Ice Storm of the Century

[War Wagon]

This fucker is kicking ass and taking names all across OK, KS, MO, IA, and IL. I don't think I've ever seen such widespread damage from one weather event. I hear that about half the state of Oklahoma is without power.

Woke up about 5:00 this morning and decided I'd try to make it into work. After chipping a 1/4" of ice of my windshield and dragging tree limbs out of the driveway, I was all set to take on the roads, when I get a call from the boss on my cell telling me not to bother coming in, the power has been out since about 2 am. Fucking terrific, by now I've already had two cups of coffee and there's no way I'm going back to sleep. Shoulda' just stayed in bed.

So far I've been lucky and the power is still on, but we're still right in the middle of this shit. It's supposed to continue freezing rain all day and into later tonite. As I sit, I can hear tree limbs crashing all over the place, including on the roof. I think it may have damaged the gutters, but I haven't been back outside to look yet

We've got a LOT of old trees surrounding my house. There have been many ice and wind storms in the past that have knocked limbs down, but never anything like this. It's going to be next spring before I get all this cleaned up, and it's not even officially winter here for 10 more days.

This really SUCKS!

[Cuda]

You should really go out & move some of those downed power lines outta everybody's way

[RumpleForeskin]

Wags, you don't have to tell me. My pheasant hunt in Wichita was cancelled this week because of this shit weather.

[Mikey]

This fucker is kicking ass and taking names all across OK, KS, MO, IA, and IL. I don't think I've ever seen such widespread damage from one weather event. I hear that about half the state of Oklahoma is without power.

Woke up about 5:00 this morning and decided I'd try to make it into work. After chipping a 1/4" of ice of my windshield and dragging tree limbs out of the driveway, I was all set to take on the roads, when I get a call from the boss on my cell telling me not to bother coming in, the power has been out since about 2 am. Fucking terrific, by now I've already had two cups of coffee and there's no way I'm going back to sleep. Shoulda' just stayed in bed.

So far I've been lucky and the power is still on, but we're still right in the middle of this shit. It's supposed to continue freezing rain all day and into later tonite. As I sit, I can hear tree limbs crashing all over the place, including on the roof. I think it may have damaged the gutters, but I haven't been back outside to look yet

We've got a LOT of old trees surrounding my house. There have been many ice and wind storms in the past that have knocked limbs down, but never anything like this. It's going to be next spring before I get all this cleaned up, and it's not even officially winter here for 10 more days.

This really SUCKS!

If your house gets destroyed maybe tLT will buy you a flat screen TV.

[Invictus]

Give me what I want and I'll go

Sincerely,

[War Wagon]

If your house gets destroyed maybe tLT will buy you a flat screen TV.

Ya' think? Gee, that'd be swell, 'cept an ice storm isn't going to destroy my crib. It may send us back to the stone age for a few days, but that's about it.

Fortunately, we had plenty of warning this shit was coming, so I was able to stock up on necessities like batteries, kerosene, and beer.

[Mister Bushice]

As I sit, I can hear tree limbs crashing all over the place, including on the roof. I think it may have damaged the gutters, but I haven't been back outside to look yet

The best way to test the strength of tree limbs covered in ice is to stand under them.

[War Wagon]

The best way to test the strength of tree limbs covered in ice is to stand under them.

No it's not, dumbfuck. It's by standing on them.

Christ, you'd screw up a wet dream.

The best way to test to see if the oven is pre-heated is by sticking your head in it.

[RevLimiter]

As I sit, I can hear tree limbs crashing all over the place, including on the roof. I think it may have damaged the gutters, but I haven't been back outside to look yet

The best way to test the strength of tree limbs covered in ice is to stand under them.

Judging by the quality (or LACK thereof) of your posts you've clearly done that a few times.

[Goober McTuber]

After chipping a 1/4" of ice of my windshield

So your garage leaks, too?

[Mister Bushice]

not only that, apparently he upgraded his "ride" to add a windshield:



Whitey is really coming up in the world.

[Dinsdale]

Fortunately, we had plenty of warning this shit was coming

At least our end of things involved 55 degree water. Screw that frozen shit... "ice," or whatever you call it.

[Mr T]

Its about 73 degrees here...haha

[War Wagon]

After chipping a 1/4" of ice of my windshield

So your garage leaks, too?

Garage? Nope, don't have one. How many trailer parks do you know of that have garages?

Next, you'll be asking if my basement leaks.

Seriously though, most folks that do have garages only use them to store all their crap, never room for a vehicle unless they pack all that stuff outside.

[War Wagon]

I don't think I've ever seen such widespread damage from one weather event.

Maybe y'all will get a television for Christmas this year. So many things you will see on it.

Well, perhaps I exaggerated just a bit. This is pretty widespread, but I realize that the damage pales in comparison to a Katrina, or even the flooding that occurred in Dins neck of the woods last week.

[Goober McTuber]

Seriously though, most folks that do have garages only use them to store all their crap, never room for a vehicle unless they pack all that stuff outside.

We see that occasionally around here, amongst the folks we call “white trash”. If you need to use your garage for storage to the point that you can’t fit your car in there, you are a Certified Grade A Retard.

[Dinsdale]

or even the flooding that occurred in Dins neck of the woods last week.

Maybe not. The numbers are still coming in, as yours will be for a couple of weeks.


Once the assessments are made, we'll see which states are the best liars, and who scams FEMA the hardest.

But as far as the flooding... sure, there were some pretty severe spots on more local levels(and the main interstate running up the West Coast closing was pretty lame, which is a function of some piss-poor design/construction, nothing more). But overall, bear in mind the current climate of the media -- bad news sells. Your house is going to be worth about $12,000 dollars by the end of next week, and you won't be able to sell it for half that. Some guy driving a Hummer is going to completely flood most of Africa, and you'll be scrounging the countryside to find some grubs to eat within the next ten years. Every Iranian is spending every waking moment trying to figure out a way to nuke you, because they don't like the morality of American sit-coms.


And with the flooding... they were even able to come up with a couple of pictures to hammer home the doom and gloom. Sure, this region gets frequent minor flooding... comes with the Territory. But I can really only remember one time in my life(1996) that those pics the national media shows of it that weren't taken from the exact same spot in Tillamook(a city of about 5000 people, which boasts way more cows than people in its city limits), where the exact same places flood the exact same way every freaking year. Of course, the Tillamook flooding reports are ALWAYS accompanied by some toothless inbred claiming "I've lived here my whole life, and I've never seen it this bad." Actually, when the local TV news first started doing the coverage, the guys I was hanging out getting ready to watch a ballgame with all joked "So, what's the over/under on how many minutes before we hear from a 'lifelong Tillamook resident' telling us he's 'never seen it this bad'?" Funny stuff, since it was the very next thing on the TV.

If it's "never been this bad," why did FEMA try to buy all the property on that floodplain and send your ass packing, rather than cutting your contractor-buddy a check to fix your house every year(they had suchj a sweet scam going, for so many years... fisherman's dream)?


The moral of the story -- don't believe everything you see on TV... defer to Dinsdale for all that is Truth, instead.

[RevLimiter]

Seriously though, most folks that do have garages only use them to store all their crap, never room for a vehicle unless they pack all that stuff outside.

We see that occasionally around here, amongst the folks we call “white trash”. If you need to use your garage for storage to the point that you can’t fit your car in there, you are a Certified Grade A Retard.

For once I actually agree with Goobs- those white trash dorks that store all kinds of bullshit in their garages OTHER than their car(s) might wanna mix in one of these:

[Mister Bushice]

The moral of the story -- don't believe everything you see on TV... defer to Dinsdale for all that is Truth, instead.

Except about Southern California, of course:

Why the fuck would you live somewhere that frequently threatens to burn down?

[OCmike]

There have been many ice and wind storms in the past that have knocked limbs down, but never anything like this.

If you decide to take pictures of some large chunks of ice that have fallen off the trailer, don't forget to include the dogshit in the background.

[Goober McTuber]

The moral of the story -- don't believe everything you see on TV... defer to Dinsdale for all that is Truth, instead.

Except about Southern California, of course:

Why the fuck would you live somewhere that frequently threatens to burn down?

Not to mention all-nude strip clubs that serve liquor.

[Adelpiero]

rack mother nature

[BSmack]

We've got a LOT of old trees surrounding my house. There have been many ice and wind storms in the past that have knocked limbs down, but never anything like this. It's going to be next spring before I get all this cleaned up, and it's not even officially winter here for 10 more days.

This really SUCKS!

What would suck would be you not posting a full PET on this bad boy.

[Dasher]

For once I actually agree with Goobs- those white trash dorks that store all kinds of bullshit in their garages OTHER than their car(s) might wanna mix in one of these:

I see you've made some exterior upgrades to your outhouse. Or that's your midnight hiding place to pound deep fried twinkies while the family's weezing away in their beds.

Oh, and when your fat fucking kids leave out milk and cookies for the big guy, try to leave 'em there this time, mmkay?

[KC Scott]

It was a real bummer for me - my 4:30 flight to Denver was cancelled at 10:00 AM- which of course was hilarious since it was raining here and all the ice was gone when I went out computer shopping around 1:00.

This of course necessitated that I rebook for tommorow, rebook the car and the hotel - all of which were more expensive.
Even Frontier initially tried to charge me for re-booking on the next flight - hilarious.... except I was on hold 30 minutes waiting fr them to figure it out

My boys were home from school on a perfectly day so they were of course bouncing off the walls, which made my wife bounce off the walls.
As for damamge - none here. I trimmed out all the trees over the summer, so no limb breakage or other assorted crap.

I'm sure I'll see some broken shit on the way to KCI tomorrow

[RevLimiter]

For once I actually agree with Goobs- those white trash dorks that store all kinds of bullshit in their garages OTHER than their car(s) might wanna mix in one of these:

I see you've made some exterior upgrades to your outhouse. Or that's your midnight hiding place to pound deep fried twinkies while the family's weezing away in their beds.

Oh, and when your fat fucking kids leave out milk and cookies for the big guy, try to leave 'em there this time, mmkay?

OK you fucking reindeer trolls....I tried to be nice to you bitches, but it's OVER.

You might not wanna stop within a few houses of mine on Xmas eve.....because I'll be waiting for you:



Say it with me now...."FREE venison". :wink:

[RadioFan]

This really SUCKS!

It looks like a bomb hit the entire metro here.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/

Check out the slide shows, and video, in particular.

Two-thirds of the Tulsa metropolitan area has no power (my work isn't among them, amazingly). I haven't had power at home since 5:30 a.m. Monday. Electric company says it will be a week to 10 days before everyone in the city has their power restored.

[KC Scott]

Good luck RF - it happened to us about 7 yaers ago - worse yet I was out of town and my youngest was 2 months old.
Luckily the gas worked, so the wife fired up the fireplace and moved the kids into the living room for 5 days.

I'm sure you'll be getting some help from your neighbors up north

[smackaholic]

Fortunately, we had plenty of warning this shit was coming

At least our end of things involved 55 degree water. Screw that frozen shit... "ice," or whatever you call it.

I dunno dins. Your water may be about 25 degrees warmer than the midwest's, but, the trouble is you got a whole bunch of it and it's got some stuff called dirt floating in it whichs makes it suck worse. You see, that really cold water, yeah, it's a pain because it knocks down power lines which gets in the way of jacking to pr0n, but, so long as you just STAY THE FUKK HOME, you're good. You may not have pron, but, you can look out the window and admire all that water sticking to everything. It looks kinda cool.

You on the other hand, if you live in one of them low spots that paid for that contractor's ski boat, might just not wanna STAY THE FUKK HOME as all that cold, but not cold enough to stick to trees and power lines, water, sticks to lots of dirt dirt instead. The two of them then tag team your fukking house until it either ceases to exist or atleast moves to the next zipcode down stream.

Fukk that. Bring on the cold sticky water. I got plenty of milk or bread or whatever it is you are supposed to stockpile when god has one of his tantrums. I also got a woodstove and plenty of firewood to keep the water I got inside from sticking to things.

I also don't have to wonder if I am gonna have any forced changes of address. The only thing I do have to be concerned with is that bigass oak that is almost on my property, but occupies a pretty good bit of my airspace. That fuggin' tree woulda been in my fireplace by now if it was about three feet north of where it is, but, atleast it does keep the AC needs pretty much non existent in july.

[War Wagon]

So far I've been lucky and the power is still on...

Luck ran out about 7:45 last night when the transformer behind my house went KA-BOOM... what really sucks is that it's just my side of the street affected. You look across and see all your neighbors with their oh so pretty Christams lights still shining brightly and you feel like rushing out there and ripping those fuckers down. SHIT!

Thankfully, they got the power back on at work so I can hang out here for awhile. Dear God, please let them get my power back up by the time I get home today. And please don't let my water pipes freeze in the meantime. That would be stellar.

[Dinsdale]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/

So, I click this link, thinking I'll see some cool Winter Wonderland pictures. And what's the very first thing I see on the page?

9:34 AM
Water Treatment plant still out of power

Fuckin'A -- For the most part, when I get to smacking about the general lack of intelligence in the Midwest, I'm usually, for the most part, joking.


But this? Priceless.


I've never even heard of such a thing.

A water treatment plant (WTP) possibly being contaminated by flooding for a couple of days? Sure.


Without power?


Huh?


I've worked on a WTP or two (or a bunch) in my day. And silly me -- I thought that having some sort of backup plan for a power failure was some sort of industry standard, not just a U&L thing.


Hell, little towns with 1000 people have figured out how to keep their water flowing in a power outage.

Matter of fact, every WTP I've seen that serves more than 500 people and isn't in some old barn has multiple means of keeping the pumps running if the grid power goes out. Some have diesel/LNG pumps, some have natural gas/diesel dual-fuel generators to run the pumps.... but every one of them has some way to keep it flowing... all of them. Sure, the auxiliary pumps could be an issue, but I'm guessing (just a guess) that areas famous for a lack of any real topography aren't nearly as dependent on the booster pumps as other places.


Fucking A, Oklahoma -- way to sack up and remind the rest of the country why they always make fun of you.


And I'm also guessing that if you were too cheap/dumb to come up with a backup plan for the WTPs, it's a pretty safe bet you didn't suddenly grow a brain when it came time to build wastewater treatment plants, either.


Keep flushing them toilets, Oklahoma -- I'd tell you what happens when you do, but that would spoil the suprise.

[RumpleForeskin]

This doesn't surprise me.


I went up to Tulsa for the UofH v Tulsa football game a few weeks back and I gotta tell you, that town is stuck in 1955. I think we drove through old man Peabody's pine tree farm.

[PSUFAN]

I gotta tell you, that town is stuck in 1955.

This is a problem for you, Mr. Stewart?

[Dinsdale]

And I don't mean to pile-on, Oklahoma, but I feel it's my duty...


Those lead pipes you use for the WTPs and water mains...


Not such a good idea.

[Dinsdale]

But don't feel bad, Oklahoma -- you haven't cornered the market on stupid... unless of course, RF's brother is into sailing.

Memo to people with sailboats -- while the surface of the Willamette is usually really close to sea level, that level has been known to rise quite a bit after heavy rains in the area.


"Hey, most of the debris is out of the water... we should go for a sail.


What could possibly go wrong?"



http://www.katu.com/home/video/12387541 ... eo=pop&t=a

[War Wagon]

So, I click this link, thinking I'll see some cool Winter Wonderland pictures.

Try this one instead.

That's what both my front and back yard look like, only about 10 times worse.

RF saying it looks like a bomb went off is sorta' appropriate. Actually, it looks like dozens of bombs went, in my yard alone. The only thing that saved us from further devastation was that there's been very little wind (knock on tree limbs) the past coupla' days, or we'd really be fucked.

[Goober McTuber]

Oklahoma is not part of the Midwest. The census bureau seems to divvy it up this way:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cens ... isions.PNG


I prefer this site….

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0770177.html


Because it also excludes Missouri from the Midwest.

[PSUFAN]

Great. Who are you going to blame Missouri on, then?

[Goober McTuber]

It's part of the South. Duh.

[Dinsdale]

Oklahoma is not part of the Midwest.

Nigga please...

I'm from Out West.


Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington are in the "Midwest."


If it's east of the Cascades/Sierra, and west of the Appalachians -- it's the Midwest.