Winter Storm

This is what I saw when I opened the garage this morning to go to work. I quickly shut the door and took the day off without pay!!!!! It took me 3 hours to clear the driveway and a little more to help my buddy next door who is out of town (and his wife is due in May). The good news is, I got to level 15 on GT5!

Love the pic of your little one above! Why is it that when we were kids, we could stay out in this stuff all day and want more? As an adult, I just want to sit next to the fire with a beer and read.....
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neighbors and I(my family) dug out, while doing so we had the idea to have a BBQ.

It's classic loaves and fishes, one had meats, we had chips, charcoal, beer & vodka, others had rolls & bread, more beer, etc., etc., spent the afternoon with the kids playing in the snow and us BBQ'ing and drinking on the sidewalk.

Had a suntimes photog walk by and take pictures and names so we maybe even made the paper tomorrow or the website at the very least.

Best snow day EVER....

 

Today I was a receptionist,3 secretaries, a manager,IP guy and a bookkeeper.
I was the only one who made it to the office.....

 

Some shots from LSD:
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Tow truck companies must be raking the cash in.

 

Yup. Over 300 stranded vehicles on LSD.

 

Woke up to a 4 foot drift up against the side of my truck (parked in driveway), after several hours with my snowblower (and a shovel) my driveway was totally cleared. Only problem was the street had not been plowed, and other than a H1 Hummer and a lifted Wrangler (towing kids on a sled) no cars had driven my street. Around 3 the Village plow showed up. In great shape now.

Was thinking about testing my new snow tires on the P-Car, but that can wait until the weekend.
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If they're Blizzaks, you'll love them! I drive past trucks in my 911 with those tires on!

 

The entire drive area between my garage and the car barn had drifted to 38" deep. I had to put the loader on my John Deere tractor to get it out. The rest of the drive was "only" 22" deep, so the blower could handle it. It still took me all day, and there is still some left to clear. Tonight I'm sitting on the toasty floor of the car barn with some tunes playing while I work on the cars. I kinda like our Chicago snow events. They make me appreciate Spring!
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Yep.... LM-60s, I have had them on past cars and loved them. Decided to go with 17 Inch, so I had to byuy another set of rims, but this way I don't have to mount/balance twice a year. I did skip the extra set of TPMS (think that would have been an extra $400). I figure I drove for 20 years without TPMS, I can make it through the winter.

 

So I hear you guys got a little snow in Chi-town yesterday...

I was there for the '99 storm and had quite the time in an LS400 on empty roads in the north burbs.

 

Bet you had a busy day.

 

When we were kids we we didn't have to go to school, and Dad did all of the shoveling. I'm talking about before anyone had snow throwers!

As a kid living in Canada I can't remember ever having to shovel snow, and we had some big ones! Dad did the work while we played.......though I can't remember schools closing because of snow. Maybe that's just a USA thing?

 

My kid's school is closed again today for............cold snow??? At this rate, they'll be doing makeup days until July!

 

Question : Who pays for the tow trucks if your car is stuck on LSD? You or the city?

 

Wheaton didn't get to my street until ~12:30 and only plowed one lane. I had to shovel ~20 feet x ~36-48" to get out of my driveway! I finished ~3:00 and had to drive down to dad's (93) and dig him out in Downers Grove. I stayed on major roads but 53 was horrible! In some places it was only a single lane and that was drifted over. If Wheaton decides to finish my street this AM, I'll be shoveling another ~3 hours to get in! Oh well, I've now seen the 4 top snowstorms in Chicago! John, I heard rumblings already about lawsuits for not closing LSD earlier.

 

Hope all is well and safe up north; I have a colleague in Chicago and he mentioned 21" of snow.

I'm in the New Orleans area and many schools and government offices in southeast LA are closed today due to icy roads. We can handle Mardi Gras and hurricanes but not ice (unless it's in a drink)!

 

Don't no why the city didn't close down all offices on Tues. at 12 pm. The city should have just declared a curfew and sent people packing. Giving everyone a chance to get out of the city on time. Explain to me why anybody is out driving their car at 7pm on the LSD. This blizzard was very well publicized days in advance. If you made the decision to be out there than maybe you need to take the responsibility for your actions. I think the city did an amazing job keeping deaths to an absolute minimum given the magnitude of this people killer and the mentality of some of our citizens.

 

Exactly. This storm was announced well before it happened. I remember reading about in last week. People who want to try their luck are free to do so with their own money.

 

Damn City of Wheaton employees!

 

Yea I gotta say whoever was on LSD was doing so at their own risk. When you hear 25' foot waves, blizzard, and lightning, driving ALONG the lake is not my first choice...

 

I hear ya. I feel they are all paid a ton of money and just drive around in their fancy Porsches