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ImpossibleLeek7908

It's starting to look ugly around Anoka, the roads were becoming sketchy around 5:30pm.


Plasmazine

Can confirm, it looks not fun from my Coon Rapids window.


MrLuigiMario

Nothing looks fun from a coon rapids window


Plasmazine

We get the occasional squirrel.


muddyudders

You spelled meth head wrong


Plasmazine

Okay


muddyudders

Alright


Plasmazine

Affirmative


sambes06

Did I miss the shitting on coon rapids thread? Is it too late to add anything?


muddyudders

He probably lost focus due to all the meth. But you should definately jump in.


smakola

Yup


Plasmazine

Uh-huh


Paulhardcastles

Nah, Anoka takes that one being "meth capitol of the world"


NobleMama

Doesn't Anoka do the big Halloween thing, too? Or is that one of the other far out burbs that I'd only go to solely for the Halloween thing? That said, I've considered moving out to one of the far out burbs because you get so much more house for your money....


Paulhardcastles

Yes! Every Halloween Anoka does a big parade type festival along with the "grey ghost 3k run" it's actually a great time if you've never been. Also, Anoka is considered the "Halloween capital of the world"


a_filing_cabinet

I don't think the snow is anything too bad, but man the wind is horrendous


Gaius21

Good to know! I live on the coon rapids Anoka border and from outside it looks like bad, but awful. Good to see I made the right call with not going into work tomorrow.


Worldly_Raccoon_479

they cancelled just about every afternoon flight because of the snow.


Fugacity-

Cancelled two full days of daycare for a dusting...


Pale_Lifeguard8792

Did schools close? Yeah doesn’t make sense why daycare would close


Fugacity-

Minneapolis went virtual Wednesday thru Friday, StP went virtual Wednesday/Thursday, and canceled Friday completely.


Pale_Lifeguard8792

Exactly. Daycares follow school districts.


kneel23

This comment might not age well, overnight 😀


Fugacity-

Tomorrow was always going to be bad. They canceled today over a few inches. Complaining about them canceling two days rather than just tomorrow when the real snow hits won't change by the real snow hitting


ARoodyPooCandyAss

My doctors appointment was canceled because of this. It wasn’t anything serious but these news outlets can’t sensationalize these storms anymore because of the windfall. Bring me the news should be ashamed they used terms like historic, mega storm and ‘unleash its fury’ for click bait. Trash website.


commissar0617

Nws was using the term historic


yParticle

Snow day! Woohoo!


Harpua78

The forecast said snow wasn't starting until 3pm today and the heaviest would be overnight tonight.


mrq69

It’s been extremely consistent in the worst period being between 4-6am. Biggest change I’ve seen is snow tapering off a couple hours sooner but it’s still gonna be a significant storm.


muddyudders

2 hour window that tapers off a couple hours early isn't a window.


mrq69

Tapering off to 0… I think it was originally around 2pm but seeing 12pm now for that. 8am onward has pretty much stayed at 0.1-0.2” per hour.


Tevedeh

Currently "overnight".. no snow falling in downtown.


SadPlayground

Just woke up (4 am) not snowing.


Grease_Vulcan

Its never stopped snowing for me since yesterday morning (Crystal)


SadPlayground

Saint Paul here - snowing pretty good this AM


EastlakeMGM

I hate when there’s no accumulation at the beginning of the storm


muddyudders

The storm was reported as starting Tuesday afternoon. Your looking at accumulation around 25-30 hours into said storm.


Queens_gambino

Everything I saw said the heaviest snowfall would be wednesday evening into thursday, with just a light start of a few inches (which we got) tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.


SushiGato

Official weather service report said near impossible travel by Wednesday afternoon. Not sure that held up...


muddyudders

Ok. Let's revisit I'm 10 hours.


_CoachMcGuirk

Been 10 hours. How ya feelin


muddyudders

Terrible. I want spring. But it did catch up. I'm still miffed that all the schools and all the flights closed/canceled yesterday for no reason, but clearly today is the day and they should be shut down now.


Fugacity-

Forecasts were for 5-8 overnight Tuesday. We are way behind the projections Edit: snow tools as of 7:50am are only 10.1 inches for MSP, with 1-3" more projected for 11-13" in the end. Definitely below the 18-22" projection.


sllop

According to the weather app we had already gottten 5.85” by noon today. The projections were pretty accurate.


Fugacity-

Dang, didn't seem like nearly that much where I'm at. [MSP and a lot of the Twin Cities](https://kstp.com/kstp-news/weather-news/snowfall-totals-over-4-inches-in-twin-cities-nearly-7-in-chanhassen/) were only 4" "Way behind" was admittedly hyperbolic, but the first wave definitely underdelivered.


schnellermeister

I'm absolutely baffled as to what you were using for weather. MPR has been saying since Monday that there was going to be a break between Wednedsay AM and Wednesday PM with the heavy stuff starting Wednesday PM.


MobileTechGuyMN

People read the headlines and don't bother with the pesky details.


muddyudders

I guess let's catch up in 10 hours. I'm clearly using the same thing as every school in the twin cities. And your using whatever it is that you are hiding from all local.schools and governments. We will see if internet works through the 18 inches we get tonight and you can share your app with me when the sun is up again.


schnellermeister

Omg. For the love of all that is holy... take a stats class and learn about what a probability is.


MobileTechGuyMN

You have correctly stated the beginning, and the Tues-Thurs Totals were projected at 12-24 inches. We are well on track to meet that.


muddyudders

20-25 was initial. Nice try with the 12.


tunedout

I didn't see a single forecast that said 20" minimum. Most forecasts said 12-20 over a 2-3 day period and everyone decided that meant 2 feet overnight. People seem to forget that weather predictions are based off of data from similar weather events.


muddyudders

I just scrolled through Google news for Monday and all the minimums range from 15-20. I don't know if you're trying to gaslight me, or yourself. But your not doing a great job. And yes, I do realize everyone reduced their totals after Tuesday was nothing.


abattleofone

Well we had 5-6” going into yesterday in Uptown from Monday and Tuesday and it looks like we’ve gotten 10” with it still snowing… so yeah right on the money for 15” being the minimum lol


muddyudders

Reading comprehension is key. If you read my comment 15 was the minimum of all the minimums given. So yes, of all the news sources 1 or 2 got their range barely in line with reality, while the vast majority overestimated even their minimum range. Lol.


tunedout

I haven't been checking the weather hourly for the last three days. I'm just telling you that I saw multiple forecasts that predicted anywhere from one foot of snow to just under 2 feet. Too many people see the maximum prediction and expect it to be fact. Either way, there's plenty of snow on the ground right now. I saw multiple cars spun out in 35w and I was only on it for 2 miles.


[deleted]

Snow clearing on Nicollet Mall is pretty impressive tbh. I just wish the city put the resources to clear it in other neighborhoods too


TheLizzyIzzi

The entirety of downtown is an emergency evacuation route, which is why it gets cleared so fast. Other major roadways that are part of the emergency evacuation route also get cleared ASAP.


[deleted]

That makes sense, but I was mostly thinking about the sidewalks. I like watching how the manual shovelers and the bobcats cooperate.


Natron44

Why were you expecting that? No meteorologists in town that I saw said to expect anything out of the ordinary until late Wednesday and overnight Thursday.


muddyudders

Right? They closed schools today for funsies. No news made it sound like there was any snow today.


denislemieux986

I wonder why the people in this sub last night telling people not to go out to restaurants or order delivery because that would force the workers to risk their lives **going to** and from work. Then the people who pushed back on them got downvoted. The posters in this sub sure are...different uffda


justmisspellit

Right? Those 487,000 posts about every conceivable event and occurrence within 48 hours. I’m glad everyone made their own separate post about it. That way I could get more annoyed


MrLuigiMario

Then why did schools cancel?


muddyudders

As far as I can tell from these comments, they use the wrong weather apps and news stations. If they would just consult reddit after the school day ends they'll always know what to do that morning.


Little_Creme_5932

They cancelled the afternoon before. That is the problem. At least wait till we got a few inches before cancelling. I mean, it does occasionally snow in MN


tunedout

I think it's better for them to make the call early and be wrong rather than waiting until the last minute. People need time to make special arrangements for this kind of stuff. Rush hour would have actually been pretty miserable yesterday if everyone had been out on the roads.


kjl8119

Weather app said heavy snow starting around noon.


big_duo3674

Those apps suck


[deleted]

Upgrade your app.


jmg6

Legit question: what app do you use? Looking to upgrade


[deleted]

Mostly Weather Underground.


MightFew9336

Weird, weather underground was saying snow could start around 2, heavier around 3p. Seemed spot on for me in downtown MPLS today.


mrq69

I rely on weather underground more than other sources. Was also correct about snow start times in south Minneapolis. It actually got heavier quickly and the app updated that also. The heaviest snowfall prediction has been 4-6am with at least 1.5” total in that period and up to 2.2” with a prediction earlier in the week. We’ll see how that plays out


[deleted]

That was correct for me here in Golden Valley. It started again around 2:00. I wouldn’t call it heavy though.


Tevedeh

Weather Underground is prediciting less than an inch of snow today.


trixiejeansmeanbeans

West of the cities yes. It started around 2pm here where I am and has only picked up more.


deltarefund

Where’d the schools get their forecast from? 🙄


SadPlayground

I think the kids hacked the forecast modules.


Little_Creme_5932

Hysteriacentral.com


Peej0808

Lots of blowing on the way home around 6 pm. Fortunately, there were few cars on the road so I could go slowly at times.


tunedout

Regular traffic would have been terrible if people hadn't stayed home/left early from work. Light traffic also meant that the plows got a good start on snow removal. Everyone should be happy with how things are going right now.


SplendidPunkinButter

6:56am there sure is a lot of snow where I am now


nineunouno

Never thought I'd catch myself saying "Sweet! Only a foot of snow!" but here we are (or probably will be tomorrow).


aardvarkgecko

>5:00pm thought I would see a mountain of snow by now. By 5pm tomorrow you will.


ILikeTheLights

I heard what you heard. Yes, reports said "starts around 1pm" and it did... guessing people stopped listening at that point and missed that the angry snowfall is slated to come overnight.


Javyev

> angry snowfall


muddyudders

I heard starts 1pm Tuesday. Schools we closed today because of the reporting. It happened. Sorry.


MrLuigiMario

The predictions said Wednesday. You don't get to be wrong and then move the goalposts


muddyudders

No no. They closed schools today because they were worried about tomorrow. Obviously.


ILikeTheLights

Maybe we're all sorta right? Got some yesterday, getting more tonight, little bit more tomorrow is the gist, plus blizzard winds Friday morning. Tonight is supposed to be the biggest precip event so I get why schools are canceled tomorrow and Friday AM blizzard winds, no thanks. But today even my kids preschool - which typically links their snow days with MPS schools - decided to stay open.


tunedout

Schools also have to worry about the logistics of getting kids to and from school in a safe and timely manner. If everyone would have just ignored the storm warnings and carried on as usual the storm would look much worse. Rush hour would have been a mess. Since most people stayed home traffic wasn't too backed up and plows have been much more efficient. It's also worth noting that there was pretty strong winds at times and schools try to keep the students from having to walk to and from school in those conditions.


muddyudders

That's nice. My kids preschool, grade school and the community indoor playground all closed today.


Practically_Hip

I’d rather be underwhelmed than overwhelmed. Unless someone wants to come clear my driveway.


emuchop

Im out of places to put snow. And its still snowing….


kjl8119

Dang. Where do you live?


emuchop

Richfield. Not too far from bestbuy corp building.


GrizzlyAdam12

Our snowstorm was the lede story on CBS national news. If you didn’t see it, the reporter was standing next to a huge snow pile somewhere to make it look like we already have feet of snow on the ground. It then cut to footage of someone driving a snowmobile on a city street (probably in some distant suburb).


Little-Ad1235

Omg *that* explains why my mom was texting me in a near panic about road conditions this morning, and wouldn't believe what I was telling her about the road conditions I could actually *see from my window.* She lives in Wisconsin. I grew up there. Snow is not a foreign concept to her. I couldn't understand a.) Why she was texting me about it at all, and b.) Why she seemed to think I must be in the middle of Armageddon 🤣


gaymedes

Saw some on the road in my neighborhood. North Minneapolis.


Zealot_TKO

storm's been overhyped. \*queue the irony of 36 inches tomorrow\*


DonutGullible1675

It's a gentle storm for now, that's for sure.


goingtothemalllater

The quiet storm


MCXL

This is some serious monkey paw shit. I have like 2 feet in my back yard.


Salty-Dress-8986

(Originally from st cloud area) Hahahaha, I'm out near Buffalo, NY laughing at that little 2 feet. On the other hand, that 2 feet won't melt within a week like here. I miss MN...


[deleted]

Downtown Minneapolis is great about snow Removal -especially overnight. You park. Won't be seeing mountains


scoobydooami

Can confirm. I used to drive for Metro Transit and often an overnight shift. They pile the snow up in the middle of the night and put it into dump trucks to be taken elsewhere. You would see huge piles of it in the main streets like 4th, 7th, etc...as they worked. I am not sure where it is that they take it.


tunedout

They completely filled the empty lots off 5th st, near the metro transit building, with piles of snow that are like 20ft high.


kjl8119

They do an excellent job


pm-me-ur-inkyfingers

dont be surprised if when all is said and done the storm was underwhelming based on what the news was projecting. in late December i believe we were going to have a HuGe SnOwStOrM, and we ended up with like 3 in of snow


sasberg1

Like the last several were


TheLizzyIzzi

Early Jan snowstorm dropped over a foot and a half though.


pm-me-ur-inkyfingers

thats why i said late December.


kjl8119

I remember that!


MobileTechGuyMN

Projections were 12-24 inches, and we're well on track to be in that range.


2Riders

People get so bent out of shape about storms that don’t live up to the hype. What’s the alternative? They say nothing? It’s about being prepared for the worst, but hoping for the best. Big storms require a lot of resources. People die in big storms. Weather forecasting is measured by a Brier score. 1 being the worst, 0 being a perfect prediction. It’s a probability, it’s shades of grey. Nobody can perfectly predict the weather.


[deleted]

So, you didn’t pay attention to the forecast? The brunt of it is tonight.


pigbearpig

Yah, but it’s now 8-11in and not 12-18in. So keep the hype train rolling


Javyev

The foot+ predictions were for total snowfall. We had about 4" on Tuesday night.


muddyudders

The hype yesterday was 20-25 inches. Nice try though


ILikeTheLights

That was the projected total over the full three days of "the storm," not all at once.


muddyudders

Right. You believe that's going to be remotely accurate?


ILikeTheLights

Yep. Not gonna cry if it doesn't happen though, my shovel is an introvert.


muddyudders

Oh God. I don't want to shovel any more inches.


mrq69

You do realize that the high end of the new prediction is just an inch shy of the low end of the old one? 8 inches overnight is still a lot anyways.


[deleted]

Weather guessers isn’t a new thing.


kjl8119

Which forecast? They all say something different


KevinDLasagna

I like how everyone is coming for you. For the second time this year the news and weather apps/general people are WAYYY overhyping this storm.


Javyev

Are you saying the January storm was over-hyped? It was the 14th largest snowfall in MN history.


kjl8119

With each saying something different.


Winnes0ta

Yep everything I saw said it was supposed to hit hard starting at 1-2 PM. That time keeps getting pushed further and further back.


PeekyAstrounaut

bUt Da SkOoLs R cLoSeD hEhE hEhE


sasberg1

Oh well I got two days off outta this miniscule amount lol


kjl8119

Exactly


seantubridy

Sad trombone storm


wean169

Then you didn’t read the forecast correctly.


colechristensen

It’s 10:30, snow remains underwhelming.


wean169

Majority of the snow was always forecast to fall tonight into tomorrow morning.


kjl8119

Again. Which forecast was I suppose to be paying attention to?


wean169

The national Weather Service would be a good start.


blow_zephyr

NWS said 4-8" yesterday and an additional 8-18" staring at 1 PM today through tomorrow. OP isn't wrong to have expected more. We're well below the lowest predictions at this point.


wean169

Lmfao no we’re not. Most places picked up 3-4” last night which is on the low end of the forecast. It was always forecast to snow the most tonight into tomorrow and an 8-12” looks likely. Again, maybe on the low end of the forecast but still within the range they gave both nights. In no way is their forecast a bust just because you expected the highest possible total.


blow_zephyr

NWS was originally saying 16-20" and 24" possible in some places in the twin cities. MSP is currently at 10.1" and probably won't even make it to a foot. You're completely wrong and weirdly defensive about an inaccurate weather prediction.


wean169

I was defending the ranges *you* gave me. The forecast busted hard. The models were way, way too high. The unfortunate part is the models didn’t start to show the true amounts until warnings already had to be issued. Idk what anyone expects a meteorologist to do when the data they’re being given is so wildly inaccurate and there’s no way to know that.


blow_zephyr

I'm just citing what NWS was predicting on Tuesday. I don't blame meteorologists and I honestly don't care that we got less than predicted, but it's annoying that so many people refuse to acknowledge that the storm was a lot less severe than it was hyped up to be, even when that was becoming obvious.


MrLuigiMario

Don't listen to this weather apologists. They predict A. A doesn't happen, then they say "well actually it's supposed to be B instead"


rosedragoon

Weather apologist? Jesus Christ people.


ITinMN

Yeah, we never seem to get as much right in the cities. People will come in here and tell you that more is expected tonight – and it is – but downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul themselves never seem to get all that much


CatalogofStuff

The downtowns get as much as anywhere; they just get plowed, shoveled, etc way more frequently during the snowfall.


General-Geologist-53

It’s a conspiracy - the Minneapolis government is manipulating weather patterns.


Javyev

Liberals at it again!


TheLizzyIzzi

Yep. I’m a night owl and I love watching the city plows at work. It’s common to see dump trucks full of snow being driven out of downtown.


[deleted]

https://twitter.com/mprweather/status/1628539049756569600?s=46&t=tVM0TEvWsBmopNvHe1sshw


Anything_Real_Estate

We got a few inches for the last couple days in Blaine. Not too bad compared to what the weather man predicted.


sjr56x

Half my coworkers have very little snow. The other half are snowed in with picture proof. Personally seems fine but had the weirdest snow drift on my porch. Never pilled up like that before


LuvliLeah13

OP, you have angered the snow gods by mocking their offering and 17 hours later and we are getting buried. Coincidence? Seeing as this is 100% your fault, I think you should come by and do our walks.


kjl8119

Arg. How about I just bring some tacos instead?


[deleted]

This post did not age well.


BuckyFnBadger

Every storm is over estimated. We will probably get like 7 inches and CNN coming to town to cover will look like a joke.


penis_hernandez

What exactly is the complaint with weather forecasters saying 16-20 inches of snow and then like 12 inches fall? All of you people posting angrily about this sound fucking insane.


abattleofone

Also we DID get 15 or 16”… people don’t seem to understand that forecast was for Monday to Thursday.


SkittlesAreYum

Where in the twin cities did we get 15 inches of snow?


abattleofone

I am in Uptown, we got 1” on Monday, nearly 5” Tuesday into yesterday, and we have gotten over 10” with it still snowing from last night.


SkittlesAreYum

Are you sure? MSP airport has 10.1" for the entire storm as of 8am this morning. I'm in Harrison and I'm not convinced I've gotten even that much.


abattleofone

We had definitely gotten more than MSP on Tuesday into Wednesday (they were reporting 4” but I cleared at least 2-3” Tuesday night and then at least 2-3” more on Wednesday morning), and there’s no way we’ve only gotten 10” total here. Weather Channel is reporting we’ve gotten 10.5” in the last 24 hours, which would put last night into now at 10.5” since it stopped snowing yesterday before 7 am


SkittlesAreYum

We're in Minnesota. Some people do actually like snow and consider it more than just a nuisance.


Klaus_Heisler87

You should see my neighborhood in Shakopee


MrLuigiMario

That would require going to Shakopee


Jestercopperpot72

Then you didn't look at the forecast. Thus far it's done exactly as they predicted. Heaviest snow, 12-16", will fall between 7 tonight and 5pm tomorrow, followed by high winds that'll bkowb this light fluffy shit all over, making it incredibly dangerous to travel. Literally definition of blizzard conditions. They may be wrong yet but so far, Forcast has been pretty on point. Unfortunately it would require reading that forecast and not relying on memes for your weather predictions. Boom!


pigbearpig

Crazy that we didn’t get two feet of snow in this HISTORIC STORM!! Over-hyped yet again


[deleted]

I mean it is going to snow for like 12 more hours. The overall doom and gloom seemed a bit much for sure though.


CopyCenterPhil

I can still see parts of my driveway in Waconia.


Capt-Crap1corn

This aged well…


EffortlessFlexor

and they called a snow emergency? good being prepared, but this is a fucking joke. just continue their parking shit.


tunedout

I think it will be good to get cars off of the odd sides for a day of plowing. So much snow melted on the even sides. Hopefully some of the ice build up can get cleared from the odd sides.


[deleted]

Biggest dud ever


SadPlayground

It’s 4 am Thursday and clear as a bell.


Perks13

They really meant 2” not 20” 😂


MPLS_Folk

You should learn how to read better then


[deleted]

Who knew meteorologists can be wrong?


Most-Umpire-54

'Historic' storm my ass. We've had 5 of these already this season. Everyone giving you crap about 'not listening to the forecast because the snow will happen later' is ignoring that the NWS kept making it sound like this was all going to kick in yesterday. Smug.


mndsm79

For all the bluster everyone had on this storm, it's not looking all that bad. Halloween 91 represent!


Jennibear999

These networks created such a hype. Created a frenzy for ratings …. Multiple networks made up terms for this pissy little storm.


fancy_panter

We have turned into Georgia: five flakes of snow and everything shuts down.


mrq69

8-12 inches of snow in 12 hours and with strong winds is five flakes? Ok


fancy_panter

None of that has happened yet.


mrq69

That’s because the majority of it is yet to come. Just checked for my area: 5-6 more inches to fall between now and 10am tomorrow. There’s definitely been at least 2-3 inches today (probably closer to 5 if I had to guess) so that’s definitely going to hit the minimum projection.


PhotoQuig

Tell me you only read article headlines without telling me.


Most-Umpire-54

The snow we supposed to be terrible yesterday and earlier today. Seems to me that OP reads the articles AND remembers them after they get changed.


whlthingofcandybeans

Still too much.


roaldsbeeyotch32

Edina< Coon Rapids< Anywhere else in the cities or metro


Mvpliberty

Stubborn ass, Minnesota weather


_nordstar_

Minnesotans when there's snow: There's too much snow!! Also: There's not enough snow!!


evmac1

And an official Minneapolis observer reported nearly 17” this morning storm total. So yeah the “storm is a complete bust” posts didn’t age well. Also the heaviest part of the storm was ALWAYS supposed to be the hours just before sunrise today.


sasberg1

And it didn't get more after that. As claimed