8 AM update - We had 'Blizzard Conditions' last night, literally. Snow in very high winds (25 mph+). It's still snowing now and the snow is up to your knees. 17 inches at O'Hare. Nobody is using our suburban sidestreets to leave their homes for work.. A snow drift blocks our front door.
City governments had plenty of warning and seem to have kept paths open to hospitals. It will take some days to dig out, but we're better off than New York looked to be. There were some snafu's as people left work early yesterday, but most folks are tucked in now. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > We had a bit of thunder and lightning. Lots of wind and about 7 inches of > snow up here in Bloomfield Hills, but only about 5 inches downtown and at the > airport. Shouldn't prove to be much of a problem. Don't know about power > outages, but mine is on. > Paul > On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> The thunder and lightening we're having is amazing--a 1st time experience >> for me. I just tried to take some shots off the back landing, but it's hard >> to lock on for focus and you're fighting elements constantly--so I didn't >> really get anything. Also, it's hard to photograph; the snow looks like >> glitter, not big snowflakes. I tried for some swirling snow, but when the >> wind picks up it makes me unsteady and I lose control. When I use the >> tripod, I can't manuver quickly when I spot snow swirles. I'd have to say >> the elements are challenging. >> >> >> >> I also got beaned pretty good by the snow in the cheeks--got a little bump >> on my left cheek under my left eye. Snow accumulation by us not much of a >> story yet, but the wind, thunder, and lightening clearly the story. We hear >> wind and occassion gates thumping. 79 thousand people are already without >> power in the Chicagoland area. Not good. Christine >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
