3 Inches And Still Coming Down

[Quillback]

It's somewhere in the low single digits temp wise here today. Looks like 4-5" of snow. Forecast for tomorrow is ominous - freezing rain a possibility.

[duckydoty]

I drove from Branson to Fayetteville to take my step daughter home and back yesterday. Left at 9:30 a.m. and did not get home till 8 p.m. It was one of the worst drives I have ever been on. Must have seen 150 or more cars in the ditch and off the road. Saw several 15-20 car pile ups.

[Feathers and Fins]

Welcome to Arkansas lol. I bet the state line at Mo/Ar border was clear though. No way the County or State ever wants that area to make national news again showing how bad Arkansas roads departments are.

[duckydoty]

It was a night and day difference between AR and Mo at the state line on the interstate to Joplin.

[Mark]

Roads are clear in Ste. Genevieve County but school was called off. Lots of gravel roads that must have some icing.

[Quillback]

It was a night and day difference between AR and Mo at the state line on the interstate to Joplin.

It's downright embarrassing. I drove to Walmart just over the line in MO yesterday morning just when the snow was starting. MO already had a sand truck out on 71 - Arkansas - nothing.

[Phil Lilley]

Saw several 15-20 car pile ups.

Oh, you must have been on Fall Creek Road....

[ruthead]

Well, Mary and I flew to Montana Friday evening, so we're missing the latest storm. Of course, it was freezing rain in St. Louis when we left, so we sat on the tarmac for an hour waiting for the de-icers. It was snowing hard in Denver when we landed, and we were supposed to have an hour layover for the flight on to Bozeman and the wait on the tarmac ate up that hour, but no problem, the flight to Bozeman was delayed an hour and a half. It was snowing like crazy in Bozeman when we landed at midnight, and word was that the Bozeman Pass on the interstate between Bozeman and Livingston was a nightmare, so we stayed the night with a friend in Bozeman instead of driving the 30 miles. Got up yesterday morning to 8 inches of new snow, drove to our house in Livingston in bright sunshine and 5 degree temps.

And while it got up close to 30 today, forecast for much of the coming week is for highs in the single digits and lows well below zero. In fact, Wednesday the high is supposed to be -2, the low -12.

Exactly why did we come out here right now?

The river, by the way, is still open in front of the house, though there is enough shelf ice along the banks to make fishing it difficult. This morning, with temps around zero, there was slushy ice floating in mid-channel, but by mid-morning it was gone. A flock of geese spent the day on the gravel bar, kept company by a few mallards who did float trips, flying up to the head of the bar, drifting back down the current to the lower end of the island, and flying back up to do it again. A pair of eagles watched the goings-on for a long while, and whitetails wandered across the yard occasionally.

Oh, I guess I do remember why we came out here after all.

I can close my eyes but I'm sure the image isn't as nice as reality! Lucky you!!

[Old plug]

Phil If you are going to buy a 4 wheeler. I would take a look at that new Dodge. My son in law has one and they have had to make a few trips back to Ohio in it. I was just flabbergasted that he got 24 and 25 mile to the gallon and it is a 8 ft bed 4 door truck.

[Feathers and Fins]

This storm seems worse than the last one, heavy snow and cant see across the street at times, I wouldn't be on the road today for anything.