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Big storm coming- best wishes for our East Coast friends.

brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,084
edited February 2013 in A Moving Train
Been reading about the big storm coming to the east coast of the US and just wanted to put out goods thoughts for the safety of our east coast friends. Be safe, keep us posted.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,183
    Thanks. My office is closing at 1pm EST and we are already closed tomorrow. This is the real deal.
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  • fifefife Posts: 3,327
    how much snow you guys getting in boston?

    here in toronto we are getting between 30-35 cm.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,183
    24-36 inches or 2-3 feet. And the wind gusts of up to 65mph are going to blow it all over. This is a night to just stay home once you get home.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    And here in LA, they're panicking about rain!

    Hope you all keep safe out there, and are well-stocked on food and other supplies.
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,036
    Stay safe! My good thoughts are with you all!
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  • even flow - question markeven flow - question mark Posts: 1,568
    Coming???? Dude it's been here since yesterday and as I look out my window, it is still falling.

    Thank you all the same.

    The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08

  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    New York aint got shit so far :fp: come on you Fuck of a Storm i want to go home :evil: :evil: :evil:
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    We got about 3 ft dumped on us about two weeks ago......

    I was 15 mins late for work the one day when a Nissan Xterra rolled in front of me. No closings though.
  • barger395barger395 Posts: 855
    hedonist wrote:
    And here in LA, they're panicking about rain!

    Hope you all keep safe out there, and are well-stocked on food and other supplies.

    +1

    Cheers and be well!!
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  • pj1981pj1981 Posts: 288
    I know it's a pain in the ass but kind of exciting at the same time
    stay safe folks, make a snow angel for me :)
  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    It is weird how just about everyone in the country understands what a bad thunderstorm is and can even empathize when flooding occurs from a hurricane, but probably over half the country will never experience the full force of a blizzard and has no ability to understand what it is like.

    Snow is a bastard and those shots on tv don't do it justice!

    Not sure what the temperatures are dropping to out there, but stay inside. I had a friend lose two toes because of an ill-timed snowmobile outing in a blizzard. Got lost and turned around in the snow and had to wait it out. I don't know if there is anything more disorienting and panic inducing than zero-visibility due to snow.

    Good luck and hunker down with plenty of water and batteries. Seems like every time it thinks about storming out there the power goes out.

    I feel sorry for all the sandy victims that are having to weather this storm out in unfamiliar territory.

    Stay safe!
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  • fifefife Posts: 3,327
    JimmyV wrote:
    24-36 inches or 2-3 feet. And the wind gusts of up to 65mph are going to blow it all over. This is a night to just stay home once you get home.


    wow that about 60 cm. stay warm.
  • StillHereStillHere Posts: 7,795
    Here in PA most schools were closed today, but here in the Schuylkill River Valley we have only gotten rain and a little sleet so far. All the municipal and school activities are being halted at 5 pm..no evening activities...just when the ice/snow is scheduled to roll into our area.

    Good Luck BOSTON!
    You guys are used to it though right?
    peace,
    jo

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  • even flow - question markeven flow - question mark Posts: 1,568
    Been watching peeps trying to get out of the parking lot here at work for the last couple of hours. I sure hope the train dosen't have that problem. So I can get home to a nice, warm, natural fire.

    Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!! :P

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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,084
    pj1981 wrote:
    I know it's a pain in the ass but kind of exciting at the same time
    stay safe folks, make a snow angel for me :)

    I spend a couple of years in Western New York State right off Lake Erie in the seventies and one of the things I liked about the area were the big freaky storms. I stood by the lake one time facing the north at a 90 degree angle while 100MPH winds kept me from falling on my face. That same storm blew freezing muddy water on all the houses along the lake and the next morning they all looked like gingerbread houses. The ice storms were very strange, especially when the transformers started coming down and making purple explosions on the streets. One storm brought lightening that looked like strobe lights and another time I watched a ball of lightening roll around a house I was visiting in and when it finished circling the house it erupted into God-like thunder. My brother-in-law was walking home once one winter and kicked something along the way. He cleared the snow away and realized it was the top of a street light.

    Yeah, it was pretty cool but I was young, daring and reckless. So be safe folks!
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    So they cancelled school here at 5:30 am. It's been lightly snowing all day til an hour ago, and it has stopped altogether. Remind me why school was cancelled? When I was a kid, they only cancelled school if it was really bad out, and now they cancel because of a prediction that cannot ever be 100% accurate! Public education is bad enough in this country and then it just gets worse by not even opening the school...

    (Just had to rant about that...)
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    brianlux wrote:
    I spend a couple of years in Western New York State right off Lake Erie in the seventies and one of the things I liked about the area were the big freaky storms. I stood by the lake one time facing the north at a 90 degree angle while 100MPH winds kept me from falling on my face. That same storm blew freezing muddy water on all the houses along the lake and the next morning they all looked like gingerbread houses. The ice storms were very strange, especially when the transformers started coming down and making purple explosions on the streets. One storm brought lightening that looked like strobe lights and another time I watched a ball of lightening roll around a house I was visiting in and when it finished circling the house it erupted into God-like thunder. My brother-in-law was walking home once one winter and kicked something along the way. He cleared the snow away and realized it was the top of a street light.

    Yeah, it was pretty cool but I was young, daring and reckless. So be safe folks!
    This sounds like a 70's story ;) vivid pictures in my head :lol: thanks Brian

    We'll be glued to the Weather Channel tonight ...
    I hope the media is hyping it some and it's not real bad for those affected. Thoughts and prayers ...
    Be safe everyone!
  • jethrojam420jethrojam420 Foxborough MA Posts: 1,075
    Jeanwah wrote:
    So they cancelled school here at 5:30 am. It's been lightly snowing all day til an hour ago, and it has stopped altogether. Remind me why school was cancelled? When I was a kid, they only cancelled school if it was really bad out, and now they cancel because of a prediction that cannot ever be 100% accurate! Public education is bad enough in this country and then it just gets worse by not even opening the school...

    (Just had to rant about that...)



    Here they cancelled school today before the storm more or less to convince people to stay at home. Weather forecasting is 20x better than even 10 years ago; it seems to me that they are confident that even if they are wrong, we will still get a foot plus.... Currently the Gov has banned all driving past 4pm (its 445 now) because the driving is starting to get bad. Of course, my wife just left to go to work, her typical commute of 45 minutes will be who knows (she is a 911 dispatcher so cannot call out).
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,084
    pandora wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    I spend a couple of years in Western New York State right off Lake Erie in the seventies and one of the things I liked about the area were the big freaky storms. I stood by the lake one time facing the north at a 90 degree angle while 100MPH winds kept me from falling on my face. That same storm blew freezing muddy water on all the houses along the lake and the next morning they all looked like gingerbread houses. The ice storms were very strange, especially when the transformers started coming down and making purple explosions on the streets. One storm brought lightening that looked like strobe lights and another time I watched a ball of lightening roll around a house I was visiting in and when it finished circling the house it erupted into God-like thunder. My brother-in-law was walking home once one winter and kicked something along the way. He cleared the snow away and realized it was the top of a street light.

    Yeah, it was pretty cool but I was young, daring and reckless. So be safe folks!
    This sounds like a 70's story ;) vivid pictures in my head :lol: thanks Brian

    We'll be glued to the Weather Channel tonight ...
    I hope the media is hyping it some and it's not real bad for those affected. Thoughts and prayers ...
    Be safe everyone!

    Yeah, it's a wonder I can remember all those detail, huh? :lol:

    Yes, best of luck to all our east coast friends.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,615
    got a total of 27 inches shoveled yesterday & today schools are closed for tomorrow ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
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