OT - Snowmageddon POSBANG
The weather predictions for today and tonight have been all over the news with warnings of a nasty winter storm, so what better excuse for a POSBANG?! North of Detroit, we've only gotten about an inch of snow so far. The weather reports are saying the afternoon should bring the heaviest snow. Possible accumulation of 8-14 inches depending on your area. Monday and Tuesday we may set records for low temperatures. Be safe out there!
January 5th, 2014 at 8:48 AM ^
All lies. Like our mythical offense Borges wields, I'll believe when I finally see it.
January 5th, 2014 at 8:58 AM ^
Let's see if god can execute
January 5th, 2014 at 9:00 AM ^
If he/she doesn't run straight up the middle.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:23 AM ^
Will he/she execute a bubble screen?
January 5th, 2014 at 9:33 AM ^
Cuz all the snow is hitting the ground.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:50 AM ^
God is executing here in the SE side of city of GR. The snow machine is cranked up and producing just shy of 11 am.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
"God is executing here in the SE side of city of GR. "
This sounds scary.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:23 AM ^
Blizzard just kicked into overdrive here on the Rockford/Lowell border. They're saying 8-10 inches but of course there are still some crazy ice fishermen still sitting out on the ice. Spent 15 minutes shoveling until I Lee Corso'd it ("Ahhhhh Fuckkkk it....") and came back inside.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
"Just shy of 11 am" doesn't sound like that much snow to me. Now if it were well over 2 pm or something, then I would get worried.
January 5th, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
While recent weather hystical history is with you, your skeptical attitude will not stop the power of this POSBANG! You get an upvote!
January 5th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
Heading out from Northville with my daughter for the Noon game. Looking for a big W and little accumulation while we're at the game.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:01 AM ^
A little over 700 miles south east of AA we still havent seen a flake of snow. but the percipitation is supposed to be the most we've received all year!!! All kidding aside, stay safe and warm up there!
January 5th, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
Is so much snow I have to hold my dog up so she can pee!
January 5th, 2014 at 11:10 AM ^
I thought it was all hyperbole, and that we might get a couple of inches at best. I scoffed even more late last night when the snow that was supposed to come didn't come. I joke woke up and walked past the patio doors and I'm now I'm eating crow.
January 5th, 2014 at 8:52 AM ^
We're going to watch some NFL football today and observe the snow. I'm so looking forward to the drive in the morning.
January 5th, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
so I hope you preplanned or you could be in for a difficult day. Have a safe day. Enjoy a UM basketball victory and some playoff football. Go Blue!
January 5th, 2014 at 9:04 AM ^
I noticed a bunch of Facebook-posted pics of insane lines at Meijer and other grocery stores. It doesn't surprise me everyone is running out.
January 5th, 2014 at 3:06 PM ^
No lines at my local supplier. I was able to pick up plenty of Hendrix and Sam Adams to get me through the storm.
EDIT: I just noticed I misspelled Hendricks. smh. Facepalm.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:20 AM ^
The lines were 20 carts deep. I'm not even kidding. There were no carts to be had and you had to wait until someone returned one.
All I needed were my regular groceries for the week
January 5th, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
yesterday afternoon in Ann Arbor, and it was crazy in both places. All the parking spaces in front of the Krogers on Maple were taken. Surprisingly, the checkout line didn't take that long. Glad we were able to avoid Meijer's. I hope everyone who has to travel, does so safely. The Michigan basketball game should end before the really heavy stuff arrives.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^
I was in that store about 6pm. There was no milk to be had, and even the produce section was wiped out.
Who buys celery and carrots when it's end of the world? I'd be setting in a supply of Lagavulin if that were the case.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:00 AM ^
Be careful all you MGoNortherners. I can remember being in sub zero temps, but it's been about 9 or 10 years ago. I miss the fun aspects of winter, but when it's miserable it makes me thankful that I live in south Florida.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^
What are these fun aspects of winter of which you speak? Lived in the upper midwest my whole life, and all winter means to me is shoveling snow, slower traffic, and the fairer gender bundling up.
January 5th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
I take it you're not the outdoor type.
January 5th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
I'm an outdoor type but not much for winter stuff. Don't ski/snowboard, don't own snow mobiles. Enjoyed sledding as a kid but kinda meh on it in my mid-20s. Not reall sure what else there is to do. I just don't like being cold.
January 5th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
There's always ice fishing and small game hunting.
January 5th, 2014 at 12:33 PM ^
Love fishing but I've been ice fishing once and didn't really care for it. Not much of a hunter either (of any kind).
January 5th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
Best way to ice fish is to find a lake with some decent pike and set some tip-ups. Then just sit around with your friends and drink until a flag pops up.
January 5th, 2014 at 2:22 PM ^
Cross country skiing, it is. Fun
January 5th, 2014 at 9:01 AM ^
This is gonna be a fun drive from Chicago to Ann Arbor later today
January 5th, 2014 at 10:28 AM ^
Take the Indiana Turnpike to 69 north to stay off of 94 through the snow belt. The winds are adding lake effect to the storm as I understand it. Also, leaving now vs. later may be a good idea, too. Best of luck. Glad my daughter headed back to Ann Arbor because she got a ticket to the Winter Classic.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
this storm is just sitting there. Thunderstorms in southern Illinois and Indiana ... I wouldn't chance I-69. Better chance on 94 ... but better yer stay home.
Go Blue!
January 5th, 2014 at 10:59 AM ^
Try to leave earlier rather than later. Right now, the snow isn't that hard. Have a safe trip!
January 5th, 2014 at 12:13 PM ^
If you take 94 be careful around the Hartford/Decatur area. That area is always a nightmare.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:02 AM ^
We are getting like 3-4 inches from this storm tops. I will agree that it is the shitty "tough to drive in" snow, but still nothing close to these doomsday predictions. This is just the national retailers association trying to move some old inventory.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:08 AM ^
I'm not a meterologist, but I play one on mgoblog.com and the map tells me this one is for real. They have been right on so far.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:16 AM ^
I agree, there's already like half a foot on the ground so maybe we double that. But In a quarter of a century I have yet to see a foot fall all at once in SE Mich.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:26 AM ^
There is almost a foot accumulated in my yard at the moment.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
Americans might be the most easily frightened sheep on the planet. Costco and Krogers were wiped out by panicked, goggle-eyed, spittle-flecked hordes afraid that a few inches of frozen water were going to mean the end of western civilization. Many of these same people will think nothing of spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars traveling to locations specifically because of the accumulation of lots of snow so they can go swishing down the slopes on old barrel staves.
This is Michigan, ferfucksakes: it snows.
January 5th, 2014 at 9:19 AM ^
I never get why they grab milk and toilet paper
Isn't it better to have, like, food when you're snowed in?
January 5th, 2014 at 9:27 AM ^
Apparently people around here only run out of shit paper right before a snow storm. Otherwise they're always well stocked.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:19 AM ^
the three rolls in reserve should get me through this little bit o' snow...
why buy more? i never understood this buy of TP either.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:31 AM ^
Because when SHTF, you want some TP.
Seriously, it is always one of the very first necessities to run out during an emergency.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:11 AM ^
I guess that's because snow scares the shit out of people.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:53 AM ^
Have you ever been caught with no TP after a serious trip to the office?
January 5th, 2014 at 9:42 AM ^
It's a couple of days, not the end of civilization. I'm originally from up north and I love driving in this without the other cars. Around the Detroit area, too many don't know how to drive in this type of snow. They are the ones who scare me.
January 5th, 2014 at 10:40 AM ^
Americans might be the most easily frightened sheep on the planet
Not just an American thing. I've been to Europe in the winter and they will freak out over much smaller amounts of snow - like 1-2 inches.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:01 AM ^
Where in Europe? I could see freakouts in southern Italy or Spain or maybe France. I would think any of the more northern areas and Scandinavia would be unfazed.
January 5th, 2014 at 11:31 AM ^
London and Paris. Just the mention of coming snowfall scared the crap out of people in both places and the stores were packed. (I heard about the "coming storm" when I was in London and then it happened when I was in Paris a few days later.) It turned out to be a pretty modest dusting. It would not have been enough to close anything down here, but quite a few businesses were closed over there.
This article came out the same winter I was there:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242099/Supermarket-hit-panic-b…
The Nordic/Eastern European countries are probably a little thicker-skinned, but Western Europeans completely lose it at the sight of the stuff coming down.
January 5th, 2014 at 12:49 PM ^
In the UK they continue to insist that snow plows would be a poor investment even after like 10 consecutive "harsh" winters