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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:08 AM Original message |
'Great Lakes Cyclone' expected to hit Chicago area |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. This puppy came out of nowhere. I heard nothing of this yesterday. Mid-Michigan projecting winds |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Our weatherman said it's historic, compared it to Amistice Day, 1940 |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Windy and stormy in Minnesota right now |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Same here in Wisconsin.... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. La Nina here on the west coast. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Nowhere? Naw, the models were predicting it a week ago. |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. Um, it's been in the forecast for my area (southeast WI) for 3 or 4 days. |
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nofurylike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R keep safe Great Lakes folks! nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Is this going to be worse than the storm |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That storm was ranked number 5 with this one as number 2. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Are lower numbers "better", or "worse"? |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. The sane part of me wants to stay safe at home |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. If the voyeur |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I hope the stay at home part |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Stay away from the shore! We have accidents every year here |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. +1 |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. My sister and BIL are in SE WI, live 4 blocks from Lake Michigan. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I decided to stay home |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
9. When scientists say that climate change will result in extreme, unpredictable weather |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. +1 |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. So what was the reason |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. A weather situation that is expected to become more "Normal" with Global Warming |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Global climate change didn't just start in 1998 with Al Gore, |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
52. Oh, go crawl back under your rock. You people are pathetic. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. I agree, Radical Activist. n/t |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. "This low pressure system is equivalent to a category three hurricane,” |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hyperbolic BS |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Like a half inch of snow in Florida |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That's actually a real problem for people who don't deal with snow regularly |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Yep, we deal with this stuff for several months, we can't get away from it |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. As a certified connoisseur of driving in the snow*, I'd like to make a comment: |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Our "Halloween Blizzard" in '91 taught us to spray brine on the roads before the first snow |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. So true. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. They really don't know how to drive in it |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. This is the Great Lakes. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. They were probably talking central pressure, not wind speed. |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. I'm in Milwaukee...I'll keep you posted... |
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Randomthought (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. they are referring to the barometric pressure |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Might I suggest a reading for comprehension class? |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks for the heads up on this.. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. “This low pressure system is equivalent to a category three hurricane,” |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
22. Rain and windy in ND, we are under a blizzard warning for this evening |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
24. The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down... |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
58. The Gales of November blow early this year. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I was only 7 then |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. This system came through my neck of the woods a couple days ago |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
27. We are getting wind and rain in Minnesota right now. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Wow snow...... |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. Well, that ought to clear away all those campaign signs. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wind is picking up here in SE Michigan |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
39. Chicago Cyclone to Strike Today? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. We had a tornado touch down in Wisconsin this AM |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. just starting here in the center of northern illinois |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Squall line just blew through central Indiana. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. And possibly to have high wind remaining until tomorrow night... |
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zen_bohemian (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. sustained winds in ND 40 mph gusting to 50 |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. check out this animated map of the storm. cyclone indeed. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
49. Minnesota's lowest barometric pressure record has been broken. 962.6 milibars. |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's already windy and raining here. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Down to a pressure of 954 milibars in Northern Minnesota, where the center is now, WOW |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. We are going to see wind speeds increase and increase |
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