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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:38 PM Original message |
Central IL - We're getting SLAMMED by an ice storm |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. can't be too bad, you have the internets!! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. LOL I'm amazed I still have my tubes!!!11 |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Its just started here fell on my ass taking out the garbage |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. That's the worst! |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Milwaukee area here - You are getting the worst |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. All the newscasters here are freaking out...... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I've never seen one this bad. |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. 1967-1979 |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'm about 60 miles west of Chicago. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
37. 11:30PM and it's starting to snow here, not a lot , |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. 11:55 and it appears to be over. |
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Barnaby (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sympathies from North Carolina |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. in NC too--ice storms suck big time |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. good luck |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Northern IL here. Just waiting to see how bad we get it. Hard to tell, all the |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. From the radar image it looks like it's going south of northern Illinois. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Oh no, I wish it was moving away. It's been moving in a NE direction all day |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Chain O Lakes area here |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. 50 Miles South Of Chicago |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Looks like I still got a way to go. They just came by to start plowing on my street. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Well, It Ain't Done |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. Stay warm, |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. As You Might Have Guessed. . . |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Yikes. 50 miles south of Chicago |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Do you have to go to work? Here in Georgia, when we have an Ice Storm... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not going tomorrow. I've driven in GA. Mountain roads with snow on them are the worst! |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We go to work with 26 in of snow EKKK |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I enjoyed the Superbowl ice storms. |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Old Bar Song Time |
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SEONA (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Careful out there.....ice is difficult to deal with ...nt |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Welcome To Du...On The Runways Of O'Hare... |
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SEONA (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Thanks for the kind welcome! Glad to be part of DU! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow, my deck table just got wiped out by a limb.... Yep. Tomorrow is going to suck. |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Was it wind or weight of ice?...... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wow! Check out all these storm warnings!!! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. I was in Chicago during the winter of '79 |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Stuck on a loading dock for 24 hrs that day |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. It hit us here yesterday |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yes it's a horrible 40ish here in Phoenix. Not even a breeze. We're obviously |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. You're probably going to get it awhile longer |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. We sent it up there from Oklahoma. (I was born in Centralia) |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. I wish you the best. I grew up in the NE and not too much of it, |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm in St. Louis. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I'd take "...a 2" accumulation of ice pellets..." (sleet) any day over an Ice storm. |
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jeanarrett (813 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. OMG yes, I remember that storm. |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. It seems to be sleeting right now here in the near southwestern burbs of |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. Hey! Illinois Boy here.. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Then you've probably heard of my hometown |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I love that name - Kankakee n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. I Live 16 Miles From There! |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Watseka Warrior here |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. Hey Beelzebud |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Not Beelzebud here, but I wouldn't recommend anyone traveling/driving |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Thanks Mo! |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
42. Oh..........SHIT! |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Be careful man. n/t |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Always |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Oh no!! |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. Where in central Illinois? My father, brother |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. No kidding?! Then you have to be familiar with my town. |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Absolutely! We always |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Yup.gotta go by Bourbonnais to get to get to Watseka.. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Too Bad You Guys Don't Live A Little Farther North |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I know! So you made it home from the Northern burbs OK? |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Oh, yeah. We played Herscher |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
52. that was yesterday for us. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
53. Of course, until it hits the East Coast, it's only a minor story |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yeah, There's Only 10 Million Of Us Here |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. But it's not NEW YORK |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. You must be near me. We actually got pretty lucky compared to Chicago. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. It hit us in Colorado two days ago... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. There's sunlight! YAY! Looks like it's all done finally! Just finished up shoveling n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Sun's Been Up Down Here For About 2 Hours |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
72. I am the only one at work today |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
74. Clearly, You need beer! |
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