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I’m in Libertyville. The sirens went off three times and are now fully automated with no human involvement. The first was when the severe thunderstorm warning was issued (this is new that the sirens blare for severe thunderstorm warnings). The second was when the first tornado warning was issued. Emergency alerts went off on our phones and tablets at that time. The third was either a separate tornado warning where the polygon included Libertyville, or an update. I was busy with my kids so I wasn’t quite sure. No emergency alert that time. Either way, the threat had not passed looking at radar, even though all we really saw on the ground was wicked lightning, basically no wind, and buckets of rain… although the skies didn’t open up until after the three sirens, the warnings had expired, and the threat had passed. The sirens also went off for the severe thunderstorm warning Tuesday evening. So that makes four sirens this week. People have been talking about it and have opinions. It’s not a perfect system at all.

Gettin the goods up here… for now

Solid Wednesday morning surprise. The kids are amped.

Epic. Remember when it wouldn’t snow or every event would underwhelm?

Somewhere around 11” here. An over-performing big dog. More photos to come once I get out there to clean up the driveway.

Stackin’ flakes fast during the day in November. Chef’s kiss. Just shy of 4” already

Still pretty light rates here, closing in on an inch. Hope this afternoon cranks, probably another 10 hours or so of accumulating snow to go.

In November, no less. Hoping for 8” here, anything more is bonus snow.

The combo of the fresh snow and the remaining fall foliage can’t be beat. It’s already melting off the warm-ish driveway, I’m not even going to shovel. Score!

Ended up with about 6” of lake effect fluff here in Libertyville. Better not be our best storm of the winter

A++ snow bunny, the tulips take it over the top. Now you've got me hoping for one last sticking snow so I can do the same with my kids.

Bit over 2”

Looks like DVN will finally saturate shortly before the back edge moves through. Going to be fighting dry air for awhile methinks.

Ended up with a bit over 4” and busted out the snowblower. It’s a beautiful snow - the fluff that fell last night is pure powder and made it super easy to clear. I love a cold snowstorm with temps well below freezing and can’t stand the wet stuff.

Little weenie band moving in, will probably end up a bit over 3”. At least it’s something and maybe the weekend can add a few more

Pretty good rates atm, grass blades still visible. Closing in on an inch.

A sampling of today’s quality of flake. This would stack up nicely, but rates are mehhhh at this point.

Turd duster up here but the kids are out shoveling the neighbors' drives and making dough anyways. We're more pushing pennies than nickle and diming at this point. It's been chilly though.

Snowing good out there rn, but this thing’s definitely swinging north of the cheddar curtain for awhile. I’ll pick up an inch easy before it clears, though.

Temp has bumped up to around freezing and rates have dropped off - we’re probably done accumulating. Unscientific slant-sticking technique yields around 4” including almost an inch last night. Great kickoff to winter! Gotta love dogs in snow.

Nice to have a cold column and surface temps for once. Felt like every event last year was a drippy slush fest. I know that’s going to change this afternoon, but dammit I’ll enjoy it for now.

Stacking efficiently out there. Pretty sweet first event!

The morning after. Amazing what a few inches of wraparound higher ratio fluff can do.

After melting and compaction almost all day we’re finally accumulating again

Light rain under lighter returns. Big globs of garbage falling off the trees and splashing in puddles. Good times.