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Haven't found any post to whine about shovelling, snow amount etc so ...
My back is killing me, gotta get out there see ya!
My back is killing me, gotta get out there see ya!
Baden Guy said:Haven't found any post to whine about shovelling, snow amount etc so ...
US and Canada
Major storm hitting US and Canada
2 February 2011 Last updated at 10:23 ET
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A bitter winter storm stretching 2,000 miles (3,200km) is crippling swathes of the US and Canada with heavy snow, rain and high winds.
Authorities warned the "potentially killer blizzard" could pummel Chicago through the morning.
Environment Canada warned as much as 20cm of snow could pound southern Ontario near Lake Erie.
More than 250,000 homes are without power and the US National Weather Service has warned against travel.
Chicago is expected to be hit by up to three feet (91cm) of snow, prompting authorities to call the city's first "snow day" for public schools in 12 years.
Illinois state police said much of the state's road system was impassable, and around Chicago, authorities closed major interstate highways and the area's commuter rail system.
The National Weather Service warned of "zero visibility" and bluntly warned Americans in at least four states: "Do not travel."
"Ask yourself if getting to your destination is worth risking your life," the official US government weather information service advised Chicagoans.
The service said the storm would hit the mid-Atlantic or north-east regions late on Wednesday before heading to Nova Scotia in Canada's maritime provinces.
"The storm has produced blizzard conditions with snow and blowing snow across the Central Plains. Total snowfall accumulations of one to two feet of snow are expected for a large swathe of the central and north-eastern states," it advised.
Heavy freezing rain was expected south and east of the snow area, the service said.
In Toronto, more schools were closed for snow than for any storm since 1999, CBC news reported.
Ribbons of ice
Most of the airlines using Chicago's O'Hare airport - one of the busiest in the world - stopped their services Tuesday afternoon as the storm set in.
The airport said it expected limited or no operations on Wednesday.
An estimated 200,000 homes in the mid-western state of Ohio had no power on Wednesday morning, and more than 50,000 households in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were without electricity.
The storm has turned roads into ribbons of ice, stretching the resources of emergency responders to rescue stranded motorists.
In Missouri, where more than a foot (30cm) of snow had fallen by midday Tuesday, authorities closed the state's entire 250-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between St Louis and Kansas City.
Meteorologist Jeff Johnson of the National Weather Service in Iowa told Associated Press news agency the storm was sure to "cripple transportation for a couple of days".
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, were paralysed as the storm reduced visibility on the roads and snow drifts piled in drifts as high as 4ft.
The Tulsa World newspaper announced that it would be unable to publish on Wednesday for the first time in its 105-year history.
Superbowl on
The series of storms that has hit the US this winter is also wreaking havoc with government budgets. Clean-up costs are placing pressure on already tight public funds.
But other businesses are benefiting, with concerned residents stocking up on essentials.
Plans continued in Dallas, Texas, for Sunday's Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers - two teams accustomed to playing US football in adverse wintry conditions.
57Chevy said:And so ..... "National Groundhog Day" ;D .......is a "Snow Day" :snowman:
What does that mean ? ...........
Groundhog Day
DexOlesa said:How many did the forces mobilize to Toronto during that op? Was the scale exaggerated or was it as huge as the media made it out to be.
the 48th regulator said:Well folks, While sitting at home on my Snow Day, I used iMovie to dolly up my own Hitler video!! Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2nc4ZbyB-E
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