And the snow just keeps falling everywhere but here!

Blizzard Warning for Grand Forks County, ND

Blizzard Ali

until 6 am CST, Mon., Dec. 15, 2008

... BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. THE SNOW... COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH... WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORST IN OPEN COUNTRY. THE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO.

THE COMBINATION OF SNOWFALL... STRONG WINDS... AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE THIS BLIZZARD VERY SERIOUS AND LIFE THREATENING.

INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED FROM BORDER TO BORDER IN NORTH DAKOTA... AND INTERSTATE 94 IS CLOSED FROM JAMESTOWN TO FERGUS FALLS. UNITED STATES ROUTE 10 FROM MOORHEAD TO DETROIT LAKES... AND MINNESOTA STATE ROUTE 210 FROM FERGUS FALLS TO BRECKENRIDGE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED CLOSED. MOST OTHER ROADS ARE BEING REPORTED TO BE IMPASSABLE.

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 OR IMPOSSIBLE. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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Oh how I wish we could get a storm like this out here. I really miss the snow and "snow days". It would be so much fun to have everyone home for a day of baking, drinking coffee, listening to Christmas music and other fun things.

For my NY friends when it says the interstates and highways are closed that is exactly what it means. On the edge of the towns the have big gates - these gates are closed and sometimes guarded by police officers. Basically once the roads have been closed it becomes against the law to travel on them.