So who is in the blizzard zone?

banana468

sarahufl said:

Yeah, we only got around 6 inches. What a bust!

Oh well, I will watch Law & Order on my couch instead of working

Some people would be really happy to get 6 inches.

ashley8918

banana468 said:

We are only halfway through the "fun" and this was the view to my backyard 5 min ago

Oh man; looks like you're getting hit hard.

We got about 4 inches overnight. Just enough to be annoying, but not ebough to stay home.

hellosweetie1015

Y'all can send me about 1/2". It would still shut us down. We Alabamians are ridiculous about snow. 

kmmssg

hellosweetie1015 said:

Y'all can send me about 1/2". It would still shut us down. We Alabamians are ridiculous about snow. 

I am from Michigan.  Back in 1987 I went to an Army school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in February.  Well, there was the tiniest dusting of snow - like someone was sprinkling powdered sugar on a cookie.  Talk about pandemonium! It didn't even stick and parents were going crazy that school wasn't called off.  The news was uber dramatic about the horrible weather and I'm wondering what in the hell they are talking about.

huskypuppy14

banana468 said:

We are only halfway through the "fun" and this was the view to my backyard 5 min ago

My deck and backyard pretty much looked the same. We shoveled a path for our puppy, poor thing sunk right into the snow. But it's still snowing hard, so we'll have to go out again. Certainly not a bust here.

porkchops926

It is already up to about 2 feet here, and still supposed to be going hard until like 8pm. God knows how I'm going to shovel this. It is REALLY heavy.

banana468

Yeah. The governor lifted the travel ban for western CT bUT I'm still snowbound inside. Luckily the power is on.

The good news there is that I still get to work out of my house.

jenna8984

I don't think I've seen one this big since middle school....these mailboxes are 3 feet high 

climbingsingle

jenna8984 said:

I don't think I've seen one this big since middle school....these mailboxes are 3 feet high 

Holy cow!

beethery

We've got about 6-7" now.

mrsk616

jenna8984 said:

I don't think I've seen one this big since middle school....these mailboxes are 3 feet high 

stuck in box.

wow. that is a lot. i dont think i have ever seen that much in my area of ohio. i think we would all freak out over that here.

jenna8984

mrsk616 said:

jenna8984 said:

I don't think I've seen one this big since middle school....these mailboxes are 3 feet high 

stuck in box.

wow. that is a lot. i dont think i have ever seen that much in my area of ohio. i think we would all freak out over that here.

yea it's been coming down for 12 hours and my street hasn't been plowed once. I've never seen that happen, usually they keep up with it every few hours. 

beethery

jenna8984 said:

mrsk616 said:

jenna8984 said:

I don't think I've seen one this big since middle school....these mailboxes are 3 feet high 

stuck in box.

wow. that is a lot. i dont think i have ever seen that much in my area of ohio. i think we would all freak out over that here.

yea it's been coming down for 12 hours and my street hasn't been plowed once. I've never seen that happen, usually they keep up with it every few hours. 

Sounds like the DOT from my town has a relative in yours. They haven't done shit here and it's coming down FAST.

mikenberger

I've got a friend that was heading for NYC for business this week. She realized that The Weather Channel was on the plane behind her (She flies from ATL-NYC)... then realized it wasn't Jim Cantore. When Jim is coming your way, you best leave the state. Dude's got moves.

And he's the Grim Reaper of The Weather Channel.

MairePoppy

Yey! We still have our power. There's about 2 feet of snow out there.

chibiyui

I'm kinda sad cause I'm supposed to go to the gym today with friends.....but with the snow, I figured we wouldn't go, so I have beef marinating for a stir fry, but I'm going to look like an ass if I bail....

kat1114

hellosweetie1015 said:

Y'all can send me about 1/2". It would still shut us down. We Alabamians are ridiculous about snow. 

Yes, the desert could also use just a tiny bit of snow. I would love to have a snow day just once. 

sarahufl

mikenberger said:

I've got a friend that was heading for NYC for business this week. She realized that The Weather Channel was on the plane behind her (She flies from ATL-NYC)... then realized it wasn't Jim Cantore. When Jim is coming your way, you best leave the state. Dude's got moves.

And he's the Grim Reaper of The Weather Channel.

lol, I grew up in Florida and now live in NYC. Growing up, we were afraid of Jim bc of hurricanes but now it is the snow. Anytime Jim shows up, you better hunker down!

levieenrose

Sorry if someone has already posted this Onion article, but <<clicky>>.

Cookie Pusher

I'm so disappointed we didn't get any thundersnow. But the power is still on! So yea, bundling up to remove the 2" from the top of my car. Whoo. Hoo.

jenna8984

2.5 hours WITH a snowblower....love him!!!

beethery

Flakes are getting bigger and heavier here. It's gonna get ugly.

MairePoppy

Cookie Pusher said:

I'm so disappointed we didn't get any thundersnow. But the power is still on! So yea, bundling up to remove the 2" from the top of my car. Whoo. Hoo.

We didn't get the thunder snow and green lightning they were predicting, either. Although we got a massive amount of snow, the historical storm didn't live up to the hype. But I'm happy about that.

paperpusher

Not too shabby here.  Didn't think it was going to be bad at all.  Got maybe 4-5?  Sun is out and is melting it already.

Cookie Pusher

MairePoppy said:

Cookie Pusher said:

I'm so disappointed we didn't get any thundersnow. But the power is still on! So yea, bundling up to remove the 2" from the top of my car. Whoo. Hoo.

We didn't get the thunder snow and green lightning they were predicting, either. Although we got a massive amount of snow, the historical storm didn't live up to the hype. But I'm happy about that.

I was reading an article this morning and they said the storm formed further east than they expected and then some air pressure that was inland kept the storm from moving westward as quickly as anticipated - meaning NJ/NYC/CT was pretty much spared but areas north and east of us are getting hit hard.

MairePoppy

Yes, I'm sorry for those that a dealing with that. I heard on the news that Nantucket took a beating and is without power. I know how that is and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 

jenna8984

MairePoppy said:

Yes, I'm sorry for those that a dealing with that. I heard on the news that Nantucket took a beating and is without power. I know how that is and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

 

Yea, my grandparents live on the Cape. They are 88 years old in a house (not a facility). They normally don't get more than 3 inches but they even got 20 inches! 

MairePoppy

Wow, jenna8984, 88 and they're still independent? You come from hardy stock

ohannabelle

All I can say is, who's doing the happy dance that she isn't working for the airline industry anymore?

That would be me.

 I'm not rebooking, watching flights canceled/reinstated/canceled again, listening to how badly planned the reroutes are, hearing people scream about how they haaaaaave to be to work tomorrow without fail (hint- don't travel in January if you can't risk it. Snow happens.) or hunting down translators to explain things to stranded Moravians, or trying to explain how Travelocity/ Expedia/ Cheaptickets has completely effed up your ticket and if I touch it, things will get much, much, worse. 

I just get to marvel at everyone's snow, and enjoy all your Knot weather reports.

amelisha

ohannabelle said:

All I can say is, who's doing the happy dance that she isn't working for the airline industry anymore?

That would be me.

 I'm not rebooking, watching flights canceled/reinstated/canceled again, listening to how badly planned the reroutes are, hearing people scream about how they haaaaaave to be to work tomorrow without fail (hint- don't travel in January if you can't risk it. Snow happens.) or hunting down translators to explain things to stranded Moravians, or trying to explain how Travelocity/ Expedia/ Cheaptickets has completely effed up your ticket and if I touch it, things will get much, much, worse. 

I just get to marvel at everyone's snow, and enjoy all your Knot weather reports.

I'm ex-travel-industry too and I have a serious case of schadenfreude when stuff like this happens. I'm just so glad it's not me...