<p>Officially a blizzard now in Baltimore.Winds expected to get to 35 mph and we may have snow thunder. Lights have flashed a few times. Home alone and not looking forward to a power outage. The snow if so wet and heavy that the trees are bent and heaving already and we’re supposed to get much, much more. Now they are calling for 3 ft where D is. This was fun for a few hours but it has jumped the shark.</p>
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<p>The chips are gone b/c of an important football game on Sunday… not b/c of the snow. =)</p>
<p>Stocking up on bread, eggs and milk? When the snow started to fall here (south central Pennsylvania), I went straight to my local wine store . . . :-)</p>
<p>My husband is out attempting to plow what has already fallen…estimating a foot already, though I can’t see out most of my windows. He had to shovel a small path for corgi because she couldn’t move in it ( I think a great dane might be able to walk ) golden retriever hasn’t moved yet…heard on the news that over 40,000 people are without power in Cape May and Atlantic County…very glad we are not counted in that group and REALLY hope it stays that way</p>
<p>I was working in Norton MA – southeastern MA, home of Wheaton College, during the blizzard of 1978. We had 48 inches of snow … and then there were the drifts. I was running a stable there … luckily the indoor arena was attached to the stable so we could get the horses out into the ring for a little turnout.</p>
<p>It took me 30 minutes to walk (snow swim?) from the house to the barn – a normally minute walk – and once the plows had come through, but private cars were still banned from the roads, we hitched the Morgan to the sleigh and went to the grocery store (trucks allowed on roads for food resupply) and the bank!</p>
<p>lje-TV blinking and off now, so it’s a matter of time for us. Looks like a 15 foot evergreen is weighted down and may not recover. My sister’s 25 ft tall Holly tree split in half.
must be a foot of snow, and now the winds are starting to howl. Night was more quiet than I thought. </p>
<p>Long Prime, send those down coats our way.
My bad- my new tires aren’t officially snow tires, called Weather Handlers, good for Volvo cross country station wagon.</p>
<p>As a skier and someone who has lived in Montana and Utah, I can tell you this fine snow, is heavy with moisture so it is sticking to everything and is gorgeous winterscape.
No wonder Eskimos have 25 words for snow- this is spectacular, imagine Elmers Glue just dumped over everything-in huge globs.</p>
<p>Well here it is almost 8 AM and still no snow. I live in the southern part of New York and to think that I was worrying about getting to work today. </p>
<p>I do like to shop before a storm because I like to cook and bake, drink wine and stay holed up. It’s fun!!!</p>
<p>SJCM
I am checking your posts to see conditions, and if Newark airport will be closed. Feeling optomistic. This is my S’s first snowstorm, and I know he doesn’t own gloves, hat, or scarf. I hope the college has an open store and he thinks to buy or borrow winter clothes.</p>
<p>Bookworm, Philly news reports that Philly airport is actually OPEN, although many airlines canceled flights yesterday in advance of storm. They reported 50 people spent the night in the airport.
Central NJ, around Trenton reporting 6 inches, so this storm is not nearly potent in Northern NJ. Is he in NJ? Or arriving ?</p>
<p>Bookworm and others- you might want to check out these links-
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<p>About 20" of stow here in Northern Virginia and still coming down. Everything is at a standstill
I don’t know when we will get out, as long as we don’t lose power we’ll be OK.</p>
<p>I admit it is beautiful.</p>
<p>“justamom”</p>
<p>No, I’m in the midwest, we probably even got less than NE but it was a TON for us, and we had no CLUE how to handle it. I used to work with someone from Minnesota. At the time (before DOTs were so “on the ball” about prevention and removal, now that we predict so well), she said everyone there owns a truck, a snowplow, and mucklucks (sp). </p>
<p>I do like the “French Toast” line though, that’s cute. Me…I usually have rice at home, and some frozen things (if we have power, it goes off in my house when the wind blows!). But my D is a vegetarian and we go to the store every 2-3 days for fresh everything. But we live on an emergency route, AND in an area where some big local politicians live…so our streets get taken care of early. Yeah buddy!</p>
<p>ummmmmm bookworm ABC just updating that the snow track has just shifted more north, and now expectation for Newark seem to be much higher. Stay tuned, but looks like Newark is in the “up to 14 inches category”---------won’t your son remember this!</p>
<p>SJCH
He’s in Princeton, and suppose to leave this afternoon for San Francisco. Either he’ll love the east coast, or he will be swayed to opt for a CA school (that is, depending on acceptances).</p>
<p>tree down across my neighbor’s driveway…I haven’t even set foot outside because I am in the kitchen, cooking it up ! SJCM, friends in EHT are without power, same for Linwood.</p>
<p>^bworm do keep us updated on his progress, because I’m shaking the 8 ball, and it says “departures from Newark later today- unlikely”- :)</p>
<p>lje —thank you, thank you for update, calling sister in Absecon Shores right now</p>
<p>23" and still falling in Maryland. Shoveled off our 15’ trampoline. It looked like one of those pregnant cows they have at the county fair in the birthing barn! Exhausting, and it took 3 of us. The cars can stay buried 'til tomorrow. </p>
<p>So glad I bought new snow pants last month! I was toasty outside.</p>
<p>I’m in central MD at the edge of the Appalachians. At 8 AM I measured spots between 12" and 24". The average appeared to be about 20". It’s supposed to keep snowing all day. Typically we get about 1/2" an hour, but in this storm they were calling for as much as 1-2" per hour. Do the math. It’s adding up to be a record-breaker.</p>
<p>The problem down here is not just lack of infrastructure. We have plows and salt. However, the snow is different from up North. With our warmer temperatures it tends to come down wet. 20" of wet snow equals a much deeper, less dense snowfall in Colorado. Then there’s the problem of thaw and freeze cycles.</p>
<p>Snow this heavy goes from inconvenient to dangerous. DC’s record-setting Knickerbocker storm (28" in 1922) is so named because the weight of snow collapsed the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater, killing 98 people. We can expect to lose more of our old barns, at least.</p>
<p>Chiming in about how heavy this snow is. I went out with the intention of just shoveling the walkway and it was like lifting bricks. The dwarf magnolia in my courtyard is in pieces - sniff - it had so many blooms on it this year so I guess that was the last hurrah. I’m not sure how I’m going to dig the gate out so I can open it. I’m wishing we had more teenage boys in the neighborhood who want to make some money. The pine tree in my neighbor’s back yard is leaning precariously. I have never seen a snow that stuck to trees this tenaciously - I’m calling it “Velcro snow”.</p>
<p>This snow is very heavy. H, S and I have all been shoveling, I shoveled part of the deck (worried about collapsing) as well as a “path” out the basement door for the dog to go out. I can only do a little at a time.</p>
<p>I’m counting this as my upper body workout for today:)</p>