RogueWaves Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 9 hours ago, weatherbo said: Lived in sw lower near Stevensville. I was 10, but I have pics in a photo album of the drifts. We were snowed in for a couple days and the snow lasted on the ground the rest of the winter pretty much. This storm is why I fell in love with snow and weather and essentially ended up here. joined the forums in 2004... tone deaf in every way. I remember being teased by Will and Forky We actually drove home via 94 (was closed west of Kzoo but somehow found a ramp that wasn't blocked). When there were zero other cars for 30 miles we realized we weren't supposed to be out there. Anyways, the State Police were escorting batches of east-bound cars very slowly in groups thru squalls that were dropping vis to about 200 ft at times. Even still, peeps were finding their way into the median ditch somehow. We exited at Benton Harbor to go south on US-31 and only one business was open. Think it was Pizza Hut. Needed the bathroom and some Chicago dude was in there b*tching that everything in Chicago was open as usual and "why was everything closed in Michigan?". Some people. Anyways barely got down to S. Bend as some roads were impassable and the drifting was wild in the countryside. I see that 6.0" report says Eau Claire MI but they had at least 20" late afternoon of the 3rd as we passed near there. Suspect that should be Eau Claire WI or it was a first report and they never updated it with the storm total? I was working in St. Joe during the PV Bliz Jan 6, 2014 and that also hit that region with 24+ inches. Both great storms, tho winds were a lot worse in '99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Jonger said: Snowmobiled during this storm in Cheboygan Michigan. Got snowed in and had to call into work the next morning. Bet you'd take a repeat of that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 18 hours ago, on_wx said: Looks like 11.34" in KW. I was 10 and dont remember this storm. I was 13 and it's really the first storm of which I have full memory. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 13 hours ago, snowstormcanuck said: I was 13 and it's really the first storm of which I have full memory. For me, it's the December 10-11, 1992 storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 What makes this storm even more special for me is that it's really the first huge storm I remember (total near 20" imby), and being able to track it from several days away. My weather memory goes back to the late 80s. I remember a couple storms that snuck into double digits from around 1988-1994. Then it pretty much sucked until the March 9, 1998 storm, but that was a surprise 12" so couldn't track it ahead of time. There's a big difference between 10-12" storms and 20" storms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Not sure if anybody in the Chicago area remembers Shelly Monahan from channel 5, but one of my standout memories was when she mentioned that totals could reach 2 feet around Kankakee. I remember thinking oh my God and hoping that would happen a little farther north lol. I don't remember seeing Skilling during this storm. It was a weekend so maybe he was off or on his annual vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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