Bracing for the Blizzard?

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<p>I also was in Boston (lived in Cambridge) for the Blizzard of '78. </p>

<p>I have a 17 year old in NYC going to college and I did talk to her tonight. She grew up in Vermont in the mountains where we get a lot of snow (usually but not so much this year) and she did say that it was amazing in NYC because it was all over the sidewalks and they had nowhere to put it and it was taking longer to walk everywhere. And clearly they aren’t as used to it as we are here. </p>

<p>This weekend, we were attending our older D’s college ski races about 90 miles south of us, in our own state. We were fearful of the risks of her driving back to Providence after the races this afternoon through the reports of blizzard warnings in MA and RI. We’ve had one child in a serious car wreck this past year, and were close to a tragedy with teens resulting in death this week, and just did not want to risk this. We brought her home for the night and my husband is leaving with her at 5:30 AM to get back to Brown in time for class tomorrow. Driving in a blizzard is very risky, not just due to snow but also visibility. Our nerves weren’t up to having her drive to school in that.</p>

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<p>Dpent a good chunk of Sunday shoveling snow.</p>

<p>My welcome back East.</p>

<p>10 years in the midwest, it hardly snowed there at all.</p>

<p>A historical anamoly, but a pleasant one.</p>

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<p>Man…I really really miss the snow!</p>

<p>I know I’ve only been in the south for about 2 years now…but I really miss the snowy winters in the NE…</p>

<p>I still remember (fondly?) the Blizzard of ‘96 when my area was dumped with 2+’ of snow and school was cancelled for a whole week.</p>

<p>The crappy thing was that I had a broken ankle at the time and my younger siblings left me stranded for hours at a time during the day with a brand-new teething puppy destroying everything in his path. Imagine the scene of a young teenage girl hobbling around a house on one foot trying to catch a puppy chewing up everything in his sight. </p>

<p>But…I really really miss even seeing snow fall…</p>

<p>:(</p>

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<p>The freshmen organized a huge snowball fight at 10:30 pm yesterday.
I’ll bet the kids from CA or TX were in the forefront.</p>

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<p>Mine got on the train this morning! No seats, but it will work out.</p>

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She jumped a freight car?</p>

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<p>S1 in Providence played “snow football” (no pads cause the snow buffered the falls!) for hours yesterday. Had a blast! Bet he is sore today!!</p>

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<p>“She jumped a freight car?”</p>

<p>More like cattle.</p>

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<p>OPHIOLITE - just hop a ride from R/D area to the NC mountains - some snow there… This past weekend my kiddo was in them thar mountains - and it was snowing - she loved it - and missed our blizzard up this way - poor kiddo LOL.</p>