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I'll admit I don't pay attention to the weather when it's boring as hell...but woke up this morning, checked out the p&c forecast and saw a forecasted high of 47˚ for today. Not too bad. Will go with the light jacket at work today. Well, that busted, lol. Only made it to 38˚ today. Still a decent amount of snow around here. Couldn't have helped I'm sure. Tomorrow's forecast is 56˚. I'll bring my light and medium jacket...just in case.  

24 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

My symptoms were on the mild side (low grade fever for a few days, minor dry cough for a few days followed by a longer duration of cold like symptoms, minor body aches for a few days), so maybe I'd fall into the latter group. Haven't gotten tested for antibodies yet though. My assumption has been that since I did have symptoms and not too much time has passed, that I would have antibodies vs. someone who had a completely asymptomatic infection.

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My girlfriend had the same symptoms as you. She got it in November. Most lasting thing for her was loss of taste and smell for about a month. Then it came back. Regardless, she’s a nurse, and was in the first wave of shots. Got both (Pfizer), and had no problems at all with either, other than a sore arm for a couple of days. I like you, am eligible for the vaccines too. I had back in November too, but milder symptoms than my gf. I’ve actually decided to wait for awhile to get them, figuring I’d like to see others (like my parents) get theirs. I’m not worried for myself, think I can wait considering everything. Also with vaccine supply in IL kind of sketchy, especially here locally, I’d rather wait my turn in line a little longer.

2020-21 Season Snowfall Totals (thru 2/21)...Departure To Date (thru 2/21)...Snow Depth (as of 7:00 AM on 2/21)

Akron Canton, OH: 46.0"...+12.2"...5"

Alpena, MI: 46.4"...-15.5"...8"

Chicago, IL: 47.0"...+19.5"...16"

Cincinnati, OH: 29.2"...+11.9"...8"

Cleveland, OH: 43.2"...-5.4"...7"

Columbia, MO: 13.7"...-1.5"...4"

Columbus, OH: 26.6"...+6.8"...5"

Dayton, OH: 27.9"...+10.0"...8"

Des Moines, IA: 54.5"...+27.9"...9"

Detroit, MI: 40.3"...+8.9"...11"

Dubuque, IA: 53.3"...+21.6"...16"

Duluth, MN: 63.5"...+1.5"...14"

Eau Claire, WI: 26.6"...-8.0"...7"

Evansville, IN: 6.5"...-3.4"...2"

Flint, MI: 46.0"...+9.9"...11"

Fort Wayne, IN: 30.9"...+4.1"...10"

Grand Rapids, MI: 44.3"...-17.2"...12"

Green Bay, WI: 27.1"...-10.7"...9"

Houghton Lake, MI: 41.2"...-10.5"...16"

Indianapolis, IN: 22.2"...+0.4"...5"

International Falls, MN: 36.5"...-17.5"...13"

Kansas City, MO: 12.0"...-3.1"...T

La Crosse, WI: 29.0"...-3.6"...10"

Lansing, MI: 43.7"...+4.2"...15"

Lexington, KY: 20.8"...+10.3"...2"

Louisville, KY: 17.6"...+7.5"...2"

Madison, WI: 43.1"...+4.4"...13"

Mansfield, OH: 38.9"...+3.9"...13"

Marquette, MI: 89.2"...-54.1"...20"

Milwaukee, WI: 46.1"...+10.6"...19"

Minneapolis, MN: 42.6"...+3.1"...8"

Moline, IL: 41.2"...+15.9"...13"

Muskegon, MI: 40.5"...-38.0"...15"

Paducah, KY: 13.4"...+5.5"...3"

Peoria, IL: 24.4"...+4.4"...9"

Rochester, MN: 32.5"...-5.3"...7"

Rockford, IL: 34.5"...+5.1"...15"

Romeoville, IL: 46.3"...+20.4"...14"

St. Cloud, MN: 30.7"...-1.5"...5"

St. Louis, MO: 12.1"...-1.9"...4"

Sault Ste Marie, MI: 69.5"...-26.8"...19"

South Bend, IN: 51.5"...-3.5"...13"

Springfield, IL: 20.4"...+3.5"...5"

Toledo, OH: 34.9"...+6.5"...12"

Waterloo, IA: 47.4"...+20.0"...13"

Wausau, WI: 29.2"...-13.6"...13"

Youngstown, OH: 53.2"...+7.7"...4"

It's been an incredible 3+ weeks of deep deep winter. Best run I can recall really. I will remember it fondly. But my body is ready for a break. Climbing at times, 3'+ snow banks to get to peoples houses ,day after day, is completely taxing. Walking thru yards with a foot and a half of snow...is exhausting. Navigating peoples sidewalks and porches that they have of course, not completely cleaned in 3 weeks, is almost maddening. Packed steps and porches of snow and ice...how the f*ck do they get in and out of the house all day? Seriously people, do us a favor and clean your sh*t up. That's my rant despite this absolutely great stretch of winter. Alas, in a few months...because seasons and all...I'll be complaining about heat and humidity, lol. Best climo.  

Yep. Beautiful flakes falling here. Snow on snow on snow on snow...

-15˚ at IKK right now.  

27 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

I did call in your report once I saw it when I got home this morning, wish I had seen it earlier and got the LSR sent. Apologies it wasn't used for the map. And we only have one other snow report listed in the text listing for the county, so yours could've been added to that. Have you considered joining CoCoRaHS? Those almost always get incorporated into our post event reporting.

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No problem RC. And yeah, I've thought about joining CoCoRAHS. May need to...to at least give this area some legit snowfall reports. 

Not sure where to put this, but...in the past 18 days (Jan 30 thru today), I've measured 33.7" of snow. An incredible run in my book. Especially in light of how lame winter was until this point. 2013-14 is always going to be hard to beat, and it probably won't in my lifetime, but I didn't have a run that winter...like I've had this winter, in a timespan such as this one.

9 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

The worst.  I actually shoveled the street next to the curb to try to prevent this, but it doesn't look like anyone else did.  So if the plows come through on a final run, probably gonna get screwed.  

I tried that move too. Didn't work. But my parent's situation was even worse. I go over there this morning at 5:00 am to clear their walks and driveway. They live across the street from a church. Well their plowing company had already came and did the church grounds. But where did they deposit a rather large pile of snow? Halfway at the end of my parent's driveway. I mean WTF. I wasn't pleased. Took some work. Told my mom to call today and give them hell. 

11 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Time to knock the snow off that puppy and do a little grillin 

lol, the gf wanted to cook out Sunday night. Told her I was too lazy to dig it out. So I went to my parent's house and used their grill. They keep it in the garage. 

And a couple from the entertainment section in the backyard...

10 hours ago, vortex said:

Nice.  Sounds bout the same here.  Hopefully Ricky (LOT) uses your measurement for an “official” total for Kankakee.  Going to be interesting, to say the least, to see what the other observers  totals are.  

Looks like by their map, they went with the lowballs. lol, figures. Regardless, safe to say 8-10" fell across the county.

After shoveling the driveway out tonight, from the city plowing it shut, I snapped a few photos around from the house.  

22 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

Epic

And it's snowing again. 

Missed my midnight measurement... , but woke up at 4 to start shoveling. Measured 4.3" additional...so a storm total of 9.7". Good stuff.

1 minute ago, Chicago Storm said:

SNINCR of 1/2/2/3/3 the last 5 hours at MDW.

That's a minimum of 8.5" during that time.

lol, wow

Just now, vortex said:

What you have for storm total so far?

8.7". That's adding the 3.3" in the past 2 hours to the 5.4" storm total from 6:30 or so. 

1.8" here last hour. Pukage continues.

1 minute ago, Snownado said:

Is anyone here other than in Chicago getting snow ?

Sun is out here. 

3 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

40 minutes ago, vortex said:

Just measured 4.1” here about 4.5 miles NW of the city.  Currently sitting in a heavy band and poring snow.  


 

I cleared my board after my last measurement, then just did an hour measurement for fun. 1.5" was it.. Pretty awesome. And it's puking snow right now. 

Conditions are something here. Just so much snow, it’s like fog. Just measured 3.2”. So in addition to part one’s 2.2”, up to 5.4” storm total. Will measure again at midnight. Going to be a long night. 

8 minutes ago, Chambana said:

Heavy band incoming. Shits the real deal boys, this storm is so fun. Grabbing my AirPods and walking again. 
 

Giddy doesn’t begin to explain my excitement. I’m on a high right now. 

You've also had 5 IPA's already. Lol, just kidding. Enjoy the walk. Happy to see you taking this all in. 

Just now, Hoosier said:

Might get both of us, should at least get me.

Yeah, it'll be close.

3 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

Stuff near Danville, IL looks nice. 

Got my eye on it