Those who remember the early days of the Fayetteville Flyer might recall our real-time, up to date, 100% accurate weather reports. Man, we’ve come a long way.
Since those early days, we don’t talk about the weather much around here.
Today, though, every weather service in the nation is predicting that the biggest ice storm since the one that sunk the Titanic (that is what happened to the Titanic, right?) is headed towards Fayetteville. And, it’s pretty ticked off.
Anyone visiting a grocery store last night or today has already found out that locals around here freak out at the mention of something like this. The shelves at Harps over on Colorado Dr. were already getting pretty thin last night as locals were stocking up in preparation for the big storm. How big this storm is going to be remains to be seen, but all indications are that it’s going to start sometime today.
We already told you guys how to drive when inclement weather hits, so our question to all you old school Fayetteville people this time is: Didn’t we get a lot more snow in the old days? I seem to remember getting 3-4 big snows every year as a kid. Now it seems we’re relegated to one crappy ice storm, and a couple 1/2″ dustings of snow per year. Are we crazy, or is there something to this whole climate change thing?
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oh there you go with climate change again…. that’s just GOD hugging us closer remember.
Is that BIGFOOT dead center in the photo? Are you saying that the mighty sasquatch is coming to town?
@yrfuneralmytrial- Yes.
Yes, we used to get more snow.
But, it doesn’t seem like its been all that much warmer. Maybe just more warm days in between the butt-ass cold ones.
The precipitation hasn’t been there. And it all seems like it started happening when Dan Skoff got here.
I blame Dan Skoff.
God doesn’t like FAY, why else would you have an ice storm? You did something wrong and now you’re gonna pay (Probably still mad for ya’ll letting The Right Reverand Houston Nutt leave the state).
That isn’t Sasquatch, that’s Zuul.
The Smoke & Barrel will still be open this evening with cocoa, cider, and hot Arsaga’s coffee at the ready.
And whiskey. Delicious whiskey.
And don’t worry, Flyer, I’ve got my sandbags-as-a-body ready to go in the trunk. Complete with ketchup trail! FUN!
We definitely used to get more snow. Who remembers the mega ice storm we got back in 2000(ish)? Now that was badass devastation. I remember just walking around town watching car after car slide off the road. We stopped the ones we could…which wasn’t many.
That probably is a sasquatch in the photo. I believe the Double-F broke the “Bigfoot On Mars” story about this time last year (i’d totally put a link here if i didn’t suck at such things). It’s freaking cold on Mars, so it makes sense that the sasquatch would show up during inclement weather.
ArkinOK – God loves Fayetteville. That’s why she banishes a-holes like you and Nutt to crappy states.
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