 18-20 inch projection.
http://wxcaster4.com/nam/CONUS1_ETA212_SFC_ACCUMSNOWFALL-KUCHERA_84HR.g…
January 31st, 2011 at 12:13 PM ^
Looks like it has slightly changed, now only 12-15 inches of snow, approximately.
January 31st, 2011 at 12:41 PM ^
...so I guess I feel better that it's been "downgraded" to 12"
February 1st, 2011 at 1:38 AM ^
Looks like it's back up to at least 15 (and higher in Oakland and Livingston counties).
January 30th, 2011 at 8:17 PM ^
Walking to class at 9am on Wednesday is going to be a blast in a foot of snow. The last time UM got a snow day was 30+ years ago and it took 19 inches to shut it down.
January 30th, 2011 at 8:32 PM ^
That someone told me is that someone sued for lost tuition money after the last snow day. This is like Les-Miles-to-Michigan-2007 level unverified, though...
January 30th, 2011 at 8:59 PM ^
That was debunked in the daily,
From the article:
"contrary to campus legend, there is no policy forbidding the University from cancelling classes.
The myth that classes can't be canceled because a distraught Law School student sued the University for a day's tuition following a snow day in the 1970s is unfounded, said Dave Reid, the University's director of human resources communications."
http://michigandaily.com/content/why-doesnt-university-have-snow-days
January 31st, 2011 at 12:39 PM ^
when I was there in the 90s. We had a bad ice storm once and other heavy snowfalls, but the school was still open technically. The professors would email us and tell us class was cancelled.
January 30th, 2011 at 10:18 PM ^
Would the possibility of having a huge blizzard turn some guys away from Michigan? I don't know, just coming up with ridiculous possibilities.
January 30th, 2011 at 10:45 PM ^
So I sure as heck hope things don't get shut down. I've got to get out of that monotonous craphole I'm in right now and somewhere where I have at least a chance of some sort of upward mobility.
January 31st, 2011 at 12:28 PM ^
What company do you work for?
I've got similar feelings...
January 30th, 2011 at 11:13 PM ^
This thread made me realize what being able to stay home on Wednesday would mean...
Do want.
January 31st, 2011 at 10:50 AM ^
My work wont get cancelled, so just keep the MGoUpdates coming.
It helps when you can use this to commute though:
January 31st, 2011 at 12:29 PM ^
I don't understand.
January 31st, 2011 at 1:40 PM ^
I have no excuse not to come to work. I have a Jeep Wrangler on 32" tires... So I'd better make it in.
Since I have to "work" I'll spend a ton of time on here and stay updated
February 1st, 2011 at 2:51 PM ^
I totally should have used the '/s' but thought it would be assumed...
I was making a play on the whole "It's a Jeep thing...You wouldn't understand."
January 31st, 2011 at 2:04 PM ^
The National Weather Service has upgraded Springfield's blizzard from 'Winter Wonderland' to 'Class-3 Killstorm'.