Blizzard of '13

August · 02-08-13, 10:54 PM

We're up to about 18 inches fallen so far and it's snowing and blowing to heck out there. We've lost power three times but it came right back.

I was almost finished the driveway and gust hit me that was so strong it would have knocked me over if i wasn't anchored to the snowblower.

Whoo whoo! I love New England!

AVGWarhawk · 02-08-13, 11:03 PM

Wicked sta-hm, huh?

Takeda Shingen · 02-08-13, 11:19 PM

Snow's almost done here, with about an inch on the ground. I'll shovel it tomorrow morning, but it won't be enough work to count for my exercise for the day, so I'll have to hit the stationary bike later. I am very glad that I don't have the snow that New England is getting.

Gargamel · 02-08-13, 11:40 PM

ITS SNOW. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH. DEAL WITH IT!

sigh.............

(aimed not any poster, but all those whiny people on TV)

Complaining about snow in the north is like moving to California and complaining about earthquakes.

August · 02-09-13, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel

ITS SNOW. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH. DEAL WITH IT!

sigh.............

(aimed not any poster, but all those whiny people on TV)

Complaining about snow in the north is like moving to California and complaining about earthquakes.

Who's complaining? I love blizzards. Snow is why I live in New England.

tater · 02-09-13, 12:24 AM

Wish we'd get a good storm this season here. My sister and dad are getting dumped on in CT.

Jimbuna · 02-09-13, 07:21 AM

We have 3-4 inches forecast in the next day or so in Northern UK so we should be thankful....we're not getting anything like in August area.

u crank · 02-09-13, 08:01 AM

We are getting the same stuff that August is getting. It's a big system, stretching from NYC to Newfoundland, about 1000 km. We are dead centre. Expecting up to 40cm, 15 inches, in the next 24 hours. It's a nor'easter, the worst kind. The only upside is the temperature. It's only -9C, 16F. Two nights ago it was -24C, with a wind chill of -38C.

I hate winter.

Wolferz · 02-09-13, 08:24 AM

It amazes me, August,
How the media senationalizes the weather. Spewing their dire predictions of the severity and then naming... snow storms? Who the heck are they trying to scare and why? New Englanders see this every year. It's like... normal. I mean, it's nice to get the heads up on approaching weather.
But sending talking heads out to report live? Then act like they've never seen it before? I haven't even looked outside yet.
Even Hawaiians see snow...at the top of a volcano. Granted, not many of them hang out up there to watch it fall.
I once met a TAC sergeant at Fort Lost In The Woods who was from Hawaii. He told us of one of his cousins coming through that station who woke everybody up to see some newly fallen snow outside. His excitement ended after he finished shoveling.

I refuse to break my back to shovel it. Nature put it there and she can take it away!

Armistead · 02-09-13, 09:08 AM

I'm with you Wolferz, I don't shovel snow, let the sun melt it.

tater · 02-09-13, 10:21 AM

Just talked to my dad in Guilford and he has 34".

Sailor Steve · 02-09-13, 11:26 AM

I vividly remember the winter of 1977-78. New Englanders were calling it the worst winter on record. People in rural areas were dying due to the lack of oil and coal.

Here in Utah, however, we were asking "What winter?" Salt Lake City got no snow at all that year, and temperatures rarely dropped below 50. We have seven ski resorts, and all of them were suffering. Snow-making equipment wasn't fully developed yet, and we had none. A couple of hotels in Park City went out of business. In a sense it was a terrible winter for us too, just not the same way.

This winter has been pretty good for us, so it's not a repeat of that year. I just hope people in the rural northeast are alright.

yubba · 02-09-13, 12:52 PM

80 degrees here at Cape Canaveral, you all act like you never seen snow, it's winter, we only had 2 days of it here, as I recall this is the nicest winter so far here, maybe I go to the beach and look at some bikinies.

August · 02-09-13, 01:01 PM

While I share Wolferz's disdain for media sensationalism I must admit the state making it a big deal and forcing everyone off the roads by 4pm made a huge difference.

That was the big problem in'78. Everyone knew a storm was coming but nobody realized how intense it would be. Thousands were caught on the roads and highways leaving them choked with abandoned vehicles which enormously complicated clearing and rescue effort.

Another thing we had going for us this time is the previous big storms have already knocked down most of the trees likely to fall on the electrical lines. Power outages were pretty much limited to the cape and south shore where the the snow was a lot wetter and heavier.

eddie · 02-09-13, 01:16 PM

But its got to be pure hell for those who haven't recovered yet from the hurricane.

02-08-13, 10:54 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,214 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Blizzard of '13 We're up to about 18 inches fallen so far and it's snowing and blowing to heck out there. We've lost power three times but it came right back. I was almost finished the driveway and gust hit me that was so strong it would have knocked me over if i wasn't anchored to the snowblower. Whoo whoo! I love New England! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-08-13, 11:03 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,275 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Wicked sta-hm, huh? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-08-13, 11:40 PM	#4
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	ITS SNOW. YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH. DEAL WITH IT! sigh............. (aimed not any poster, but all those whiny people on TV) Complaining about snow in the north is like moving to California and complaining about earthquakes. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

02-09-13, 12:24 AM	#6
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Wish we'd get a good storm this season here. My sister and dad are getting dumped on in CT. __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

02-09-13, 07:21 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,630 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	We have 3-4 inches forecast in the next day or so in Northern UK so we should be thankful....we're not getting anything like in August area. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-08-13, 11:19 PM	#3
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Snow's almost done here, with about an inch on the ground. I'll shovel it tomorrow morning, but it won't be enough work to count for my exercise for the day, so I'll have to hit the stationary bike later. I am very glad that I don't have the snow that New England is getting.

02-09-13, 08:01 AM	#8
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,746 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	We are getting the same stuff that August is getting. It's a big system, stretching from NYC to Newfoundland, about 1000 km. We are dead centre. Expecting up to 40cm, 15 inches, in the next 24 hours. It's a nor'easter, the worst kind. The only upside is the temperature. It's only -9C, 16F. Two nights ago it was -24C, with a wind chill of -38C. I hate winter. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

02-09-13, 08:24 AM	#9
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Talking heads bla bla bla It amazes me, August, How the media senationalizes the weather. Spewing their dire predictions of the severity and then naming... snow storms? Who the heck are they trying to scare and why? New Englanders see this every year. It's like... normal. I mean, it's nice to get the heads up on approaching weather. But sending talking heads out to report live? Then act like they've never seen it before? I haven't even looked outside yet. Even Hawaiians see snow...at the top of a volcano. Granted, not many of them hang out up there to watch it fall. I once met a TAC sergeant at Fort Lost In The Woods who was from Hawaii. He told us of one of his cousins coming through that station who woke everybody up to see some newly fallen snow outside. His excitement ended after he finished shoveling. I refuse to break my back to shovel it. Nature put it there and she can take it away! __________________ Tomorrow never comes

02-09-13, 09:08 AM	#10
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I'm with you Wolferz, I don't shovel snow, let the sun melt it. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

02-09-13, 10:21 AM	#11
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Just talked to my dad in Guilford and he has 34". __________________ "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine

02-09-13, 11:26 AM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I vividly remember the winter of 1977-78. New Englanders were calling it the worst winter on record. People in rural areas were dying due to the lack of oil and coal. Here in Utah, however, we were asking "What winter?" Salt Lake City got no snow at all that year, and temperatures rarely dropped below 50. We have seven ski resorts, and all of them were suffering. Snow-making equipment wasn't fully developed yet, and we had none. A couple of hotels in Park City went out of business. In a sense it was a terrible winter for us too, just not the same way. This winter has been pretty good for us, so it's not a repeat of that year. I just hope people in the rural northeast are alright. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-09-13, 12:52 PM	#13
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Nice en toasty here 80 degrees here at Cape Canaveral, you all act like you never seen snow, it's winter, we only had 2 days of it here, as I recall this is the nicest winter so far here, maybe I go to the beach and look at some bikinies.

02-09-13, 01:01 PM	#14
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,214 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	While I share Wolferz's disdain for media sensationalism I must admit the state making it a big deal and forcing everyone off the roads by 4pm made a huge difference. That was the big problem in'78. Everyone knew a storm was coming but nobody realized how intense it would be. Thousands were caught on the roads and highways leaving them choked with abandoned vehicles which enormously complicated clearing and rescue effort. Another thing we had going for us this time is the previous big storms have already knocked down most of the trees likely to fall on the electrical lines. Power outages were pretty much limited to the cape and south shore where the the snow was a lot wetter and heavier. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-09-13, 01:16 PM	#15
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	But its got to be pure hell for those who haven't recovered yet from the hurricane.