Any thoughts on the potential ice storm this weekend?

[Chromatic]

This site seems to predict chaos and 2 inches of ice but I hope it's wrong.

https://www.facebook.com/WxSynopsis/...type=3&theater

Hope it's just a few flurries.

I am very concerned when looking at the 12z EURO run from earlier today. Honestly I never seen max values being outputted on the EURO model before for Ice, so this is new to me. To say im concerned is an understatement. For anyone who understands icestorms and just how much can cause widespread impacts, all it takes is just .25 for power outages. If theres .50-.75 you are dealing with prolonged impacts, trees downed and extensive damage to power lines. Between 1.00-1.50 entire power grids become damaged. Widespread damage to trees. Roads impassable for days if not weeks. 1.50-2.00 power grids not only shut down but substations become damaged from the weight of ice accumulations building on transformers and pylons. Hard to imagine ice accumulating over 2inches. Once you get into these extreme values this is what you call a "catastrophic ice storm". Power grids can become damaged and take months to be fully repaired. So there is big time worries for central Oklahoma up to Ohio. We will be monitoring this potential and update when warranted. Anything can change, and if there is one forecast that I hope to god does not verify, this is the one.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by stevieray

duuuude, do NOT say this!

bad mojo.

You know there's really no such thing as Mojo , right !

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I always get a kick out of people who rant like crazy on social media about people who leave their dogs out in the 25 degree cold. It's a direct decedent of wolves, coyotes, and foxes. Why don't they mention the horror they feel when they see a coyote roaming about in snow covered field? Anatomically they are virtually the same.

They are fine. They always have been. They are built for the cold. Up to you if your dog is an indoor or outdoor dog. Either way, they will be fine. But city dwellers don't see it that way.

I've always lived in a city, but my step mother's side of the family is all rural and farmers. Most of them have a dogs, and they kept them outdoors almost all the time.

The cold feels like complete shit to us because we have skin instead of a fur coat (duh), but some people need to be reminded that animals fare just fine outside. All the time if need to be.

I left my cat outside when it was 10 degrees.

It froze to death.

But then again it was a pussy.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I always get a kick out of people who rant like crazy on social media about people who leave their dogs out in the 25 degree cold. It's a direct decedent of wolves, coyotes, and foxes. Why don't they mention the horror they feel when they see a coyote roaming about in snow covered field? Anatomically they are virtually the same.

They are fine. They always have been. They are built for the cold. Up to you if your dog is an indoor or outdoor dog. Either way, they will be fine. But city dwellers don't see it that way.

I've always lived in a city, but my step mother's side of the family is all rural and farmers. Most of them have dogs, and they kept them outdoors almost all the time. They would run them everyday. Feed them, let them loose to play etc. The dogs were fine. Honestly, I don't understand why people keep medium to large size dogs in a house in the first place. I think it's very strange. I like dogs, but they stink up everything they lay on and will destroy your house. I get having a hunting dog and/or to run around on the farm, but no clue why someone would want a full grown lab, great dane or something laying in their bed or couch slobbering on everything making everything amuck. But to each their own.

The cold feels like complete shit to us because we have skin instead of a fur coat (duh), but some people need to be reminded that animals fare just fine outside. All the time if need to be.

Yep

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BWillie

I always get a kick out of people who rant like crazy on social media about people who leave their dogs out in the 25 degree cold. It's a direct decedent of wolves, coyotes, and foxes. Why don't they mention the horror they feel when they see a coyote roaming about in snow covered field? Anatomically they are virtually the same.

They are fine. They always have been. They are built for the cold. Up to you if your dog is an indoor or outdoor dog. Either way, they will be fine. But city dwellers don't see it that way.

I've always lived in a city, but my step mother's side of the family is all rural and farmers. Most of them have dogs, and they kept them outdoors almost all the time. They would run them everyday. Feed them, let them loose to play etc. The dogs were fine. Honestly, I don't understand why people keep medium to large size dogs in a house in the first place. I think it's very strange. I like dogs, but they stink up everything they lay on and will destroy your house. I get having a hunting dog and/or to run around on the farm, but no clue why someone would want a full grown lab, great dane or something laying in their bed or couch slobbering on everything making everything amuck. But to each their own.

The cold feels like complete shit to us because we have skin instead of a fur coat (duh), but some people need to be reminded that animals fare just fine outside. All the time if need to be.

Well, that's not really true. At least not in all situations.

https://www.avma.org/public/PetCare/...et-safety.aspx

Of course, it's all about what you're calling "cold" and the dog's specific situation and health. If you're saying a dog can be kept outside in 20-30 degree weather, that's probably true for a large dog with a thick coat. It's (hopefully obviously) silly to act like a little Chihuahua would be fine if left outside in -20 degree weather.

[RINGLEADER]

So are the streets covered in ice?

[DaFace]

For what it's worth, here's the NWS hourly freezing rain/ice forecast for the stadium:



So basically, it's probably gonna start accumulating overnight and largely end by noon. There is a chance of some icing both before and after that time frame, but it won't be much. I bet the game will be a light rain if anything.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

And keep in mind the field is heated so as far as the actual game TYREEK SHOULD RUN WILD !

[muskrat1954]

Looks bad from here,LA. Is it getting worse? I lived thru a couple bad ones when I lived Lake of the Ozarks

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[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

You know there's really no such thing as Mojo , right !

stevieray knows mojo.

[redfan]

Originally Posted by muskrat1954

Looks bad from here,LA. Is it getting worse? I lived thru a couple bad ones when I lived Lake of the Ozarks

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We had about .10" of ice last night, and it made getting into the car an adventure, but they treated all of the main roads and they were fine. Roads were dry by 11am.
Untreated road were a different animal altogether.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

Hey man, the NFL has brought this on themselves. It's really hard to pay $165 a ticket (that's what mine cost) to sit in a ****ing ice storm in January. Now that people have 70- inch high def TVs where you can see the pimples on some lineman's ass in living color, the value of the game experience has waned. Ticket prices will never come down. If the economy continues to erode, more and more people will just stay home. Not to mention having to deal with drunk assholes, having people dent your car doors in the parking lot, paying more than a steak dinner would cost just to park, etc etc etc.

George you'd be a happier Chiefs fan if you just stayed home.




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[stevieray]

Originally Posted by RINGLEADER

So are the streets covered in ice?

main roads are clear

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

You know there's really no such thing as Mojo , right !

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

And keep in mind the field is heated so as far as the actual game TYREEK SHOULD RUN WILD !

There also is no such thing as a space between the last word of a sentence and the exclamation point.

[kcgizmo]

Anyone hearing they may delay the game even longer?

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by kcgizmo

Anyone hearing they may delay the game even longer?

Rescheduled for April 1st.