What's the crisis music for a "snow hurricane"?

[Mouse Skywalker]

Awwww, come on!

DW and I are supposed to fly out to Orlando tomorrow (Thursday) morning. This is an adult weekend getaway at Disney for us, as the "cool Aunt" is coming out from Cleveland to watch the girls.

I wake up to the paper this morning to see the following headline on the front page. I kid you not, this is verbatim: "Rochester area braces for snow hurricane".

WTH?? I don't even know what a snow hurricane is. They're calling for at least a foot of snow between Thursday and Friday.

“It’s going to be a very nasty storm," said Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com, a weather service based in State College, Pa.

An AccuWeather press release said the storm “will be nothing short of a monster” and “may seem more like a ‘snow hurricane’ than a blizzard.”

Whipping winds with gusts up to 50 mph are expected in the Rochester region, he said, and could create hazardous driving conditions on tomorrow and Friday.

Wasn't it 50 mph winds that kept the Disney Magic stuck at Castaway Cay? Great.... I'm sure that won't be a problem for the "Cool Aunt" driving over from Cleveland.

I'm hoping we get out tomorrow before the storm hits.

 

[PeterPan09]

 

[ADP]

Awwww, come on!

DW and I are supposed to fly out to Orlando tomorrow (Thursday) morning. This is an adult weekend getaway at Disney for us, as the "cool Aunt" is coming out from Cleveland to watch the girls.

I wake up to the paper this morning to see the following headline on the front page. I kid you not, this is verbatim: "Rochester area braces for snow hurricane".

WTH?? I don't even know what a snow hurricane is. They're calling for at least a foot of snow between Thursday and Friday.

“It’s going to be a very nasty storm," said Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com, a weather service based in State College, Pa.

An AccuWeather press release said the storm “will be nothing short of a monster” and “may seem more like a ‘snow hurricane’ than a blizzard.”

Whipping winds with gusts up to 50 mph are expected in the Rochester region, he said, and could create hazardous driving conditions on tomorrow and Friday.

Wasn't it 50 mph winds that kept the Disney Magic stuck at Castaway Cay? Great.... I'm sure that won't be a problem for the "Cool Aunt" driving over from Cleveland.

I'm hoping we get out tomorrow before the storm hits.

Not that I'm trying to make this sound any worse than it is, but I would assume they mean blizzard. After this winter I've officially "had it." The storm you are bracing for is only dumping an inch or two on us. I sure hope the beginning of March is much more tame than February has been.

Dave - I hope everything works out and you can get out of there, and your "cool aunt" can get out of Cleveland. Pixie Dust your way my brother.

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Not that I'm trying to make this sound any worse than it is, but I would assume they mean blizzard. After this winter I've officially "had it." The storm you are bracing for is only dumping an inch or two on us. I sure hope the beginning of March is much more tame than February has been.

Dave - I hope everything works out and you can get out of there, and your "cool aunt" can get out of Cleveland. Pixie Dust your way my brother.

No, this is different than a blizzard Aaron. The weather guy says so... here's the direct quote.

“may seem more like a ‘snow hurricane’ than a blizzard.”

Whatever, we'll just have to see what happens.

 

[safetymom]

I have been hearing them call it a snow hurricane down here.

 

[ADP]

No, this is different than a blizzard Aaron. The weather guy says so... here's the direct quote.

“may seem more like a ‘snow hurricane’ than a blizzard.”

Whatever, we'll just have to see what happens.

Hmmm... Gotcha. Well, whatever it may be I hope you get out of there and everything works out. You and Dana certainly deserve a nice weekend together. Get out early if you can. Keep us posted.

 

[cruisinpenguin]

If you can......you should leave today just to be on the safe side. We've done that before. Hope all works out for you!!

 

[WaltD4Me]

"Awwwwwww c'mon on!" were my exact words too! We are taking my brother on a suprise trip for his 40th birthday to the Seneca Allegheny casino in New York and I've been watching the weather all week, nothing about a storm until last night. Here in Cleveland, it doesn't look like (so far) that we are going to get it too bad, if your Aunt is driving today it looks like she will be okay. The sun is even out here right now. With luck, it looks like you should be okay to get out early Thursday morning, after that.......
and on the bright side, maybe the "Snow Hurricane" will get you an extra day at Disney

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

Unfortunately we can't really leave earlier. The main problem is Dana's sister driving over from Cleveland to watch the girls. She can't leave until Thursday because she has to teach. That means she'll be driving right into the heart of the storm in a little Toyota Prius - fighting driving snow and 50 mph winds. Uugh...

 

[cruisinpenguin]

dang!

 

[Stacy's a freak]

Dave, that really stinks! Here in the Ithaca area they are only calling for a couple of inches overnight but said that it could get more messy as the day goes on (cruddy for the commute home) for a total of 7 inches-ish. Maybe the worst of it won't hit until you get out? But it figures, ya know? All winter the storms have been mercifully tame for us in central NY. Why now?

I'm hoping for the best for you!

 

[connie1042]

I am all so sick of snow. We can't see to drive around corner,because the snow is to high. You need to be Paul Bunyan to throw the snow you shovel up on the snow banks. March is one of the months we get a lot of snow. I am not sure where we are supposed to put it. The bad thing, is the snow is not melting in between these storms. I am sure a lot of Mn. is going to have flooding. We will be fine, No water around us.

 

[aGoofyMom]

If you can get through the drive, but not the flights, I will remind you we haven't gotten hit as bad up here...
Flights would likely be able to get out of Toronto. (Hamilton doesn't fly to Orlando as often.)

 

[DUHgreg]

As far as I can tell, it's a "snow hurricane" because the winds will be much stronger than a 'normal' blizzard. Lastest projections for our area of western NJ is 12-24 inches of snow. In addition, my law firm is scheduled to move its offices to a new location over the next few days.

 

[disney4dan]

Fight back I say!! I've had all I can take, and I can't take no more!

I just went out with the snowblower and cleared all the snow from around my camper and in front of it. TAKE THAT! I just might put on some bermuda shorts, sunglasses and a Hawaiian print shirt (with Mickey on it of course) and sit out beside that camper with a beverage in hand and camp fire.

Maybe cabin fever is setting in a little??

 

[disney4dan]

As far as I can tell, it's a "snow hurricane" because the winds will be much stronger than a 'normal' blizzard. Lastest projections for our area of western NJ is 12-24 inches of snow. In addition, my law firm is scheduled to move its offices to a new location over the next few days.

See, even God likes to play jokes on lawyers! JK

 

[corky441]

It's always something here in Western NY - we almost didn't make it out for DISapalooza in December.

The Buffalo weather service is saying that we could see 3-4 inches of snow starting in the afternoon here.
With that said - i think "super Aunt" will be able to get to you before it starts to get trecherous on the interstate.

If your flight out is early in the day I don't see any problems -

 

[It'sWDW4me]

They're saying here (south of you) that we're expecting an inch of snow by morning but that the snow hurricane is supposed to hit during the day on Thursday. If you have a morning flight (I hope so) you should be ok. I hope you have a safe flight and a fantastic vacation!

 

[Stacy's a freak]

As far as I can tell, it's a "snow hurricane" because the winds will be much stronger than a 'normal' blizzard. Lastest projections for our area of western NJ is 12-24 inches of snow. In addition, my law firm is scheduled to move its offices to a new location over the next few days.

New location?! I can't even imagine trying that! Eek, the files, the paper, the .... horror!

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

My wife just sent this link to me about the "snow hurricane". The Weather Channel says that's bad meterology.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/hurricane-versus-winter-storm_2010-02-24