East Coast Snowstorm '09!

[DeToxRox]

I am not gonna' lie I am a tad bit jealous as I am still waiting for the Detroit area to get pelted. Should make for some lovely football this weekend also which is always a plus.

So anyone getting hit yet?

[DaddyTorgo]

BRING IT ON!!!!!

expected Sunday here. Guess I better Xmas shop tomorrow...haha.

[sabotai]

This afternoon, they were saying 6-12 inches for my area of NJ (near Philly)

[Comey]

Looks like Hartford will miss it, largely...only 4-8 is being considered at the moment.

[MrBug708]

It's like 75 here in Sunny LA

[DaddyTorgo]

It's like 75 here in Sunny LA

:lol:

actually snowstorms are fun - as long as you don't have anywhere you absolutely need to be and stuff

[MrBug708]

Warm weather has its advantages for sure. But I also like the chilly days. You can only wear shorts and flip flops so many times during the year.

[Klinglerware]

Flying back home tomorrow from a work trip to Germany. Hope I get in before the trouble starts.

[DaddyTorgo]

Flying back home tomorrow from a work trip to Germany. Hope I get in before the trouble starts.

guessing you probably will? here's hoping.

[DaddyTorgo]

Warm weather has its advantages for sure. But I also like the chilly days. You can only wear shorts and flip flops so many times during the year.

you laugh, but i know plenty of cali-folk who love snow. we also don't have that pesky "ground shaking" issue that you all have (not that it bothers me). Or those yearly fires...

[SackAttack]

you laugh, but i know plenty of cali-folk who love snow. we also don't have that pesky "ground shaking" issue that you all have (not that it bothers me). Or those yearly fires...

Earthquakes never bugged me.

The fires got old fast, though.

/ex-"Cali-folk" who loves snow

[Klinglerware]

guessing you probably will? here's hoping.

I think I probably will be okay--I'm supposed to get into JFK around 11AM. The forecast still looks like the snow won't be a problem until a couple of hours later.

[DaddyTorgo]

I think I probably will be okay--I'm supposed to get into JFK around 11AM. The forecast still looks like the snow won't be a problem until a couple of hours later.

that makes sense. just good you're getting in in the AM instead of the PM

[Subby]

10-20 inches in Northern Virginia/DC Metro.

[MrBug708]

Eathrquakes arent really something people worry about here believe it or not.

[DaddyTorgo]

Eathrquakes arent really something people worry about here believe it or not.

oh i know...i lived out there a couple years. still...they could potentially have an effect much more costly than a snowstorm.

[Alan T]

Only 6-8 inches out in Central Mass it sounds like. For once Boston might actually get more snow than us.

[JediKooter]

Supposed to be in the mid to low 60s this weekend here. What is this 'snow' you speak of?

[DanGarion]

It's like 75 here in Sunny LA

They must be getting our storm from last week. Been there done that.

[DanGarion]

oh i know...i lived out there a couple years. still...they could potentially have an effect much more costly than a snowstorm.

Or just about any other natural disaster that happens in the US.

[MacroGuru]

Well..I travel home Sunday morning at like 6 am through Philly...I hope I can make it home.

[MrBug708]

oh i know...i lived out there a couple years. still...they could potentially have an effect much more costly than a snowstorm.

I meant more in the sense of people fearing the "big one". The only people who seem to care are the news reporters who want us to care. Sure it could happen, but since there is no warning, what can you do? Just pray you arent on a freeway overpass when it happens.

[stevew]

Fuck snow. I got deliveries that need to be made. Going 30 or 40mph for extended periods of time is a buzzkill.

[lighthousekeeper]

is there a good site that displays a map of expected total snowfall accumulation? weather.com and wunderground.com always seem to failin this area.

[lordscarlet]

I am super excited. I moved to the city (from the suburbs in Virginia) 5 years ago. We have yet to have a significant snow since then. The last was in February of 2003, a year and a half before I moved. I think being in the city during a "crippling" snow storm will be a lot of fun. As Subby said, some predictions are over 20". The conservative ones seem to be 10-15".

[Wolfpack]

Not quite 34 and a cold mix of mostly rain falling right now in Raleigh. We're right on that cut-off line in terms of the precip which isn't all that unusual. Ice tends to be a much more common event than snow in this area.

However, not far to the north and west is where they're expecting to get a decent haul of snow. They're already getting walloped in the mountains right now (expecting nearly two feet by tomorrow night over there). Closer in, places like Greensboro are expected to get about half a foot overnight, but worse yet, they're supposed to switch over to freezing rain tomorrow which will add a nice little crust of ice to everything.

[sabotai]

is there a good site that displays a map of expected total snowfall accumulation? weather.com and wunderground.com always seem to failin this area.

This is from ABC in Philly. Looks like they've up to 8-14 inches for my area since this afternoon.

AccuWeather forecast maps | 6abc.com (http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/gallery?section=news&id=7177555&photo=3)

[cartman]

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[DaddyTorgo]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZthTJGmmCII/R1oJnm8VnpI/AAAAAAAAAA8/RYMZ9pTrVQg/s320/snow_informer_28single_cover29.jpg

classic. i had the cassette single!!!

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[bosshogg23]

Snow is just beginning here in Philly. Cars aren't even covered yet. Supposed to end around 6am Sunday after dropping 12-18 inches in Philly and the surrounding areas.

[lynchjm24]

Looks like Hartford will miss it, largely...only 4-8 is being considered at the moment.

I just saw 8-14. Thanks for jinxing us.

[cuervo72]

Yeah...there's a lot here.

[Noop]

67F and Partly Cloudy. Miami is feeling great this time of the year.

[terpkristin]

http://kristin.seidelmann-owners.com/fofc/20091219Snowstorm_Small.jpg


/tk

[Lathum]

We arrived at Saldanas last night on the NJ/PA border, looks like we just made it since there are reports a lot of airlines are canceling flights for today. As of now no snow here yet but it looks like it is just a matter of time.

[Logan]

I was supposed to be flying into Philly from Tampa Sunday night after the Rutgers bowl game, but I came down with food poisoning Thurs night and I canceled my trip. I have a big work meeting on Monday morning and if I had trouble getting back into town, it wouldn't have been good.

[terpkristin]

A friend of mine wants to go see Avatar. I'm trying to convince him to stay home, but he's not good at following directions. The picture I posted above is of my cat freaking out when I opened the door. It's deceiving because right next to my house is sheltered from snow, and it's been blowing. I have a large tree/bush thing in the front of my house, it's dropped halfway over from the weight of the snow.

/tk

[McSweeny]

We're supposed to get a 8-12 inches tonight. I am well prepared with a bottle of whiskey and a Monty Python marathon queued up. Bring it on.

[lungs]

We went through this a couple of weeks ago... Snow is fun unless you have to work in it :)

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Just started to come down in the Bronx.

[bosshogg23]

NE Philly has 5-6 inches at this point. Heavy wind is keeping cars an inch deep and sidewalks 8 inches or so. I don't have the snowfall from 2008 but this storm has to have a chance of eclipsing the entire previous year. Normal in Philly is around 20 inches and it was half that at best last year.

[BishopMVP]

I am super excited. I moved to the city (from the suburbs in Virginia) 5 years ago. We have yet to have a significant snow since then. The last was in February of 2003, a year and a half before I moved. I think being in the city during a "crippling" snow storm will be a lot of fun. As Subby said, some predictions are over 20". The conservative ones seem to be 10-15".Yikes. I remember when I was in Maryland they'd basically shut down the schools and cities for a dusting - I can't imagine what 15-20 will do. Hope you stocked up on rations (or have a store down the street) :)

[cuervo72]

I measured the snow on the table out on our deck about a half hour ago (makes a nice cylinder) and it measured just under 21".

[Subby]

I measured the snow on the table out on our deck about a half hour ago (makes a nice cylinder) and it measured just under 21".
Yup - we are right around that. Shoveling my below ground driveway...fun!

[SirFozzie]

Hmph. They didn't wait till I posted the annual Foz Hates Winter thread :)

[claphamsa]

were at abotu 17 inches now..... shoveled 4 times... cant tell!

[Dutch]

Yup - we are right around that. Shoveling my below ground driveway...fun!

Just finished up a week-long training class in Arlington and am visiting my Mom and Dad in No. Virginia.

I've seen more snow today than I think I've seen in 4 German winters combined. I'm just thankful I didn't have to go anywhere today.

[bosshogg23]

Around 12 inches in NE Philly. More of a freezing ice thats falling now. Neighbor has shoveled 3 times so far. Me = 0. Time to go out and rock my one time ;)

[saldana]

we are up to about 6-8 at the moment.

just for the sake of my own interest, how do you all get the snow off your satellite dishes during crap like that.

[terpkristin]

just for the sake of my own interest, how do you all get the snow off your satellite dishes during crap like that.

FiOS. ;)

I've been feeling a little bad for my neighbor with a dish that's got a TON of snow sitting in it.

/tk

[Eaglesfan27]

we are up to about 6-8 at the moment.

just for the sake of my own interest, how do you all get the snow off your satellite dishes during crap like that.

There are heating elements you can buy for the dish. I learned that last year when we got snow and it messed up my dish. Of course, the repair tech told me there was no point in getting one in Louisiana since snow is so rare down here.

[Thomkal]

my brother in West Virginia has 20 inches or more. None here in Myrtle Beach. :) Hope all of you dealing with it are safe.

[Swaggs]

We are around 12-14 inches here in Northern WV, so far.

It is still coming down at a pretty good pace, but has gotten colder, so it isn't accumulating like it had been during the day. I live on a fairly busy street and it has been pretty wild to see how little traffic there has been on it. I feel bad for the WVU students that had late finals on Friday night/Saturday morning -- they are probably going to be stuck in town for an extra day or two.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

my brother in West Virginia has 20 inches or more.

There's a joke there... :popcorn:

[Thomkal]

There's a joke there... :popcorn:
And I thank you for not saying it. :D

[Comey]

It's here....






....as in, Hartford.

[Logan]

Yeah, NYC finally has some real accumulation.

[mtolson]

It just started slowing down here. We are at about 22-26 !

[M GO BLUE!!!]

6-8 in the Bronx now, with it still coming down. I was stuck at work 2 extra due to my replacement dealing with weather & this: LIRR service restored on Babylon branch after person struck (http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lirr-service-restored-on-babylon-branch-after-person-struck-1.1662819)

I just walked the dog. He loves the snow, so at 2:30am I'm up at a park in the Bronx with a labrador running like crazy through the snow. The best part (wish i had video...) He was running to where there is a retaining wall about 3ft high above the sidewalk. The snow had drifted about a foot off the edge. He thought he had more room. He did not. He went right down in the drift in a ball, then popped out like a volcano blowing!

[Alan T]

Only got about 5 inches in central mass over night. Probably going to be another 3-4 inches during the day today, but not really much of a storm for us here.

[saldana]

final count here is only about 8 inches

[saldana]

There are heating elements you can buy for the dish. I learned that last year when we got snow and it messed up my dish. Of course, the repair tech told me there was no point in getting one in Louisiana since snow is so rare down here.


yeah, i have seen them...i was just wondering if anyone else has a broom attached to the end of a 25 foot pole so that they could stand in their front yard and wipe the snow off the dish that is on their roof.

[tyketime]

Here in our part of South Jersey, we got between 20-24 inches. My wife & I already shoveled the driveway once yesterday, but you wouldn't know if you looked at it this morning. :eek:

[Lathum]

yeah, i have seen them...i was just wondering if anyone else has a broom attached to the end of a 25 foot pole so that they could stand in their front yard and wipe the snow off the dish that is on their roof.

witnessing this is pretty funny.

[MIJB#19]

About 10-15 inches overhere in the Netherlands, about the most in a decade or two, at least as far as I can remember. It had been 2-3 inches for the past few days, but last night and this morning a decent pack arrived. It stopped snowing and it's been warming up to just above 0 celsius for an hour or two. I don't have to go anywhere outside of Maassluis for a week or two, so I'm not oppsed to a white Christmas at all.

[MacroGuru]

Well the weather really slammed the airports I was scheduled to fly into Philly this morning and my flight was canceled. I then waiting in the US Air line for over an hour for them to tell me they refused to re-route me to anywhere else to get me home to Buffalo.

So why the lady was still looking at what she could do to rebook me for the next day, I called my corporate travel agency, explained to them what was going on, they grabbed a refund for my US Air ticket and booked me on Delta...I am now going to make it home today, instead of Monday or Tuesday....when I land....5 weeks off!

[Dutch]

Hopefully I'll be able to fly out of Dulles on Monday. I'm guessing yes.

(5 weeks off? Holy crap, I wish!)

[terpkristin]

Hopefully I'll be able to fly out of Dulles on Monday. I'm guessing yes.

(5 weeks off? Holy crap, I wish!)

I'm guessing yes you'll get out of Dulles on Monday. I'm just northwest of there, and though my road hasn't been plowed yet (I doubt it will be for awhile), conditions are good for snowmoving.

/tk

[MacroGuru]

Hopefully I'll be able to fly out of Dulles on Monday. I'm guessing yes.

(5 weeks off? Holy crap, I wish!)

Yeah...but working commission sales I have no money coming in, but with the type of work we do, it's completely dead for the next 5 weeks.

[claphamsa]

I'm guessing yes you'll get out of Dulles on Monday. I'm just northwest of there, and though my road hasn't been plowed yet (I doubt it will be for awhile), conditions are good for snowmoving.

/tk
im driving my roommate to DCA in a couple hours.... metro isnt running above ground, not sure how im gonna get to work tomorrow :P

[SirFozzie]

16-17 inches of snow here in Southeastern MA

[Ironhead]

Here in our part of South Jersey, we got between 20-24 inches. My wife & I already shoveled the driveway once yesterday, but you wouldn't know if you looked at it this morning. :eek:

That is why I waited until early this morning and did it all at once. :p

[Alan T]

Final snow fall total in Central massachusetts ended up only being I think 6 inches. Not a very big snowstorm here at all. Rhode Island got destroyed though, just about 40 minutes from me.

[BishopMVP]

About 10-15 inches overhere in the Netherlands, about the most in a decade or two, at least as far as I can remember.Aah, the curse of global warming delegates. Every time they have a conference unusually wintry weather follows. ;)

(I know Copenhagen is in Denmark, but it's close enough.)

[MIJB#19]

Aah, the curse of global warming delegates. Every time they have a conference unusually wintry weather follows. ;)

(I know Copenhagen is in Denmark, but it's close enough.)Well, there are reports of a closed Canal tunnel (between England and France) and airports in Belgium and Germany. Copenhagen isn't much further away, so it isn't such a longshot. ;)

[claphamsa]

metro is still closed.... OPM calls it! SNOW DAY!!!

im essential disaster personal, no snow day for me. :(

[bulletsponge]

god damned global warming!

[terpkristin]

metro is still closed.... OPM calls it! SNOW DAY!!!

im essential disaster personal, no snow day for me. :(

That sucks, be safe. My work will probably be on tomorrow (we go by Fairfax County government), but I honestly don't know that I'll be able to get onto my street from my driveway...and if I do, I don't have much hope that I'll be able to get back up the hill to my house at night. I just got back from BW3 with a friend who has a 4WD vehicle, I made him come and pick me up. Even with 4WD on, he was having problems going up and down the hill to my house. My Mazda 3 doesn't stand much of a chance. Of course, if I do manage to get out, the main roads are pretty alright, 7 and 28 were ok enough I wouldn't be too worried about being on them.

We'll see. Luckily, I should be able to work from home.

/tk

[claphamsa]

That sucks, be safe. My work will probably be on tomorrow (we go by Fairfax County government), but I honestly don't know that I'll be able to get onto my street from my driveway...and if I do, I don't have much hope that I'll be able to get back up the hill to my house at night. I just got back from BW3 with a friend who has a 4WD vehicle, I made him come and pick me up. Even with 4WD on, he was having problems going up and down the hill to my house. My Mazda 3 doesn't stand much of a chance. Of course, if I do manage to get out, the main roads are pretty alright, 7 and 28 were ok enough I wouldn't be too worried about being on them.

We'll see. Luckily, I should be able to work from home.

/tk


allthe roads around here are fine! no problems anywhere......

but metro is closed.... :(

[Pumpy Tudors]

Here's my adventure from the weekend:

I planned to go to Hershey, PA, with my wife on Saturday afternoon. We were going to see a hockey game on Saturday night, a hockey game on Sunday night, and then we'd drive home Monday afternoon. The drive normally takes us about 3.5 hours. The Saturday game started at 7:00. We leave our town at 2:00, and the roads in town are a little crummy, but 95% of the drive is on the turnpike or the interstate. We figured we'd be fine.

We figured wrong.

Traffic on the turnpike was going 30 MPH at best, and the road was so snow-covered that we couldn't see the lines on the road. I had no idea which lane I was driving on sometimes, and it was getting dark and my visibility was damn near nil. I stopped at pretty much every rest stop on the turnpike just to collect myself, as that kind of driving required a mental focus that I don't normally have. We ended up not getting to the Hershey area until 8:30, and the roads in town were NASTY. Ice, snow, the works. We were trying to climb a hill to get to our hotel, and we ended up skidding all over the place. We ended up missing Saturday's game. Fortunately, we'll be able to exchange the tickets for any home game later in the season, but we would have to drive for over 3 hours again, and we'd have to hope that the game isn't sold out by the time we get there. Not sure if we'll even bother.

We did make it to Sunday's game, and we managed to get home without incident. Saturday was a hell of a day, though, and it deters me from paying in advance for winter activities (like a hockey game in Hershey) ever again. You just never know when you'll run into a mess like that.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Looks like KC's going to get hit by this next storm rolling through. Thunderstorms today followed by 5-10 inches of blowing snow starting at 6:00 PM on Christmas Eve.

I'm planning on putting landing lights on the roof so Santa can see where the hell he's going.

[claphamsa]

were supposed to have 45 and rain...... that will get rid of the snow FAST!

[CamEdwards]

I'm bummed that I missed Dutch in the northern Virginia area.

Here's my snow story: we took the kids down to Williamsburg, VA on Thursday night, and right after we got to the hotel I saw the weather report predicting the Blizzard on Saturday... which is when we were supposed to leave. I managed to get two extra hotel rooms for Saturday night, and we drove back on Sunday morning.

The best part of the whole experience was Friday night, when Williamsburg got about 4 inches of snow. We spent the afternoon in the hotel's water park, then had dinner and bundled up for a snowball fight in the hotel parking lot. That was a fun and unique experience.

The worst part of the whole experience was my wife getting stuck in traffic on I-95 for six hours on Sunday with both 4-year olds in the car. I, on the other hand, managed to ditch the interstate and made it back home in about 3 1/2 hours... plenty of time to shovel the driveway before my wife made it back.

[JPhillips]

How did you convince your wife to let you drive separately while she had two four year olds in the car? I'd like some pointers.

[Dutch]

I'm bummed that I missed Dutch in the northern Virginia area.

Wow, Burke is right next to where my folks live too. (Oakton, VA)

I spent Sunday morning shovelling snow for my folks and some elderly neighbors.

My Blizzard '09 Horror Story: Monday I jumped on a plane to Germany but my suitcase filled with Christmas presents didn't show up. Hopefully United/Luftansa/somebody call tommorrow. Thankfully my wife and kids would be cool with presents showing up late...at least, I *think* they will be cool with it!

[CamEdwards]

How did you convince your wife to let you drive separately while she had two four year olds in the car? I'd like some pointers.

She didn't want to seperate the little ones, so she took them and our oldest daughter while I got the older boys (18 and 9). We would have taken one car, but soemone sideswiped our minivan a couple of weeks ago and the rental car we were using wasn't big enough for the whole family.