Dangerous winter conditions

[Shawn Gossman]

My area has some pretty dangerous winter conditions coming this week. Mainly wind chill values and blowing snow.

From NWS Paducah:



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[Unibob]

Here in Northern Michigan, we're getting a blizzard. 50+ MPH winds and possibly exceeding 2 feet of snow in spots, with significant drifting. Measuring will be impossible with the winds, but it will be more than enough grind things to a halt, especially north of a roughly Flint to Lansing line. I'm hoping we don't lose power or we could be in trouble, my home loses heat too quick for my liking.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Here in Northern Michigan, we're getting a blizzard. 50+ MPH winds and possibly exceeding 2 feet of snow in spots, with significant drifting. Measuring will be impossible with the winds, but it will be more than enough grind things to a halt, especially north of a roughly Flint to Lansing line. I'm hoping we don't lose power or we could be in trouble, my home loses heat too quick for my liking.

How did it all fan out?

Still have snow?

 

[Unibob]

We got about 6 inches at my place, but the west side of the state had lake enhancement and got pounded. I think the highest total was 36.7 inches. We did have significant drifting with just the 6, but amazingly, we never lost power. That snow is gone, thanks to the recent warmup, it hit 50 a couple of days ago, and it's still going to be a bit above normal for the rest of the week.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

That's great that your power stayed up.

Power outages in the cold are never a good time.

It's crazy for us. We live really far out in the country, and our power rarely goes out. The town has outages all the time.

 

[Unibob]

Our grid is usually one of, if not, the first to go out during wind storms. With the local power company trimming trees/branches last summer, they seemed to have done quite a bit to keep it from happening. Not even a flicker this time.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Our grid is usually one of, if not, the first to go out during wind storms. With the local power company trimming trees/branches last summer, they seemed to have done quite a bit to keep it from happening. Not even a flicker this time.

That's what happens when you do preventative maintenance right?!

 

[Unibob]

Indeed! It's often dead trees coming down on the lines as well. This area is primarily forest with homes dotted here and there, so trees coming down happens a lot. Not much the power companies can do about that unless they are right by the line.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

That's the same here.

Usually its the farmers round here that take care of the trees!