Its a balmy 16 degrees here this morning.  In northern MN, its supposed to dip below zero for a couple nights.  They are planning to ice fish Upper Red Lake near Bemidji in a week.  It will be a ZOO out there, all for the sake of going home with 3 keeper-sized walleye.

 

Normally when the Midwest receives these bitter cold pockets of Arctic air, parts of Alaska are very mild.

17 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Here, it's typically low temps, not snow that closes schools.  10" that hasn't been cleaned up by morning can do it though.  Buses can't operate safely in that, especially if it's the sloppy lake effect crap.

I can hear it from a New Yorker, it’s when the midwesterners with dead straight flat roads talk noise that I chuckle 

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I can hear it from a New Yorker, it’s when the midwesterners with dead straight flat roads talk noise that I chuckle 

What flat roads?

This is Ramsey St in St. Paul - 1/2 mile of up-hill slope

 

And this is part of the main road to my house - I tell people it follows the path of a drunken snake

We call that flat here, lol. 

When I lived in Massachusetts, we were close to the Cumberland reservoir and the only road treatment they allowed was “cinders”.  Made your car black. 

46 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

What flat roads?

This is Ramsey St in St. Paul - 1/2 mile of up-hill slope

 

And this is part of the main road to my house - I tell people it follows the path of a drunken snake

Plow that for corn, never seen ground so flat 

I was more referring to the folks that move here from Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan etc

 

here’s the road my k-8 school is on, buses would have trouble on a sunny day 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_129_in_Tennessee

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

After all these times northerners make fun of us for closing schools…….

 

is this the first time it’s ever snowed in Michigan????

Our first real measurable amount came last night. About 6”. I told the kid to take the shovel from the barn over to the house, and “just for fun” he decided to clean a path there instead. 
Starting tonight and into Sunday, we could see up to 24”, I doubt he’ll be so quick to do a “fun shovel” after that ?

Winter when?  White what? Jack who? Lol Sorry, never heard of it.

 

-representative of SOCAL anglers

I’m really glad I live in the eastern part of NYS right now. 

19 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

I’m really glad I live in the eastern part of NYS right now. 

Yeah no power and a blizzard, that's a huge no from me.....ironically enough I was alive during Alabama's only recent blizzard in March of 93.  Close to 2.5ft of snow, everything was down....power, 911, etc.   

1 hour ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Yeah no power and a blizzard, that's a huge no from me.....ironically enough I was alive during Alabama's only recent blizzard in March of 93.  Close to 2.5ft of snow, everything was down....power, 911, etc.   

 

Some Buffalo suburbs have gotten over 5’ so far and it’s still coming down out there. In my part of NYS we avoid the lake effect storms that slam the state out by the Great Lakes. 
 

Snow in states that aren’t prepared for it can really do damage. Even a couple inches can shut things down. 2.5’ is apocalyptic down there lol 

4 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

2.5’ is apocalyptic down there lol 

Meanwhile in Minne-snow-ta

 

1991, we got 28" over the weekend Oct 31-Nov 3...and I had to get to work every day of that. 22 miles each way in a RWD sedan.

22 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

After all these times northerners make fun of us for closing schools…….

 

is this the first time it’s ever snowed in Michigan????

The problem right now is the ground is still thawed. The snow hits the roads and melts creating slush. The slush then creates a cold blanket over the warmer road so then, the snow starts to accumulate on the roads. Then come nightfall the temps drop into the twenties and freezes everything on the roads. 
 

Once the ground freezes under the roads and it’s just snow and not the slush and ice, things are more manageable and school closings are less frequent. 
 

Nonetheless 10” of snow in one dumping is enough to shut the schools down regardless. Businesses and everything else don’t close down though. I was still out running the roads at work. ?

22 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

I was more referring to the folks that move here from Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan etc

 

here’s the road my k-8 school is on, buses would have trouble on a sunny day 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_129_in_Tennessee

My work supervisor is a big motorcycle guy and his annual trip this past year was that location: The Tail of the Dragon.

12 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Yeah no power and a blizzard

Could be worse. A lot worse. You could be in the path of a destructive hurricane or a wild fire from years of prolonged drought. People will survive a blizzard and lack of power for a few days and their homes will still be standing come spring when it melts.

46 minutes ago, gimruis said:

My work supervisor is a big motorcycle guy and his annual trip this past year was that location: The Tail of the Dragon.

Could be worse. A lot worse. You could be in the path of a destructive hurricane or a wild fire from years of prolonged drought. People will survive a blizzard and lack of power for a few days and their homes will still be standing come spring when it melts.

Did he make it back in one piece? 

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Did he make it back in one piece? 

 

Yes.  He said it was a bit of a challenge but the scenery was worth the trip alone.

Warming up again!

 

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Warming up again!

Yep - forecast has mid to upper 30s....with a chance of hitting 40.

 

Bikini Season is Back!

 

Mrs B and myself decided to go camping last weekend.  It was the coldest night of the year.  It was 24 degrees on the lake/campground, and the water hose feeding our camper froze.   Water temps here have dropped 8 degrees in the last 10 days.   It's been a couple years since we had any snow, with any accumulation.   

 

I'm sick right now.  Dr said I had a respiratory virus that will just have to run it's course.   

12 hours ago, Woody B said:

Mrs B and myself decided to go camping last weekend.  It was the coldest night of the year.  It was 24 degrees on the lake/campground, and the water hose feeding our camper froze.   Water temps here have dropped 8 degrees in the last 10 days.   It's been a couple years since we had any snow, with any accumulation.   

 

I'm sick right now.  Dr said I had a respiratory virus that will just have to run it's course.   

Almost everyone I know including myself has had that recently. Takes a while to run it’s course 

And Cooks Bay is socked in...wonder how long before the first idiot tests the ice.

On 11/21/2022 at 4:23 PM, gimruis said:

Warming up again!

 

“Straight back to summer, won’t even get a spring season” -Hardee’s patrons, gas station clerks, BR members, etc

On 11/22/2022 at 9:53 AM, MN Fisher said:

wonder how long before the first idiot tests the ice

Thousands of ice anglers have descended upon Upper Red Lake just north of Bemidji the past few days.  Unfortunately, and yet inevitably, the first group of idiots has now been sent "adrift" by the wind.  A large crack has formed and separated the sheet from the rest of the mainland.

 

Apparently the resort warned them about this crack last night and they STILL decided to risk it today.  I say leave them out there.