WEATHERMANIA

[davescharf]

Only part better would be comparing it to Dallas or San Antonio like a certain poster would do to us

[Greyeagle]

Chief Weather Terrorist is ramping up the hype.
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/140483573.html

[g_manpucker]

Chief Weather Terrorist is ramping up the hype.
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/140483573.html

Blame me, I shaved my winter beard down to my usual goatee....now winter will come.

[dxmnkd316]

Settle down people. Don't blame Douglas, blame the computer models. He's just interpreting them.

[g_manpucker]

Link

[davescharf]

Settle down people. Don't blame Douglas, blame the computer models. He's just interpreting them.

Blaming the goof and his sensationalism is a lot more fun. Besides, most of the time he's acting like it's the snow event of the year while others are much more tempered in their analysis.

[Greyeagle]

Settle down people. Don't blame Douglas, blame the computer models. He's just interpreting them.

Blaming the goof and his sensationalism is a lot more fun. Besides, most of the time he's acting like it's the snow event of the year while others are much more tempered in their analysis.

A lot more fun. And now that I know it gets dx's undies in a bunch....

[Beauner]

Sure we're going to have a snownami right before I go out to Sioux Falls.

[Greyeagle]

Sure we're going to have a snownami right before I go out to Sioux Falls.

Don't forget your "coffee can full of stuff."

[Norm]

Channel 5 just reported on the 6:30 news that so far Delta hasn't cancelled any flights due to the coming storm.

[sachishi4]

according to the weather channel and kare 11, we are gonna get about 3-4 inches.

snowmaggedon my ass

[rowshkex]

Settle down people. Don't blame Douglas, blame the computer models. He's just interpreting them.

"My advanced meteorologic software, using cutting edge predictive models, suggests

RAIN

SNOW

and TWISTERS

"

[Gopherguy05]

No snow, but I have 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on everything here in West St. Paul......I wish we got the snow....

[The Rube]

No snow, but I have 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on everything here in West St. Paul......I wish we got the snow....

Same here in Cake Eater Land. It was getting bad on the roads around 6ish, can't imagine what it's like now.

[Kelor]

When driving back up from Rochester today, I watched a kid lose control of his car, go backwards into the median just as he got to an emergency vehicle u-turn spot, and literally get air going backwards. It was a tad icy.

[Beauner]

This ice crap better be melted tomorrow. I got some driving around to do. And the interstates too. ing ice and freezing ing rain. I already rolled one truck. Don't wanna do it again.

[Tee09]

This ice crap better be melted tomorrow. I got some driving around to do. And the interstates too. ing ice and freezing ing rain. I already rolled one truck. Don't wanna do it again.

You're cussing up a storm tonight. Was it Sampson's fault?

[Beauner]

This ice crap better be melted tomorrow. I got some driving around to do. And the interstates too. ing ice and freezing ing rain. I already rolled one truck. Don't wanna do it again.

You're cussing up a storm tonight. Was it Sampson's fault?

Strangely, no. He had little/nothing to do with it. I almost didn't even know they played tonight. Wouldn't have if my buddy didn't ask if I wanted to go somewhere to watch it.

[gator]

It might suck driving tomorrow morning...

[Tee09]

Got some thunder and lightning going on in central Iowa right now. Kind of weird for February.

[Bigbeer]

Just drove from Maplewood to Hudson. 94 isn't too bad, took me a couple extra minutes. The worst place was my back yard. Water can't drain into the ground, so there's 4 inches of water everywhere. Hope it evaporates tomorrow, supposed to be 36.

[Iceburg]

Just got back from the Coliseum and things are mostly just slushy now. If it drops five degrees all bets are off.

[gopherguy13]

been raining almost all evening in Dinkytown. Gonna be a slippery walk to class tomorrow morning!!

[gator]

Roads not good, but could be worst in all honesty. Biggest complaint, my drive for work from downtown Minneapolis to Roseville to St. Paul between the hours of 5:30-7am... no snowplows

[dxmnkd316]

Thank God 3M encourages employees to work from home if the conditions warrant. I'm not even going to start the car until at least noon.

[5 O.T.]

No snow, but I have 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on everything here in West St. Paul......I wish we got the snow....

Same here in Cake Eater Land. It was getting bad on the roads around 6ish, can't imagine what it's like now.

I thought you lived in Plymouth.

[dxmnkd316]

Sweet! My boss canceled today's meetings and told me to not even attempt to come to work!

*runs to closet to don snowpants and jacket*

edit: I just saw a school bus struggle to get down the street. Awesome.

[Tee09]

Roads not good, but could be worst in all honesty. Biggest complaint, my drive for work from downtown Minneapolis to Roseville to St. Paul between the hours of 5:30-7am... no snowplows

I saw something funny the morning after the last snow here in Ames: the city didn't have the plows out yet, but they did have the meter maids in their trucks driving around brushing the snow off the meters so they could give parking tickets. Lets you know where their priorities are.

[Slap Shot]

Finally justified the snowblower today!!

And I helped my dumbass neighbor get his started after not realizing how to work the choke.

610 this morning was a joke and I got the ok to 'work' from home today.

[psych]

Severe thunderstorms/tornadoes in my neck of the woods today. Balmy 70 degrees though.

[psych]

Just went through a tornado warning and saw some of the meanest straightline winds in my life. I would venture to guess 70+ mph wind gusts for a few minutes.

[Golden FE Ranger]

I got up at 4:00 this morning to shovel/snow blow before work due to the certainty that we were getting 4-8 inches. I was just heading downstairs to suit up and thought I should survey the damage. Not a single flake. Weatherdotcom, massive fail.

[gator]

Got a good work out shoveling this morning before work. I have more then the average size sidewalk and driveway. It's big enough, I reallly should snowblow it, but I have always like the exercise of shoveling.

[dxmnkd316]

The snow and ice took out a good sized chunk of my fence...

[gator]

The snow and ice took out a good sized chunk of my fence...

You can see the stress on power lines and tree limbs for all the ice.

[rowshkex]

The snow and ice took out a good sized chunk of my fence...

The snow and ice took out my wallet... And by that I mean I lost my wallet at some point this morning while jumping around and over small lakes of melted snow...

[Kelor]

Blizzard Update!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbzL3boxnQ0&sns=fb

[dxmnkd316]

Snowstorm 2, dx 0.

I had to take a break about 3/4 of the way through shoveling my driveway.

[dxmnkd316]

The snow and ice took out a good sized chunk of my fence...

The snow and ice took out my wallet... And by that I mean I lost my wallet at some point this morning while jumping around and over small lakes of melted snow...

Sucks dude. hopefully a good samaritan returns it. Also, how the hell does it fall out of your pocket? Then again, I have a Costanza wallet and I always know if I have it or not.

[rowshkex]

The snow and ice took out a good sized chunk of my fence...

The snow and ice took out my wallet... And by that I mean I lost my wallet at some point this morning while jumping around and over small lakes of melted snow...

Sucks dude. hopefully a good samaritan returns it. Also, how the hell does it fall out of your pocket? Then again, I have a Costanza wallet and I always know if I have it or not.

Good question... However, I have complete faith in the population that my wallet will be found, the credit cards used, and the two single dollar bills taken and spent on alcohol, illicit drugs, or something else that won't benefit society in any way whatsoever.

[dxmnkd316]

So... Call the credit card companies?

[Dances With Gophers]

Snowstorm 2, dx 0.

I had to take a break about 3/4 of the way through shoveling my driveway.

I keed, I keed!

[gopher6]

what the XXXX is the problem with our local hwy plowing, in Plymouth MN the hwys are like driving on a wash board while the local streets are clear of snow!!

[Kelor]

I couldn't believe how bad Plymouth roads were. 55, 169, etc were terrible. I finally just took side streets when in that area today.

[Gopherguy05]

Blizzard Update!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbzL3boxnQ0&sns=fb

How powerful is it going to be??

With all his uses of the metric system he must be a Canuck. Silly canadians...


He also does a mean human tornado:

http://youtu.be/DhqjeHvEV7Q

[dxmnkd316]

Snowstorm 2, dx 0.

I had to take a break about 3/4 of the way through shoveling my driveway.

I keed, I keed!

Funny. I just finished up the last 1/4 which included the half melted uberslush plow section. It feels like I got punched in the chest.

[Armadillo]

Snowstorm 2, dx 0.

I had to take a break about 3/4 of the way through shoveling my driveway.

I keed, I keed!

Funny. I just finished up the last 1/4 which included the half melted uberslush plow section. It feels like I got punched in the chest.

Now I'm no fancy city doctor, but I don't think that's a good thing to be feeling.

[Beauner]

This snow/slush crap was very heavy. Went out and did the driveway this morning and then did the patio this afternoon. I was sweating pretty hard despite wearing only shorts and a t-shirt.

[Handyman]

Everything was fine in my part of Minneapolis this morning...maybe 3 inches of slush. My Impala and I laugh at you whiners

[Bushwood Gopher]

I couldn't believe how bad Plymouth roads were. 55, 169, etc were terrible. I finally just took side streets when in that area today.

Pretty much the roughest roads I've ever been on. It was like driving over moguls--constantly.

[The Rube]

No snow, but I have 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on everything here in West St. Paul......I wish we got the snow....

Same here in Cake Eater Land. It was getting bad on the roads around 6ish, can't imagine what it's like now.

I thought you lived in Plymouth.

Nope. Minnetonka. Very close to Plymouth, though.

And yes, 55 was terrible in Plymouth today. It's one of the worst-kept roads during/after a snowstorm. However, my Jeep took on the roads like a champ this morning.

[5 O.T.]

No snow, but I have 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice on everything here in West St. Paul......I wish we got the snow....

Same here in Cake Eater Land. It was getting bad on the roads around 6ish, can't imagine what it's like now.

I thought you lived in Plymouth.

Nope. Minnetonka. Very close to Plymouth, though.

And yes, 55 was terrible in Plymouth today. It's one of the worst-kept roads during/after a snowstorm. However, my Jeep took on the roads like a champ this morning.

When did Minnetonka become Cake Eater Land? Maybe Nouveau Cake Eater Land, but not THE Cake Eater Land. That's Edina.

[The Rube]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

[5 O.T.]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.

Wanna-be's from Minnetonka, Mound, Wayzata or Orono may try to latch onto the term as though they too can be Cake Eaters but it just isn't possible. That's revisionism of the worst kind to call anybody but Edina, Cake Eaters.

[Kelly Red]

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.
.

Cake eaters is for Edina only, that is correct sir. Maybe the others can eat quiche, canapes or tarts, but NOT cake. And I won't eat tarts, you could seriously catch something, just saying

[The Rube]

Growing up, it was always Minnetonka (due to the rich folks on the lake) and Edina as Cake Eaters. I agree on the "neo-Cake Eaters" of those other cities, though.

[middhockey66]

Au contraire, mon frere. The original term "Cake Eaters" was given to Washburn partially as a nod to the Millers nickname, but also in reference to the area being a fertile breeding ground for the upwardly mobile Edinians (Edinaites?) in training.

Fact. Go up to Russ Anderson and tell him differently.

[5 O.T.]

Au contraire, mon frere. The original term "Cake Eaters" was given to Washburn partially as a nod to the Millers nickname, but also in reference to the area being a fertile breeding ground for the upwardly mobile Edinians (Edinaites?) in training.

Fact. Go up to Russ Anderson and tell him differently.

What you say makes sense about Washburn. Back when Hwy 100 was the beltline.

But in no way shape or form was Minnetonka ever refered to as Cake Eaters. I have several friends that played for Minnetonka and they'd be awfully surprised and likely insulted to be called Cake Eaters.

[LC19]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.

Wanna-be's from Minnetonka, Mound, Wayzata or Orono may try to latch onto the term as though they too can be Cake Eaters but it just isn't possible. That's revisionism of the worst kind to call anybody but Edina, Cake Eaters.

I was laughing at my brother who has been calling me a "cake-eater" since I moved to Orono last fall.

Question, if you had to pick the winner, would you pick the dreaded private school, or the cake eater Edina to win?

[5 O.T.]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.

Wanna-be's from Minnetonka, Mound, Wayzata or Orono may try to latch onto the term as though they too can be Cake Eaters but it just isn't possible. That's revisionism of the worst kind to call anybody but Edina, Cake Eaters.

I was laughing at my brother who has been calling me a "cake-eater" since I moved to Orono last fall.

Question, if you had to pick the winner, would you pick the dreaded private school, or the cake eater Edina to win?

Win it all for Jack. The boys are on a mission.

Non-cake eaters always root for the other team. It's the law.

Orono? Cake eaters? No way.

[Gopherguy05]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.

Wanna-be's from Minnetonka, Mound, Wayzata or Orono may try to latch onto the term as though they too can be Cake Eaters but it just isn't possible. That's revisionism of the worst kind to call anybody but Edina, Cake Eaters.

I was laughing at my brother who has been calling me a "cake-eater" since I moved to Orono last fall.

Question, if you had to pick the winner, would you pick the dreaded private school, or the cake eater Edina to win?

Win it all for Jack. The boys are on a mission.

Non-cake eaters always root for the other team. It's the law.

Orono? Cake eaters? No way.

Unless Public kids root for Public over evil Private.....go Cake Eaters! Plus a future Badger plays for Benilde, Future Gopher for Edina....really its a no brainer

[5 O.T.]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

Nope, Cake Eater isn't a generic term. It applies only to Edina. Always has, always will.

Wanna-be's from Minnetonka, Mound, Wayzata or Orono may try to latch onto the term as though they too can be Cake Eaters but it just isn't possible. That's revisionism of the worst kind to call anybody but Edina, Cake Eaters.

I was laughing at my brother who has been calling me a "cake-eater" since I moved to Orono last fall.

Question, if you had to pick the winner, would you pick the dreaded private school, or the cake eater Edina to win?

Win it all for Jack. The boys are on a mission.

Non-cake eaters always root for the other team. It's the law.

Orono? Cake eaters? No way.

Unless Public kids root for Public over evil Private.....go Cake Eaters! Plus a future Badger plays for Benilde, Future Gopher for Edina....really its a no brainer

Nobody but Cake Eaters root for Cake Eaters.

[Jupiter]

So.... Why are we talking about cake eaters in the Weather thread?

[5 O.T.]

So.... Why are we talking about cake eaters in the Weather thread?

Because The Rube said the weather was bad in cake eater land. It went off on a tangent from there. Basically trying to point out which affluent area was the real cake eater land. I know it's off topic. But I just couldn't let it stand referring to Minnetonka as cake eater land. Blasphemy.

Weather is pretty nice today BTW.

[Don Adams Wheel of Justice]

I don't have a dog in the fight but my understanding is that cake eater is reserved only for Edina.

Back to weather, high 40's by late next week!

[Hobey Baker]

Tonka? That's also cake-eater land. Edina is #1, obviously, but Tonka is up there.

What you just said might be the most idiotic thing. We are all dumber for reading it!

There is only one city called "cake eaters". The rest are just pretend.

Hobey from Edina!!!

How heavy was that snow to shovel????

[gopher6]

next week I saw mid 40s to 50 in MSP

[rowshkex]

next week I saw mid 40s to 50 in MSP

Just about time to pull out the bike!

[gopherguy13]

50. Can't wait!

[Chris Eckes]

I'm from Tonka... Edina is the ONLY cake eaters. That's not to say that there's a lot of wealth in Minnetonka, because there is. But Edina forever will be cake eaters.

Also, PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

[gator]

March 18th... It feels like June 18th.

[Armadillo]

March 18th... It feels like June 18th.

[g_manpucker]

March 18th... It feels like June 18th.

It's a big guy thing...I like it but I really don't like sweating in March.

[rowshkex]

I'm not a big guy, and I officially hate the weather right now. I have to counterbalance everyone I know:

Them: "This is BEAUTIFUL WEATHER."
Me: "Actually, it isn't."
Them: "You're so negative."
Me: "Actually, I just prefer not to feel miserable drenched in sweat."

[Hobey Baker]

I have to say this is not good hockey weather?

This is good weather to test the wardrobe for Tampa though!!!