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(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Chicago to make Lake Shore Drive safer during blizzards, because warning people for two days that they'll get stuck on it didn't work last year   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 40
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ZAZ [TotalFark]
2011-10-28 08:18:36 PM
The construction will put in place concrete barriers that look like the existing barrier walls, but which are movable. They will stay closed except during emergencies.

I look forward to the pictures of heavy barrier-moving equipment stuck in traffic during a storm.
 
2011-10-28 08:40:18 PM
Wait, it snows in Chicago? Who knew? I thought Illinois was in the tropics.
 
2011-10-28 09:00:09 PM
why didn't they just close the road when conditions got bad?
 
2011-10-28 09:08:57 PM
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2011-10-28 09:11:25 PM
FTFH: emergencies will start Monday

Yep, now they're giving everyone three days warning.
 
2011-10-28 09:11:50 PM
Well to be honest, Chicagoans aren't exactly the smartest people out there...
 
2011-10-28 09:12:04 PM
WTF that gotta do with Thrall?
 
2011-10-28 09:12:36 PM
Remember, children, when you bang on florida or texas - trust me, from my travels, I have learned that there are dipshiats everywhere. They just have different annoying accents.
 
2011-10-28 09:20:24 PM
This turned into a FIB bashing thread pretty fast.
 
2011-10-28 09:26:31 PM
Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

/carry on
 
2011-10-28 09:28:53 PM
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JESUS CHRIST
 
2011-10-28 09:30:51 PM
The snow was actually pretty fun in my Subaru.

/played it smart
//stayed off LSD
 
2011-10-28 09:31:07 PM
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Yeah, that was fun. Thankfully I didn't have to go anywhere for a couple of days after that nonsense.

/had a great time playing in the snow.
 
2011-10-28 09:33:46 PM
shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.
 
2011-10-28 09:42:55 PM
Jeebus Saves: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.


I think that the issue is that they have the full freak out don't leave your house you will be trapped warnings about 4 times every winter and nothing ever happens more of an issue with the city crying wolf too many times, at least that's how it was down in Springfield
 
2011-10-28 09:43:12 PM
Jeebus Saves: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.


And they all voted for Obama multiple times.
 
2011-10-28 09:47:01 PM
Jeebus Saves: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.


THIS

If your car was on lake shore drive during that, you are an idiot.
If you even ventured out to work that day, or didn't leave early, you are an idiot.
If you were inconvenienced in any way due to lack of preparation, you are an idiot.


//Skilling was calling that storm a monster ~more~ than a week out.
///If you don't consider Skilling the end-all-be-all of weather, you're an idiot.
 
2011-10-28 09:51:06 PM
italie: //Skilling was calling that storm a monster ~more~ than a week out.

I like to trust Skilling. Then again, his brother is doing 24 years of PMIA for the Enron scandal. C'est la vie.
 
2011-10-28 09:52:11 PM
I remember my mom jokingly making a comment about it being a drag that my son was born in January and would always have a snow-filled birthday. That may be true but that January birth meant I was on maternity leave all of January, February and March and I was happy I didn't have to go anywhere during that storm. Or the entire winter, for that matter.
 
2011-10-28 09:54:46 PM
shroom: italie: //Skilling was calling that storm a monster ~more~ than a week out.

I like to trust Skilling. Then again, his brother is doing 24 years of PMIA for the Enron scandal. C'est la vie.


There's two sides to every Skilling. Tom got the up side.


//May the Skilling be with you.
 
2011-10-28 09:59:44 PM
cardex: I think that the issue is that they have the full freak out don't leave your house you will be trapped warnings about 4 times every winter and nothing ever happens more of an issue with the city crying wolf too many times, at least that's how it was down in Springfield

That would be all fine and dandy, but the storm started around 2 when I was leaving work. Those people got stuck well after the storm was in full swing. Sure, leading up to the storm you could say it was the usual media hyping a story, but all it took was a quick look outside the day of to know it was the real deal.
 
2011-10-28 10:07:48 PM
Why does anyone live in cold, snowy-weather locales? God damn.
 
2011-10-28 10:21:37 PM
leftoverbacon: The snow was actually pretty fun in my Subaru.

/played it smart
//stayed off LSD


And there ain't no road just like it, Anywhere I've found.
 
2011-10-28 10:35:33 PM
Jeebus Saves: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.


What it is is a bunch of idiots that think they have to prove to world that they can drive in the snow. The people that got caught on Lake Shore drive are probably the same idiots that refuse to slow down when it rains or snows, because they are great driving in those conditions, and end up getting into accidents.

/Life long Chicagoan myself who was smart enough to know not to go out when the storm was announced.
 
2011-10-28 10:41:14 PM
italie: Jeebus Saves: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

As a lifelong Chicagoan myself, I don't see how anyone was caught off guard. If you had any connection to the outside world, you knew the storm was coming. You could't turn on a tv or radio without them talking about it. It got to the point that I was ready to smash the tv, thinking that people couldn't possibly be so stupid to actually drive after hearing all the warnings. The next day the paper was filled with any comments that the city didn't do enough to warn people.

THIS

If your car was on lake shore drive during that, you are an idiot.
If you even ventured out to work that day, or didn't leave early, you are an idiot.
If you were inconvenienced in any way due to lack of preparation, you are an idiot.


//Skilling was calling that storm a monster ~more~ than a week out.
///If you don't consider Skilling the end-all-be-all of weather, you're an idiot.


As someone who has lived in Chicago since 2009 (and has visited it many times before that), the mishap on the LSD was not entirely due to the blizzard. There was a bus that jack-knifed on Lake Shore, and the blizzard merely complicated the situation. Jack knifed autos can cause hours of complications in the best of weather conditions, much less a monster blizzard. Needless to say, any employer made their employees stay past 4 pm that day when the blizzard started is an ass fissure of the highest calibur. It was entirely too dangerous to be out past about 5 that evening. Keeping 7-11 open isn't that important.

FerneJohn: Why does anyone live in cold, snowy-weather locales? God damn.

Why live anywhere else? If I had to choose between a monster hurricane, spontaneous earthquakes, frequent tornadoes, drought, or a blizzard I will choose the blizzard everytime. Blizzards are not even that bad, and I actually really enjoy them. On the flipside, I hate summer. I am indifferent towards sunny weather and I can't stand the heat. Bring on winter!
 
2011-10-28 10:58:41 PM
shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

/carry on


Actually, 1979 and 1970 were right up there for Chicago blizzards - at least the ones I remember. I was too young to remember the '67 blizzard.

I'm just glad that I had a short commute for this year's storm, and wasn't anywhere near the lake. Even so, I left work early that day. The snow was flying by 2:30 PM.

Though I'll agree with the general consensus here that anyone who was on Lake Shore Drive for the storm was a first-class idiot, the city didn't help matters by leaving it open to traffic far too late.
 
2011-10-28 11:05:12 PM
fn129: Needless to say, any employer made their employees stay past 4 pm that day when the blizzard started is an ass fissure of the highest calibur.

Somewhat off-topic:

I lived in Tucson, Arizona for several years. During a particularly bad August monsoon--August is pretty much the only time Tucson gets any precipitation, so August is our "monsoon season"--our boss at work encouraged all of us to leave work early (3pm, I believe?) so we would avoid the [relatively] heavy flooding. It was greatly appreciated.

\It was also a Friday, so perhaps he was eager to get out of there, too?
 
2011-10-28 11:11:24 PM
Seriously, all those people who got stranded was one of the most dumbass-tastic things I've ever seen. They were warning for 2 full days, and said it would be the worst right on the lakefront. I had no sympathy for any of those fools.

Sidenote - I found those Audi commercials annoying that showed one of their cars driving out of a driveway covered in snow after the blizzard and going down the street. Yeah, because when there's 2 feet of snow, you want to be driving an Audi. Stupid.
 
2011-10-28 11:16:11 PM
fark_your_mudder: ...Sidenote - I found those Audi commercials annoying that showed one of their cars driving out of a driveway covered in snow after the blizzard and going down the street. Yeah, because when there's 2 feet of snow, you want to be driving an Audi. Stupid.

too bad we cannot goad meinRS6 into this -
 
2011-10-28 11:45:20 PM
Fubegra: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

/carry on

Actually, 1979 and 1970 were right up there for Chicago blizzards - at least the ones I remember. I was too young to remember the '67 blizzard.

I'm just glad that I had a short commute for this year's storm, and wasn't anywhere near the lake. Even so, I left work early that day. The snow was flying by 2:30 PM.

Though I'll agree with the general consensus here that anyone who was on Lake Shore Drive for the storm was a first-class idiot, the city didn't help matters by leaving it open to traffic far too late.


Don't forget NYE 98/99. I was living in the suburbs that year and it was no real picnic either. But being a holidays weekend kind of helped I think. Most everything seemed to be up by Monday.
 
2011-10-28 11:59:05 PM
fn129: Needless to say, any employer made their employees stay past 4 pm that day when the blizzard started is an ass fissure of the highest calibur. It was entirely too dangerous to be out past about 5 that evening. Keeping 7-11 open isn't that important.

The top 1%s say it is. Corporate profits before all else.
 
2011-10-29 12:17:53 AM
HempHead: fn129: Needless to say, any employer made their employees stay past 4 pm that day when the blizzard started is an ass fissure of the highest calibur. It was entirely too dangerous to be out past about 5 that evening. Keeping 7-11 open isn't that important.

The top 1%s say it is. Corporate profits before all else.


I suppose that the fact that half those corporate profits are what fuel the 401k's and pension funds of 150 million americans doesnt enter into it.......After all, if only the 1% owned stock then why the fark would we care if the market crashed?

Come to think of it, if they own so much and they are so invested into the market, why is it that when the market crashes the business dries up and the jobs dry up?

I haven't met the business owner yet who will refuse to sell a product to someone just because the market crashed the day before. So what exactly is the link between the market crashing and the jobs going away? Businesses exist to sell goods and services, they employ people to that end. You dont lay off people when you need them to make goods that are in demand. You lay them off when the demand fades and you are bound by your contract to protect the investors capital.

Do the stock brokers have too much money? Probably. But there are what? About 15k actual rich stock brokers in Wall street? What do you think you would get if you liquidated them? Their stock would be worthless because if you are willing to seize all of a persons stock holdings, then the holdings are only valuable at the Governments whim, which means no one will pay you a dollar for them. SO what would you get? A bunch of hugely expensive cars that depreciated 45% when they drove off the lot, some expensive furniture with bourbon stains on it, Some mortgaged NYC penthouses?

The wealth you envy is largely paper. It doesnt exist after you topple the system trying to get it. The only thing you will accomplish is killing off the 'necessary evil' of the brokers.

Do you have the time and expertise to research and determine if a company is worth investing in? I dont think so. That why you need the jakasses on wall street.
 
2011-10-29 12:18:44 AM
jclaggett: Fubegra: shroom: Before you all come in on your chain-tire equipped high-horses, let me just say this. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan (suburbs) in my early 30's, and I have never in my life seen anything like the Feb. 2011 storm here. This kind of snowfall hasn't been seen in Chicago since the 60's. Took a lot of people off guard, even with the warnings.

/carry on

Actually, 1979 and 1970 were right up there for Chicago blizzards - at least the ones I remember. I was too young to remember the '67 blizzard.

I'm just glad that I had a short commute for this year's storm, and wasn't anywhere near the lake. Even so, I left work early that day. The snow was flying by 2:30 PM.

Though I'll agree with the general consensus here that anyone who was on Lake Shore Drive for the storm was a first-class idiot, the city didn't help matters by leaving it open to traffic far too late.

Don't forget NYE 98/99. I was living in the suburbs that year and it was no real picnic either. But being a holidays weekend kind of helped I think. Most everything seemed to be up by Monday.


I believe 1999 (I was here for that one too, visiting relatives for Christmas break) and 2011 were the 2nd and 3rd largest blizzards in Chicago history ('67 still ranks #1). Wasn't alive in 1967, but that blizzard sounded epic nonetheless.

FizixJunkee: fn129: Needless to say, any employer made their employees stay past 4 pm that day when the blizzard started is an ass fissure of the highest calibur.

Somewhat off-topic:

I lived in Tucson, Arizona for several years. During a particularly bad August monsoon--August is pretty much the only time Tucson gets any precipitation, so August is our "monsoon season"--our boss at work encouraged all of us to leave work early (3pm, I believe?) so we would avoid the [relatively] heavy flooding. It was greatly appreciated.

\It was also a Friday, so perhaps he was eager to get out of there, too?


From what I heard, probably 99.5% of all businesses had the good sense to be closed early on the day the blizzard struck, and almost everything else was closed soon after it started until at least the next afternoon. I know my current workplace closed for it (I hadn't started working there yet at that time, but peopel still talk about it from time to time). However, I do remember my brother's then girlfriend was manager at Panera, and the powers that be made her stay there over night... only for it to be closed anyway for the next day.
 
2011-10-29 01:33:33 AM
Pussies.

March 2007 - Ed Greene on Channel 4 in Denver confidently predicts 9 feet of snow in the next 24 hours.

He was low.

Alright,admittedly it was for the foothills west of Boulder, but still...

40" on the flat in the 'burbs. Missed 1 day of work.

Pussies.
 
2011-10-29 03:59:10 AM
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/thought you said 'buzzard'
 
2011-10-29 05:46:01 AM
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This one was asking for it:
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2011-10-29 07:40:20 AM
hicksfa2: Well to be honest, Chicagoans aren't exactly the smartest people out there...

You can say that again. I live across the state line in Indiana and it's amazing what kind of stuff goes on in Chicago that doesn't make national news.
 
2011-10-29 09:27:20 AM
The 67 blizzard was fun. The forecast was for 2 to 4 inches. The weather folk just kept upping the estimate through the night. My sister in Blue Island said this was worse. I asked her if a weeks notice that a MONSTER STORM was coming wasn't enough!
 
2011-10-29 10:21:10 AM
leevis: You can say that again. I live across the state line in Indiana and it's amazing what kind of stuff goes on in Chicago that doesn't make national news.

That's awfully rich coming from, uh, Indiana.
 
2011-10-29 11:32:36 AM
Ikam: leevis: You can say that again. I live across the state line in Indiana and it's amazing what kind of stuff goes on in Chicago that doesn't make national news.

That's awfully rich coming from, uh, Indiana.

He can read, I'll give him that much.
 
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