Who else is going to get the blizzard?

[ellone]

CT here - we are supposed to get 18-24". Husband got an e-mail that work will have delayed opening at 10 am which is funny since we have a statewide travel ban until further notice (he works at an insurance company).

 

[Marionnette]

Philadelphia here. A lot of hype and very little snow. The newscasters are all standing around outside with nothing to report about. Thankful that we "dodged a bullet". Good luck to those of you in New England. You handle snow so much better than we do. I hope you'll be okay.

 

[roadtripper]

Central MA in the snow belt. According to Channel 5, we have 29 inches already and expecting another 8-10. The drifts are 5 feet near my back door. Luckily, we still have power so I can dream about being in WDW in 3 weeks!

 

[figment3258]

Central MA here. 18-24 inches according to one channel. No school for all of us today. Let's see what tomorrow brings!!

what town? here in central ma too

 

[KayW]

Rutland. No school again for us! I am sure I will be complaining in June though.

 

[MISSYLEXI]

Checking in from NH! 18-24 inches expected. No school today or tomorrow.

 

[Neesy228]

We are in Central PA and the snow seemed to hit us twice - both at bad times, sunday night into monday and late last night into this morning - and our kids have had two snow days. We ended up with about 9 inches on the ground and it has ended for us. Stay safe everyone.

 

[hmack]

Central Mainer checking in.

It just keeps snowing and gusting..snowing and gusting..and repeat...

I work for a college, we were closed today (along with everyone else) and are not slated to reopen until 11:00 tomorrow to allow for time for snow removal.

Hope everyone is inside and cozy.

 

[scard192]

30" here in my town, about the same as we got in February 2013

 

[Ranger111]

So, a serious, HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL

Plus a question from someone on the WEST COAST.

Here in Western Oregon (Eugene -- GO University of Oregon Ducks), we seldom get snow. And when we do, maybe once or twice a winter 3 inches or so.

The snow we do get is always very wet, very heavy and horrible to drive in or to shovel. It almost always causes power outages.

Every three to five years, we get a foot to two feet of this wet muck in one heavy snowfall. That causes real power issues, etc.

This usually covers the entire major population corridor from Portland to Roseburg along Interstate 5. This never merits much of a blip on the national news and no horror stories in the national media. We just deal with it.

My question, I guess, is that I thought you folks on the Eastern Seaboard were used to lots of snow?

Am I mistaken? Or is it just sort of like our usual fall/winter/spring rain in the Pacific Northwest?

Here it rains constantly from September through May, but it is usually just light rain 24/7. So, is what you guys get "light snow" throughout the winter months, so the heavy stuff throws a wrench into things?

 

[ShayBells]

We are in Central PA and the snow seemed to hit us twice - both at bad times, sunday night into monday and late last night into this morning - and our kids have had two snow days. We ended up with about 9 inches on the ground and it has ended for us. Stay safe everyone.

I'm central PA too! It's suppose to come again this weekend eek! But my kid only had a two hour delay today. I was scared driving into work and I have four wheel drive. His school district is nuts!!

 

[KayW]

So, a serious, HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL

Plus a question from someone on the WEST COAST.

Here in Western Oregon (Eugene -- GO University of Oregon Ducks), we seldom get snow. And when we do, maybe once or twice a winter 3 inches or so.

The snow we do get is always very wet, very heavy and horrible to drive in or to shovel. It almost always causes power outages.

Every three to five years, we get a foot to two feet of this wet muck in one heavy snowfall. That causes real power issues, etc.

This usually covers the entire major population corridor from Portland to Roseburg along Interstate 5. This never merits much of a blip on the national news and no horror stories in the national media. We just deal with it.

My question, I guess, is that I thought you folks on the Eastern Seaboard were used to lots of snow?

Am I mistaken? Or is it just sort of like our usual fall/winter/spring rain in the Pacific Northwest?

Here it rains constantly from September through May, but it is usually just light rain 24/7. So, is what you guys get "light snow" throughout the winter months, so the heavy stuff throws a wrench into things?

We are very used to snow, but 20-30 inches over the course of 1 day is a lot. We have a driving ban-no one on the road except for essential employees. Not sure when it will be lifted for my part of the state. Looks like the fluffy stuff, but on the coast it is bad.

 

[hmack]

Ranger111 - I think that one of the factors that made this storm so dangerous, at least in our region, was/is the high wind combined with the snow. As you can imagine the constant high winds coupled with very low temps make loss of electricity a high probability and that can be difficult for seniors to manage. Also the blowing and drifting snow makes for a bad combination of low-visibility and nearly impossible road maintenance.

That, and I think the media just likes a good weather story to get us all excited.

We had no school today and the school just called to cancel school for tomorrow. I'm guessing that tomorrow's cancellation comes down to road maintenance in our 8-town school district that has a LOT of backroads.

 

[mrsboz]

Yes, we are used to snow but not two to three feet at once. Rain you can drive through. Two to three feet of snow is not easy to drive through and the plows can't keep up with it. It is still snowing here and has been snowing since four yesterday. There is a parking ban in effect and the wind is causing blizzard like conditions. you definitely can't compare light rain to heavy snow. Everything is shut down. They have already shut down school for tomorrow. I don't mind it though. it's nice to bordered up. Snow removal process is another story. it is very hard to shovel all this snow off the driveway and deck.

 

[Ranger111]

Yes, we are used to snow but not two to three feet at once. Rain you can drive through. Two to three feet of snow is not easy to drive through and the plows can't keep up with it. It is still snowing here and has been snowing since four yesterday. There is a parking ban in effect and the wind is causing blizzard like conditions. you definitely can't compare light rain to heavy snow. Everything is shut down. They have already shut down school for tomorrow. I don't mind it though. it's nice to bordered up. Snow removal process is another story. it is very hard to shovel all this snow off the driveway and deck.

Sorry, I may not have been clear. I would never compare rain to snow....

I just was trying to say .... oh, well...basically, I guess you get light snow on a regular basis, just as the Northwest gets light rain on a regular basis....anyway, good luck with that stuff..[

 

[mrsboz]

yup you're right. We usually only will get maybe three to seven inches at once. Manageable. But this amount definitely shuts everything down. At least we're at the end of January - spring isn't that far away and neither is my Disney trip. Wish I was there now....

 

[bleubell]

Another Mainer here. We're almost at 30".

 

[ah10is]

Another Mainer here. We're almost at 30".

 

[MinnieForMe]

32 inches here in New Hampshire and it's still snowing. It's insane!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Well, I can still see out my windows



















+-75 feet up . What I can see, maybe 18"? Snow is up to picnic bench seats. But I haven't tried going outside yet. Waiting for the wind to die down. Maybe Friday.