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Joe Nation

(963 posts) Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:52 AM Feb 2019

One Hellava blizzard yesterday!!! [View all]

My God! I've lived in the Midwest most of my life but I have never seen anything like this. Leaving Des Moines. IA yesterday, going west was impossible, going north was impossible. Fortunately, I was going east and drove out of a weather hell-scape. My son was heading to Minneapolis at 9:00 AM yesterday, and as of 9:00 AM today he isn't even half way home. Several hours stuck on I-35 then a hotel overnight and the roads are still closed for a couple more hours. Visibility yesterday out on the road was 1 foot. We've had plenty of blizzards here but this one was something special. Wow! Hope everyone makes it home safely.

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One Hellava blizzard yesterday!!! [View all] Joe Nation Feb 2019 OP

i think this is the crap that dumped recently on the west coast.. we had a hell of a lot of snow! samnsara Feb 2019 #1

I don't think that all that much even fell Joe Nation Feb 2019 #2

It is blowing and snowing here MontanaMama Feb 2019 #3

Same here. The dog (he is a short one) ran out the door to go piddle and poof he was submerged. GemDigger Feb 2019 #7

Poor little dog! MontanaMama Feb 2019 #9

Kiwi is the forever optimist! I haven't seen this much in one dump in a long time. And GemDigger Feb 2019 #12

"Stubby" ? MontanaMama Feb 2019 #16

Stubby has a quick name change when he is being an asshole.... to Trump. GemDigger Feb 2019 #17

Not nearly that bad here in SE Az, but white everywhere. panader0 Feb 2019 #4

We had the incredibly strong winds, in Michigan, but fortunately not that much snow Siwsan Feb 2019 #5

We've gotten it all as rain in southern KY Bayard Feb 2019 #6

Yikes! Be safe. nt GemDigger Feb 2019 #8

same... im in SE Indiana right on the Ohio River.... 912gdm Feb 2019 #19

I had onethatcares Feb 2019 #10

"only going to go up to 76 degrees the rest of the week. " irisblue Feb 2019 #11

way too crowded here onethatcares Feb 2019 #14

Ag sites Maxheader Feb 2019 #13

Here in the urban Twin Cities, we dodged most of it. MineralMan Feb 2019 #15

My son still hasn't made it from Des Moines to Minneapolis. Joe Nation Feb 2019 #18

Getting big temperature swings too Bayard Feb 2019 #20