We all thought spring was in the air and summer next in line, but no, this is Minnesota. This is what we had by the end of today (haven't seen any snow for a few weeks, and not this much all winter).




Lovely aint it? Anybody else hit by this snow storm that has any pics?

Nope! All I have are some wet socks and no desire to go outside.

I am really looking forward to waking up at 5:00AM and heading down to MIA for the weekend though.  

Nick

You know, I live in Ortonville (small town in West Central MN) and we didn't get a single snowflake.

We were originally supposed to get 6-9 inches, but it ended up going south.

The ground is brown here!!!

God I don't miss Minnesota....

Beefer, yeah, I live outside Mankato. They closed Hwy60 from Madelia to Worthington, as well as I90 from Worthington to Blue Earth. Bunch of schools cancelled and stuff. Too bad I have spring break, or my classes probably would have cancelled too, even though MSU cancels a lot later than high schools and elementary schools. It's still snowing though, and all the snow I shoveled just a few hours ago, is now being replaced...

I live in South Florida, It actually got down into the 40s this winter, talk about cold.

Dan in Jupiter

Exactely two years ago to the date Denver was digging out of a storm the left a little bit less than 3 feet of snow throughout the city.

This was my car. The snow drifting around was 8 feet in some places:



This was the parking lot of my apartment complex:



I'm sure the folks in Denver remember this storm very well!

Mark

I arrived from EYW to the wonderful storm this afternoon. I don't know if I am "lucky" or not to have been given one of the arrival slots this evening since so many flights were cancelled.

As I got off the train at the station, there was about six inches of snow on the platform and it was enough to stop my suitcase from rolling. I miss the ocean and the sun  

-TJ

Is that a beutiful Intrepid that I see under all that snow?

Good choice.

Mark

Here in Apple Valley, MN we got hit pretty hard. We have lots of drifting snow, and the roads are ridiculous.

WOW, and I am complaing about the rain that we are having here in LA

Quoting EmiratesA345 (Reply 8): Is that a beutiful Intrepid that I see under all that snow? Good choice. Mark

It sure is  

Luckly the storm just grazed us dropping only abour a half inch of sleet. Check out these storm totals from the NWS in Extreme Northern Iowa, Southern half of Minnesota, and Wisconsin!

... Record daily maximum snowfall set at Mason City...

a record snowfall of 11.8 inches was set at Mason City,IA. yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 11 set in 1971.

... Daily snowfall record set at La Crosse Wisconsin...

On March 18th... La Crosse regional Airport received 13.9 inches of snow.
This broke the March 18th daily snowfall record of 6.1 inches back in 1951.
Daily snowfall records at La Crosse date back to 1909.

Storm snowfall totals from March 18-19...

Location County snowfall

... Northeast Iowa...
Otranto 1w Mitchell 19.0"
Stacyville Mitchell 13.0"
Dorchester Allamakee 11.3"
Cresco Howard 11.0"
Kendallville Winneshiek 10.5"
Lansing Allamakee 6.2"
Waukon 8nw Allamakee 5.4"
Elma Howard 5.0"
New Hampton Chickasaw 5.0"
North Washington Chickasaw 4.5"
Charles City Floyd 4.2"
Ionia Chickasaw 4.0"
Ossian Winneshiek 3.0"
Volga Clayton 1.8"
Edgewood Clayton 1.5"
Garnavillo Clayton 1.5"
Elkader Clayton 1.4"
Fayette Fayette 1.2"

... Southeast Minnesota...
Lyle Mower 24.0"
Preston Fillmore 23.3"
Houston 5e Houston 23.0"
Byron 5n Olmsted 22.5"
St Charles Winona 22.0"
Rochester - Airport Olmsted (RST) 20.2"
Spring Valley Fillmore 20.0"
Rochester downtown Olmsted 19.5"
Stewartville Olmsted 19.4"
Chatfield Olmsted 19.0"
Kasson Dodge 19.0"
Byron 4s Olmsted 19.0"
Caledonia Houston 18.0"
Winona - Highland Dr Winona 18.0"
Wykoff 3n Fillmore 18.0"
Grand Meadow Mower 17.7"
Goodview Winona 17.0"
Winona - West Burns Valley Winona 17.0"
Winona 3s Winona 17.0"
Kellogg 4s Wabasha 17.0"
Dover 3s Olmsted 17.0"
St Charles 5n Winona 16.8"
Dodge Center Dodge 16.0"
Mantorville 3e Dodge 16.0"
West Concord Dodge 16.0"
Winona 4s Winona 16.0"
Altura 5w Winona 15.9"
Theilman Wabasha 15.6"
Oronoco Olmsted 15.1"
Rushford Fillmore 15.0"
Pine Island 2s Olmsted 15.0"
Zumbro Falls Wabasha 14.9"
Elgin Wabasha 14.5"
Byron Olmsted 14.3"
La Crescent 1n Houston 14.2"
Reno 3sw Houston 14.1"
Douglas 2n Olmsted 13.0"
Lake City Wabasha 12.7"
Wabasha Wabasha 12.4"
Spring Grove Houston 12.1"
La Crescent 9w Houston 12.0"
Winona dam Winona 11.5"

... Wisconsin...
Alma Center Jackson 23.0"
Buffalo City Buffalo 21.5"
Ettrick Trempealeau 18.5"
Cochrane Buffalo 18.0"
price Jackson 18.0"
Arcadia Trempealeau 17.0"
Blair Trempealeau 16.6"
Ettrick 2w Trempealeau 16.0"
La Crosse - NWS La Crosse 15.6"
Onalaska La Crosse 15.3"
La Crosse - Airport La Crosse 15.2"
Taylor Jackson 15.0"
Independence 3ne Trempealeau 15.0"
town of Holland La Crosse 14.7"
Galesville Trempealeau 14.5"
French Island La Crosse 14.1"
Alma 5ne Buffalo 14.0"
Holmen La Crosse 14.0"
Osseo Trempealeau 14.0"
Holmen 2s La Crosse 13.9"
West Salem La Crosse 13.8"
Gilmanton 6w Buffalo 13.5"
Stoddard 3ne Vernon 13.5"
Stoddard Vernon 13.5"
Hub City Richland 12.0"
Mondovi 6s Buffalo 12.0"
Victory Vernon 11.7"
Warrens 5wsw Monroe 11.3"
Millston Jackson 11.0"
Neillsville Clark 10.0"
Lake Camelot Adams 10.0"
Mather Juneau 9.5"
Sparta 2s Monroe 9.0"
Richland Center 4w Richland 9.0"
Longwood Clark 8.0"
Gays Mills Crawford 7.8"
Viroqua Vernon 7.0"
Westby Vernon 6.6"
Friendship 10ne Adams 6.5"
Tomah Monroe 6.5"
Plainville 5n Adams 6.5"
Necedah Juneau 6.2"
Owen Clark 5.6"
Richland Center Richland 5.6"
Withee Clark 5.5"
Fennimore Grant 5.0"
Hillsboro Vernon 5.0"
Mt Sterling Crawford 5.0"
Ontario Vernon 5.0"
Steuben 4se Crawford 4.8"
Mauston - wrjc radio Juneau 4.2"
Lublin Taylor 3.5"
Medford Taylor 3.0"
Cassville 8ne Grant 2.8"
Lancaster Grant 2.5"
Cuba City Grant 2.5"
Goodrich Taylor 2.0"

... Preliminary snowfall totals from friday's snowstorm...

A preliminary ranking of snowfall totals received from snowfall
observers... law enforcement... and storm spotters follows. Some of
the following reports were called in during the middle of the storm
... So they may need to be adjusted upward... and in some instances...
rather significantly so. Reports of those kind are denoted
with a (**) symbol.

A preliminary map of the heavy snowfall band is available on the
Twin Cities/Chanhassen website at

Http://weather.Gov/twincities

Location County snowfall (inches)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Kiester Faribault 21.0
Geneva Lake Freeborn 18.0
St. James 10s Watonwan 17.3
Hollandale Freeborn 17.0
Albert Lea Freeborn 16.5 **
Lewisville Watonwan 16.0
Ellendale Steele 15.5 **
Fairmont Martin 15.0
Minnesota Lake Blue Earth 15.0
Eau Claire Eau Claire (wi) 13.5
Mankato Blue Earth 13.5
Sherburn Martin 13.0
Springfield brown 12.5
welcome Martin 12.0
Owatonna Steele 12.0 **
Waseca Waseca 11.0 **
Durand Pepin (wi) 10.5 **
Meridean Dunn (wi) 10.0 **
Faribault Rice 9.0 **
Augusta Eau Claire (wi) 8.5 **
Northfield Rice 8.0 **
Zumbrota Goodhue 8.0 **
Goodhue Goodhue 8.0
St. Peter Nicollet 8.0
New Ulm brown 8.0 **
Inver Grove Heights Dakota 7.8
Farmington Dakota 7.5
Bay City Pierce 7.5
Prior Lake Scott 7.0
Red Wing Goodhue 7.0 **
New Prague Le Sueur 7.0 **
Lakeville Dakota 7.0
Redwood Falls Redwood 7.0 **
Woodbury Washington 7.0
Cottage Grove Washington 6.5
Eden Prairie Hennepin 6.5
Chanhassen (nws) Carver 6.3
Henderson Sibley 6.0
Glencoe McLeod 6.0
Menomonie Dunn (wi) 6.0 **
Hastings Dakota 5.8 **
Highland Park (st.Paul) Ramsey 5.7
Gibbon Sibley 5.5
Winthrop Sibley 5.5
Minneapolis intl arpt Hennepin 5.3
Cedar Falls Dunn (wi) 5.3 **
Edina Hennepin 5.0
Bloomer Chippewa (wi) 4.5 **
Olivia Renville 4.0
Gaylord Sibley 4.0 **
Lake Como (st.Paul) Ramsey 3.5
Ridgeland Dunn (wi) 3.0 **
Jim Falls 4nw Chippewa (wi) 3.0 **
Hector Renville 2.5
Watertown Carver 2.0
New Hope Hennepin 1.9
Winsted McLeod 1.8
Fridley Anoka 1.5
Dawson Lac Qui Parle 1.3
Ladysmith 12s Rusk (wi) 1.0 **
Weyerhaeuser Rusk (wi) 0.5 **

Quoting Iowaman (Reply 12): Mankato Blue Earth 13.5

Thanks for all those stats. Seems we didn't get hit that hard, compared to say RST.

I'd love to live in Minnesota.
I would like to live in Duluth or along the coast just north of Duluth.
That would be the perfect place for me. Huge body of water, hills, forest, 4 intense seasons, year around outdoor activity, close to Canada, low cost of living, lots of down to earth people and very Democratic.
The only thing that would bother me is lack of diversity. Minneapolis has lots of diversity but doesn't have the natural beauty of Duluth.

Wow, that brings back memories.

'Fly - that's the area I'm from - just across the border in Thunder Bay, Ontario. It really is a very beautiful area. There's nothing prettier than Lake Superior on a sunny day. And after it snows, when it's -30 and clear, the fresh snow really is gorgeous.

That being said, I'd never go back.   The economy there really sucks, and it's a very inward-looking society.

ScarletHarlot:
What do you mean by "inward-looking society"?
I hope theres not a lot of insest.

Nope - just that there's an inflated sense of importance, because a lot of people haven't seen anything else in their lives. They get this idea that Thunder Bay is an important place in the world, and lots of people know where it is. Canadians all know where it is because they see it on the weather broadcasts - does anyone else outside of the northern US know about it? Not really.

As an example, after 9/11 there were a bunch of articles in the Thunder Bay media about how Thunder Bay could be an Al Qaida target because of the grain elevators in the harbour - "the world's largest supply of food in one place"!! I am really sure that somewhere over in Afghanistan Osama bin Laden is feverishly plotting a terrorist attack against Thunder Bay. I think even city council bought into this one and security measures were discussed for some time.

ScarletHarlot:
OK, I see whare you are coming from.

Quoting ScarletHarlot (Reply 18): I am really sure that somewhere over in Afghanistan Osama bin Laden is feverishly plotting a terrorist attack against Thunder Bay.

ROTF every small ass town in the midwest was concerned, our town of 1,000 people even bought gas masks and other things. I'm sure all the terriosts are picking Thunder Bay over NYC and L.A.   

Well, Iowaman, it DOES have the world's largest food supply, you know!  

Love the time I spent in MN, but don't miss it in the least. I discovered that I don't need to live in a place where winter brings a credible threat of death by hypothermia.

Quoting Iowaman (Reply 20): ROTF every small ass town in the midwest was concerned, our town of 1,000 people even bought gas masks and other things

Small towns across American were the most paranoid. Small towns tend to be very paranoid societies. It gets much worse in the South.

Didn't get much of anything in Plymouth (western suburb of Minneapolis).

Today it made it up to 40... I had the windows on my car down all day.

Lekohawk:
My old roomate is from Plymouth, MN.
Funny thing is, she drives a Plymouth. 

Quoting ScarletHarlot (Reply 18): Canadians all know where it is because they see it on the weather broadcasts - does anyone else outside of the northern US know about it? Not really.

I actually heard of it quite a few years ago on TV back in Norway. They have a big skiing World Cup there every now and then right? Other than that, no more until I started seeing bags going to YQT while working for XJ.  

And, back on topic, the snow is melting now, as we've had three nice days in the high thirties in a row   I even got a slight sunburn today from working outside...lol

Quoting Sleekjet (Reply 27):

Certainly not joyful for those people  

How said to see such horror again   

Hmm...well, I thought I knew where Thunder Bay was, that being on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, but based on what Scarlot said, that's not the case.

Oh well. Maybe I'll get there one day, but then again, I highly doubt it.

Ah Yes the snow on Friday was so......a pain in my ass!!! We sent 9 planes to FAR. We ended up working an 12 hour day. But you know what we have had a mild winter so I guess I shouldn't complain. But wait but that's what we in Mn do best. 

It was a hard day for all of us at SY. We all pitched in and did what we do best and stayed on duty until all the flights came in and got the job done. I felt sorry for the crews who had to wait for their flights. Up to the point when a F/A asked if we were going to give them breakfast for the late return flights. The reply was lady we have been out here waiting for you since 1230 pm, and its now 1000pm what do you think????

My hat is off to all of our staff who worked this weekend, wow. We did good.

Superfly,
Want to trade places?
Alex

Aww man, there isnt a cloud in the sky o wait theres one. Sucks to be in Minnesota.

Quoting StevenUhl777 (Reply 29): Hmm...well, I thought I knew where Thunder Bay was, that being on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, but based on what Scarlot said, that's not the case.

Thunder Bay is on the North Shore (capital N, capital S) of Lake Superior. A common vacation spot for my family, to be sure.

Quoting KL642 (Reply 31): Superfly, Want to trade places? Alex

Only if your place is on a bluff right on the coast with a view.  

StevenUHL777,

You were probably thinking of Georgian Bay, which is the Easternmost part of Lake Huron. It's a big cottage/vacation area.

KaiGwyer - we used to have Nordic events in Thunder Bay. They had the World Nordic Games there around 1995, I think. We had this big beautiful ski jumping facility, but the government shut it down and now it's just sitting there rotting. Thunder Bay used to be on the CBC several weekends in winter showing ski jumping events, when Matti Nykanen and Horst Buleau were the champs. Now we have no ski jumping facility, and no good Canadian ski jumpers. But they do not have World Cup events there. The alpine skiing isn't to that standard.

Note how I can't quite disconnect from my TBay connection - sometimes it's "we have", other times it's "they have". Once a Thunder Babe, always a Thunder Babe.  

Here's a map showing where it is. I agree that Steven was thinking of Georgian Bay.

ScarletHarlot:
Ever get to see RUSH play any concerts in Thunder Bay?

I am a map wiz. When I was a kid, I was fascinated with globes and for my 6th birthday, I got a 300+ page atlas and it was all over.
Thunder Bay always stuck out because of the name. I figured they have lots of thundershowers there.  

Maybe we shuld set up a YQT spotting meet. :P

Quoting ScarletHarlot (Reply 36): Once a Thunder Babe, always a Thunder Babe

Speaking of Thunder Babes, when I worked at XJ, one of the CSAs in YQT so gratiously sent her airport and airline ID to us at MSP (presumeably by accident, it was stuck between bags). She was hot, and the badge made its way around the office before a sup sent it on a plane back to YQT (Yes, it was the first plane back)