<p>getting ready to go out and plug in the snowblower (LOL, yes, it electric!). I am also a few miles west of Manhattan…</p>
<p>So my d. is indeed stranded in Philadelphia. That’s okay, she’s borrowed some clothes and some boots, and has gone out sledding this morning. Cancelled her plane reservation, and got one on a train to Amherst tomorrow. E-mailed all her profs. Hey, it’s a lot better than last December, when she was stranded in the Cincy airport for 37 hours, or last summer, when she just missed the train to Gujarat during the monsoon, during which 237 folks on trains drowned. This is a piece of cake! ;)</p>
<p>She’s definitely at Olympic levels of resourcefulness, Mini.</p>
<p>What I’m waiting for is tales of the college kids traying down the local hill, or in my S’s case, the library steps. But I’m betting most of 'em aren’t up yet…;)</p>
<p>Well seeing as there is not activity at Logan Airpot - Boston - and the snow is still blowing hard - could well be a problem getting to Boston today - Sunday - by plane even tho the airport is officially open - not much happening there - lots of cancellations and delays. Boston predicing 15-20inches ++ out of this. This will effect flights all along the east coast for a while.</p>
<p>My poor step mother got cancel’d - was supposed to fly out early this am to FLA to catch a cruise ship - now not leaving til tuesday early am - long round about flight - and then to Puerto Rico - to catch the ship there.</p>
<p>NJres, you’re not the only one with the electric snowblower ;-)</p>
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<p>I was living across the street from Wheaton College in Norton MA during the Blizzard of '78.
We had 48 inches of snow … yes 4 FEET … and I couldn’t <em>find</em> my car, a '65 Mustang. The state was shut down for quite awhile – no cars allowed on the streets as the state commandeered every piece of heavy equipment to move the snow and open up the roads. There were 2500 cars abandoned on Rt 128 (now 95/128 – the loop road around Boston.)</p>
<p>We could <em>walk</em> to the grocery – and since I was running a stable at the time – we could also hitch up the Morgans to the sleigh. I think our pic was in the paper going through the bank drivethrough.</p>
<p>But there’s a reason we still talk about this storm – it’s never happened since! </p>
<p>This was also the year that the Hartford Civic Center collapsed – 2 hrs after the UConn-UMass basketball game – under the weight of the snow and rain, just a few weeks after that blizzard. No one inside at the time, but only 35 undamaged seats in the entire place.</p>
<p>I was in DC in the blizzard of '78. Farmers on tractors, there to protest agricultural policies, gave us rides through the snowbound city. It was FUN!</p>
<p>I’m hearing that the snowfall in Central Park (at 23 inches) is the second largest on record … and it’s still snowing!</p>
<p>We also have 23 inches here in central Fairfield County. And it’s still snowing.</p>
<p>I went sledding - and I’m south of the Mason-Dixon line! Yipee!</p>
<p>“sid19 - I was in Boston for the huge blizzard in the 70’s that closed down the city for a week. They even postponed Valentine’s Day! It was a state of emergency where we weren’t allowed outside the dorms at all. Food and power weren’t a problem. National guard were out on the streets. I still remember one girl in our dorm had a boyfriend from MIT who walked 12 miles in the blizzard to see her. Not a recommended thing to do - he passed out in the lobby.”</p>
<p>Oh my! I cant work out if thats sweet or stupid hehe. Well i am glad that it looks like it wont be so bad this time. That sounds horrible!</p>
<p>I drove into the belly of the beast–NYC-- Saturday morning. We had a lovely afternoon, had to wear sunglasses. Blue sky and sunshine. A few flakes started falling around 4, I guess. No problem walking to dinner, or to the theater, or back to the hotel. It was snowing like crazy by midnight, and intensified overnight. Still, we had no problem making it to a noon appointment today (Sunday) at Juilliard–nothing was cancelled. By the time we left, at about 1:30pm, there was an official measurement of 24.8 inches in Central Park, and it was still snowing like the Colorado Rockies. However, we still had no trouble getting home to Philly. I think we lucked out because the extreme winds that had been predicted never materialized. And a thoughtful neighbor had plowed our driveway when we got home. :)</p>
<p>My kids, who live in the belly of the beast, are having a great time. D knocked a couple teeth loose sledding in Prospect Park (par for the course, for her), and S is on his way out now, either to library steps or Central Park. NYC in snow is a wonderful place!</p>
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It truly is. I got up early, and walked and walked and walked. If you were watching The Weather Channel, you might have even seen me at Times Square, where the camera crew solicited a wave.</p>
<p>Son’s report from Manhattan:</p>
<p>Went with gf into a bar or club a little before midnight, no (or very little) snow on ground. Exited bar a little after 2AM and said there was a foot of snow!
They were lucky to be able to hail a cab.</p>
<p>Was easy for me to dismiss his estimate till I heard Weather Channel said snow was falling at >4 inches per hour at times. </p>
<p>He said Central Park was beautiful…wish I could have been there.</p>
<p>you want to know what we do?
I wasn’t too energetic today- I suppose I could have went jogging around Green lake ;)</p>
<p>but I took a walk with the dog and got some errands done
picked some weeds out of the flower beds so the bulbs coming up will have more room.
Mailed a package to D at school, went to the library, bought a battery for the cell phone-
this is what it looked like in Seattle today-
<a href=“http://community.livejournal.com/seattle/3337147.html[/url]”>http://community.livejournal.com/seattle/3337147.html</a>
I don’t know if we normally count as a warm weather state but since it was 56 deg F and clear- it counts for me!</p>
<p>No snow here!
Today in central coast of Ca. Husband surfed for 4 hours and came home sunburned. Youngest D sat outside reclined in the truck bed reading a book in shorts and a tank top. Me short sleeves and capri pants and sandals. Drove to pick up son at a friend who lives on a hill and could see the Channel Islands.
7:30 and we still can have the doors open.
We are enjoying it. Doesn’t get this good even in summer.
SBMom- did you get out and enjoy the day?</p>
<p>Driver,</p>
<p>I’ll bet I saw you! My favorite channel is definitely The Weather Channel! Glad y’all had fun today!</p>
<p>And it was so warm up in the Sierras that people were skiing in tank tops. Blue sky, white mountains, ahhh. D called to say they had two feet in Princeton and it was still snowing…“Mom, the campus is all snow!”</p>
<p>I also saw the Weather Channel Times Square footage.</p>
<p>We were on the outer edge in Western PA. Lots of snowing with little accumulation. Went for a four mile walk. Went from mild flurries to almost no visibility whiteout, back to mild flurries. Harking back to childhood I did catch snowflakes on my tongue, although I passed on making a snow angel.</p>
<p>EK, Mom60, Alu, so sorry to hear your weather woes. We’ll play in the snow enough for all of you! :)</p>