Wow, yes I am really posting a blog and updating the site. I am just finishing up the chase in Wall, SD for the Winter Storm and Blizzard. Weather Channel is calling this Winter Storm Atlas and it is living up to it’s name as putting Winter Storm Season 2013-2014 on the map.
I did laugh my ass off at the hype over Tropical Storm Karen and the forecast computer models verified the weakening of the system. The real story was the storm system the caused the tornadic storms in Nebraska and Iowa yesterday and the major Blizzard that hit Wyoming and South Dakota.
This storm system has dumped an insane amount of moisture on the area in the last 48 hour’s with heavy wet snow but the upper Midwest need’s the moisture.
This morning I got up to a dark hotel room as the power was out. The power got knocked out late last night and it did not come back on until late this morning. The road’s are pretty much screwed until Sunday morning when South Dakota Department of Transportation workers told me that they plan on opening the roads after sunrise.
The area has insane huge snow drifts all over the place. Some of the drifts are over 15 feet high on the main roads.
Here is the footage I shot this morning. I tried to get out of the parking lot, nope, not happening.
Just as fast as the wind was blowing, the storm moved on our of the area. The aftermath of the massive amount of snow is pretty impressive.
After the powerful blizzard moved out of the area, the cleanup of the massive snow drifts and impassible roads has begun.
Staff from the South Dakota, DOT said that Interstate 90 would not be open until Sunday morning as the blowing and drifting has created a nightmare situation throughout the region.
Footage shows the cleanup on the south side of Wall, South Dakota after the winds died down. The roads are still impassible for the most part as major snow drifts are blocking every roadway.
Check out the photo gallery for images from this chase.