<p>Aw com’on Jersey folks! I remember in around 1994 or 95 we had a storm that dumped around 4’ in one night. Right here in Hopewell Twp.</p>
<p>We have become spoiled— we had a long series of winters with hardly any snow & now we are doing the usual Jersey whine when normal winter weather turns up. </p>
<p>Yeah, I know there is a lot of snow piled up, but it is January. It would be real news if it was happening in June!</p>
<p>Not from Jersey - fortunately!</p>
<p>By the way we’ve had a record snowfall for the month of January. Very little of it has melted unlike other years when there is usually a January thaw and this is the latest weather advisory for the weather bureau:</p>
<p>AFTER SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORMS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS… A DEEP SNOWPACK REMAINS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE TRI- STATE AREA. A GENERAL 10 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW DEPTH REMAINS ON THE GROUND… WITH THE DEEPEST SNOW DEPTH VALUES ACROSS CONNECTICUT. </p>
<p>3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT IS IN THE CURRENT SNOWPACK ACROSS THE AREA. THIS RESULTS IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WEIGHT PER SQUARE FOOT. </p>
<p>THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF COLLAPSED ROOFS DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW… AND WITH THE THREAT OF YET ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK… NOW IS THE TIME FOR RESIDENTS AND BUILDING OWNERS TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE ACTION TO SAFELY REMOVE SNOW FROM FLAT ROOF TOPS AND DECKS.</p>
<p>Anybody know why weather advisories always are in uppercase letters? Seems like a holdover from the days of telegrams.</p>
<p>Yes, this winter here in NJ seems unending and it’s only the end of Jan!!! HELP !!! February is always a cold, very snowy month, so UGH!!! But here in central NJ we did have a spectacular summer last year after a miserable winter, so I’m hoping this is what we must endure for a repeat of last summer!!! At least that’s the logic that’s getting me through this miserable winter…It’s been cold here since Halloween!!!</p>
<p>OK. I may get hate mail for saying this:</p>
<p>From my Maine viewpoint, if the groundhog says ‘Only six more weeks of winter,’ I am grateful.
No bike rides here! Even if the day warms up, the road salt would wreck the bike.</p>
<p>You read the story about the student at UMaine that got frostbite?</p>
<p>From walking across campus?</p>
<p>" Not from Jersey - fortunately! "</p>
<p>?</p>
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[UMaine</a> student in hospital for frostbite — Maine News — Bangor Daily News](<a href=“Bangor Daily News - Maine news, sports, politics, and obituaries”>Bangor Daily News - Maine news, sports, politics, and obituaries)</p>
<p>I’d say it a bit differently:</p>
<p>You read the story about the student at UMaine that got frostbite?</p>
<p>From walking across campus - taking an unknown route and time to do so - without proper winter clothing and after coming into contact - how much is unknown - with snow?</p>
<p>I see kids walking around with shorts on snowy days at my kids’ campuses.</p>
<p>UMaine is one of those places where you have to be far more careful compared to your typical New England campus.</p>
<p>JRZmom–been living in Jersey all my life. I remember the storm you’re talking about–it was not nearly the norm. This is not a normal Jersey winter in the least; we’ve had maybe 3/4 like it in my lifetime. Maybe out in Hopewell you’ve got room for all this snow, but in the inner suburbs, we’re drowning.</p>
<p>And my friend’s husband died of a heart attack after shoveling. So I think I’ll allow a little whine.</p>
<p>Back in the 80’s when we had a winter like this, the Boston Globe measured the snowfall against Robert Parrish’s height. This time, they’re measuring it against the newest Celtic, Shaquille O’Neal. </p>
<p>I’m running out of snow days for work when I can’t get out of the driveway!</p>
<p>re: frost bitten UMainestudent</p>
<p>I am not surprised; poor kid! Have to wonder where the he grew up.</p>
<p>Many of the kids who grew up in northern Maine seem impervious to the cold; not good role models for those from more southerly climes. I live in southern Maine, where we often remark on the cold-hardiness of folks from northern Maine, who barely dress for winter.</p>
<p>I attended UMaine. It is colder in Orono than in the southern part of the state, where I now live. Due to the Orono climate, S chose not to go to UMaine. He chose to go “south,” to a school in Worcester, MA–where I believe the average temp is actually colder than in our coastal town. He loves the school, so we did not point out that Worcester has a damp, penetrating cold. DH and I are placing bets on how soon he realizes this.</p>
<p>bookreader - that’s one of my pet peeves! Either all caps, or each word begins with a capital letter. I hate it!</p>
<p>This is ours right now from my WeatherBug (every word begins with a capital):</p>
<p>BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Wswlot</p>
<p>Urgent - Winter Weather Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
333 PM CST Sun Jan 30 2011</p>
<p>…Major Winter Storm To Impact The Region Tuesday Into
Wednesday…</p>
<p>.The First Phase Of The Upcoming Winter Storm Will Begin Monday
Afternoon And Continue Into Tuesday Morning For Portions Of
Northern Illinois And Northwest Indiana. Snowfall Totals From The
First Phase Are Expected To Be Between 2 And 4 Inches Across These
Areas. The Focus Then Turns Towards The Larger Event Tuesday
Afternoon And Continues Through Wednesday.</p>
<p>A Developing Area Of Low Pressure Is Expected To Slide East Of
The Rockies Into Eastern Texas Monday Night And Rapidly
Strengthen As It Slides North Tuesday. The Precise Track Of The
Low Continues To Wobble With Each New Model Run…However
Relative Consistency Of A Track From Central Arkansas North To
Central Indiana By Wednesday Morning Looks To Be The Most
Probable Track. This Would Place The Axis Of The Heaviest
Snowfall To The Northwest Of The Track Of The Low Pressure…Or
Across Much Of Northern Illinois And Northwest Indiana.</p>
<p>As The Low Pressure Continues To Slide North And Strengthen…
Northeast Winds Of 20 To 30 Mph Are Expected To Develop And Bring
A Flow Of Cold Air Across Lake Michigan Aiding IN The Generation
Of Lake Effect Snow Tuesday Evening. Winds Will Continue To Ramp
Up With Sustained Winds Tuesday Evening Between 25 And 35 Mph
With Gusts Up To 40 Mph Possible. Northeast Winds Then Continue
To Strengthen Tuesday Night Into Early Morning Wednesday With
Gusts Up To 45 Mph Possible. This IN Combination With The Falling
Snow May Create Blizzard Conditions And White Out Conditions. As
The Low Pressure Continues To Lift North Into Central Indiana
Wednesday Morning…Winds Will Begin To Turn Northerly And Bring
The Lake Enhanced Snowfall To Northwest Indiana.</p>
<p>By Later Wednesday The Snow From The Departing Winter Storm Will
Be Winding Down Across The Area But A Band Of Significant Lake
Effect Snow Is Expected IN Northwest Indiana Where Several
Additional Inches Of Snow Are Possible Before The Lake Effect
Shifts Further Off To The East Into Southwestern Lower Michigan
And North Central Indiana.</p>
<p>Combined Snow Totals From The Monday Afternoon Through Wednesday
May Exceed A Foot And A Half Across Much Of Northern Illinois And
Far Northwest Indiana. Snowfall Rates Up To 3 Inches Per Hour Will
Be Probable At The Height Of The Storm Tuesday Night.</p>
<p>The Storm System Will Be Affecting A Large Portion Of The
Southern Great Lakes…Midwest And Ohio Valley Regions. Anyone
With Travel Plans Tuesday And Wednesday…Including Those
Traveling Through Chicago Ohare And Midway Airports…Should
Continue To Monitor Later Forecasts Regarding The Development Of
This Winter Storm…</p>
<p>Winnebago-Boone-Mchenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-Dupage-Cook-
La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Will-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford-
Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton-
Including The Cities Of…Rockford…Belvidere…Woodstock…
Waukegan…Oregon…Dixon…Dekalb…Aurora…Wheaton…Chicago…
Ottawa…Oswego…Morris…Joliet…Kankakee…Pontiac…
Watseka…Paxton…Gary…Valparaiso…Morocco…Rensselaer…
Fowler
333 PM CST Sun Jan 30 2011 /433 PM Est Sun Jan 30 2011/</p>
<p>we got to 60, mid Valley, Oregon, elevation 600’.</p>
<p>I’ve had it with snow. Had to have people shovel snow off the roof last week–dam ice dams! We tarted getting some water/leaking in our family room last Thursday. We’ve had about 50 inches of snow in my area (Central MA) and the weather people are predicting a storm on Tuesday that should bring another 9-10 inches.</p>
<p>SO glad I have a snowblower…</p>
<p>I shoveled off the roof after each storm so far except for the last one where I just used the snow rake to get the bottom few feet of snow - it was a relatively light storm in terms of snow. Even with that, we had a small leak but it stopped fairly quickly. The ice dam leaks usually show up when the weather warms up.</p>
<p>If nothing else and your roof isn’t too high off the ground, clear off the edge with a snow rake after each storm. The roof I clear is up two stories so I use the tubes from two snow rakes to get up there.</p>
<p>Other options are metal edges or heated edges. We haven’t gone to those extremes because shoveling and the snow rake usually get the job done.</p>
<p>When we had our roof re-shingled, we had all the old shingles stripped off and put 6’ of this magic membrane called “Ice and Water Shield” on the sheathing, from the gutters up towards the roof. And we had a ridge vent put in (proper venting can help keep ice dams to a minimum).</p>
<p>So far, no leaks. Knock on wood.</p>
<p>I hadn’t heard about amounts but 15-20 inches will close most schools around here.</p>