P. D. and J. ...with a special appearance by H
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
There has to be a morning after... Chicago Blizzard 2011
For some perspective... do you think they are going anywhere in that car anytime soon?
Snow Day for D!
The above video is from last night before we went to bed. We're hearing on the news that some people were just rescued from Lake Shore Drive after being trapped in their cars all night. It's still coming down. Some places are mostly free of the snow -- other places have drifts as tall as me. Yours truly will NOT be going in today. Poor P is going to try to go in. Fergie doesn't know what to do. She pooped on the back steps (which are outside) this morning.
Here are some photos from this morning. These are hard to see, but this is our parking lot. If you were actually standing there, you'd see the drifts were nearly as tall as my car. No one's driving today! The news highway cams show completely empty highways.
This is our neighbor's backyard. Those drifts in the corner are as tall as me.
An updated window shot. See the buried car?
We're supposed to get a minimum of 14 inches. They showed a radar image of the skies over Chicago -- no planes. Hope you don't get this much snow, NY family!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Thundersnow!
Unless you're very familiar with our building, this probably won't mean much to you. That is the drifting snow against our building's main door. You can't tell from this picture, but the snow is sloped from the fence to the door! I took poor wee Fergie out and the drifts are taller than her! Also, we just heard that Lakeshore Drive is closed.
Tonight was also the first time I saw/heard thundersnow! You can't really hear the thunder in this clip, but you can see the lightning in the sky. Crazy. You probably would have been able to hear the thunder but for P's very "interesting" phone conversation (and the burp you hear very early in).
Blizzard of '11
Look closely! I think there is actually a ghost in this picture! FYI, I'll bet this thing is nothing compared to the Denver Blizzard of 2003 when Denver got about 3 feet of snow. See below:
Also, sometimes it sucks working in healthcare. Hospitals don't close for snow. Area hospitals were encouraging employees to bring changes of clothes in case they had to stay the night at the hospital. Or they were asking people to stay at nearby hotels. Ummm, no thanks!
"I'm gonna move to Florida soon!"
I know it's hard to see, but the wind is what's the worst. Fergie is very glad to be inside, I tell you what.
It begins...
How could you NOT have heard? One-third of the country will experience severe weather over the next few days. Chicago appears to be right in the middle of it. Snow falling at a rate of 1-3 inches per hour, 14-18 foot waves off the lake (some of which are expected to crash into Lakeshore Drive), 30-40 mph wind gusts... in other words, a mess. A smaller system moved through last night with a couple of inches falling. Fergie (who looks remarkably like Dracula in this photo) is ready for it. OK, that's not true at all. With 12-20 inches of snow expected, she's going to hate it. But she's at least dressed for the occasion.
This is what the snow looked like last night. See the tiny Fergie and P in the second picture? He took her out before bed while I sat inside, all warm and toasty.
Here's what it looks like now. The snow is just starting, but you should be able to tell how much harder it's snowing. And this, ladies and gents, is apparently nothing.
I was let out of work early in anticipation of the bad weather, so I will be coming to you throughout the storm with updates. Keep checking back!
P.S. -- Fergie has real bad gas.
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