Winter Blitz??
It has been a quiet start to the year both for us and for the weather. It has been one of the warmest winters on record with Chicago with many golf courses still being open. Of course I planned to play last weekend and the weather took a turn for the worse!
All last week, they were predicting a "winter blitz", but honestly for us here in the Northern Suburbs it has been more or a winter fart, with a small f! In recent weeks, most of you will have seen the weather in Colorado, several feet of snow, two weekends in a row over the holiday season, and us with nothing.
Lorraine, Reggie and I got quite excited about the forthcoming blitz, with predictions of up to 8" of snow. As the date drew nearer, the forecasters dropped the predictions, daily, and ultimately forecast 1-2" on Sunday and 1-2" on Monday. It is now Monday evening and we have had more like 1/2" overnight and almost nothing today. It is going to be damned cold, with lows between 16f (-9c) and 9f (-13c) over the next few days, but little if any more snow is being forecast.
Now I am not suggesting that all those folks getting ice storms and the 36 people who have died in the storms now sweeping Texas and New England should be pleased, but I was told before I came here that the weather in Chicago was brutal?! Check out some pictures from the CNN website here of the storms further south and east of us.
All last week, they were predicting a "winter blitz", but honestly for us here in the Northern Suburbs it has been more or a winter fart, with a small f! In recent weeks, most of you will have seen the weather in Colorado, several feet of snow, two weekends in a row over the holiday season, and us with nothing.
Lorraine, Reggie and I got quite excited about the forthcoming blitz, with predictions of up to 8" of snow. As the date drew nearer, the forecasters dropped the predictions, daily, and ultimately forecast 1-2" on Sunday and 1-2" on Monday. It is now Monday evening and we have had more like 1/2" overnight and almost nothing today. It is going to be damned cold, with lows between 16f (-9c) and 9f (-13c) over the next few days, but little if any more snow is being forecast.
Now I am not suggesting that all those folks getting ice storms and the 36 people who have died in the storms now sweeping Texas and New England should be pleased, but I was told before I came here that the weather in Chicago was brutal?! Check out some pictures from the CNN website here of the storms further south and east of us.
VERY DISAPPOINTING!
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