Lovely Fluffy Whiteness
By webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
United States
January 12, 2009 2:17pm CST
Yes it is snowing very hard today here in Minnesota. So far I've cleared about 5 inches and it is still falling. All that nasty brown snow is back to pure white again. On the surface anyhow it's white. Got snow?
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Man, you all get alot of snow up there, we haven't gotten any yet, in fact, the weather here has been too weird, its cold one day and warm the next, like today its 57 degrees, last weekend it was in the 70's, tomorrow its supposed to be down in the 30's, then our lows will be in the teens..lol. Everybody around here are getting sick, because it gets warm then it gets cold, then its warm again..seems like it can't make up its mind..haha. I would like to see some snow at least once before spring gets here...ha.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Yeah this winter we are above normal for snowfall. But for January we are really behind as this is the second day of measurable snow only this month. They predicted 1 to 3 inches. But then the storm took a turn to the north and we are now saupposed to get 5 to 7 inches. I've got 6 inches so far easily. Plus the winds are getting strong. Up to 40MPH gusts later exp[ected. Going to make for white out and near blizzard conditions later tonight.I love it though. I get sick each turn of the seasons due to my bronchial asthma. But I survive it though. I've been coughing for a few weeks on and off due to the cold that we had. This week we are not getting above zero for the whole week. Down to nearly 20 below zero at night a couple times as well.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Wooh..thats cold, I don't think I'd be able to stand it, I hate cold weather, I have thin blood, so I think I'm freezing all the time, my husband thinks its funny. He wants to move more up North someday, because he likes all the snow and cold weather, he likes to hunt his dogs, and he says it doesn't get cold enough here for the critters to be out, he just went on a trip to Nebraska after Christmas, I know he'd like to move up there, but I don't know if I could stand it..lol.
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@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
Hi Grandpa Bob,
Yes, we have lots of snow right now, but none falling today. We just had another big storm overnight Saturday into Sunday. I've been checking the Weather Network, and there's more coming tomorrow too. We will also be going into a major cold spell, with very severe wind chills in the next couple of days. Brrrrrrrr! Take care.
Yes, we have lots of snow right now, but none falling today. We just had another big storm overnight Saturday into Sunday. I've been checking the Weather Network, and there's more coming tomorrow too. We will also be going into a major cold spell, with very severe wind chills in the next couple of days. Brrrrrrrr! Take care.@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
HiYa!
Haven't seen ya around a lot.
This storm here is heading SE.
Lot's of snow but in a small area all at once.
It's real light flurries now so about done with 6 inches here.
Starting tonight we may not get above zero till the weekend. \
High winds and windchills down to -35 also here dues tonight.
Down to nearly -20 also a couple nights as well.
Got me plenty of blankets though.
I'm ready for this artic blast.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
12 Jan 09
I really don't like severe wind chills. My bedroom is like the Arctic. I'll have to pile on even more blankets. We're going to be experiencing similar wind chill to what you're having, over the next week.
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@explorations (1712)
• United States
12 Jan 09
We've been getting a lot of snow here, too. I'm in Maine, so it's a normal thing around here. We just had a storm, and we're expecting two more this week. Our plow broke last night, so that's going to make things difficult considering how LONG our driveway is!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Mysnowblower gets fussy once it gets to -10 or colder. Seeing my garage isn't insulated I will be bringing it indoors tonight more than likely. I have a long drive but not long enough for a plow though. But a lot of area to cover with just a shovel buy hand so I need my snowblower.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Well yesterday we finally seen actual grass again as all of the snow was gone. This morning it was just a tiny covering and it is now at a stand still. Waiting on the big snowfall coming tonight and tomorrow. We are supposed to total out at about inches over the next two days. You've came through again grandpa! LOL
I'm out for a grocery run once again! LOL
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I won't be seeing my lawn for a couple more momnths with the amount of snow on the ground right now. Especially with the artic air this week.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@cynthiann (18612)
• Jamaica
12 Jan 09
Nah, Nothing but hot sun today. Your brilliant phtos have actually made me nostalgic for snow and I hate the cold. Why are you doing this to me? Lol From a long tme I have been meaning to comment on you photgrapahs. They are really works of art as they make me, and I am sure many others, look at things differently and at the world differently. For this I give you thanks. Yor work is the tops! Blessings
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I am doing it just for you actually.
I know you love the snow and cold.
Come on up to Minnesobrr or Minnesnowwwwta soon.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
This is tyhe most in a single atorm to fall at one time for me. I've had a lot of days wqith 1 to 3 inches. Once we got nearly 8 inches. Now I want one of those one foot storms. Getting artic like here right now. The winds are starting to whiop the snow around and the temps are already near 0 here.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@Polly1 (12644)
• United States
13 Jan 09
You can have all the one foot snow storms you want, I don't want anymore of them down here. We have alot of snow outside. Its so deep the animals can't get thru it, they have to hop thru the snow. The weather just was on, we have snow every day this week and turning windy and cold. The high temp on the one day will be below zero, down to about -13, brrrrrrrrr.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Buster also has to hop to get around out back.
Being a Minnesotan dog he loves it too.
Really chilly right now with a windchill of -20.
KRISTEN'S
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Oh yes I am loving it actually.
So serene and pretty.
Until I have to shovel or drive in it that is.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jillhill (37353)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Yes...got snow. Not as much as you though. We have only gotten about 2 but later the wind is supposed to come up and the temps drop below zero.....so we have to battan down the hatches and get ready for a ride. I don't mind the snow or the wind..it's those below 0 temps that get to me.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
All week below zero they say for my area.
Minnesobrrrrr!
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@gemini_rose (16264)
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12 Jan 09
We have had rain all day today, I do not think it has stopped much at all. Luckily we are not flooded. We had snow before christmas but have not had anymore thank goodness I hate it. I was always told to never eat brown or yellow snow so white is good lol. It sounds like you are getting a lot of snow though, it must be freezing where you are.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
It is getting very artic like here right now. The winds have piucked up and gusts up to 256MPH so far. Getting down to windchills of -40 below tonight and tomorrow. Minnesobrrrr!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Hi Grandpa Bob! Nope! Not really! We were supposed to have a
storm on Saturday, but it wasn't much of anything! I think
we got maybe a little over 2 inches! And the rest was just
freezing rain! So I guess it went to you instead! We really
haven't had all that much in accumulation so far. I think
we had one decent snowfall and that was about 6 inches or
less! And for you that's nothing! They keep telling us that
we're getting more, but it just never shows up! But, we are
getting some nasty Artic air! I know that you are used to
that too! Well, not me! I hate the cold! But, you have lots
of that pretty white stuff! We just get little bits of it!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Originally the track of the storm was South of me. Was predicted 1 to 3 inches. It moved North a ways and I got nearly 7 inches total here. Loved it too. Here's the side of my drive by the garage where there's not much room left for the snow to go. The snowblower is almost at the max as far as blowing it high enough to get over this almost 3 foot high mini-mountain now. Speaking of artic air, I just took this photo a little while ago. It is -5 with a windchill of -25 right now. Was a little nippy out there.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
@savak03 (6684)
• United States
12 Jan 09
It looks like all we are going to get this year is rain. In a way I envy you but on the other hand it is probably just as well that it doesn't get that cold here this winter. Since this is the first winter I have spent anywhere near the north I could use some extra time for my blood to adjust.
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@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
12 Jan 09
Savak, I don't know how long you have lived in your state, but don't count anything out until you see the tulips coming up.
We lived there for 5 years, and in 1993, they had one of the worse ice storms. I came home that weekend to where our home was and I got snowed in for 6 days. My husband tried getting home from work and the ice was so bad, he ended up having to pull his truck off into a development and walking 2 miles to our apartment. He said he almost froze! The trip from and to work that usually took 15 minutes took him hours to make that day. So hold on until the temperatures start to really warm up in the Spring. By the way, that was in March when that happened.
We lived there for 5 years, and in 1993, they had one of the worse ice storms. I came home that weekend to where our home was and I got snowed in for 6 days. My husband tried getting home from work and the ice was so bad, he ended up having to pull his truck off into a development and walking 2 miles to our apartment. He said he almost froze! The trip from and to work that usually took 15 minutes took him hours to make that day. So hold on until the temperatures start to really warm up in the Spring. By the way, that was in March when that happened.1 person likes this
@blackbriar (9075)
• United States
14 Jan 09
I love the snow as well, Grandpa Bob, just not the ice. My daughter can't stop eating it. She knows only the white snow is edible but whereever she is or whatever she is doing outside, she just has to eat snow.
@BarBaraPrz (51817)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
12 Jan 09
Yes, it snowed on Saturday and is supposed to snow again tonight. I'm not amused.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
12 Jan 09
I also am not amused.
But I love it though, a lot.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
12 Jan 09
We got an inch or so Sunday after a whole Saturday or freezing rain. Tonight we'll get another little bit. I got out today, I've been inside during the weekend because the streets aren't taken care of here, but it was 32 and it melted some of the slippery stuff enough to cure my cabin fever!
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
13 Jan 09
Yes I got to much snow and had to go to work at 1:50pm on monday. I shoveled a little and left for the job and got there and kept snowing. You have a good day and stay warm as it is cold out there. Your friend onlydia
@hildas (3031)
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13 Jan 09
No! I have not got any snow here (thank goodness). It has got a bit milder where I am and the daffodil bulbs are starting to shoot already. I hope it stays milder as it was very cold in December.
That is some snow you are having in Minnesota. It will keep you fit having to keep clearing it away. It is all lovely to look out at but I really hate going out in it.




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