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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 08/02/2013 : 13:40:57
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Seriously, it will be THE GREAT BLIZZARD-remember this day Feb. 8, 2013
Currently wind gusts of 25+ and wind chills of -4F (-20C)
The Weather Channel has taken to naming snow events of greater proportion, so this is
Snowstorm Nemo
Riders On The Storm! Ray Manzarek & George Winston live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65qnk7xacSk
Here in Maine the prediction is for 16" to 30" of snow, 35-50+ winds and blizzard conditions of 3" of snow per hour. It wasn't supposed to start in earnest until friday evening. We're already looking at several inches of snow on the ground at 7AM.
Woodstove's stoked, roasting bird is in the oven...an exciting event so stay SAFE ALL!!!
Stay home East Coast friends and stay WARM!!!
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Powerful blizzard takes aim at Northeastern United States
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Northeastern United States braced on Friday morning for a possibly record-setting blizzard bearing down on the region, which forecasters warned could drop up to 2-1/2 feet of snow and bring travel to a halt.
Blizzard warnings were in effect from New Jersey through southern Maine, with Boston expected to bear the heaviest blow from the massive storm. The day was expected to begin with light snow, with winds picking up and snow getting much heavier by afternoon.
Officials urged residents to stay home, rather than risk getting stuck in deep drifts or whiteout conditions.
Boston and many surrounding communities said their schools would be closed on Friday, and city and state officials told nonessential city workers to stay home and urged businesses to allow workers to work from home or on shortened schedules.
"Accumulation is expected to be swift, heavy and dangerous," Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick told reporters. "I am ordering all non-essential state workers to work from home tomorrow. I am strongly urging private employers to take the same precautions."
Officials across the region echoed his recommendations, urging residents to prepare for possible power outages and consider checking on elderly or disabled neighbors who might need help.
New York City officials said they had 1,800 Sanitation Department trucks ready to respond to the storm.
The National Weather Service said Boston could get 18 to 24 inches or more of snow on Friday and Saturday, its first heavy snowfall in two years. Winds could gust as high as 60 to 75 miles per hour (95 to 120 km per hour) as the day progresses.
If more than 18.2 inches of snow falls in Boston, it will rank among the city's 10 largest snowfalls. Boston's record snowfall, 27.6 inches, came in 2003.
Cities from Hartford, Connecticut, to Portland, Maine, expected to see at least a foot of snow.
More than 2,200 flights had already been canceled by airlines for Friday, according to the website FlightAware.com, with the largest number of cancellations at airports in Newark, New York, Chicago and Boston.
Nearly 500 flights were canceled for Saturday, according to the flight-tracking site.
Boston's Logan International Airport warned that once the storm kicked up, all flights would likely be grounded for 24 hours.
United Continental Holdings Inc, JetBlue Airways Corp and Delta Air Lines Inc all reported extensive cancellations.
ECHOES OF '78
For some in the Boston area, the forecast brought to mind memories of the blizzard of 1978, which dropped 27.1 inches, the second-largest snowfall recorded in the city's history. That storm started out gently and intensified during the day, leaving many motorists stranded during their evening commutes.
Dozens of deaths were reported in the region after that storm, many as a result of people touching downed electric lines.
Officials warned that a combination of heavy snow and high winds made for a high risk of extensive power outages across the region. That posed the risk of some residents losing heat at a time when temperatures would dip to 20 Fahrenheit (minus 7 Celsius).
Shelves at many stores were picked clean of food and storm-related supplies such as shovels and salt as area residents scrambled to prepare.
Some big employers said they were considering officials' pleas to allow their workers to stay home.
State Street Corp, one of Boston's largest employers in the financial sector, was considering allowing employees to work from home on Friday, said spokeswoman Anne McNally.
(Additional reporting by Daniel Lovering and Tim McLaughlin in Boston, Karen Jacobs in Atlanta and Colleen Jenkins in North Carolina; Editing by Andrew Hay and Lisa Shumaker)
Nor'easters like this often resemble hurricanes from the air!
SNOW DAY!
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Old hippies never die, they just ramble on.
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 08/02/2013 13:52:29 |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 08/02/2013 : 15:12:22
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| Here we goooooooooo ag'in....I can already here the crinklin' of snow on my roof...I thank heaven I put a new one a few weeks ago! |
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markk
Old Love
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Posted - 09/02/2013 : 15:04:31
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28 inches in West Islip NY. So far Im just looking. My son is out there shoveling, don't even know where my gloves are. No power outage !
LK you still breathing up there? Stay well everyone. |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 09/02/2013 : 18:49:29
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| lk..markko we made it! No outage for me too thank God. hate losing power. Hey the weather's been getting kind a rough lately. I think our orientation in space has changed or something. Stay warm kids. Those guys in LA don't know what they're missing!...;-)... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 09/02/2013 : 21:09:57
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Still coming down out here on the island with 50+MPH gusts. Record snowfall...32+ inches...epic.
Lovin' it.
Still have power--thank goodness it is a dry snow! And the wind off the water has cleared our drive and road down to pavement...though our neighbor has 10-foot drifts up the side of their house.
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 10/02/2013 : 17:13:06
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| I heard Mass got it bad. How you doing up there? |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 11/02/2013 : 16:42:18
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Maine where I am is not so bad, but Boston with it's narrow streets and buried cars is a nightmare still. Plows can't get through so people are trying to dig out their cars & small streets by hand! It looks like an avalanche.
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markk
Old Love
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Posted - 12/02/2013 : 01:29:39
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Screw the blizzard, Spring Training starts 2/12, opening day is 3/31.
LA Dodgers have a higher payroll than the Yanks at $217 mill. |
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