The St. Valentine's Blizzard of '07 ...
... at least that's what I'm calling it. From the Toledo Blade:
Storm delivers wintry wallop; snow piles up, creates chaos
A powerful winter storm yesterday blew spiraling snow into daunting drifts and forced travel restrictions in many areas and the second consecutive day of school closings.
The storm, which resulted in a blizzard warning for northwest Ohio and a winter storm warning for southeast Michigan, triggered wind gusts of about 50 mph that helped bury the region in what rightfully could be called the storm of the season.
“The snow is blowing so bad you can’t see 500 feet in front of you,” Sgt. Terrell Campbell, of the Ohio Highway Patrol’s Swanton post said last night.
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Source: Toledo Blade
Source: Toledo BladeUPDATE
From The Norwalk Reflector:
14 inches of snow falls here
Mother Nature brought down the wintry hammer on the Firelands area.
Long gone are the 50-degree January days.
After a long, cold night, a city snowplow driver makes a return leg on West Main Street after making a pass to the west end of town before sunrise.
The Norwalk wastewater treatment plant reported 14 inches of snow fell from 8 a.m. Tuesday though 8 a.m. today. High winds, which created blizzard conditions and 6-foot drifts, closed just about every road in Huron and Erie counties.
Huron County Sheriff Richard Sutherland and Erie County Sheriff Terry Lyons each declared states of emergency for their respective counties.
The state-of-emergency declaration means stay off the roads unless it's a health emergency or another vital occupation.
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Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Forecast: More "Global Warming" Today for the Midwest and Northeast
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posted by Pro Ecclesia 8:51 AM
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Cincinnati's rain turned to ice around dinnertime, and we spent most of the night listening to creaking, cracking, and crashing tree limbs. One of them smashed into our driveway no more than ten minutes after we moved the minivan to the street as a precaution. Since I can barely move it, it must weigh hundreds of pounds; the van would have been totaled.
Don't worry, Jay; Al Gore's all over it! Just ask him to send a little of that global warming up your way.
Yeah, and as Rich noted the other day, the Bishops have this one covered, too.
The Bishops and Al Gore! If you were running for political office, you'd be all set. Unfortunately, they're no help when it comes to keeping warm in the middle of a blizzard.
This reminds me of my dad's favorite Foghorn Leghorn cartoon where Foghorn is trying to get Widder Hen to marry him by telling her that he needs her love to keep him warm. After various pratfalls and distasters brought on by Widder Hen's son (is that the Chickenhawk), he decides against tying the knot with the Widder.
"But I thought you needed my love to keep you warm!" she protests.
"I've got my bandages to keep me warm!" he replies, limping off.
Hope you find some good bandages soon...
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