The Ground Hog Day Blizzard

SPECIAL REPORT:  JIMMY THE STICK MISSING DUE TO BLIZZARD  MORE TOMORROW!!

The Ground Hog Day Blizzard - that is what whoever decides these things have called the blizzard we just went through.

Officially 18.7 inches in 3 days which is the 2nd highest total on record for a 3 day period in Madison. We also are now above the average amount of snow for the year and also above last year!

Luckily Scott, Mr. Sneaky Pants, Walker gave us State Workers the choice of coming to work even though all buses were not running and EVERYTHING was closed, or using a vacation day. I love these guy more and more!

My new big ass 208cc 26inch snow blower went through 4 foot drifts like butter with little bits of poop flying through the air. I also got our neighbors driveway because I thought he was gone and our other neighbors mailbox AND the fire hydrant across the street. DJ helped shovel and add moral support with the hydrant.

In fact DJ was the one that actually FOUND our mailbox which had disappeared. 

 Tuesday night was fun as our sidewalk was perfectly clear of snow but there was a snownado on our front porch that Blake LOVED.  He went in and out like 10 times Tuesday night

Milo went out with Blake also and normally he will sit on the mat shivering waiting to come in again but since the porch was where the snownado was he was no where to be found when I let Black in.  I called and called and Blake looked worried because his pal was missing.

I was worried because we have had these weird birds hanging around lately and they look HUNGRY!  I took this photo last summer! 

Milo had gone around to the back of the house.  He had to climb a 4 foot drift, go up a snow covered deck and meow at the back door! 

The next day Blake was surviving the damage. But he really could not see much!

But he does like the challenge of maze's.

The future weather looks winter-like.  Warming up on the weekend, turning cold for a few days and then back to normal sub-normal.

Remember - BASEBALL starts soon.  Well - February 22 is the 1st full work-out for theBrewers.

Cheers
Rod

I wish I was a stripper!

I gotta say that the Main Event is VERY pretty!  It has ALL the colors!  This is moving almost due north. Blizzard Warnings go into effect at 3:00 this afternoon.

This storm will dump a foot of snow over a 2000 mile long swath which is unheard of!!   Only 4 inches in round one.

What confuses me is driving to work  on a relatively straight road with good winter driving conditions I saw 4 cars off the road?  WHY?   Were they texting saying the roads were fine?   Spill their cheerios? 

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I wish I was a stripper!    News from Dallas says they are looking for 100,000 strippers!!  HOW MANY DO YOU NEED!!!    Does each fan attending the game get their own stripper?  What Happens in Dallas Goes Home With You and Spreads?  (not as good of a saying as for Las Vegas).

Also it seems that the losing city in the Super Bowl has an increase of cardiac deaths after the game.  The weird fact is that 27% are woman, 22% are older people and only 15% are males.   Overall death rates are higher but cardiac are the big ones!  BE CAREFULL!

I would also like to see a study about the WINNING city - in nine months is there a baby boom?
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If you hate the snow check out these guys playing in their first snow!



OK - WHO WANTS ONE!!! 
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Two of my favorite shows are on tonight. "V" and Detroit 1-8-7 but so is Walker's State of the State speech and I want to record it so I can listen to it a couple times.  I'll be riveted!  

I heard that the head dudes of the State Payroll will just QUIT if Walker takes away the "doubling" of sick time once you retire! So . . . .then actually NO ONE will get paid!

They will call Madison. Little Egypt!

Stay tuned for Part two of the storm - Walker can't close State Offices because then WE ARE NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

Chers
Rod

Potentially Historic Storm heading our way!

Gotta hand it to the weather dudes. They knew there was a big one coming 10 days ago. They were not sure of the timing but I could see this gleam in their eyes that something BIG was on the horizon.

So - we're getting two storms actually - the one today is a 4 to 7 inch storm an then the main event starts Tuesday afternoon. There should be a break about noon and then this large warm moist air mass tumbles north smashing into an Artic blast with the Jet stream overhead - BAM POW!!

On the bright side of getting 15 inches of snow is that fact that south of us will have havoc with an inch of ice killing all the trees! The further north this drifts the more now we will get!

But - we're not the only ones.

By the time the storm exits New England on Wednesday night, as many as 100 million Americans will see heavy snow of at least 6 inches or dangerous ice accumulations. 

Flying into Chicago? This storm could be the biggest blizzard since 1999 when O'Hara had 21 inches! 18 to 25 foot waves are expected on Lake Michigan as the jet stream will be right over head blowing the 2 feet of snow! I doubt I will be at work Wednesday.

Ice damage will be in the BILLIONS south of us with tornado's and a chance of spaghetti in northern Texas. Speaking of Dallas - SNOW on Wednesday and a game time temp Sunday NEAR 50.

I'm looking at 16 inches total for Columbus over the next 3 days!
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Saturday Elwood and I were in the back yard discussing the upcoming year in the yard and we look up and there is Milo tightroping the railing on the deck. He is perched on the corner staring at a flock of birds who are staring at HIM with the bird feeder exactly halfway between them.

It was a standoff.  Except Milo's problem was that in order to get down he had to jump in the snow and THAT was not going to happen!  Cat's are not big lovers of snow!  

taken by my iPhone

HAVE A GREAT MONDAY
Rod