Due to snow and high winds last night, snow rollers are popping up all over Illinois.

excerpts from a yahoo news story http://story.news.yahoo.c...er_blast_6


BUFFALO, N.Y. - Heavy snow and gusting wind in the East and Midwest closed schools, toppled tractor-trailers and created the rare phenomenon of snow "rollers" blowing across fields in Illinois.


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The storm in New York followed wind-driven snow that created hazardous conditions Tuesday in the Midwest.


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In Illinois, Tuesday's high wind was blamed for power outages that blacked out some 17,500 customers in the Chicago area and around Peoria, Commonwealth Edison said. Service was restored Wednesday morning.


Some areas saw a rare weather phenomenon where snowballs form naturally and roll through fields like tumbleweeds. Meteorologists call them "rollers" and say they can range from the size of a golf ball to a 30-gallon drum.


"At first I thought they were just clumps of sod being turned over in the field," said Stacy Bowman, a Springfield, Ill., resident who stopped to watch the snow formations on her way home from work Tuesday night. "Then I thought maybe some kids were out there, but I didn't see any footprints around."





here's an example:








has the haunted ebay painting struck again?

incidentally, the local tv weathermen are in ecstacy over this phenomenon. i swear this guy i'm watching right now is about to whip his dick out and jizz on his green screen.

Snow,a hazadous land to travel over.Look carefully in the first picture.I'm sure I can see a face,in the snow ball.
[This message was edited Wed Feb 12 16:33:10 PST 2003 by SuperNatural]

It was extremely windy here last night, too... my kids ended up coming downstairs to sleep in the living room because it was so loud and it was rattling their windows.

I'm here in buffalo ny freezing my butt off, but we don.t have any snow rollers. They are actually rather cool looking, thanks for the picture.