cryinoutloud: tomcat1346: This is what the winds look like across the U.S.
http://hint.fm/wind/

So that's where the vortex is.  I was kind of hoping it would be somewhere else.

This is not news to me.

I knew that Mississippi is a giant vortex of suck.

Fayetteville, AR:
Pretty dang cold and overcast, but no snow.

The reasons that snow and ice fark us up so bad are multiple. First, we are not built for it. Our roads twist and turn like crazy at steep slopes, and ice turns driving into an idiot's game real quick. The cities don't have the infrastructure to clear the roads, because that is an expense they can get away with not spending since ice and snow are fairly rare here. Even if they did have the equipment, though, the roads are generally pretty bad anyways. Nobody owns snow chains because (again) snow is fairly rare here and not a lot of local shops keep them in stock. Also, because the natural state is so natural we get to deal with tons of downed branches that also down power lines. Also, since ice and snow are fairly rare here, a fair portion of folks have no idea how to drive in it.

BLIZZARD!

Actually they're calling for 1"-3" in extreme Northwest Arkansas (I'm in Fayetteville), with snowfall mostly in the 4"-6" range a little bit south of here. I think they WAAAAY overestimated this storm, as is common with winter storms in the South. Then again, we don't have the resources to deal with winter storms because they don't happen very often, so it pays to be prepared. Especially on a holiday weekend.

Living in Estonia, I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Traveling Greyhound now, soon to go Chicago to Detroit. Greyhound has cancelled routes in the triangle between Chicago, Memphis, and Saint Louis.

tomcat1346: This is what the winds look like across the U.S.
http://hint.fm/wind/

So that's where the vortex is.  I was kind of hoping it would be somewhere else.

Atypical Person Reading Fark:

It's not just a SoCal thing.  You really think people in Nevada and San Francisco call it Eye-80?

You can call it just 80 but that sounds weird.  "Where's 80?"  just don't sound good, no it don't


Well, that's the way everyone in Northern California actually says it, including a lot of people who live along I-80 itself ... so, yeah.

I've never heard anyone north of about San Jose say "the [Interstate Number]." Just like we say "get on 5 and then take the Northgate Exit," instead of "get on the 5." Same thing with regular highways - it's "99," not "the 99."

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I'm flying from DCA to MSY (New Orleans) tomorrow (and the plane is coming from Syracuse), so I'm getting a kick out of these replies...
Actually, I'm a meteorologist (seriously) and I'm getting a kick out of these replies...

At any rate, this storm is cool, but I want to be able to get to the Big Easy and get my drink on!

/Priorities

Shadow Blasko: No Time To Explain: /worst we've had under blizzard was a dumping over 50cm in less than 2r hours
//get on my level

Here is a hint. You can have a blizzard with 0 falling snow.

wellllll...some would split hairs and refer to those conditions as "ground blizzard"

/unless that nomenclature is out of date

In the meantime, where I'm at in California we've got 65" and counting since Thursday night.

Nasty weather here in Memphis. I expected the worst because the bird were in a feeding frenzy today.

I figure to wake up tomorrow to a city sheathed in ice.

Someone posted video of the Mobile tornado to facebook
So far Mobile police advise no fatalities.

Shadow Blasko: Multiple tornadoes on the ground in AL/TX and LA

Exactly, can this be the outbreak thread as well?

Mobile, AL a while ago:


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