Another 'once in a generation' weather event is coming

[Iron Woode]

I took a pic:

 

[Pohemi]

I love the 'Healthy Planet'

Should be 'Angry Planet' lol

 

[MrSquished]

Well the sun started peaking through the clouds, as the temp has dropped to 35. Should be below freezing within the hour. May not be as icy on the roads as feared. But not interested in finding out the hard way.

 

[highland145]

Grumpy news guy.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1605961457337712640

 

[MtnMan]

Just texting with my grandson, a firefighter. They had a house fire earlier, and he was frozen into his bunker gear. He couldn't get it off till they got back to the station and thaw his gear. I was probably -5°F at the time.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Went out to shovel a bit, got more snow than I realized, it didn't look as bad from inside the house. I only did the part that's in front of the truck, I'll deal with rest tomorrow. I'm 2 beers in watching the rest of the storm as it seems to have started again. Lots of wind and blowing snow.

Not looking forward to cleaning up the plow snow bank when it passes, I think it's going to be a big one. Roads have a good 30cm of snow in them. I was laughing because someone on facebook was complaining that snow was ankle deep. Oh noes! Better make that street a priority lmao.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"




Bollocks!!!!!!!!!



No mail yesterday. Too cold. And snow.

 

[KMFJD]

was reading that they are getting waves up to 7 meters on the westenn shore of Lake Erie (specifically Pelee Island), that's gonna be bad for the people that live on the waters edge

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Web outage going on 36 hours now. Wondering if they're even working on it given the weather and holiday.

 

[highland145]

We hit 11. The record is 3. Have lights and water.

And the boss wants to go shopping.

 

[WelshBloke]

was reading that they are getting waves up to 7 meters on the westenn shore of Lake Erie (specifically Pelee Island), that's gonna be bad for the people that live on the waters edge

As a Brit I can't imagine a wave of 7m on a lake (yeah I know that they are BIG lakes).

 

[sdifox]

As a Brit I can't imagine a wave of 7m on a lake (yeah I know that they are BIG lakes).

Lake Superior is one third the size of UK.

 

[brianmanahan]

my grandma kept losing electric, and can't get out of her chair unless it's on

so i gotta find a backup battery system for that thing

 

[Captante]

was reading that they are getting waves up to 7 meters on the westenn shore of Lake Erie (specifically Pelee Island), that's gonna be bad for the people that live on the waters edge

Apparently Lake Erie in particular is susceptible to wave-patterns when the wind is from just the right/wrong direction leading to these waves.

And in yet another unexpected climate-change created problem ... normally by this time of year significant lake-ice would be acting as a "damper" to the surf.

 

[brianmanahan]

Apparently Lake Erie in particular is susceptible to wave-patterns when the wind is from just the right/wrong direction leading to these waves.

And in yet another unexpected climate-change created problem ... normally by this time of year significant lake-ice would be acting as a "damper" to the surf.

it's great when lake erie finally freezes over because then the snowstorms tend to be not as bad

 

[Scarpozzi]

When is it supposed to start?

 

[igor_kavinski]

Lake Superior is one third the size of UK.

From Wikipedia:

Normally, bacteria decaying a sunken body will bloat it with gas, causing it to float to the surface after a few days. But Lake Superior's water is cold enough year-round to inhibit bacterial growth, and bodies tend to sink and never resurface.

What's stopping people from dumping bodies in it?

 

[Scarpozzi]

What's stopping people from dumping bodies in it?

So rather than a body of water, it would be a water of bodies?

 

[igor_kavinski]

So rather than a body of water, it would be a water of bodies?

That could also explain the relatively high rate of nitrogen in the lake's water, compared to other fresh water lakes!

 

[marvdmartian]

Polar Prolapse. It's what happens when some of the other traditional weather patterns get unstable and can't block cold air from dropping down from the north.

Do like I do. Blame the Canadians!! Build the northern wall, to force them to keep their crummy winter weather, I say!!

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Web's back!!

Hot diggity!!!

 

[skyking]

Apparently Lake Erie in particular is susceptible to wave-patterns when the wind is from just the right/wrong direction leading to these waves.

And in yet another unexpected climate-change created problem ... normally by this time of year significant lake-ice would be acting as a "damper" to the surf.

The term for it is "fetch", that is the distance that the wind can act on a body of water. When the direction is just wrong, really bad things can happen.
@brianmanahan I never considered the effects of ice on lake effect snow. That might prove to be a real ah heck.

 

[Captante]

Same climate-change issue totally applies to lake effect snow.

I have friends from Buffalo and apparently the really heavy stuff USED to stop by early January most years due to that ice forming. Not anymore.

 

[Jeeebus]

It was 48 degrees this morning. Damn near died just getting to my car in the driveway.

 

[BoomerD]

It was 48 degrees this morning. Damn near died just getting to my car in the driveway.

IIRC, you're a liar LAWYER...right? Sue the weather...or God...or Mother Nature.