Worcester Mass: got nothing here at 6:30 am. Expecting 2-4 inches, but who knows. Of course, the locals around here only care about the weather in Denver this Sunday.
A dusting of snow here in downtown Atlanta.
Snow started at 4pm yesterday and is forecast to end around 6Am tomorrow. We have 9” on the ground in central MD and the wind is blowing. The forecast is another 18” on the way.
On the bright side, I found a teenager that wants to shovel.
:)
I’m watching some of the local news, and those idiots are out there measuring the snow with yardsticks.
With so much drifting, how in the world can that be meaningful?
You know they’re picking deep spots just for effect.
It’s snowing. The there is some wind. I have an excuse now not to go to work (if being summoned to grand jury duty for the month hadn’t been enough of one).
Here, NE of Baltimore, there is about 10” of snow on my patio table. But our cars are almost snow-free. It is still snowing, tiny flakes that get pushed everywhere by the wind. Even though the wind is not very strong at this point.
The big question; will Christie hug Obama, lol :)
Even though our Hickory, NC little town was on national tv news this morning, we have escaped the 8 or 9 inches of snow that was predicted. Maybe 4 or 5 inches would be my best guess. We have heard of multiple traffic accidents and some deaths, but no power loss and, thanks to our recent change to Charter Spectrum, no internet or tv loss. Quite sure our former Dish would have been out.
It’s early Saturday morning ..... been snowing, then sleeting, now snowing again since 10 a.m. yesterday. The wind is howling around the house & the snow is blowing hard. The local weather station is saying do not go out on the roads unless it’s an emergency.
The bird feeder is loaded with birds, hanging on for dear life as the wind blows the feeders around. The feeders are offering black oil sunflower seeds, a real favorite of all the birds around here. My dad asked last night “What do you think the coyotes are doing?” I told him they’re hunkered down in the woods some where, maybe in a den if they’ve found one, and dreaming of the chickens in the hen house.
We have plenty of food (I shopped Wednesday), the power is on, and the generator is ready to go if needed. The storm will last here into tomorrow morning and then it will be time to dig out, something I am not looking forward to - we had about 6 inches accumulated when the sleet started last night & we could get up to 10 before it’s all over. The forecast has changed due to the sleet - we previously were in the 12-18 inch zone. Hope everyone can stay safe and warm.
Worst part by far was the last couple miles where I was going uphill and barely crawling even though I dropped it into second gear and tried to keep it slow and steady . . . any acceleration would send me fishtailing.
Snow driving skill is remarkably bad in this area. You can't believe the number of people who haven't discovered you can get increased traction (albeit slower speed) by dropping it down a gear or two.
They are either in four wheel drives who speed by as if there is nothing different and cause an accident or continue fishtailing so that the few of us in the "slow and steady" crowd end up having to slow to avoid them and lose what little traction is keeping us moving.
Worse part is when I got to the edge of my own neighborhood . . . slight incline still, but the slow moving traffic (both ways) and darkness was further hampered by kids carrying sleds or discs uphill for the thrill of another slide down.
What is wrong with these stupid parents? I realize we don't have big snows this often, but can't they wait until daylight on Saturday morning when the roads are empty and the visibility much improved. It is not likely that the snow will be gone by then!
Anyway, I am just going to go back to bed, maybe make a little love with my wife when she wakes up and, if I feel like it, venture outdoors in the afternoon when the snow quits falling to clear the driveway.
Listened to WCBS NewsRadio 880 (you can live-stream it just for giggles) for about 10 minutes.
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!
One reporter informed us that there are icicles forming on her hat.
ON HER HAT!!!
Oh, the humanity!!!
She went on to say that she’s given up cleaning the snow off of her car because it keeps snowing, just putting more snow on her car.
ON HER CAR!!!
WE’RE DOOMED!!!
Northern Bergen county in northern New Jersey, strong NE winds and whiteout conditions.
central va has 12+ inches and blowing snow. Visibility < 1 mile.
I caught the tale end of Rush the other day commenting on modern blizzard hype. Something about a diary in the Donner Pass expedition where they became stranded in a huge blizzard/snow storm and had lunch on each other. In that diary was only one mention of snow.
I grew up with blizzards being the norm - 40 below, zero visibility, 40 mph winds and snow drifts high as homes. Natives from our neck of the woods think nothing of them.
Why all the hype over a natural event?
Im a duty manager for our American Airlines code share. We are based in LGA and JFK. As of yesterday at 0800, I had cancelled everything for the entire day today up until noon tomorrow and then a 25% start up in the PM. The airline reaction by the Big Three (AA, UAL and Delta)is unprecedented. There has never been a drawn down of 121 Ops (Air Carrier) since I have been in the business. I’m playing on FR today because I cant even move crews or airplanes into position because of the WX. I literally have nothing operational to do. Its like those first few days after 9-11 on our East operation..
Deep snow always looks like fun from a distance. But, when the power is out and the snow keeps coming all day and into the next, the temperature inside is heading south, and you are 75 years old with an invalid wife, it can be pretty distressing. My sympathies to all in the Md. Del, PA intersecting triangle which is ground zero. Today may be pretty but it will not be a good day for most.
Just a little less than 10 inches at 8:00 AM in Brooklyn Heights. I’d say it’s coming down at the rate of an inch per hour. Snow to continue until earlier hours of Sunday, so I’m predicting no less than 2 feet by storm’s end. The winds are calm but they were fierce earlier.