Who is ready for the blizzard ???

Projections for my area are 20-30" with wind gusts to 50mph. Twenty I can handle no problem, 30 gets to be an especial PITA. Hope my cap don't clog with the high winds and snow cooling off the flue gasses.

Got both snow blowers ready and prep'd the joint to the degree that you can. Time for a drink.

All I've got is a shovel, a POS stove and a $99 HarborFreight genny...and I haven't tested either.

If the meteos know what they are talking about, we get 10" over 24 hours.

Good luck to everyone in the 'Juno zone'

Must be seeing it down there now? It's supposed to hit here early tomorrow morning. We're overdue for some winter, but it doesn't have to hit all at once by the bejeebers. Blizzard warnings are out - the snow is one thing, but I really don't likely the high winds on this open hilltop I'm on.

maple1 said:

Must be seeing it down there now? It's supposed to hit here early tomorrow morning. We're overdue for some winter, but it doesn't have to hit all at once by the bejeebers. Blizzard warnings are out - the snow is one thing, but I really don't likely the high winds on this open hilltop I'm on.

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Started snowing lightly here (LI) at about 8am. Probably had 2-3" over the next 8 hrs but can still see the blacktop on the driveway with the wind blowing it clear. It's picking up now (5pm), winds getting stronger. By 8 we should be into it. Good luck up your way.

Always ready. Stay warm everyone.

BoB

The wind is what makes it un-fun. This was last February at the place I was renting. I couldn't get out the door on that side of the house, but it was down to the grass on the other side. Pushed the snow through the radiator and under the lip of the hood
on my truck and into the engine bay.

Knots said:

The wind is what makes it un-fun. This was last February at the place I was renting. I couldn't get out the door on that side of the house, but it was down to the grass on the other side. Pushed the snow through the radiator and under the lip of the hood
on my truck and into the engine bay.


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Snow is so dry it's blowing everywhere and getting into everything but I see you're familiar with that!

Put in a cord of wood. Two lifts with the tractor. pretripped the 7 1/2ft blower.....ready to roll. But i do have to put on 640 miles in this weather. Part of life.

BTW, a bad storm up here is pain. But I've been in Boston/CT/etc in a bad storm. that is truly not fun. I'll take my punishment up here.

Supposed to get bad overnight in my S/W corner of Ct.....fueled up the truck with more gas than I've had in it since new (never fill it up).....Blower at the ready, an extra wheel barrow full of Oak in the garage. At this time the roads are covered, ordered off the roads at 9pm......not too worried, it's the northeast...it happens, just gotta be ready.....oh yeah....snow rake standing by

Face cord of oak in sun room. 1/2 cord left in basement. Chicken coop tarped over. Wind is starting to howl now. I'm guessing 8-10" so far. My chimney is on the the west side of the house and that's usually where the wind is coming. Mostly fouls my draft. But wind from the east..... So far so good. Stove is drafting like a monster! Sounds a bit like one too!

flyingcow said:

BTW, a bad storm up here is pain. But I've been in Boston/CT/etc in a bad storm. that is truly not fun. I'll take my punishment up here.

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Yep. Up here you just have to deal with the weather. Down there you have to deal with the weather and other things. I don't miss it...

http://weather.cod.edu/satrad/index.php# good stuff here

The wind is the noteworthy component of this storm here. If this keeps up, I won't have to rake the roof. I doubt there'll be a flake left!

Still have power. I made enough coffee for the day, so nothing matters anymore...

Pilgrim Station in Plymouth lost transition line and is now off line, at least with everyone home the power drain may be less.

somewhere around 6 + inches, and still snowing.......happy to see we didn't get hammered overnight....what we have, I can keep up with once I get the snowblower going....won't fire any machine up till 9 or 10am out respect for the neighbors, then probably go back out every few hours

Knots said:

The wind is the noteworthy component of this storm here. If this keeps up, I won't have to rake the roof. I doubt there'll be a flake left!

Still have power. I made enough coffee for the day, so nothing matters anymore...

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Same here - and I just made my first cup.

There's walls of white blowing through my yard - gotta be some HUGE drifts building somewhere.

I took the dog out at 5AM. There wasn't much snow (3-4") but the drifts were already taking shape. It was 21F and the wind was howling, the snow stung my face. We usually walk around for 15 minutes, but today he was all business... 7 minutes! What a great dog, he knows what to do and always delivers in a timely manner.

I generally keep my shop at 45-50 overnight and use the furnace to warm it to 60 before I light the stove. I lit the stove an hour ago. The Classic is rockin' right along at 500F and the room temperature is rising but more slowly than it does in fair weather. The wind is very strong and out of the northeast, the snow is sideways. I haven't checked out the ocean today, but the seas are very high at the navigational markers. And my tracks from the house have been wiped clean. It's beautiful!

"Not fit for man nor beast out" my Dad used to say.



At this rate, I'd guess we'll get the 2 feet although I don't know how anyone would measure it.

Epic meteorologist failure, here. Predictions as of midnight were still 6-12" new snow, and we got less than an inch. How can they be that wrong, less than 12 hours out? It's fun to watch them back-pedal on the news this morning, after two days of hype.

Neighboring NJ governor had to repeal his "state of emergency" declaration. [emoji12]

Well, I'm encouraged that you guys don't seem to be getting what you were supposed to get. Unless that means we will get it instead.

EDIT: Ha. Just heard an update from a weather guy on the radio. Apparently it tracked further east than it was supposed to, and we won't get as much as they thought. Still blizzard warnings due to the wind though.

(Now watch it change again...)

maple1 said:

Well, I'm encouraged that you guys don't seem to be getting what you were supposed to get. Unless that means we will get it instead.

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Ummmm...the wind is slowing somewhat here, but the snow has picked up some. I reckon that's what's getting shipped east.

I think we're getting 2+ in southern Maine. Ship me down some of that good fish chowdah from Nova Scotia and I'll try to hold it off!

Its interesting that the predictions where so wrong in PA and NJ, and apparently ME.. Ive seen the complaints on other boards as well. Here in eastern mass they where pretty much spot on. 2 feet and counting.