<p>GA2012mom, I am pretty sure your D’s reservations holds. It’s the folks whose flights were canceled who are up a creek without the proverbial paddle. It’s so stressful at this time of year to have travel disruptions.</p>
<p>kelsmom,</p>
<p>I’ve been wondering about your D. I believe a friend of my D who studied in London may be on that plane with your D. Keep us posted. </p>
<p>Hope all make it home safely for the holidays. I really have grown to dislike snow, though in my younger days I enjoyed many outdoor activities.</p>
<p>oh, we have about 2 feet here in the suburbs of Philly. Wow. Pretty. I bet those shopping malls will be crowded today…the roads seem to be in good shape now that this thing has past.</p>
<p>The unofficial yardstick measurement on my patio is 15" here in Manchester, NJ - Ocean County. There is ALOT more with the drifting of the snow - alot of shoveling to come.</p>
<p>S is waiting for a flight in from Denver after yesterday’s was canceled.
First trip home from college so I’m eager to see if there’s any new body art and such. I plowed the gravel lane into our farm repeatedly during the storm to keep up, but it drifted over during the night and now we’re low on diesel. Combination of bad planning, freakish weather for December in the Mid-Atlantic, and too much time on College Confidential.</p>
<p>We have about eight inches here in Manhattan. It looks pretty, but the city has been slow about getting the snowplows out. As of last night around 1:30 a.m., the plows had not touched my street (a pretty major avenue).</p>
<p>D’s JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh was canceled, and she is going to backup plan B: Amtrak. Fingers crossed that she makes it to the station on time today and that the train isn’t overbooked! She’s looking at a nine-hour trip! Any advice? She’s never done a long train ride before.</p>
<p>I take it back what I said yesterday - yesterday looked like less than a foot, but I can see there is a LOT of snow out there this morning - this one ranks up there (last big snows here were in 2003 and 1996). The good news is that everyone got home, safe and sound. Bad news is that a planned trip is cancelled and no other flights available to reschedule in the next few days, so will likely just postpone altogether. The good news is that both kids are home now and have nowhere to go but to stay home and hang out with us!</p>
<p>We got about 3-4 inches here in NW Connecticut. Actually with all the “hype”…this was a dud. When I went to bed (it hadn’t started snowing yet…kids were annoyed we hadn’t let them go out to meet friends) they were still saying 6-10 inches for our area. </p>
<p>It’s actually quite pretty…white and fluffy…just not much of it. </p>
<p>Now they are saying there is going to be snow on Christmas day…or a wintry mix which I think is worse.</p>
<p>2 feet plus here on East End of Long Island. Our street is impassable but main road seems usable but dangerous.
My younger son, home form college says “Dramatic.”</p>
<p>^ Wow, he’s getting educated. Pre-college, the word would have been “Awesome”.</p>
<p>A foot (+ or -) on the UES in NYC. I went for a walk at midnight last night - it was magnificent. I wish there was a way to post video…I took some snippets when I was walking down Fifth Avenue toward the Met. It was raining snow. :-)</p>
<p>Anyone know if JFK is open?</p>
<p>^^^ Rumor has it JFK was always open, much to the chagrin of Jackie. As for the airport, yes, according to their website, they are experiencing only minor delays ;)</p>
<p>Sun is now out in SE Nassau County -right near JFK. We had about 11-12 inches. Only out to shovel but see cars moving. Our village has good snow removal, especially as the mayor lives on our street. D is on the NYS Thruway now heading to Albany and we prefer she spend the night there and head home in the AM</p>
<p>“It’s still snowing in Boston (supposed to stop around noon), but nothing to be really excited about., except that the airport will be closed.”</p>
<p>marite, do you know when BOS will close? Tonight? Tomorrow? Alaska’s webpage shows that Flight 12 is en route, scheduled to land at 5 pm, and the return flight is listed as “scheduled, on time”. DD is supposed to fly home tomorrow…</p>
<p>So the city of Baltimore has enlisted 125 inmates from the Department of Corrections (and well, their supervisors, of course) to help out the 700 workers who are still trying to clear the M&T Bank Stadium for today’s football game. At least the orange jumpsuits will stand out in the white snow if any of them try to make a run for it.</p>
<p>Whether JFK is open or not: I just noticed that JetBlue cancelled the 5:40 from Pittsburgh to JFK, so I wouldn’t assume service is anywhere close to normal. D is on Amtrak now. Fingers crossed that delays are minor.</p>
<p>A niece tried to get to airport in DC early this am - she couldn’t get a cab, no car services had availability and the metro was closed.</p>
<p>D2’s flight to JFK Airport (ETA–3:05 pm) has been diverted to Atlanta. According to airline, that flight scheduled to leave from Atlanta to NYC at 8 pm. Eventually she’ll get home–I hope.</p>
<p>BB:</p>
<p>I don’t know, but it has stopped snowing as of 3pm.</p>