Posted on 01/22/2005 4:04:20 AM PST by SamAdams76
I'm right under the top strip of yellow on the link here.
http://www.wixt.com/weather/large_doppler.aspx
Snow began exactly at 1 pm.
Moderate snow now..........visibility about 1/4 mile.
Deer have already lunched 5 feet from the house.
Poor animals tonight..........
LOL I have no where to go as the roads are getting worse by the minute. I'll be bumping into freepers a lot ;-)
"You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in. I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being"
How are the conditions in Philadelphia at this time?
I do not envy you..Today weather in Texas is to brag about..but wait til summer! Stay safe!
Lord have mercy..That traffic cam in Washington makes me very thankful today isn't inauguration day.
I know, the winds, blowing snow sideways and the combination with the cold temps is making this a nasty storm.
I just came back from the store and the roads are slick.
It is supposed to warm up monday to around 30.
I always worry about the birds. It is hard on the larger animals but they have a lot of bulk.
What keeps a 5 oz bird from freezing solid?
Most churches have already cancelled for tomorrow. The radio stations have been broadcasting the cancellations all day and the list gets longer and longer. What's amazing is that the first flakes haven't even started falling yet but according to the local radar I am monitoring, the snow is knocking on our door (eastern Mass.).
I know.
Good luck to all.
LVM
I was just looking at your photos on the thread that is now locked. Nice shots and I have to ask about "Brown Dog". He/she's holding a real nice point but I can't recognize the breed. I had a German Short hair some years ago and that photo made me think of how enjoyable it is to see a good pointing dog lock up like that.
Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Candygram....
Looks like it's just getting warmed up.
Has Hitlery and Ted Kennedy blamed Bush yet for this storm? I guess if they don`t they will say he was unprepared.
FXUS61 KBOX 221651 AAA
AFDBOX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1150 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005
.UPDATE...
...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUN FOR CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET ALONG WITH A SLOWER STORM DEPARTURE SUN...
WE CONTINUE TO BE IN AWE AS WE REVIEW EACH MODEL RUN AND EVALUATE UPSTREAM CONDITIONS. 12Z ETA AND GFS ARE NOW EXTREMELY CLOSE ON THEIR SOLUTIONS...ESPECIALLY ON THE MAGNITUDE AND TRACK OF THE 500 MB AND SURFACE LOWS. BOTH MODELS CONTINUE INDICATE STRONG HEIGHT FALLS WITH 500 MB LOW AS IT TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUN. AT THE SURFACE...THIS LEADS TO EXPLOSIVE CYCLOGENESIS OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING SUNDAY AS SURFACE LOW TRACKS OVER THE BENCHMARK (40N/70W).
It is rare that the forecasters become more excited as the storm approaches. Usually they hype up the storm in the beginning and then gradually back off as the storm never quite lives up to initial expectations. I think we in Southern New England are in for a real experience tonight and tomorrow.
I am now home for the day after running multiple errands. I'm going to bring as much firewood to my garage as I can because I don't think I'm going to be getting to the woodpile again anytime soon.
Red
I was in Buffalo for the Blizzard of 1977 and the Panic of '78 which mainly missed us but did trap 500 people at the old Aud who had gone down to watch the Sabres.
I'd just moved to Buffalo in 1977 from Los Angeles, and when the blizzard began at 11:00 a.m. I was at work in a downtown hotel. Mommies went screaming into the blizzard to rescue their children from warm, dry, safe schools and trap them on buried streets in freezing cars with no food or water; manly northern men went into the blizzard to prove that it was no big deal... and sensible people who worked in hotels rustled up bedding and mattresses, filled up all the bottles and pails with water, and settled down to work. When the work day was over we went down to the bar and drank and played cards. We were there for 3 days and when we came out to either hike home through the drifts or catch a ride with someone in a jeep or truck, we confronted 12 feet of snow and a really interesting couple of weeks coping with it all.
Currently it's -16 with a -27 wind chill, and snowing steadily. Since this is Toronto and not Jamaica, no one is particularly concerned. The grocery store was pretty busy at 8:30 a.m. when I went to do my normal week shopping, but people seem to be going about their business.
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