Happy December 1, Winter is Here!

From the National Weather Service (notice the frequent use of the word "Blizzard"):

Blizzard Warning
Milwaukee (Wisconsin)URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
849 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM AFFECTING SOUTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...
.TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST AND
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES.
THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL
RESULT IN FREQUENT VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN
THESE AREAS.
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. PERSONS DECIDING
TO VENTURE OUT ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND
ALLOW YOURSELF PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. REMEMBER YOUR SAFE WINTER
DRIVING SKILLS!
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILWAUKEE...RACINE...KENOSHA
849 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2006
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.
HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 13 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES TO CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA
COUNTIES. VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
FREQUENTLY BE BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE.
TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED HOWEVER PERSONS DECIDING TO VENTURE OUT
ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW YOURSELF
PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. REMEMBER YOUR SAFE WINTER DRIVING SKILLS!
IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT
RISK. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BRING ALONG A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND
STAY WITH YOUR CAR IF YOU BECOME STRANDED.