Possible 2 foot total by Sunday evening. Just another winter's day for us.
Posted on 01/22/2005 4:04:20 AM PST by SamAdams76
Well all the stops have officially been pulled out by the weather prognosticators. They are on a "war footing." The Northeast is getting a true BLIZZARD this weekend. Not a "nor'easter". Not just your basic snowstorm dumping 6-10 inches in Boston and New York with a mix and changeover to rain along the coast. No! We are talking 20-30 inches of windblown powdery snow in many locations with no chance of a mix with or change to rain whatsoever.
The temperatures are currently running zero or below zero across most of the Northeast this morning so the cold air is in place and fully entrenched. With the high winds expected with this storm, This will be a true BLIZZARD.
So as I sit in the epicenter of it all (my area is expecting over two feet of snow), I thought I'd start this thead so that Freepers can give us reports of how conditions are in there area. And you don't have to be in the Northeast to participate as this storm is currently affecting Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia as it heads to the East Coast where it is expected to undergo what the weather nuts call "bombogenesis" and literally explode into a superstorm as energy is transferred over the comparatively milder Atlantic Ocean.
So there you have it. Even in areas where plenty of snow falls this time of year, you have people running to the supermarket early this morning to "stock up", as if somehow a few feet of snow is going to stop all commerce and transportation for the forseeable future (the reality is that we should be all shoveled and plowed out by Monday morning no matter how bad things get).
The local TV stations around here have gone absolutely bonkers, as they are wont to do. It's even more extreme this year because TV "broadcast" stations are struggling to maintain their relevancy in a high world of internet, satellite radio and many other distractions that consumers have these days.
Weekday "anchors" are being rolled out of bed early this Saturday morning as they throw on their hairpieces and head to the studios for all-day "wall-to-wall" coverage of this blizzard. Seasoned reporters are being sent to Home Depots where people are already nervously buying shovels (even though they likely have 7 or 8 shovels in their garage already) and supermarkets where silly old ladies are buying gallons of milk (that they normally never drink) and loaves of bread (that they will never eat and end up throwing to the birds). Other reporters will be sent into the streets to do interviews with snow-plow drivers and "public safety" officials. More junior reporters are being sent to the sides of highways for liveshots where absolutely nothing is going on presently. But they will stand there nevertheless, filming the traffic going by and commenting on "how dangerous" this highway will be in just a few more hours. Then when the storm hits, these same reporters will retreat to rest areas where they will continue their liveshots as their cameramen instruct them to "sway in the wind" and "hold on to their hats" to help convince the viewers at home that the storm is severe indeed.
Yes, it's going to be a fun weekend in New England and the Northeast in general. But the beauty of this is that is is on a weekend. If we are going to get a true blizzard, the timing just couldn't be much better. We are able to get our normal errands done on Saturday morning and then in the afternoon, we can retreat to our homes and stoke up the fireplace as the snow moves in. Then tomorrow (Sunday), we can sleep late and take our time shoveling out. Then we have a perfect excuse to sit around the warm house all afternoon watching football as THREE out of the four teams still playing are all in the snow-bound Northeast. The ratings ought to be phenomenal, provided the power doesn't go out.
So post conditions in your area here.
Outside my home (approx 30 miles northwest of Boston near the NH border), it is -11 degrees! It is daybreak and the skies are mostly clear with some high clouds. It is COLD out there, almost too cold for snow. But it's coming, at least that's what they tell me!
I hope we don't see another one of those storms
This looks like a fun thread. The music schools are closing at 1PM today, so I will be home after that practicing...and freeping! See you then, got to get to Grand Central for now...
North-Central WV. altitude 1500', 35 degrees and light rain.
Idexx pharma is there - I'm a veterinarian and it's a major vet pharmaceutical co. Plus I could bring my boat down from Mount Desert and sail more often. What kind of state income tax do you pay in ME? No one can ever answer that question when I ask around Mount Desert/Bar Harbor. Maybe they have more money than the rest of us and don't care!
Coming down pretty hard here in Pittsburgh. Been falling for about two hours. I am looking at the national radar. All the talk was that this storm was going to go a lot more south, it does not look like that now. But a LOW in West Virginia might cause this thing to dip lower.
Yep,I heard that 20 in thing too.
Well we received a foot of snow since 11pm last night, and its still snowing.
totally right about the cold weather. I'm a Texan, but I love cold weather. And walleye! Have a good friend that lives just outside of Lansing. Great people.
Maybe you can answer a question for me. In Port Huron, where I was born and bred, pickerel seemed to be the most desirable of lake fish. There are a couple of restaurants around there that have excellent pickerel. My question is: are pickerel and walleye the same fish?
-17 right now south of you. It was about -22 when I got up. The sun is shining, and the weather man says we'll only get about 10 inches tonight and tomorrow so no big deal.
I don't actually know for sure, I'll check on that.
"...whatnot..."
That's the important one, C! LOL!
Fun day...
But if it's snowing in Pittsburg, I'll take the Pats.
;O)
One thing to remember about the East Coast is that even Washington, DC has more LARGE snowfalls than Chicago, believe it or not.
Chicago on average gets much more snow per winter than DC (and DC can at times go all winter basically with no snow), but the incidence of really big 18+ inch storms is actually higher for DC; more moisture avaliabilty. Chicago gets its snow typically in a lot of smaller storms.
Where are you, rinny?
I wouldn't doubt it for a minute! That's partly why I will never live again in the Northeast.
No, completely different fish. Pickerel are related to Pike and Muskies. Walleye are related to Perch.
There was a fish called the "Blue Pike" in the Great Lakes, which was related to Walleye, not Pike, but they were rendered completely extinct by commercial fishing in the early 1960s.
We have Pickerel here in freshwater (Maryland) and I've never met or heard of ANYONE bothering to eat them. I don't bother eating freshwater fish at all, same is true of most people around here. I laugh when I hear of people talking about stuff like Yellow Perch as a delicacy; we have those too, and to me they're pretty bad-tasting; not even remotely comparable to saltwater fish in terms of eating.
I know Idexx, quite a success story there. State income tax depends on how much you make, but a good working figure for personal income tax is 7 or 8%. Sales tax is 5%, zero on groceries. Property tax depends on the town, and the assessor. I'm in a mid-range town for property tax (Standish) and the rate is $10.75 per thousand. Some towns (Windham did this) are playing with personal property tax on items like snowmobiles, tractors, etc. I drive two vehicles that are so old they are almost off the Blue Book, and my registration fees are a couple hundred bucks a year.
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