<p>It’s pushing 70 here in PA; last Monday when I took the dog for his morning constitutional the windchill was below zero. </p>
<p>We plan to drive tomorrow so should be ahead of the snow but S2 has to work Wednesday. Hoping that things are cleared up before he hits the road (New Haven to Princeton).</p>
<p>DH and I are planning to drive my mom to my brother’s house in Newark, DE on Thursday morning. We live near Harrisburg, which is supposed to get 6-10 inches on Wednesday. I’m wondering if roads are going to be cleared by Thursday morning, especially since a lot of our route is on two-lane roads through Amish country.</p>
<p>I’ve found that the most accurate local forecasting for central PA storms comes from the S&S Storm Chasing and Forecasting Team (<a href=“http://ssstormchasing.com/”>http://ssstormchasing.com/</a>), a volunteer group of weather enthusiasts and storm chasers.</p>
<p>This seriously sucks. My mom and sister are coming from the Poconos, my co-MIL is driving up from the shore, and we all have to work on Wednesday. I don’t know if I should postpone, have mom come early, cancel my turkey, or what. Seriously crabby mood right now. </p>
<p>I am with you, garland, this is a complete suckfest. I don’t know whether to tell my kids to not even attempt it (one has a long van ride to Harrisburg, and I don’t want him to get stuck at the airport). I am also in a completely foul mood, spent money, miles, and tons of effort to make it there for MIL. If it was clearcut, I could cancel us all now and avoid a mess, but it’s not. Grrr! Time for a glass of wine.</p>
<p>^yes, and yes to the wine.</p>
<p>This is adding way too many variables to my life! What if we can’t get to my cousins on turkey day? Do I go tomorrow and buy dinner fixings on the chance that the roads will be bad two days from now?? Argh. </p>
<p>yes! it’s the variables that are making me crabby! Will it snow here, will it snow not here but at Mom’s? should she come early? should we postpone? is anyone working Friday so that wouldn’t work? how long will my turkey keep???</p>
<p>I checked with the bakery manager at Costco. The apple pies keep for five days after Sell By date! So I bought be in case we are snowed in. I’ll be making a pumpkin pie myself. </p>
<p>Last I heard, my area (Central MA) was getting 4-6 inches of snow on Wednesday afternoon. We’re headed to our vacation house–island off the coast of the Cape Cod–where there’s going to be rain. H and I plan to leave really early on Wednesday. Kids and spouse/significant others and friends who live too far away to go home are all driving from various spots (Philly, New Haven, and Chapel Hill). Hope it’s just rain along the east coast. If ferries or flight to island are cancelled, it could get tricky. Last year, it was touch and go as well. Last guest arrived in the house around noon on Thanksgiving and everyone cheered!!</p>
<p>DH just informed me that he has too much going on to leave tomorrow so we are driving Wednesday. Can I join the Suckfest? If it were my “party” I’d postpone Turkey until Friday but, for the first time in decades, I am not in charge. I will abide.</p>
<p>Off the coast of Cape Cod? Nantucket or MV? I’m from the Lower Cape 
Anyways, glad the snow won’t start until Wednesday…I sent D off to the four western MA schools she’s applying to (UMass/Smith/MoHo/Amherst) to spend a few days and check them out without me to get a better idea if she would be happy there before she applies. We visited them all already but she can now get a perspective from students in the area instead of touring with Mom.</p>
<p>Send it to SoCal. We will take any form of precipitation on any day of the year, and will be happy even if it comes with wind or whatever.</p>
<p>Wish we could! I feel for you guys out there.</p>
<p>Ugh. I really didn’t want to read this thread and it just gets more worrisome. I wasn’t worried until reading here! I’ve got one kid flying into Boston from London Wednesday. I’m not too worried about that (should I be?) The other kid only has 24 hours off from rehearsal for a show she is in that’s in NYC. So, she is taking a bus to Boston late Wednesday to arrive at midnight and back again Thursday night. Given she has less than 24 hours at home, I sure hope she makes it. This is the first time since last Thanksgiving that I’ve been with both kids at one time.</p>
<p>“Do I go tomorrow and buy dinner fixings on the chance that the roads will be bad two days from now?? Argh.”</p>
<p>I would and if you don’t need to make it do it when you get home. If we don’t do Thanksgiving at home I always make a second t’giving meal the next day or on the weekend. I just don’t make as much and do simple things like baked sweet potatoes instead of a casserole, etc. </p>
<p>Then I make huge pot of turkey soup with the carcass. </p>
<p>We have no company or family coming this year. We will get the wood boiler going and stay nice and warm in Maine. I’m looking forward to it! I hope it’s white when we wake up Thanksgiving morning.</p>
<p>alwaysamom - Born and bred in Western New York! My parents and sister still live there and our other sister lives in Ithaca. My problem is seldom weather in Buffalo - as has been all over the news…if less than 7ft falls, they know how to deal with it. Now, 1-2" Wednesday night and NYC will be paralyzed. Ugh…</p>
<p>And I thought the worst weather we’d hit was going to be on Friday when we drive to upstate NY to meet FDIL’s family. It should be fine then. Picking up my kids on Wed will be the problem instead.</p>
<p>^In my experience, NYC chugs right along with snow. It’s highways between states that I’m concerned with. New York itself never closes down.</p>
<p>MaineLOnghorn, Isn’t that the greatest feeling? I envy you.</p>