# Gah! Blizzard! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451 "2008-01-05T23:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/1 "2008-01-05T23:34:41Z")
I took these a couple minutes ago outside the front of our house. It just started snowing last night at about 5. Stopped for a couple hours between midnight and 1 this afternoon, and now shows no signs of stopping again for the next two days. :eek: [Yep, that’s snow](http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9582/snow2001eo7.jpg) [Aaaand even more snow](http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4248/snow2002iv8.jpg) Anyone else getting hit by this crazy storm? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/2 "2008-01-05T23:42:41Z")
Very pretty. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/3 "2008-01-06T00:29:10Z")
Snowing at over 500 feet in my part of Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/4 "2008-01-06T00:35:46Z")
Yes, and very happy to see it. In the past 17ish months we’ve only had about 4" of precip. We don’t get a decent snow pack this winter it will be a very dry summer again. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/5 "2008-01-06T00:41:15Z")
Later I will come back here and link a picture of my snow from yesterday. All told we got at least 8 inches and more in some spots. I’m in the Idaho mountains, though not too far north, but at am a bit over 5800 feet so it snows pretty good here when it wants to. This was a really big storm! ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/6 "2008-01-06T01:20:50Z")
Yeah, we also badly needed the moisture, just, you know…maybe not all at once! It’s tapered off at the moment, still freaky though. Glad we have power! _knocking on wood_ Apparently, all the casinos downtown lost power. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/7 "2008-01-06T01:22:17Z")
[QUOTE=NailBunny] I took these a couple minutes ago outside the front of our house. It just started snowing last night at about 5. Stopped for a couple hours between midnight and 1 this afternoon, and now shows no signs of stopping again for the next two days. :eek: [Yep, that’s snow](http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9582/snow2001eo7.jpg) [Aaaand even more snow](http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4248/snow2002iv8.jpg) Anyone else getting hit by this crazy storm? [/QUOTE] I’m so jealous. It’s been too long since we’ve a really excellent snow storm. Can you box up some blizzard and send it to me? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/8 "2008-01-06T01:25:05Z")
Our snow melted today. Pooh. I want more snow! Very pretty pics. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/9 "2008-01-06T02:29:26Z")
I got cold just looking at those pictures. ---
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/10 "2008-01-06T04:03:55Z")
[QUOTE=NailBunny] I took these a couple minutes ago outside the front of our house. It just started snowing last night at about 5. Stopped for a couple hours between midnight and 1 this afternoon, and now shows no signs of stopping again for the next two days. [/QUOTE] We’ve been inundated by rain down here in the flats. :eek: Looks like a Mt. Rose “sick day” on Monday! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/11 "2008-01-06T17:10:09Z")
It actually warms up when it snows here. It’s 22F right now and will probably get a bit warmer today. Compared to the single digit temps we were having a week or so ago, this is downright comfy. I couldn’t get online at home at all yesterday. I will keep trying. And as it’s snowing again, I should be able to get more good pics. There’s upwards of a foot right now, and it’s showing no signs of stopping… ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/12 "2008-01-06T17:22:24Z")
Hey Nailbunny, I live in Sparks…I keep hoping we’ll get more snow…I’m a school teacher and I would love our first day back from winter break to be a snow day! ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/13 "2008-01-06T17:38:26Z")
[QUOTE=Gail] Hey Nailbunny, I live in Sparks…I keep hoping we’ll get more snow…I’m a school teacher and I would love our first day back from winter break to be a snow day! [/QUOTE] Me too - I’m dreading the thought of having to drive my Scion to work tomorrow…if it just snows a _little_ more, I think they’d close it (I work in the Sierra Pacific building)… Lookin’ cloudy out there again! ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/14 "2008-01-06T19:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=NailBunny] \Anyone else getting hit by this crazy storm? [/QUOTE] Yep. We’re just a little downstream from you in Elko. The wind gusting to 60 mph+ was entertaining friday night. 'Bout 6" of snow on the ground here if you discount for what’s drifting in from your neck of the woods … I’ve got to do a 300 mile trip in this [DEL]shit[/DEL] white stuff tomorrow morning. Hope it lets up a little. Honestly, this state is getting almost as paranoid as CA about chains for the big rigs. Every time more than 6 snow flakes stop off in Carlin for a cup of coffee they invoke the chain law! :rolleyes: Chaining up the rig is not my idea of entertainment! Lucy ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/15 "2008-01-06T20:01:14Z")
Bloody hell :::shivers and turns heating up a notch::: ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/16 "2008-01-06T20:05:59Z")
Yep, I’m in the middle of it, don’t think I’ll leave the house this weekend. I’m way up north in the hills. I was just thinking I needed winter boots and it was driven home after getting snow up to my knees after a simple walk to the car. [Fernley](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080106/ap_on_re_us/winter_storm) got completely fucked. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/17 "2008-01-06T20:24:44Z")
::looks around Memphis, Tennessee:: ::shrugs:: “Snow.” I do not know this word. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/18 "2008-01-07T00:05:07Z")
Yeah, it’s a shame what happened in Fernley - pictures in the paper look like Katrina. Happily, there were no injuries, although sadly much property damage and many people displaced from their homes. Hasn’t snowed all day and a great deal has melted on the roads, which is good news for us as we were able to head out, do laundry, grocery shop and all that hoo-ha. I’m not quite as apprehensive about driving to work tomorrow. Apparently the next big wave isn’t going to hit for another couple days. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gah-blizzard/432451/19 "2008-01-07T04:07:42Z")
Ah, but schools here are delayed two hours tomorrow. All the snow that melted on the roads will get icy again by morning. Woo hoo! I don’t have to be to work until 11:00 tomorrow morning.