F U Mother Nature (spring version)

[Racket_Man]

*sigh*

Am I the only person in WI who isn't shocked when it snows at any time between mid/late October and mid/late April?

No Becks you are not the only person
snow can occur and accumulate any time in between Jan and Dec

[blas]

I'd love to do some "Saw" type games with Mother Nature right about now.

Regardless of this being Wisconsin, it's rare for it to be continued as cold as it has been (save for two weekends ago), well below average most days, we've hit record snowfall totals, we've had 3 snow days at work this winter alone (yeah, it's still winter, by all means) and we can't even make it through April without another storm.

I'm in on the warning as well. This is NOT cool. At all.

I better not have to waste another 8 hours of good PTO to miss work because of snow in MID April. Or, spend another 45 minutes in tears and shaking in fear because I can't see where I'm going because of white-out and my car is literally being drug into the ditch by the snow and ice.

[BlaqueKatt]

well we had all four seasons today in madison.....gahhh I hate this, I can't ride in thundersnow! And yes, we had rain, sleet, hail, snow, thunder and lightening.

[Bella_Vixen]

*sigh*

Am I the only person in WI who isn't shocked when it snows at any time between mid/late October and mid/late April?

Nope. I remember at least once during my lifetime when it snowed in May.

[Racket_Man]

THUNDER SNOW and lots of mush slop wettness and 6 inches of crap. they finally got the streets plowed AND SALTED around 11pm. yeah a lot of good that did me and my fellow drivers from 4pm to around 10pm (very very busy). I could not drive in a striaght line for nothing.

about 45 years ago in St. Lous (where I grew up) I remember snow flurries on a late April Easter. ( I think I have pics somewhere)

ETA:
Offically we got 9 inches of snow

[blas]

Thankfully, we were spared any accumulation last night (there was a tad on my car), but this morning it's snowing a lot heavier and it's sticking to grass and sidewalks, but that's about it.

Thank heavens. I would have probably suffered a mental breakdown if we'd gotten what other areas in WI got.

[BrenDAnn]

I woke up yesterday morning, looked outside, and in my bleary-eyed, half-asleep state, thought it was foggy. Turns out it was SNOWING. In Iowa, The ground was turning white, and we even had thundersnow! My drive to work was probably the worst I have EVER had! Not only was I driving on a good two inches of wet, slushy, slippery snow/ice, but I had a semi driver behind me who didn't know the meaning of proper following distance. The best part was, the plows had been taken OFF of all of the county/state trucks already, so the county/state workers had to scramble to put the plows back ON and clear the roads. FAIL on their part, and a WTF to Mother Nature!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Maybe a couple inches of snow/slush/slop here. It's already melting and patches of grass are again visible.

But tons of thunder and lightning. My glasses broke last night and I was debating going to the swamp's optical department to have them fixed. But that would've meant cleaning off my car and I didn't want to get hit by lightning. That's not a choice I've ever had to make before.

[Bella_Vixen]

As I told people while at work, as much as I hate sleet/slush/snow at any time, it's still preferable to the baseball sized hail that St. Louis got.

[blas]

Bren, I know exactly how you feel about the driving. A month ago in March, we had a snowstorm that started with slush/rain, by evening it became hail and snow mixed together

I foolishly drove to work, because I'd already missed two days because of being sick and didn't want to make it three. Anyway, the further north I went, the worse it got. It was whiteout conditions mixed with thunder and lightning!

By the time I wanted to turn around and go back home, I'd already gone too far and felt I should just keep going.

I will say, that was the worst winter driving I had ever experienced, and this is coming from living in Wisconsin my whole life. I mean, I don't know how well I can even describe it.....it was beyond difficult. The roads were completely untouched, because either the city was refusing to clean up until it was done (which they are notorious for doing during night storms) or they prematurely put away all the plows/sand trucks. The roads were so slick and slushy that my car was being pulled towards the ditch. I could not drive a straight line to save my life. Visibility was so bad that I couldn't even see where I was going. I actually started crying the further I drove. I was sure that I was going to go into the ditch or spin out of control. I had a death grip on the wheel and fought every second to stay on the road, and it was just being pulled to one side, and my wheels were just spinning away. I think at one point I was down to 15 mph on the freeway and backroads to the factory. Highway signs were covered in snow, even though I've driven the same roads every night for years, I had no idea if I was even going the right way or if I'd taken the wrong exit.

The next morning, it had all frozen over, and the roads were like a logging trail. Bump bump bump bump bump, slide slide slide slide. It took me almost a half hour to get 2 freaking miles to my parents' house.

[Food Lady]

We got 8". We also had thunder so loud it shook the apt and my glasses almost broke--my wineglasses

[Racket_Man]

and now most of the slush and "snow" are gone as in melted away during the day.

DAMN IT make it stop PLEASE??????

[Becks]

DAMN IT make it stop PLEASE??????

*thinking about it*


Maybe.

I want to say no, but perhaps I'll be nice.

[blas]

Snow chances tonight and tomorrow night.

*hiss*

This is sickening. This is the first April that I haven't been able to go outside in a tanktop.

[BrenDAnn]

Wow, blas, your driving story made my jaw drop! Thankfully we're just supposed to get rain here...but for the next entire freaking week! Ugh! Can it be summer and nice and hot now please??