The predictions are all over from 3-5" to 12-15" in my area. We got enough to eat and firewood until Wednesday. We are good.
It’s snowing pretty hard here in Chicago. I’m spoiled in this kind of weather: I live downtown with a supermarket across the street, so I don’t have much to worry about.
^^^unless your neighbors wipe the shelves of bread and milk by the end of the day. 
We are in the NY metro area with widely/wildly varying predictions from 6" to 18". Really looking forward to this. 
9-15" inches predicted here. 28 mph winds, too. Looks like my daugher will have a snow day on Tuesday.
We are in a rural area, but we have a generator if the power goes out. It is so beautiful here today! I love snow. 
Stay warm, safe and fed, everyone.
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I’m supposed to fly out of New England mid day tomorrow. Of course the first time in years I will be making a stop (halfway down the coast) before my final destination instead of flying non-stop. Sounds like I may end up spending the night at the airport
I live in Mass. I saw some predictions of 40 inches in Worcester. I’m more towards Boston, and that model predicts ~35. None of their models says less than 15 where I live. Gonna be crazy! 
I see 5-8" on my weather bloggers site but on the Weather Channel have us in the 12"-18". At least I’m inland enough from the coast that the worst winds won’t be here. I will be hacked off it I lose my power in the middle of the AO!
Chocciechip - good luck!
I have been watching reports from our local meteorologist. It seems to keep changing . We are between 4- 18 "
I made the mistake of going to the grocery store today …not because I thought we would starve, but I actually love to cook when there is a storm brewing.
I don’t think I have seen the store so crowded before, except for Hurricane Sandy , when everyone from the beach town over the bridge brought their cars to higher ground ! And the milk was almost gone.
I am hoping for less than more. It’s hard on my short legged dogs . My husband has to shovel paths for them to do their business
Also outside Boston, with predictions of anywhere from 1-3 feet. Most models seem to have us at between 16 and 24 inches. I just went to the store and bought the most important storm essentials-hot chocolate, marshmallows, Bisquick for pancakes, fresh squeezed OJ, and brown sugar for cookie baking.
I’m always amazed at the way even people who grew up in snowy climates treat a 1-2 day snow even as if it necessitates the hoarding of a month’s worth of groceries.
I don’t understand that, either. For me, this is a great chance to clean out the refrigerator eating things that are less wanted.
Would the mail delivery be interrupted due to the storm? My kid’s B-Day is coming up very soon.
Exactly. No one will starve in 2 days. I just like to have enough comfort food to keep everyone snuggled in when the height of the storm makes it impossible to go outside. This one will be a blizzard so there won’t be any real chance for extended outside play until it’s over.
On the other hand, I do prepare for a big storm. I make sure the fireplace is set with wood and I bring a couple of extra loads inside so I don’t have to fetch it when the wind and snow are blowing hard. I also make sure I’ve recorded a couple of fun movies because we’ll undoubtedly lose our satellite connection for most of the day. I make sure we have a couple of shovels in the house so we don’t have to wade through thigh-high snow in order to reach them in the detached garage.
Chocco…the weather is ramping up poorly in the mid to late afternoon here in CT. Hopefully you will be long gone by then!
Our prediction in northern CT is for 1-2 FEET of snow, with blizzard conditions on Monday night into the day on Tuesday. Possible wind gusts up to 50 mph. Frequent gusts to 35 mph.
I’m wondering how fast this storm is going to move.
I did a big shopping last week so have plenty of food in the house already. I even have everything I need to make chocciechip cookies. Yesterday, before we even knew of the storm, we went to Whole Foods to stock up on things H needs to make his soups and I got the gelato I like, so it can snow for days for all I care.
H has to shovel a path for the little dog off the deck and on the lawn. Big dogs just jumps right in.
We are in the 18-24 band, but now they are talking up to 36" in central Fairfield County.
I was in Norton MA in 1978 when we had FOUR FEET of snow plus blowing and drifting. Now THAT was a storm. Met someone last weekend who spent two nights of that storm in a restaurant, apparently with her dogs!
^^Thanks Thumper, but the problem is that I always fly non-stop EXCEPT this flight for tomorrow because the times and prices were better
So I would have been fine if I flew non-stop like every other time I’ve gone. I need to land halfway down the coast and that may not happen
Last year at this time I got stuck flying home, which of course I didn’t mind since I was in much warmer weather!
I’d hate to go halfway and not be allowed to go the whole distance. I guess I’ll know once I hit the airport. Whatever. It’ll be an adventure, I guess. And…I’ve emptied out my fridge in anticipation of my trip so I’ll have to resort to freezer stuff if I can’t get out. Or peanut butter crackers for two days… enjoy your choc chip cookies, emilybee! Send some my way?? =P~
Ah yes…1978. I was working the day that storm began. I went to three schools…and brushed 10 inches or so off of my car each time I got onto it. That night, the roads were not plowed, and a bunch of us went cross country skiing in the street. It was so much fun.
I lived in MA during the blizzard of '78. One of the biggest differences between then and now was the state of weather forecasting. They didn’t have computer modeling and most forecasts called for a simple snowstorm starting in the evening. When the snow started, and then intensified, in the afternoon many people were caught unaware. People hadn’t stayed home from school or work because the skies were clear in the morning and the storm was just expected to be a garden variety New England snowstorm. Instead the system stalled for days and dumped a tremendous amount of snow. I remember kids jumping off the highway overpasses on Route 95 (then 128) into the snow below. We climbed out a second story window so we wouldn’t end up with 2 feet of snow on the kitchen floor when we opened our door.
NYC mayor just posted that schools will likely be closed on Tuesday…in the middle of January regents exams. Stocking up on food just in case!
In 1978, I lived in Manhattan. Subways ran just fine and I went to work.