Carrie Ann writes,
Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Lakeland, Kootenai schools all cancel classes today.
Here are some pictures of our front yard and Chad having tons of fun shoveling the snow.
COEUR d’ALENE — Barely freezing temperatures and a record-breaking storm system covered the Idaho Panhandle with heavy, wet snow Saturday and Sunday.
The wet snow mixed with ice covering roads, which created extremely dangerous driving conditions.
The Idaho State Police warned drivers Sunday to drive only in emergency situations.
Emergency personnel responded over the weekend to numerous vehicle slide-offs and crashes, ISP reported.
The Montana Highway Patrol advised drivers to avoid traveling on Interstate 90 over Lookout Pass if at all possible.
Road conditions were expected to worsen over Sunday night, prompting Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Lakeland and Kootenai school districts to close Monday.
The National Weather Service in Spokane issued a hazardous weather outlook for the weekend, reporting the winter storm pattern would continue through the work week, bringing another round of snow and below-freezing temperatures.
Climatologist Cliff Harris said another front of arctic air could freeze wet snow on roadways causing major problems for drivers.
“It’s going to refreeze tonight and get colder through the week.
“It’s going to be a nightmare,” Harris said of driving conditions. “If you don’t have to be on the roads, don’t be on the roads.”
Harris said the storm that moved into the area Saturday night dropped enough snow between noon Saturday and Sunday morning to position it as the third largest storm since 1895, both in terms of amount of snowfall and duration of the storm.
By Sunday night, the storm had dropped snow for 27 hours without stopping, he said.
Harris, who measures snow accumulation every four hours, 24 hours a day during a snow storm, said the front had dropped a total of nearly 20 inches by Sunday evening, bringing the total snow accumulation for the season to over 100 inches.
While a series of thaws have reduced the total accumulation at lower elevations and near Lake Coeur d’Alene, snowpack has continued to pile up at higher elevations. That pad of wet snow accumulating on rooftops could be hazardous for homeowners.
Harris advised homeowners, in areas where snow has piled more than three feet, to have snow removed from their roofs in order to avoid damage.
Jan 29, 2008 at 3:08 am
Lucky!!!
Jan 29, 2008 at 6:34 pm
gee whiz….thats alot of snow!!! keep warm!!!:smile:
Jan 30, 2008 at 6:43 am
hey, at least you can build lots of snowmen:???: have fun
Jan 30, 2008 at 7:08 am
Your front yard looks like a park when you can’t see the street and side walk! wow, its so different!
Jan 30, 2008 at 11:22 pm
WOOOOOOOOOW……… I dont even know what to say about this. That is a ridiculously large amount of snow. I can feel the coldness by just looking at it. Just think about you flying down to nice, warm California soon and will be enjoying the sun shine…
Feb 01, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Um. how about saying wow with only 1 o. thats a start.
after that, you can come shovel my driveway, so mama bear doesn’t slip on the ice. thanks. i’ll feed you a venison dinner in exchange, so its worth it.
Feb 01, 2008 at 7:27 pm
WHY WOULD YOU LIVE IN A PLACE LIKE THAT??
Feb 02, 2008 at 3:39 am
Cuz being snowed in for a week is twenty times better than living next door to communists and all of the other riff raff that populate Kalifornia.
Feb 02, 2008 at 8:26 am
Feb 02, 2008 at 1:14 pm
an igloo would be pretty impressive and fun to see a picture of the snow up to your shoulders…personally the snow makes me cringe just looking at it, but thats just me
Feb 02, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Angie - Because it is as far away as we could get from you.
BuuuuuuuuuRRRRRRNNNNNN.
Feb 05, 2008 at 1:45 pm
yea, whatever. I think I got sunburned today.
Feb 06, 2008 at 10:01 am
yea.. you get burned by everything. its too easy.
Feb 06, 2008 at 8:46 pm
It’s really just part of my secret plan to boost your self-confidence. Carrie’s in on it too, that’s why she says really “blonde” things sometimes. We know how fragile the male ego is.