February 9, 2010

Update 5:57 pm: I am tired...Marisa and I just shoveled the driveway and sidewalks. Of course it is still snowing and covering up fast but Ed needs to be able to find the driveway and get up it (we salted)! lol Here is a picture I took after shoveling, I did the front walk last. Then there is a video of the boys taking a bath. There's not much else to do on a day like this, wish I could go soak in my jacuzzi!!! Some of the drifts were up to my knees BTW!!! :) I saw on the news that there are already problems with high drifts, had a picture of someones garage and it was 2/3 up the garage door. They say it will only get worse over night. The school has already said there will be a 2 hour delay but I think they will end up canceling if things happen the way the predict.






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Update 2:44 pm: Okay, I have no idea how much snow there is out there but the kids are having fun playing in it! Here are some videos...







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Update 1:21 pm: We have gotten about 4 or so inches so far. It's really hard to tell with the way it is blowing around. These pictures were taken around noon today.







Here is a video of the dogs in the back yard from a little while ago...



And here is a picture of Ethan being silly, he put his shirt on like pants. :)


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Update 8:09 am: Ed went to work, after shoveling the driveway-which is now covered again. Here are some pics. I will post more later today. :)





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5:50 am
Just got the text alert...SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TODAY!!! We are due to have 3 inches by 11 am and it will only get worse after that. I am not sure if Ed will go to work or not, probably knowing him but I doubt he will stay all day with the weather just getting worse. Here is the latest from weather.com:

Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
4:26 am EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... BUT THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES... WITH SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DRIFTS.

* MAIN IMPACT... HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND SOME IMPASSABLE ROADS IN RURAL AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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More Information

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MISSISSIPPI AND AN UPPER LOW ACROSS IOWA WILL MERGE TODAY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA EARLY TODAY AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BOOST SNOW AMOUNTS DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY 8 TO 12 INCHES... WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES LIKELY OVER FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

What worries me is the AMOUNT of snowfall expected. And when can we expect it to melt? Damn groundhog....