Snowmegeddon 2010, Minnesota, USA

[duane mcdowell]

Yikes, it's cold and snowy here.

 

[Wendy]

Brrrrrr....that system is just hitting us now. I hate winter. It's so cold and dark and depressing.....come on spring!!!! :clap:

 

[goldenrose]

That system is pushing down into IL. No offense- I couldn't handle MN or Can, IL is bad enough!

 

[lindafrog]

Brrr-its been snowing since early am here in northwestern lower Michigan. We are close to Lake Michigan with both system and lake effect snow. I've ventured out only to fill bird feeders. Orchid society party was cancelled:-( Blizzard going on with more cold, windchills below zero and up to 2 feet of snow in the forecast. Time to crank up the heat and enjoy the greenhouse. Hope your okay in MN-- is that blue sky? We don't get much blue sky on this side of Lake Michigan till April!

 

[rdlsreno]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Ramon

 

[Ross]

The snow missed us completely, Duane, but we got the cold!:clap: High today was 3F(-16C)

 

[SlipperFan]

Didn't the Minneapolis area get over 1.5 feet of snow? Thank you, Mother Nature, for not dumping that much on us!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Holy cow, that's a LOT of snow. Just saw on the news where the Metrodome collapsed under the weight of snow in Minneapolis - what a sight!

It's chinooking here, temperature at 7 pm is currently +5C and rising....and not snowing....:clap:

 

[NYEric]

I think NYC was 53F and rainy today. Cold comes in on Tuesday!

 

[Ross]

Didn't the Minneapolis area get over 1.5 feet of snow? Thank you, Mother Nature, for not dumping that much on us!

Yes, they did. We're 100 miles north and got totally missed by the snow.

 

[Candace]

You can keep it, thanks very much! I've actually begun wearing a jacket when I go out now. Brrrrr:>

 

[chrismende]

Well, folks, don't all flock to the Bay Area, but today it's around 60-ish without any windchill. It got down to 39 at some point recently. Big deal for San Francisco.

 

[chrismende]

To add to the above: I do love to tramp through snowy nature, though. It's really a spiritual experience. We miss all that transitional excitement here. Today there are Gingkgos shedding yellow leaves, Christmas trees in windows, and violas in windowboxes planted over bulbs that are going to poke through in a month... Great confusions to Ma Nature. Or to those of us who like boundaries between seasons.

 

[JeanLux]

Cool!!! Snow last week here just for 2 days, but almost no sun for weeks now !!! Jean

 

[Ernie]

Saw footage of the Metrodome roof collapse there in Minneapolis. Crazy.

We are having some record lows being near freezing +- five degrees (27-37 F) at night, but our friends up in Chicago are shoveling big time! So, I'm not complaining at all. Covering up some tender tropicals way beats that mess. Funny thing- Home Depots here are selling out of plant frost cloth and tiny bundles of fire wood and starters (the Duraflame stuff).

 

[nikv]

Brrrrr! I'm so glad that I fled the state of Minnesota back in the 80's. My blood is too thin to think about that much snow now.

 

[duane mcdowell]

Yep. We got about 1.5 feet. Plenty of snow, for sure. Lots of school closings today - the roads are really rotten.

 

[goldenrose]

.... but our friends up in Chicago are shoveling big time! ....

Nope not near the border - most of it blew to Michigan & Indiana!

 

[Ray]

Hey Duane - that should make it easier to cultivate those "cold growers" you like!

 

[SlipperFan]

Nope not near the border - most of it blew to Michigan & Indiana!

Near Lake Michigan, I think they got about as much as the folks in Minneapolis. We got a little over 5" but with the blowing snow, strong winds and way below normal temperatures, the results here in mid-Michigan were enough to cause multiple accidents and several deaths.