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[9YearLurker]

Jersey Shore is different than CT’s “Gold Coast”.

[kearnyirish2]

Definitely, though there are some exclusive areas along the Jersey shore. When our children were younger we’d take them on day trips and vacations to the dry towns there - no alcohol at all (former Protestant summer camps that became towns). Ocean City (by Atlantic City) is a great example; clean (no Snookies), tons of minivans (a lot of PA plates), and everything closed by 9:00 pm...

[Campion]

Kenan? This naming blizzards stuff is just ridiculous.

I have a sunny, but cold, day here in middle Tennessee. I think I'll call it "Sunny Day Terence".

[HereInTheHeartland]

Good luck shoveling all of that global warming!

[SamAdams76]

Correct. Meteorologists these days always blame their blown forecasts on "faulty" weather models like the GFS, NAM and the Euro, etc. There are even forums I follow where "weather weenies" (as I call them) obsess over these models and whose mental health seems to ebb and flow with every run of them.

There is too much reliance on computer generated weather models and not enough real-time analysis of observed data these days.

Sometimes nature can reveal when a big storm is on the way. For instance, seagulls leaving the beaches and flocking to rooftops of large building further inland is always a clear sign of a coming northeaster in New England.

I trust the seagulls more than I trust the Weather Channel.

[DoodleBob]

A friend in Atlanta said the light snow that brought that city to a standstill years ago - to the mocking delight of us folks from snowy climates - was a mask for the REAL problem: black ice. Basically, he said they had rain, a massive temperature drop which primed a sheet of black ice along all the roads, then 2-3" of snow. The snarl of traffic wasn't just southerners who know not about driving in snow (thought my friend acknowledged that was a contributing factor) but icy slipping and sliding and wipeouts.

The cracking branches is indeed a bad omen. I'll never forget that sound. My family (who were prepping for a Halloween party that night) was initially saying "what's wrong with you?" as I was scrambling to acquire gas and candles and set up the tarp under which I set up my generation outdoors etc. We tried canceling the party but people traveling from South Jersey kept coming. Then the ice on the roads became a problem, and then we lost power. As the Boy Scout motto says, Be Prepared. Parenthetically, the party was pretty cool with candles, and the generator meant we could go in and out of the fridge to serve the guests. Fun fact: coffee makers draw incredible amounts of power such that the generator chugs audibly when the coffee maker kicks on.

As a small side-note, nothing made my heart race like a power failure during a downpour when the sump pump was going off every minute. Backup and preparation and readiness are good skills to be developed and refined...a big storm every now and then is like spring training.

[kearnyirish2]

That makes a lot of sense; just as the Amish aren’t wrecked by COVID because they don’t watch TV, the seagulls are prepared for bad weather because they don’t watch TV either...

[cp124]

..Coastal residents in one Massachusetts town were told to consider leaving

Only if you have had the 4 or 5 fake vaccinations, and make sure to wear a mask.

[cp124]

Massachusetts is a man-made disaster.

[SamAdams76]

Poor Shelby Scott. I remember her! If I remember correctly, the anchors in the booth would ask her to step into the snow so they could see how deep it was. Poor Shelby, always sent out into the field to flounder around in the snow and interview snow plow drivers at the Dunkin Donuts parking lot. She seemed to love every minute of it and they even pulled her out of retirement during the April Fool's 1997 blizzard.

Apparently she just passed away this previous summer.

[time4good]

Blizzards of ‘93. Why I moved to Florida in ‘94. NO MAS!

[ought-six]

Hell, in Northern Illinois this kind of snow is just a typical winter day.

[ought-six]

And yet, your porch chairs — which are much lighter that the gas grill — show no sign of disruption.

[ought-six]

“I grew up in Buffalo. That is nothing.”

No kidding. Buffalo has had its share of real winter storms.

[SamAdams76]

Coffee makers do draw a surprising amount of power. I work for a company that sells and services office equipment. Whenever we get a service call for "erratic operation", my techs will check the circuit the equipment is plugged into. Oftentimes there will be a coffee maker plugged into the same circuit.

Soda vending machines are another big culprit of suddenly drawing a lot of power, causing power drops in whatever else is plugged in on the same circuit.

My first house had a sump pump that ran continuously from about October to April. So always had to be prepared with a generator or my entire basement would get flooded within minutes. Eventually I put in a backup system that involved a marine battery and a backup pump. That did the trick.

[cgbg]

The last time I visited Chicago was on business a few years ago.

The snow was horizontal—I never saw any snow actually hit the ground!

[9YearLurker]

I don’t think the old CT WASP culture could handle dry towns.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dry+towns+connecticut&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS934US934&oq=dry+towns+connecticut&aqs=chrome..69i57.3364j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[DoodleBob]

Waaaayyy off but sorta on topic, and worth 4-5 min of your time if you appreciate quirky and clever pop culture...

Seagulls (Stop it Now)!! - Star Wars Bad Lip Reading

[ought-six]

“Ice storms are the absolute worst. I would rather have three feet of snow than even a moderate ice storm.”

I agree with you 100%. Snow I can deal with. Ice...well, it’s a different story.

[DoodleBob]

It was a time-honored tradition in Philadelphia to leave lawn chairs as a holder for your shoveled-out spot. And if some dope took your spot, let’s just say a ten spot to some of the local youth usually resulted in frontier justice.