More snow!
The current forecast through Friday for Minneapolis: 22 inches of new snow. The Twin Cities have spent most of the winter in a snow drought, but the last two weeks of storms have done a lot to right that situation. More than that, this snowfall might set a record for February.
UPDATE:
I was at the office for couple of hours this morning before deciding to spend the rest of the day working from home. Guess what I just received in an email?
Due to the heavy snow predicted for this afternoon and later today, all [company name removed] locations in the Twin Cities will officially close today, Thursday, at 1:00 p.m. This is based on recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Transportation that travel is becoming hazardous as the storm moves into the metro area. Please use caution as you make your way home. Employee safety is our main concern.
Snow day!!!
You like-a The California? The California is good?
I love California. I love Minnesota, too. I even love snow. Yay for snow!
The latest weather advisory from The Weather Underground:
“Snow will fall at the rate of one to two inches per hour in the heavier snow bands. Thundersnow is also possible which may cause brief periods of even heavier snowfall. Thus…snow depth will rapidly increase through the afternoon. Visibility will drop to near zero in the heavier snow bands with east winds gusting to 20 to 30 mph which will cause blowing and drifting. Travel will become difficult if not impossible.”
Thundersnow!
wOOt!!! If our works get cancelled tomorrow, do you want to head out snowboarding at Afton? I may even go after work if it doesn’t get cancelled. Let me know!
Damnit I am getting hit by the same snow storm, just 200 miles south and everything but work is being closed… *bah*
i seem to remember something about baltimore being full of a bunch of pansies for basically shutting down for snow…but things were still open. this sound just plain ridiculous…
I concede that the reaction might appear excessive, but this snowfall is a bit out of the ordinary. For one, it is very dense snow, so it’s hard to move and slippery on roads. The sheer volume is a problem, too. If the predictions are accurate, this will be one of the four biggest snowstorms on record for Minneapolis.
It just keeps getting better. According to an email that I received this (Friday) morning, my company’s offices “will not open before 10 a.m. on Friday, March 2.”