Great Snow Dump 2011
 

Calling for anywhere from 5-10 inches of the crap in NE Kansas starting today at noon.

Good luck to all your backs after shoveling it.

This is great. I'm out of town. My car will be buried and frozen.

NYC just got some rain today, thank god.

Snow? WTF is that?

It's supposed to stay to the south of us, thank god.

4-7 here in KC area.

Sunny and 68 here today.

Olathe?

5-8" in KC with possibly more.

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Is 5" of snow a lot for KC? It's only an average storm here but I know it's a pain if you aren't used to getting it.

KC shuts down with 1" of snow.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA AS EARLY AS NOON TODAY AS
SNOW DEVELOPS OVER KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS SNOW WILL
PROGRESSIVELY SPREAD EASTWARD INTO EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY MORNING FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
OUTSIDE THE WARNING AREA...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES.

KSZ025-102>105-MOZ020-021-028>030-037-191730-
/O.CON.KEAX.WS.W.0001.110119T1800Z-110120T1200Z/
ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...
KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE
330 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST
CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE ENTIRE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
SOME CITIES THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY SNOW INCLUDE ST.
JOSEPH...KANSAS CITY...OLATHE...ATCHISON...AND LEAVENWORTH.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BY MID-DAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON
WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY
BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW LINGERING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST BY THURSDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER
ACCUMULATIONS.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO THE START TIME OF THE SNOW...THE EVENING
COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IMPACTED. TRAVELERS CAN EXPECT
LONG DELAYS WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVELERS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE ALTERNATIVE
TRAVEL PLANS OR ADJUST THEIR CURRENT TRAVEL PLANS TO
ACCOMMODATE THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE WEDNESDAY EVENING. A NORTHWEST WIND BETWEEN 10
AND 15 MPH WILL ALSO LEAD TO MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL.MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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Damn, weather service... I hear you, you don't have to shout.

**** snow in its stupid ass.
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I must be the only one who doesn't mind the snow. Of course, I just got a mother****ing POWER SHOVEL for Christmas and I am itching to use that bad boy. Bring the snow, bidges!

**** shoveling it. Let that shit melt.

I don't mind it because I have a Jeep. My only issues are the morons around me that do not know how to drive in the snow.

Lezak said 7-8" over this winter. Katie wanted more....

What are you talking about? It says you live in Olathe; It is sunny and 75 degrees there. Your car is fine.

Don't know how to drive in the snow? You ever try driving a 2800 pound coupe in 4 inches of snow with a manual transmission? It's people in Jeeps and other SUVs that don't know what the **** to do when it snows. You have to realize it's going to be shitty out there and you can't be driving around your ****ing Jeep like nothing happened. Slow the **** down, don't tailgate and pay attention.

Your and idiot. I know how to drive in this crap. The morons I was referring to were those that think they are invincible because they have a 4x4.

I can drive around the people in their mustangs that are stuck spinning on the hill. I can't get out of they way of the idiot on the Ford Explorer that does not realize 4-wheel drive does not help you stop.

:popcorn:

Ahh, I got the opposite from the way your post was worded. I'm dreading going home after work today. Thank God I took tomorrow off.

My #1 pet peeve in snowy weather is when people inexplicably start breaking when going uphill. Mother****er, I NEED that momentum or I'm not going to make it over.

The building i am in is on madison just off the plaza. Big steep hill.

It is fun to watch the cars try to make it up it. Even more fun to see the people at the bottom still try when you can see traffic stuck in the middle of it not moving.

Better off dead
 

This mountain IS PURE SNOW!!

DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THE STREET VALUE OF THIS MOUNTAIN IS?

I THINK I FROZE THE LEFT PART OF MY BRAIN!

I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!

2 lanes of I35 S were closed this morning due to an accident. These assholes can't get from A to B on dry roads. This commute could be a nightmare tonight.

:thumb:

Sorry I don't have a dime

You need to put that on youtube. Stupid drivers are always entertaining.

I need to pick up some tow hooks and a winch so I can make a few $ on days like this.

We usually ustream it so people on the backside of the building can watch.

We're only getting freezing fog and mist. Can I have your snow?

it always cracks me up if I go to the store right before a storm like this one comin. There will be no milk, no burger, and one or two smashed up loaves of bread left on the shelf. Remember people, it isn't the apocalypse, its just some snow. People in Canada live in it 9 months out of the year.

It's Kansas people, can we just wait to see how much snow we actually get before doomsday is declared?

These dipsh*t forecasters call for 6-9'' a few times every year and we end up with a dusting. Before I start freaking out, I'll wait to see if snowmageddon actually happens.

Obviously not the same hill, but I envision this...

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After the last snow, we watched a truck go about halfway up a steep entrance and slide down into a tree. An SUV did the same thing a little while later... got about halfway up and ended up sliding down into the truck. Then a 3rd truck tried the same thing, and came really close to hitting the SUV. Then a 4th person in an SUV tried, slid all the way down and jumped a curb, tried going back up two more times before giving up.

I sit a few cubes from the window, so I'd just wait for the "Oooohh, aaaahhh... HAHAHA!"


We also watched 3 plows drive up/down the just outside the office, and only the 3rd one was plowing... and the steep park entrance wasn't ever touched. People are idiots, but the city seems to be less prepared for snow (or spend less on its removal) every year.

You guys would be ****ed in Rochester. it seems to snow every other day recently.

Only for the idiots. So yeah, we are ****ed.

Last snow fall, guy doesn't realize he's in the left hand exit only lane to Metcalf on I35 S. Instead of just biting the bullet, he whips into the other lane, loses control and takes out 2 cars who were driving cautiously. Watched the whole thing in my rear view.

JFC that may be the worst one I've seen.

If I don't puss out and call in to work, I advise everyone to stay the hell out of my way since I'll be in a tractor and pulling two trailers to St. Louis. (hopefully they'll get wise and cancel the runs, but I doubt they do it)

Brace yourself, i see snowflakes starting to fall.

We's doomed! Doooooomed I tells ya!

everybody start driving like tards!

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FYP

I have to admit that the people in Denver do handle driving in snow better than in KC. Except, of course, for the recent immigrants from Texas and California.

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I hate you.
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flakes are starting to fall. Get to Walmart for bread and milk ASAP!

No snow yet. I am surprised they are even having school today, since the snowing is coming! (They canceled school yesterday, despite the fact the roads were relatively clear for a Jan. day.)

Snow? That's what happens to water when it gets too cold.

This? This is GoChiefs. This is what happens to people when they get too sexually-frustrated.

I see what you're saying, but didn't we just get quite a few inches last week? And last winter we got a bunch. Just sayin'.

They're only calling for 2-5 inches here, but you just never know. My RWD doesn't cooperate in one inch of snow. Went over and borrowed dad's SUV. There's just something about having 4WD that makes me feel invincible (but I don't drive like that).

Welp, it's pretty hard to argue with a radar. Just don't listen to Katie Horner, the rest of the weather experts are usually pretty close to reality. I think we're bound for 4" at the very least.

You silly midwesterners and your "heavy snow". :p

Damn! That 2nd car was moving pretty fast down that hill.

Our snow typically comes with sleet first. At least snow gives you some traction. However, they haven't called for any sleet or freezing rain down here, so I'm not worried.

Geez, enough already.

I would take the snow... it's raining ice right now.

I was driving to the airport last Monday morning in about eight inches or so. Doing about 45 the whole time. I stopped counting how many SUVs I saw in the ditch, a few of them which had passed me doing 70. It's funny how few people realize that four wheel drive only helps you get going, not turning or stopping.

Yeah. We did get 4-5'' early last week and dumped on last Christmas. So I guess the weather forecasters are batting about .025 during my lifetime in KS (28 years)

I complain only because when I was a kid (and actually wanted it to snow), they would call for these huge snowstorms then I'd wake up to a dusting. Forecasters pretty much swung for the fences and missed more often than not until a few years ago. I guess technology is better now, so maybe I should cut them some slack. I'm still bitter about only having roughly 3 snow days during my entire K-12 existence. Now kids get at least 2-3 snow days per school year.

It has started here as well.

It just started snowing here too. We're kinda on the southern edge of this shit, so hopefully we'll get spared the heavy stuff.

Are we dead yet?

LMAO

I hear you there. My daughter was out of school three days last week, and should have gone on all three days. When I was in K-12, it took a lot more snow and ice to cancel school that what it does today.

The sky is falling! \chicken little

One of the days school was out here was because of a -10 windchill. WTF? I remember in grade school waiting for the bus with -40 windchill. Kid's today are pussies.:#

It's funny - up in Chicago, it's been cold, and we've had snow on the ground continuously since early December, but we've never gotten enough at one time to be anything more than just a bit annoying (other than the area of northern Indiana that gets lake effect snow - they've been hammered). Beyond that, I don't think there have been any school closures at all.

Seems to be shitty all around us, though.

And I'm okay with that. :D

Katie Horner just said shes working on a snow prediction forecast she will present at 4:00 PM.

Yep, we hardly ever had snow days. And even if we did, they never announced it until that morning, so we still had to do our homework and go to bed at our normal time. There was none of this announcing it at 8pm the night before like they do now.

Hell, I think instead of a summer vacation they should start giving the kids a winter vacation, between the holidays and snow days they're out half the damn time anyway.

too many schools were sued by parents who said they should have cancelled due to weather....and had kids hurt etc.

It's got to be tough for admin to make the right call all of the time.
They cancelled here monday due to ice, and it seemed like the right thing to me on the way to work, and an hour later it warmed up 5 degrees and melted off.

**** winter. **** snow. bring on spring and summer. skin , beer drinkin, and BBQ outside. garden, river, the works.

you know the deal.

4 feet of snow on TEH WAY NAO!

**** yeah.

amen

A month ago, my brother who was working on a job site in Minnesota....returned on monday to find guys using probes to find trucks and wind turbine blades under snow drifts.


It's not going to be too bad to handle in Missouri.

When the weather gets really bad, or the extreme cold...I sooth myself with these words. "it has got to be killing bugs right now"....