Hip Hip hooray!!!! We're gonna be snowed in tomorrow. Ice, thunder and 27 inches of snow predicted with blizzard like winds!! They say the wind will be so strong it will cause flooding on Lake Shore Drive from lake Michigan.

Please bring the snow on so that we can pretend like we live in the ATL for a good 24 hours. Im praying the power doesnt go out so I can lay up and watch lifetime all day long. Baby making time!!!

I haven't had a good old snow day sincee 1999. What a treat! Sweet home Chicago!

Now that's a REAL storm! Not that bullshit going on in Texas.

Woot! My 1st Chicago Blizzard. I still gotta go to work tomorrow no matter what.

uPtoWnNY said:

Now that's a REAL storm! Not that bullshit going on in Texas.

Tell me about it . . . . .

lol Yall are happy about being snowed in?

I hate driving in it.

i'm in jersey. we've had storm after storm for nearly 2 months...wanna live here? my cabin fever is soooo bad!!

dreamfactory313 said:

Woot! My 1st Chicago Blizzard. I still gotta go to work tomorrow no matter what.

yep I will braving the elements tomorrow morning...it's bad out there right now...

TD3 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

Now that's a REAL storm! Not that bullshit going on in Texas.

Tell me about it . . . . .

Oh you northerners are so snobbish about yo lil stank snowstorms.

This is one hell of a blizzard!!!

Everybody stay safe!

ugh just got in an hour ago. My car is stuck in the middle of the street-a few steps from my parking lot-no gas.

Took me two hours to get home yesterday. Once again Chicago majorly fucked up the snow removal process. Thanks Chicago.

The view outside my window this morning:

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:-oThere is a HUGE barrier of snow in front of our door. We can't even get it open.

UPDATE: I tried as hard as I could to get to work this morning but there is a 4 foot snow drift pressing against the door of my building. Im literally SNOWED IN. I just called my superior and shes also clueless as to how she will get to work after she shovels her car out of her garage.

SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!!

We have gotten 18 inches of snow with another 2-5 expected this morning. The winds are gusting at 40-50 mph and the snow drifts are mammoth! Im taking my mom's advice and practice some good common sense. Im taking a SNOW DAY!

dreamfactory313 said:

UPDATE: I tried as hard as I could to get to work this morning but there is a 4 foot snow drift pressing against the door of my building. Im literally SNOWED IN. I just called my superior and shes also clueless as to how she will get to work after she shovels her car out of her garage.

SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!!

Where do you work? I mean, what do you do for a living? Unless you're a cop, firefighter, ER doctor or nurse, paramedic, power line worker, repair broken water mains, or plow snow off streets, you shouldn't even be thinking about going outside today. Heck, when Tom Skilling and all of the local news outlets tell people to stay home, you should do that.

728huey said:

dreamfactory313 said:

UPDATE: I tried as hard as I could to get to work this morning but there is a 4 foot snow drift pressing against the door of my building. Im literally SNOWED IN. I just called my superior and shes also clueless as to how she will get to work after she shovels her car out of her garage.

SWEET HOME CHICAGO!!!

Where do you work? I mean, what do you do for a living? Unless you're a cop, firefighter, ER doctor or nurse, paramedic, power line worker, repair broken water mains, or plow snow off streets, you shouldn't even be thinking about going outside today. Heck, when Tom Skilling and all of the local news outlets tell people to stay home, you should do that.

I work as a physical therapist at a skilled nursing facility in Lincoln Park. I live in Edgewater.

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Our lobby last night, that piece of steel ( dont' know where the hell it came from shattered the glass) just beyond the lights is Lake Shore Drive, people were stuck in their cars overnight.

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^ OMG!!!

That looks like a scene from a disaster movie. Ive heard the stories of people being rescused by firefighters and guardsmen from CTA buses and private vehicles. This blizzard really is one for the record books. Yup, Im in for the day!

Comcast service phone, internet and cable out for 2 hrs, last night, Lights flashing on and off until about 2am, Lake Shore Drive shut down. CLTV keeps replaying a fat lady sliding and falling on Wacker Drive...Oh My!

Looking out the window this am, is some Staight Bull shit. How are we ever going to get out of this? I just got a car wash 2 days ago to get the salt off my car...now look.

I have no gumption to get my ass up and shovel my car out. The city has plowed additional snow on top and around my car. all you see is windshield wiper up in the air and by 4pm it'll be frozen....between the snow and cold, I say every year it's time to leave Chi-town!

All photos courtesy of the Chicago Tribune.

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago this morning.

dreamfactory313 said:

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago this morning.

It's not my first blizzard but this all seems insane to me.

Vendetta1 said:

dreamfactory313 said:

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago this morning.

It's not my first blizzard but this all seems insane to me.

To me, too. I mean...the forecasters were pretty much right on with their predictions about timing and amounts for this storm. Why were people still out there? And on Lakeshore Drive, for crying out loud! They had Heavy Freezing Spray warnings on top of the lake snow warnings, blizzard warnings and everything else.

I live 150 miles NW of Chicago, but we still got nailed. I watched the radar all morning and made sure I left work before the snow hit. Good thing, too - because when it hit, it hit hard.

Genesia said:

Vendetta1 said:

It's not my first blizzard but this all seems insane to me.

To me, too. I mean...the forecasters were pretty much right on with their predictions about timing and amounts for this storm. Why were people still out there? And on Lakeshore Drive, for crying out loud! They had Heavy Freezing Spray warnings on top of the lake snow warnings, blizzard warnings and everything else.

I live 150 miles NW of Chicago, but we still got nailed. I watched the radar all morning and made sure I left work before the snow hit. Good thing, too - because when it hit, it hit hard.

I think part of it, my own sister included, is that people were not allowed to go home before this mess all started. They fully expected my sister to be at work today too.

Vendetta1 said:

Genesia said:

To me, too. I mean...the forecasters were pretty much right on with their predictions about timing and amounts for this storm. Why were people still out there? And on Lakeshore Drive, for crying out loud! They had Heavy Freezing Spray warnings on top of the lake snow warnings, blizzard warnings and everything else.

I live 150 miles NW of Chicago, but we still got nailed. I watched the radar all morning and made sure I left work before the snow hit. Good thing, too - because when it hit, it hit hard.

I think part of it, my own sister included, is that people were not allowed to go home before this mess all started. They fully expected my sister to be at work today too.

Y'know...as much as I bitch about my job sometimes, the company's really pretty good when it comes to letting people "opt out" of working when the weather's horrendous. They know many of us have long commutes over a highway that drifts or ices over at the drop of a hat.

Of course, I don't work in an area that affects operations on a day-to-day basis. Might be different if I did.

Hope your sister made it home safely!

Genesia said:

Vendetta1 said:

I think part of it, my own sister included, is that people were not allowed to go home before this mess all started. They fully expected my sister to be at work today too.

Y'know...as much as I bitch about my job sometimes, the company's really pretty good when it comes to letting people "opt out" of working when the weather's horrendous. They know many of us have long commutes over a highway that drifts or ices over at the drop of a hat.

Of course, I don't work in an area that affects operations on a day-to-day basis. Might be different if I did.

Hope your sister made it home safely!

Yep. She didn't go in today but they told her if she didn't come in today, it is an unexcused absence.

dreamfactory313 said:

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago this morning.

Wow - folks are trying to drive in that mess???? I've driven in blizzards, but nothing like that!

QueenBad said:

Comcast service phone, internet and cable out for 2 hrs, last night, Lights flashing on and off until about 2am, Lake Shore Drive shut down. CLTV keeps replaying a fat lady sliding and falling on Wacker Drive...Oh My!

Looking out the window this am, is some Staight Bull shit. How are we ever going to get out of this? I just got a car wash 2 days ago to get the salt off my car...now look.

I have no gumption to get my ass up and shovel my car out. The city has plowed additional snow on top and around my car. all you see is windshield wiper up in the air and by 4pm it'll be frozen....between the snow and cold, I say every year it's time to leave Chi-town!

my babay say "LOVE ME... come live in 'the windy city'"

and i'm like i got this low tolerence for below 50fht

so i like don't do no parts of the mississippi, or east,

after oct 1. oooooooooorrrrrrr before june 1.

and now (listen to her closely) you can see why.

i'm in cali and had to scrape ice off my windshield....

ICE OFF MY WINDSHIELD!!!

i luh ma baby, but snow and cold mke it haaaaaaaard on a brothah...