Aww shes soo cute! My little one is alittle over 3 months old!
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Congratulations on the little one !!!
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Woke up to heavy wet snow, forecast is 12" with 45 mph winds. The temp is 33F which is fine with me. However, not only is driving hazardous but they're reporting downed power lines, utility outages, over 1,000 cancellations @ airport, some trains halted due to problems and thankfully school closures. Here's a morning pic out my window. 
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Nearby tornado that killed one man, I injured four and did extensive property damage. Unfortunately, no snow. Maybe Tuesday, but we have only had one blizzard since I've lived here.
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Idk about your suburb, but I just got a message from the garbage app they're canceling service today, too. And my vet is closed.Woke up to heavy wet snow, forecast is 12" with 45 mph winds. The temp is 33F which is fine with me. However, not only is driving hazardous but they're reporting downed power lines, utility outages, over 700 cancellations @ airport, some trains halted due to problems and thankfully school closures. Here's a morning pic out my window.
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I'm trying to decide if I'm going to be brave enough to bundle everyone up and let them explore the snow in the backyard later.
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I'd say, "Go for it!" My kids absolutely loved going out in it to make snow angels.
Of course I bundled them up so much to stay warm they could barely move.
Layers. And staying home as much as possible. We had back to back blizzards when DD was 4 weeks old. I was pumping and supplementing but we lost power and I didn’t have a manual or battery option. Or water because we live on a county road. DD handled it best of all. She was swaddled and cozy in her little seat if we weren’t holding her. Then we got evacuated to my mother’s because she had power and her boss was high enough in his government position to be allowed out to drive nurses to the veterans home and he got us. And the cats. I do not care to repeat that experience; but its a story to tell my kids.Ours is supposed to be 3-5” with high winds but it looks like snow then rain then snow above freezing temps but then all sat into next week its below freezing which is scary only because I have a infant now and never dressed her in the winter for extreme cold yet
And why we invested in a wood stove a few years later! The after-snow-play naps were always divine in my house.
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North of Chicago so we're used to snowstorms/blizzards, frigid temps/polar vortex, etc.Wowneely , where in general do you live?
Well sort of good news they expect only 3-6 inches of snow less than originally predicted but they are now saying the snow will turn to rain and ice - hope that does not mean outages.
Theres a warning in effect now expect up to 20cm of snow. Get your generators set up and test them.
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Tomorrow should be fun. 1-2 inches of snow with 40 mph winds sustained, and gusts up to 60mph. My goal is to be done and back in my PJ's by noon.
Yeah fun for snow mobilers and skiers
Not fun for those who have to shovel a rain and snow mix with a sore back. We had thunder during the snowstorm earlier a phenomina rarly seen here. A cold snap is to follow. Hidden black ice.
Not fun for those who have to shovel a rain and snow mix with a sore back. We had thunder during the snowstorm earlier a phenomina rarly seen here. A cold snap is to follow. Hidden black ice.
We usually get ice and power outages. We used to get some really nice snows but now it's just ice.
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The wind woke me up around 4AM. It's howling out there, but very little precip so far.
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We have a good blanket waking up this morning, and they're saying up to 30 cm in our area today. We don't have generators...
The good news, it's fine powdery snow...not the heavy wet stuff.
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The heavy wet snow froze overnight, I knew it would so our garbage/recycling bins are permanently frozen to the ground. Oh well, they should thaw by April. 
The forecast for Sunday through Tuesday is bitter cold temps with -1F as the high and -30 to -35F with the windchill.
The forecast for Sunday through Tuesday is bitter cold temps with -1F as the high and -30 to -35F with the windchill.
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At least the bins won't blow away! Our wind chills are forecast -20. -35 is beyond my limit. Stay warm!The heavy wet snow froze overnight, I knew it would so our garbage/recycling bins are permanently frozen to the ground. Oh well, they should thaw by April.
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When we bought the house, my husband almost immediately invested in a snowblower. It's been worth its weight in gold.
Its been non stop plows since last night. I've heard at least three within the past 12 hours or so not counting when i was sleeping. 2 brown outs and probably more to come.
I set up and tested the generator yesterday before the storm it started after 4 tries with the remote.
If you get one make sure it has a remote. Much easier than yanking on the cord and breaking your arm.
If you get one make sure it has a remote. Much easier than yanking on the cord and breaking your arm.
