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Just started blizzarding here in NY (obvious vanity alert)
me ^ | today | Onona

Posted on 03/13/2017 7:35:12 PM PDT by onona

Stay Safe Freepers !!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: polarvortex; snow; snowstorm; stella; weather; winter
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To: mass55th

Just got done shoveling.

We’re getting a couple inches an hour.

The stuff is very fine and icy but the texture is most like if you mixed regular granulated sugar with 10X. It’s just like shoveling sugar.

So it slides off the shovel very easily but is very dense.

The lake effect tomorrow is going to be a lot lighter and fluffier.

And there’s another storm on tap for this weekend, starting Friday night and through Sunday night with a chance of rain in the middle of the day Sat.

Just what we DON’T need.

It’ll turn into a block of ice.


221 posted on 03/14/2017 2:14:13 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: deport

It depends on the snow storm. If a Nor’easter, with heavy, wet snow, that snow storm is as dangerous as a hurricane. How so? Downed live wires, collapsed roofs, upended trees and branched propelled into house, cars, roads, wires.


222 posted on 03/14/2017 2:20:08 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Thanks, I knew the comparison was hard to make but I also knew that
snow storms could be very destructive without the wind damage, etc.


223 posted on 03/14/2017 2:29:09 PM PDT by deport
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To: metmom
This is what they're saying is on tap for our area:

Tonight, snow tapers off, but breezy conditions with winds up to 35 mph, with possible power outages. Snow continues on Wednesday, with gusty winds and whiteout conditions, especially in the afternoon. Highs in the low 20s. Travel conditions improve Wednesday evening as the snowfall gradually tapers off and winds decrease. Snow showers on Thursday, with highs in the mid 20s. Partly sunny on Friday, with highs in the low 30s. Light snow returns on Saturday and Sunday, with highs in the mid 30s. Partly sunny on Monday, with highs in the upper 30s. Snow and rain showers possible on Tuesday, with highs near 40.

224 posted on 03/14/2017 2:40:45 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: deport
You're welcome.

I've lived through both, so I am able to gauge the differences and similarities. Neither are weather events that are anything to sneeze at.

A number of years ago, during a for real blizzard, a house, not far from me, went up in flames, due to downed live wires; the house was completely destroyed...inside and out.

225 posted on 03/14/2017 2:41:49 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: miss marmelstein

I hope you’re alright! It looks like your area got it a lot worse than we did - the refreeze and wind chill will be the worst for us, tomorrow.


226 posted on 03/14/2017 3:53:19 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nopardons

I’ve been around a lot of hurricanes but no real winter
blizzard per se except for a few ice storms on the gulf coast.

Interesting, we have the same numbers in our sign on dates,
just in different order. Almost sign on twins. lol


227 posted on 03/14/2017 4:31:19 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport
LOL....ya beat me signing up by a few scant weeks. :-)

I lurked for almost a year, before I signed up to post. Did you jump right in, or wait and read a bit first?

228 posted on 03/14/2017 5:03:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Go No

Amrap! Hey! Zingy Zingy!


229 posted on 03/14/2017 5:15:31 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Go No

No pink flamingos out dey?


230 posted on 03/14/2017 5:18:01 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: nopardons

I actually signed up a few months earlier but had computer problems which
ultimately as a result I could not get signed back in. JR couldn’t figure
it out either so I just signed up under this name. I jumped in after a month
or so of reading.


231 posted on 03/14/2017 5:25:20 PM PDT by deport
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To: mass55th; Steely Tom; Chode; Behind Liberal Lines; The Mayor; lysie

Which Wegmans locations in CNY are closing for the storm?

http://www.localsyr.com/news/which-wegmans-locations-in-cny-are-closing-for-the-storm/671967683


232 posted on 03/14/2017 5:26:04 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: deport

You were MUCH “braver” than I, back then. I read and read and read FR, amazed at how great the posts were ( those were the days...eh? ) and didn’t think that I had much to add. But then, I finally took courage ( to cheer on the MARCH FOR FREEDOM, which I had wanted to attend, but was unable to )and here I am. :-)


233 posted on 03/14/2017 5:28:58 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: metmom
Which Wegmans locations in CNY are closing for the storm?

I would think they're not getting very much in the way of deliveries for the next 12 hours or so.

There's a tractor-trailer ban on the Thruway, on Route 81, and on Route 17.

234 posted on 03/14/2017 5:35:01 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Jamestown1630

Oh, we’re fine! We got about 7-8 inches of snow, hardly a blowout. And some nice boys stopped by to clean up our driveway, thanks.


235 posted on 03/14/2017 6:08:34 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: nopardons

Don’t know about being all that brave but I wasn’t that agressive or contenious either.
There was a group Howlin, Dog Gone, CHIEF Negotiator, etc that I miss a lot from back
in the day.

Here’s some history of JR’s perception what he was trying to do with FreeRepublic.com

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/586544/posts
What is Free Republic all about?
12/08/01

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/586949/posts
What is Free Republic all about? Part II - Media complains of infringement and unfair competition
12/09/2001


236 posted on 03/14/2017 6:14:52 PM PDT by deport
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To: miss marmelstein

New update from snowy Ct.; we did get about 2’ and it’s snowing again. :-(


237 posted on 03/14/2017 6:25:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: deport
Sadly, quite a few of those posting back then, are dead. Others on other sites, or just off the net.

I remember all of the statements that JR posted back then. And unlike now, just about everyone stuck to the rules and statement overviews.

Not that we didn't have some silly/fun threads ( mostly on weekends ), but the huge amount of ridiculous vanities, posted now, along with some other garbage threads, ruins FR.

238 posted on 03/14/2017 6:30:12 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Ugh!


239 posted on 03/15/2017 2:29:44 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: mass55th; Steely Tom; Chode; Behind Liberal Lines; The Mayor; lysie

God about 2 feet and still snowing.


240 posted on 03/15/2017 6:51:48 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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