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I-80 is like the The Equator. Lol.

Yeah. Haha. I’ll take the GEM.

Zero snow here while 50 miles southwest had 8-11 inches.

Could be a nice little event here and for Hoosier.

From Mike Caplan. Today marks the midpoint of one of Chicago’s worst blizzards on record. January 12-14 1979 saw a crippling 20.3” of snow fall, causing death, disruption to commerce for weeks, and the downfall of a mayor. The winter of 1978-79 still stands as the benchmark against which all others in Chicago are measured. A whopping 89.7” of snow fell that season, 40.4” of that came down in January. But it was the weekend of January 12-14 that created the most havoc. It started innocuously enough. The forecast called for 2-4” of snow. But Mother Nature had different plans. It kept snowing. And snowing. And snowing. And with winds whipping to around 40mph, mountainous drifts formed, stranding motorists and leaving the city scrambling to clean up the mess. Five people died. O’Hare was closed for four days. Most roads and parking lots were out of commission for more than a week. Compounding the problem was the fact that two weeks prior a 9”-12” snowstorm had already blanketed the area.

Not a bad look for most in the sub if this were to come to fruition. Also good prognostic discussion.

I’m thinking you meant December of 2000? December 01 stunk snow wise. Overall I agree with your statement. I remember plenty of boring stretches of winter weather, especially 90s and early 2000s.

It wasn’t the heaviest rates but the duration of accumulating snow was 54 hours at Chicago. I remember the snow was behind schedule because of the slow movement, so like a true weenie with no patience, I drove about 30 miles south so I could see it snow. Hahaha.

Haha. No it isn’t. I do hear a little dripping from the ice. Very slow melt. Quite a bit to go though.

Read that too. Definitely not even close to melting. Just took this pic.

Wind gusts to 30 mph tomorrow with the ice too won’t help matters.

All finished here. Guessing around 1.5”. I’ll take it all things considered. Correction, right at 2” Josh pic

Looks like a good band heading up your way. Edge of it went through here and it was S+ for lil bit.

An inch here already.

Nice band of heavy snow heading toward Chicago metro between 55 and 57

Started snowing here in Kankakee about 20 minutes ago. Moderate snow now.

That sucks but I can relate. At this point, I’ll take an inch of snow and root for the fellas up north. Nothing worse than being in the Chicago media market watching coverage of a snowstorm 50 miles northwest of you. Unfortunately, you get used to it after awhile.

Brutal.

Definitely. Even Jerry Taft was somewhat onboard. Lol. The weird thing I remember the day before the storm, was the crazy amount of Geese flying south all day. Never seen anything like that to this day. Even they knew it was coming.

This year’s .7 is the exact same amount as 1998. Be nice for a 1999 redo. I remember the 99 blizzard was forecast for a week ahead.

Covid.

Me and 3 coworkers all tested positive for the antibodies (we all caught COVID a month ago). We donated blood to The Red Cross last Friday and they automatically test for the antibodies. Took a week for test results to come back. So now we signed up to donate our plasma in 50 days. Make a few bucks doing it too.

55 MPH gust at IKK last hour, impressive. At least whatever leaves I had left in the yard are gone.

Unfortunate but it happens. Like I said earlier, I was “fortunate” my symptoms were mild, as were my 9 other coworkers who contracted it. 3 of them were over 50 with preexisting conditions but still had mild symptoms. All of us have pretty much fully recovered, thank goodness.