Blizzard warning
January 25th, 2015, 04:25 PM
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Blizzard warning
Here in Ct as well as all of New England a blizzard warning has been issued for mon thru wed.
Guess I'll be stuck at home for the next couple of days!
Guess I'll be stuck at home for the next couple of days!
January 25th, 2015, 05:08 PM
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January 25th, 2015, 05:40 PM
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Snow shovels are next to the door and the snowblower's fueled up and sitting at the foot of the porch stairs...
It'll take a couple of hours' work when the snow stops falling.
- Eric
It'll take a couple of hours' work when the snow stops falling.
- Eric
January 25th, 2015, 05:49 PM
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Been away from Plymouth Ma. for ten years. I miss those nor'easter. Blizzard of 78 tops them all. Homes on both sides of us went into the drink. Son lives on the water and he is packing up. Its going to be the flooding and wind along the New England coast thats going to be the headlines. Send photos and good luck.
January 25th, 2015, 06:19 PM
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We gassed up the vehicles,snow blower,generator,charging all the flashlights,filled gas cans and got extra wood for the fireplace.
Gotta be prepared never know if and how long we might lose power.
Gotta be prepared never know if and how long we might lose power.
January 25th, 2015, 06:20 PM
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January 25th, 2015, 06:26 PM
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Stay safe all of you in the northeast. I don't miss the beating we took from late Nov-March last year. Snowblower has had little work so far this year.
Bad for business at work though!
Pat
Bad for business at work though!
Pat
January 25th, 2015, 07:28 PM
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I'm pissed already, I just don't like snow.
I had a whole week of medical tests scheduled and now they have to be rescheduled. At least I got the generator plug installed in the garage if needed. I hope it's not.
20-30 inches expected now and gusts up to 65mph. Cripes, that's almost a hurricane.
I'll have pics for sure, sigh.
I had a whole week of medical tests scheduled and now they have to be rescheduled. At least I got the generator plug installed in the garage if needed. I hope it's not.
20-30 inches expected now and gusts up to 65mph. Cripes, that's almost a hurricane.
I'll have pics for sure, sigh.
January 25th, 2015, 09:26 PM
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That sounds nasty! Just make sure and be safe and careful and don't push yourself too hard. Supposed to be about 68-75 degrees the next 3 days here. We have had a very mild winter and I hope it stays that way!
January 26th, 2015, 01:49 AM
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Most of the snow I saved before Christmas, melted over the Holiday. Now, when the wind blows, the dirt lifts off the fields and makes everything black...at least with the snow, things were a lot cleaner. If you have any extra snow that you can't handle, please send it up here...I am standing by with a firm grip on my shovel. 
January 26th, 2015, 11:26 AM
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January 26th, 2015, 12:47 PM
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Dean,
You'll get hit pretty good, but us poor bastards down on the shoreline are gonna get creamed! Went to get a generator, all gone. I have well water & septic. Gonna really suck if we lose power.
Guess we'll have to use the grill for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Not neccessarilly a bad thing. My son & I are OK with peeing & crapping in the woods. The Queen & Princess will be miserable.
Can't bitch about it. We chose to live here.
You'll get hit pretty good, but us poor bastards down on the shoreline are gonna get creamed! Went to get a generator, all gone. I have well water & septic. Gonna really suck if we lose power.
Guess we'll have to use the grill for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Not neccessarilly a bad thing. My son & I are OK with peeing & crapping in the woods. The Queen & Princess will be miserable.
Can't bitch about it. We chose to live here.
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January 26th, 2015, 04:24 PM
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Dean,
You'll get hit pretty good, but us poor bastards down on the shoreline are gonna get creamed! Went to get a generator, all gone. I have well water & septic. Gonna really suck if we lose power.
Guess we'll have to use the grill for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Not neccessarilly a bad thing. My son & I are OK with peeing & crapping in the woods. The Queen & Princess will be miserable.
Can't bitch about it. We chose to live here.
You'll get hit pretty good, but us poor bastards down on the shoreline are gonna get creamed! Went to get a generator, all gone. I have well water & septic. Gonna really suck if we lose power.
Guess we'll have to use the grill for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Not neccessarilly a bad thing. My son & I are OK with peeing & crapping in the woods. The Queen & Princess will be miserable.
Can't bitch about it. We chose to live here.
I know we have well here as well.
Don't even want to think about power going off. If so we will be................ oh yeah screwed.
Yes we did choose the fluctuant weather and the joyous taxes
January 26th, 2015, 05:02 PM
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Thinking about you guys tonight. Can't say I'm disappointed we're not getting it in Illinois. Just a nice slick coating of ice tonight. We're on a well and septic too. I know how it is to go without
January 26th, 2015, 05:06 PM
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My wife was kind enough to pick up a few bottles of Belgian ale for me on her way home yesterday.
Enjoying a Delirium Noël right now, and have a Het Anker Lucifer waiting for me tomorrow when I'm done snow blowing.
They pack a punch.
Actually, most of Maine is "Screwed" along with Vermont.
It's only those of us right by the coast who are... Well, you know.
Judging by the NOAA map, it looks like we're about ten minutes away from the light snow starting...
- Eric
Enjoying a Delirium Noël right now, and have a Het Anker Lucifer waiting for me tomorrow when I'm done snow blowing.
They pack a punch.
Actually, most of Maine is "Screwed" along with Vermont.
It's only those of us right by the coast who are... Well, you know.
Judging by the NOAA map, it looks like we're about ten minutes away from the light snow starting...
- Eric
January 26th, 2015, 05:13 PM
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Last time I tried that in a big storm, I cleared the whole driveway, went to bed, got up the next morning, and it looked like I had never done anything - the drifting snow completely filled in everything I had cleared, and the falling snow capped it off.
Bastids.
- Eric
Bastids.
- Eric
January 26th, 2015, 05:24 PM
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January 26th, 2015, 06:29 PM
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Needed to get an inspection sticker for the 66 today. Dropped the top and went.
75* with a West wind at about 5 mph. Feel for you guys...
Of course, I will pay for it in August when it's 108* and humidity at about 90%.
75* with a West wind at about 5 mph. Feel for you guys...
Of course, I will pay for it in August when it's 108* and humidity at about 90%.
January 26th, 2015, 07:57 PM
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I plowed an hour or so ago.
Plan to go out first thing in the am or every 6 inches , that's what you have to do when you plow with an Oldsmobile.
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Plan to go out first thing in the am or every 6 inches , that's what you have to do when you plow with an Oldsmobile.
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January 27th, 2015, 06:18 AM
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About a foot on the ground so far here. They say it will snow all day, but the map looks more like another 4- hours.
The air is full of snow - it doesn't even look like it's falling - more like a cloud.
I'm not messing with it 'till it slows down substantially.
- Eric
The air is full of snow - it doesn't even look like it's falling - more like a cloud.
I'm not messing with it 'till it slows down substantially.
- Eric
January 27th, 2015, 06:38 AM
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George, you still with power?
I'm not far from the edge of the storm, drive 10 minutes west and they have 4". Drive 30 min east and they have 24". My office is in the Yes! F'd region on the map. Wouldn't be surprised if we had 2-3 days of closure.
I'm not far from the edge of the storm, drive 10 minutes west and they have 4". Drive 30 min east and they have 24". My office is in the Yes! F'd region on the map. Wouldn't be surprised if we had 2-3 days of closure.
