I'm flattered.... I usually like to fly under the radar...
this thread seems too showy...
maybe I'll post my "Greatest 100 Acts In My Life Ever" list here...if I ever manage to put it together... I really am at a loss for what to do....
I'VE FIGURED IT OUT: hutch works for the National Weather Service!!!
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
424 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION...
ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011-019-
020630-
/O.CON.KLOT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T2100Z/
WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DUPAGE-COOK-
LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD-
LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...WOODSTOCK...
WAUKEGAN...OREGON...DIXON...DEKALB...AURORA...WHEATON...CHICAGO...
OTTAWA...OSWEGO...MORRIS...JOLIET...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...
WATSEKA...PAXTON...GARY...VALPARAISO...MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...
FOWLER
424 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 /524 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011/
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/
WEDNESDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /4 PM EST/
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA...SPREADING NORTH TO THE WISCONSIN STATE LINE.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 PM AND 3
AM WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ACCUMULATION
RATES LIKELY REACHING OR EXCEEDING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 16 INCHES IS LIKELY TOWARD ROCKFORD AND
DIXON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE LIKELY DOWNWIND OF LAKE
MICHIGAN IN THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA
WHERE 12 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLE
LOCALIZED TOTALS UP TO TWO FEET.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL MAKE
SHOVELING VERY DIFFICULT...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY. DURING AND
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BLIZZARD OF 1999 OVER 40 PEOPLE IN
THE CHICAGO AREA ALONE LOST THEIR LIVES TO HEART ATTACKS WHILE
SHOVELING THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS INDOORS AND
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE TASK AT HAND WHEN SHOVELING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF
YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU.
IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
