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Ice storm photos

David Schuttler has posted some pretty pictures of Tulsa's January 2010 ice and snow storm....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 30, 2010 12:10 AM

Oklahoma ice storm on Twitter

As the weather gets worse, it's less likely I'll be able to post here at BatesLine, but as long as I have a cellphone connection, I can post brief updates on Twitter. You can follow my "tweets" (Twitter updates) by clicking this link: @BatesLine. By consensus, tweets about the Oklahoma...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 28, 2010 8:39 AM

Ice forecast a little less bad

I realize there are other things in the news tonight -- the FOP turning down the City of Tulsa's alternative to layoffs, the State of the Union show -- but my mind has been focused on getting my family ready for what could be a week or so without power....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 27, 2010 10:49 PM

An inch of ice in Tulsa?

The latest update from the NWS has the freezing rain zone shifted northward, with Tulsa County in the 4 and 5 zone. Nearly everything north of I-40 would be either SPIA 4 or 5, with little to no ice south of I-40. The latest forecast also drops the forecast snowfall...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 27, 2010 12:02 PM

Tulsa ice forecast update, stocking up

The National Weather Service office in Tulsa posted another informative ice storm forecast briefing at 5 pm on Tuesday. This one is twice as long, shows the two weather systems that are on course to collide right over Oklahoma, explains some of the uncertainties in the timing of the storm,...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 26, 2010 10:37 PM

Bad ice, high winds, heavy snow on their way

It's gonna be bad. Ice -- enough, with the forecast wind speeds, to cause significant power outages of the sort we had in December 2007 -- followed by lots of snow and single-digit temperatures. At least, that's what our local weatherfolk are predicting. Click the link to view a 7-minute...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 26, 2010 11:30 AM

The Amish are laughing at us

An edited version of this column appeared in the December 19, 2007, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly, in the wake of a severe ice storm that knocked out power for many Tulsa residents for a week or more. The published version is no longer available online. I expanded on an...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 19, 2007 11:31 PM