Yep we are in a lateral avalanche....because of the bad tornadoes down south, there has not much has been news coverage up here, but it 'ain't pretty'. One small city just north of the IL. state line got 20 inches....now it is starting to blow. We have over 14 inches...and by Sunday it will be down to -3 degrees.

Nothing is open, and I mean nothing.

They are rescuing stranded motorists on I-90 south of Madison where it is at a standstill. Quite a few major highways drifted shut and the plows can't keep up. It has been snowing for over 26 hours straight.

You know it is bad when they stop the busses, pull the plows off the roads, close the malls, and close the courts but ask the jurors to report (odd logic-but that is law and I never got the hang of it)....oh and churches....only the Catholic churches remained open for Ash Wednesday. No one has gone by on my road for hours....I am sure it is drifted shut just north of my house, and I am sure the drifts are over 3-4 feet....even in a small snow storm they get to two feet up there. I have not seen a plow in quite a while, so I assume they pulled our plows off the roads here too.

If the EMS has a rural run, they will have to call for the closest municipal plow....I don't think an ambulance could get thru without a plow escort....

We are used to bad storms, but seldom do they close stuff like this. We dont have the barriers that the Plains states put up for their freeways, heh heh, we just have semis jack knife to close it. If you are dedicated or dumb enough to be out there, you had better be prepared to walk off. We all stayed home, at my insistence, (hissy fits) LOL. We have power, at least so far, so we are fine....just bored....only so much weather and election coverage you can watch.

Eh, by tomorrow it ought to be cleaned up pretty well and all the excitement will be over....poor kids will likely only have a two hour delay tomorrow for school.

Sue, now what about body parts, and Glenn??? I thought this was about pig brains...you know, pigs are very smart and lovable. My kids once rode a pig, a 1500 pounder named Teton....he had a special job...but I can't say what that is on here. Well, he made baby piggies....I guess that is OK to say. He did not go to the pig factory. He was a happy pig. He had hog heaven here on earth.