<p>One of the best things they did with our development was to put the power lines underground. Often the rest of the town would be without power but somehow our neighborhood will still be OK. It does happen but quite rare. </p>
<p>We have a gas stove in our basement so if power does go out, it is still able to keep part of the house warm. One time when the kids were little and we lost power, we set up a tent in the basement and all camped downstairs. It was actually fun until the 3rd day or so. Now that they are older I doubt it would be that much fun. I think that is also when I would throw in the towel and head to a hotel.</p>
<p>If any of you do loose power and have to go to a hotel, don’t forget to put your faucets on a small drip to prevent pipes from freezing.</p>
<p>We also have our power lines underground. While the rest of the town and area has had major power outages for days on end over the past 3 years - not us. We never lose power when the weather is bad but on sunny days - that’s a different matter.</p>
<p>Our power lines are underground in our development. But for some reason we lose power quite frequently during storms (sometimes for days). The power company can’t seem to be able to figure out why this keeps happening.</p>
<p>Re: generators. We live in the woods. After the last three day outage we bought a generator large enough to power our fridge, some lights, our well pump and heat alternating, and a small radio.</p>
<p>Southern NH. I think it unlikely that we will lose power but we have several backup sites available. Flurries here. Office has about 10% of people in. Most are working from home. I’m planning to leave around 1 PM.</p>
<p>Edit: we have underground power and PSNH has done a lot of work beefing up the grid because of the 2011 Snowtober and 2012 storms. One good thing about a big storm is that a lot of things that will fail, fail, and then get fixed.</p>
<p>My CA raised daughter planned this weekend home to thaw from the Vermont winter. Her plane made it out this morning, and we’ll spend the weekend outside in the relatively balmy weather.</p>
<p>I did notice flight cancellations were very dependent on the airline. United cancelled everything out of BTV today. USair only cancelled flights to New York.</p>
<p>I had a Nature’s Path Toaster Pastry (Chocolate last night in Boston). I was very, very hungry and my son had one at his apartment. They’re from Whole Foods and all natural so they can’t be bad, right?</p>
<p>Pop-Tarts provide a lot of calories in a dense form. Probably good for camping.</p>
<p>DH just texted a photo out the plane window at the airport in Providence, RI. Looks like he will escape before the blizzard! </p>
<p>We have a generator after the weird storm in June. I had just purchased hundreds of dollars worth of food for the fridge and freezer. I decided it was worth it to get something that would power the appliances. We’ve lost power several times and DH is handy so can fix it if there’s a problem. We were popular with the neighbors since we helped power several neighbor’s fridges also!</p>
I got caught in this last night as well. The Mass Pike was bumper-to-bumper for at least 25 miles. It’s like everyone decided to get out of town last night.</p>
<p>Intermitent snowfall in the Hudson Valley this morning. In lower Manhattan it’s a messy rain right now. Dreading the commute tonight. No way will I stop in the supermarket tonight. Too many “end of the world” types clogging the aisles.</p>
<p>Only very light snow that started about an hour ago in the Hartford area. DH decided to go to work for the morning. </p>
<p>Thursday is our usual day for grocery shopping, but the stores were more crowded than usual yesterday. We only bought what we would’ve purchased anyway…we have enough bread, PB, tuna in the house anyway.</p>
<p>We have a tree limb that was broken by the October 2011 snowstorm that remained lodged in the tree until Sandy. Now it swings in the tree (reminds me of some sort of medieval torture device) but hasn’t come down. Maybe the blizzard will finally dislodge it.</p>
<p>In my neighborhood grocery store, I can’t find a parking place whenever a storm is forcasted. We are not in the woods. The township clears up the road in a day or two at most usually on the same day. I don’t understand the need to hoard food. Booze on the other hand…</p>
<p>Light snow in Westchester co. Supposed to be like this for most of the day and get worse late afternoon. Roads are fine. They salted them several time over night.</p>
<p>Light snow in central NJ since early this morning, little accumulation so far. Supposed to turn to rain, but not happening yet. I ran errands early, found back-ups at gas station with folks filling gas cans for snow blowers and generators. </p>
<p>S has two important interviews today, driving to them in AWD vehicle, in northern NJ late morning and Staten Island early afternoon. I am nervous for a lot of reasons!</p>
<p>Perhaps hoarding is a natural instinct. Right before a storm, the birds always go crazy with the bird feeder and crab apple tree in our back yard. It’s like a feeding frenzy. Anyone see this too?</p>
<p>So perhaps we do too with food meant for the good of humans - chips, doritos, pop tarts, ice cream, wine, beer, etc. LOL. I’m actually planning to make butternut squash soup tonight. Nothing better than soup on a cold, snowy day!</p>
<p>It is starting to come down steadily now – NW Boston suburbs</p>
<p>Snow picking up from very light flurries to light but steady snow. It’s light and powdery which will make it easier to deal with.</p>
<p>We keep about 25 pounds of rice in the house. We also have the usual canned goods and dry goods. We should be fine - we’re just a bit short on meat - I may try to pick some up today.</p>