so, remember that Saturday not long ago when we awoke to everything covered in a sheet of ice?  and we couldn't really go anywhere until after noon?  well buckaroos, we may have a repeat on our agenda ( Read more... )

supposed to be in the single digits temperature wise on Saturday ... might actually rise to freezing in the afternoon

so if you haven't turned off the water to the outside spigots at your house, now would be a good time to do so

gonna be a good weekend for indoor activities ... in front of a fireplace ... with cocoa

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/dont-miss-it-5-planets-align-for-first-time-in-more-than-10-years/

DENVER (CBS4) - Something very special is happening in the predawn sky right now for all of you sky watchers ( Read more... )

some of the projected accumulation totals over this coming weekend are pretty attention getting ... my area isn't that bad with 2 - 3 inches ( Read more... )

many of us in the burbs may see freezing temperatures tonight ... there are frost and freeze warnings out depending upon where you are ... mine is a frost warning ( Read more... )

my neck of the woods is in the 4 - 8 inch expected band ... the 8 - 12 inch band is just a bit north ... and there is a bigger pocket east towards the bay ... the real nasty part is coming while we sleep ... sleet and freezing rain between midnight and 2:00 am, changing to a mix of sleet and snow, then all snow by around 3:30 ... then snow all ( Read more... )

yesterday was the first time in a very long time I felt Chicago like weather while not actually in Chicago ... thermomenter on my back deck read 5 degrees in the morning when I was out filling the bird feeders and bringing in firewood ... was outside maybe 15 minutes and had frost/ice on my moustache ( Read more... )

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so, depending on where you reside, tomorrow could be quite interesting

you can go to the guv-ment site and enter your zip code and see what it says - http://www.weather.gov/so by the web page 4:00pm update, my area in the 3-5 inches of snow overnight, with an additional 3-7 inches during the day tomorrow ... you folks out west in the mountains are ( Read more... )

an 8.9 earthquake has unleashed tsunamis ... and you can see the devastation in these videos from the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709850

this is some incredible, and disturbing, footage ... houses, ships, other buildings, all simply collected in the path like matchsticks

so in spite of all my personal drama and failures, I know I am ( Read more... )