Here comes the first big snow storm of 2016!

Boston is supposed to escape this one, thank God. I shovelled about 11 feet of snow last winter and that's enough for the rest of my life as I see it. :cheerful:

Good luck to those in the mid Atlantic. Hope you come through this one okay.
 

Looks like we're too far north to get anything as this storm passes through. But I do feel for the snowbound, its really not that much fun. We had a big one some years back and our mayor called in the military to help clear things up. It was deep and shut down our subway system.
 
Just looked out the window. Looks like maybe a foot or so and snowing hard.

Weatherman said by storm's end, we should have 24"-36".
 
chic said:
Boston is supposed to escape this one, thank God. I shovelled about 11 feet of snow last winter and that's enough for the rest of my life as I see it. :cheerful:

Good luck to those in the mid Atlantic. Hope you come through this one okay.
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So glad we're dodging this one up here in Massachusetts. Like you, I moved a mountain of snow last year and the memories are still fresh. Nothing much expected here, but you'd never know it from the way the Boston stations are covering this.
 
What we got in the Atlanta area was pretty much a non-event. The governor declared a state of emergency Thursday night, I guess to cover all the places in the northern part of the state that got a good bit of ice, sNOw and wind. So far, we've had a trace of sNOw, a lot of rain and now some wind. If the Lord's willing and the creeks don't rise (as we used to say in Texas), this is as bad as it will get. As long as we don't lose power, I'm good. Fingers crossed.

Y'all in the path of the storm(s), stay safe.
 
Just got up and we got BOMBED...reasons to be cheerful, the furnace works, we have cat food/dog food/hot cocoa/vodka/potty paper/scandal sheets...how did those jump in my cart?/and enough food to stay in a month. Enough salt to deice a football field but the drifts are even with the porch...I'm guessing close to four feet and still coming down. But the heat and power are on and I have a whole shelf of reading to catch up on yaaaayyyy
 
Just a little thin coat of snow on the ground this morning. It's about 30F here, but snow will be gone by afternoon. As GeorgiaX said, as long as the power lines don't go down... More likely with freezing rain here.
 
The people I feel for are in Sea Bright and the towns that got the hardest hit by Sandy...still rebuilding years later and today they're reporting major coastal flooding. New building codes in place but that only keeps your house from washing away, it can still be damaged in a big way no matter what.
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Watching this thread with interest as we usually get your weather, which admitted by the time it reaches us is very diluted but will no doubt still start the panic buying and "what ifs" in readiness.

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I don't know how much snow we have so far, but it's a lot, and continuing to come down harder and harder. They are predicting at least 2 feet for the DC/MD/VA area.

I'm comfortable, warm and dry with plenty of food and a couple of bottles of wine. I live in a very friendly hi-rise, and the buildings here have their own generators, so we
never lose power. So far, we're having a lot of fun. We had a good movie in the party room of our building last night, and had a snowbound party (hot chocolate and cookies) a couple of days ago, also our regular weekly happy hour, which always prompts great conversation. So this is not bad at all; I'm catching up on various "at home" kinds of things.

Not so much fun, though, for the people who have to go out and clear roads, etc. And I wonder how the emergency vehicles are managing. They are asking everybody to
keep off the roads, but there are always a few people who decide to risk driving in a blizzard.
 
To give you a new perspective...in the back yard are maybe six steps down to a concrete stoop where the grill is. Then steps down from there. From door to ground is maybe ten feet in height. The whole back yard is now level with the top step. I wish the wind spinner out there was rigged for power. We could generate for blocks around today.

Poor dogs, fortunately they will freely run into the yard. Sophie is big but long legs and a lean build. She can hop on top of the drifts. Callie sinks like a stone, then briefly he's standing there sunk up to his chest. Guess he's strong enough to keep working his way out...but it's pitiful to watch.
 
I wish I had some of that snow. It is sunshine and cool today, not a cloud in the sky. I really dislike Texas. No such thing as four seasons here. It is 110 degrees 4 months of the year, 90 degrees 3 months, 80 degrees 3 months, 70 degrees 1 month, 60 degrees one week, 50 degrees one week, 35-40 degrees about 14 days and that's it. A blizzard here for a few days would
be welcome. Stay home, dress warm, watch the snow if not play in it, make snowballs and put them in the freezer for a July snowball fight, sip on hot cocoas, teas, and hot apple cider, play with my dog, read, sleep good at night with lots of blankets and pillows - sounds like heaven to me.
 
Haven't heard how my brother's doing yet. Him and nieces live in the flood zone. The one niece has a dance studio that was under water with Sandy. They dried it out but it's still in the same location. Moving it more inland might have been a wiser choice.
 
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We have you largest snowfall in thirteen years here in Middle Tennessee. I haven't been out of the house in three days and I am going stir crazy.
 
You're lucky there son. When we used to live in PA there were snow days that shut down the whole county. One morning that comes to mind. I had one of them dressed and ready for school. We got out to the driveway and solid ice on everything including the trees. We couldn't even walk as far as the car never mind trying to drive. It was like that's it, if they didn't close the school they can figure out how to get ya there.

Something positive about these kinds of superstorms. People seem to get more into a compassionate team spirit mode sometimes. The supermarket last night was insane with lines snaking all through the store. But everyone was polite with making line breaks so people could get through. Some folks didn't notice how far it went and accidently cut the line. Now on an average day cutting a line might start a situation where security has to break it up.

But last night everyone was so very polite, totally zen..." Oh I'm sorry I didn't know you were first, no really you only have a few things go ahead, oh are you sure? Yes really, here I'll help you lift that. Oh thank you so very much, so nice of you thank you wow. Oh glad to help, careful driving home now. I will thank you again".
Compared to " OH HELL NO, the back of the line is there and you best be gettin' there before I do it myself!!!"...and those are the soft spoken folks.
 
You can go out of the house, Gail. Boots, coat, hat, gloves and a short walk to the corner store should be safe enough.
 

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