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!
9 inches so far, snows starting to pick up (Big deal) but my concern is the 4-5 ft drifts were looking at. How the h*ll am I going to get to the wood pile?
Yes, neighbors are great. You can count on them. Near or far, gotta have good neighbors.
Whoa, talk about a memory-jog! I remember a friend in boarding school doing the exact same thing in the fall of 1975. The down was in clear, plastic bags. He'd load the down and sew the chambers shut. We all thought he was nuts but 2 years later they were the-rage and we all had our store-bought ones!
"I sewed it all myself and loaded the down into it from plastic bags."
WOW! I'm pretty sure my brother didn't do THAT! Although, if his mom and grandma had anything to say about it he COULD have done.
They are SO warm, my down coat is still the warmest.
Snowmobilers up in northern MN are having a ball. Lots of new snow, ontop of what we already had. About 8" new yesterday.
"I'm always okay;supply wise"
You sound like me and cigarettes!
"Told my 'grown up' son to either begin to pin things to his clothing as I used to do with mittens or carry a purse."
ROFLMAO!!!! I tell hubby the same thing, if he keeps losing his glasses, etc. he's going to get a "man bag" next Christmas. It doesn't go over well.
Daughter lost her wallet, with driver's license the DAY she had to drive back to school. That was a panic.
Teenagers = Exhausting
We have Pickerel here in freshwater (Maryland)
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Maybe that's the problem, fishing in Maryland.
EH?
Freshwater fish taste just fine.
That's EXACTLY what I said!!! 5.5 feet of snow.
"But of course I am no meteorologist, Madam.
(I had to sneak that salutation in somewhere.)"
It's always a good thing to say. Years ago I addressed some woman as "Madam" on the phone, I was doing my financial aid work study make work at college, manning (womanning?) the phone in the U's history dept. So, presumably the woman who phoned was not a complete dope. Nevertheless she said to me "No one's ever called me that before."
I think it was right about then that I gave up.
I have many cartons of cigs in my pantry. :-)
For emergencies like this right?
Do you even have a calculator, nopardons?
SIXTEEN FEET,8 INCHES.
That's what YOU said.
AND I QUOTE YOU.
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Twelve goes into 20 one time,20 - 12 = 8,bring down the 0.Twelve into 80 is 6,12 x 6 =72.Eighty -72 = 8. SIXTEEN FEET,EIGHT INCHES! Go sue your first grade teacher and the school you went to.
You two ladies ok?
about 17 and lite snow here.
bet ya'll are getting pounded with it.
they'll be cross country skiing Manhattan.
..dang...i'm getting nostalgic.
i pray for salt trucks....folks gotta wash cars!
It seems to have snowed while I was sleeping. Someone please send me some chinese food and a beer.
Dear Lord, Please send as many salt covered,eroded vehicles to wardaddy's carwash as you can. Amen.
I hope and pray that you don't EVER have to work with numbers...you can't divide,even WITH a calculator.
lol....bless your heart....
we are just getting lite bands now
you guys are supposed to get a few feet aren't you?
Yep,and enough canned goods,paper products,noodles,spaghetti,cleaning products,etc. to last me weeks on end.My freezer's pretty full too. LOL
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