Thats what i was wondering.ROFL

Shit. im driving to texas on Thursday. planned on coming back on sunday. will I die?

We're all gonna die.

I missed this thread when I was posting in the other Steelers thread. As mentioned, the only unsettling thing about it is that it's been in the forecast pretty steady for a couple weeks now. The weather nerds I follow on Twitter, etc, have all mentioned it bears watching.

It's still several days out though, so plenty of time for it to change. Or move north/south so that KC gets rain or snow instead of ice. Honestly you don't need 2 inches of ice to cause havoc though, it's impossible to drive on. Just get half an inch and you're finished.

I do wonder though... say it's a worst case scenario ice storm and the whole city is shut down, power outages, etc... would they actually postpone a playoff game?

I pray 2 Mr. Jesus 4 good weathers

I'll seriously be SO UPSET if this mucks up the game for us...

I am from California and all this stuff is new to me. I live here now and I drive a 2003 Nissan X-terra 2 wheel drive. OR a 1972 VW camper van. I am thinking though the camper doesn't have a heater it might be the better option.

thoughts?

cars
 

this is my van

If it's ice it makes no difference what you drive.

I took a job in Georgia this week on a 1-2 year contract. I am leaving Thursday morning and spending some time in Augusta Georgia. Enjoy winter!

Yeah. If there's 2 inches of ice, it'll be lock down for a while. Like, months.

When was the last time anywhere in the US got 2 inches of ice? 40,000 BC?

ROFL

Seriously, though, I have to be back in LA on Monday so if this has the potential of shutting down airport my plans are screwed...

Outstanding... a little food, toilet paper, water, and you can go wherever the hell you want

I'm too lazy to go through all the earlier pages of this thread. Has anyone already posted this?

Saban actually pretty gracious there.

Sorry. I'm that guy

Like, it would be completely our luck for a massive ice storm to **** up our best shot at a Super Bowl in over a decade

@1:10

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Also, the look on Eric's face when Rich tells him Reek is the reason we have a shot in Foxboro.

You don't have to go back that far at all...hell, texas got 2 inches of ice back in 1978 or something like that. And most people were without power for 2 days. I repeat, 2 days. In Texas. Idaho has the record of 8 inches ice accumulation back in the 60's.

YOU GO

AND YOU GET LOUD!!! got it?

we'll be fine.

Im REALLY concerned with potential ICE STORM in our area this weekend! We live in the country, and ice normally means pontential loss of electricity on our farm. I will be one PO'd farmer/rancher, if I lose juice and interferes me watching the Chiefs!!!!

I have an old generator Im going to park by my power pole, just in case. It will run 10 hrs before it runs out of gas, so Im going to be ready. On a second note, also have potential cattle numbers roaming freely on the open prairie due to ice breaking the electric fence that is keeping them in the wheat fields, where they are grazing.

But, my main concern, is being able to watch the CHIEFS!

KC 2002.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_C...ains_ice_storm

No power for 11 days with that one. :cuss:

I remember looking out the window of my 6th floor apartment and seeing several arcs of electricity and a big flash from a power station several blocks away and the lights from other buildings start to go dark one by one like a bad Michael Bay film.

There was a bad ice storm in Sac, Carroll and Calhoun county Iowa 2010
Breda Iowa got around 2 inches of ice. No electricity for 2 weeks

http://ulocal.kcci.com/mediadetail/1...0DESC&offset=0

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Hmm you better hustle out and get a generator just to be safe. :)

Drink vodka instead of beer.

They were talking about that hitting us yesterday and we got lucky. We got the snow instead, screw ice storms.

I think the bad weather favors Pittsburgh. Am I the only one?

That's quality advice team.

Post of the year.

That was so good I shared it with my mrs

Well done :thumb:

From the nws:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WIDESPREAD IMPACTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL
IMPACT MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. THIS FEATURE
WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA...WITH ICING
LOOKING MORE PROBABLE AS FREEZING RAIN OVERSPREADS THE AREA FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IF LATER ARRIVING DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST
SUCH A SCENARIO...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME LIKELY
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO

The field will be covered. If this does happen.The sidelines and seats will be a mess.
Getting there will be a mess. It would take an massive storm to cancel the game.

Then it has to be postponed to Monday-or moved to another site. Detroit favors Pittsburg.
Move it to Minneapolis so I can go.

we'll be fine.

More worried about the fans. Had a friend go to a late year game at Arrowhead and he fell on the ice and broke his leg. Also people traveling.

Roger Goodell will move the game to St Louis just to be a dick.

Raindrops.....

I'm starting to be concerned about my flight into KC early Saturday morning.

They installed a heating system under the field awhile back so the field may be wet, but at least it won't be frozen.

Just something to keep an eye on. Here last night, one channel was calling for four inches of snow today. Another, nothing. This morning wake to ice just south of us and a few Jack knifed tractor trailers blocking the interstate, but nothing here. Good luck and be safe everybody if it does happen.

What's the closest stadium they would play if they don't play in KC? Minneapolis or Indy? Dallas is out cuz they actually play there this year!

The salty tears of Steelers fans will keep everything safe.

St Louis. :eek:

I just checked the forecast models that I can access.

Friday afternoon/evening looks like an icy build up for south of I-70, but not large amounts. Right now for Saturday KC and along I-70 looks to be where the freezing line will set up. If that's true, then south will be rain, albeit cold rain; and north of that will be the freezing rain / sleet / ice. Also right now, the vast majority of the precipitation will be rain in southern Missouri.

KC should get some ice, but it won't be anywhere near the catastrophic levels the link in the OP is predicting.

But if the moisture shifts north and the freezing line south, then that's a different story. So it's worth keeping an eye on these next couple of days and make some basic preparations, but overall the ice part seems to be setting up for a run of the mill ice event. If you're living in Nevada, Joplin, Springfield, etc., though--be ready for lots of rain.

I'm far from panicking, but it does deserve some attention. Just keep an eye on the forecast over the next few days.

LMAO

St Louis was filled with dirt last time I checked

He was talking about the stadium, not the residents of St. Louis.

Enough to bring down powerlines in KC?

Hopefully nothing like what happened in 2002.

I agree. Going to be tough to stop Bell in any kind of bad weather. Plus the weather won't help attendance which won't help us, obviously.

I will say this. Our two most complete games came in pouring rain @OAK and against DEN.

Is it still up? Hypothetically a dome full of KC fans could be quite loud. Man I hated watching games played there. The idea of this game not being played at Arrowhead is sad and unacceptable.

Who did we lose to in the playoffs that year?

I have no idea. Just making a joke. I assume its up and used for conventions and concerts. I doubt they could get it StL NFL ready in time anyway.

There's a lot of time between now and Sunday. They will play in Arrowhead.

It's hard to say at the moment b/c of how close KC is to the forecasted freezing line--so the models I can see mix rain/snow/ice for the precipitation totals.

Best guess I can tell would be right around 0.25" of ice, so, yeah that could affect some power lines. If the ice totals shoot up further, though, then you're talking wider impact, longer outages, etc.

Wind certainly is a factor as well

Good info, thanks.

2002 was great and magical. Didn't lose power, well my dad's house lost power to half of his house but nothing major or huge, and I got the week off school so I just stayed in and played Final Fantasy X all week.

These days, with responsibility and shit, it's a whole new pain in the ass and shit I don't want to deal with.

**** winter storms.

If ice hits, the issue on whether the game is played at Arrowhead or not could be power, not road conditions. Ice storms take down trees that take down power lines. Does Arrowhead have generators? I don't think the NFL wants a play-off game they can't broadcast.

They can just run my Facebook Live feed.

I assume they would have generators brought in if they don't have theme already. The lights alone would use a lot of juice.

The Royals had something happen during the world series that caused a bunch of drama. Fox was scrambling for generators if I remember correctly.

Well, it's settled. My tix are gone. :sulk:

I'm gonna feel like an idiot if this all ends up being nothing. But at least I can actually plan my week now.

Lord, Just get me to KC airport from Portland and to Datrgod's house on Saturday. And, on Sunday, from his house to Arrowhead. That and a Chiefs win would be nice...

Probably a wise decision. That said, I hope you regret it for the rest of your life.

Hell, I do too. That would mean that this is a big win on the way to a Super Bowl...

KCTV 5 now reporting a warming trend. Sundays outlook to be sunny and in the mid 70's. :D

That sucks man. That would he a hard decision to make.

I doubt it will be anything but unfortunately can't risk it either. Then again, I've been at every Chiefs playoff game that they've lost so hopefully by not attending I'll be doing my part...

I'll be there!

FYP. :D

I hope everything works out buddy.

Bryan Busy made it sound like yesterday's report was bullshit

I could have gone to see Zack Greinke pitch during his Cy Young season but my friends didn't want to drive to KC because it looked like it might rain. It didn't rain, and he pitched an incredible game. It still haunts me

the Chiefs Planet poster??!?

RotRoh

Tickets might end up readily available...

Do you mean Busby?

Busby is a stone cold killer.

The weather reports really don't have a clue. The "line" of the storm can fall anywhere between Colby KS and Pittsburg Ks. That was as of a few minutes ago. I should have been a weatherman or a quarterback whisperer, you can just about pull anything out of your ass. When you're wrong just keep doubling down

:rockon: