TripDeuces

I'm going to attempt to photo document the storm. Just taking pics at different times. Right now it 9 pm and the lights are flickering and maybe 12 inches on the ground and winds steady at about 35-40 mph with gusts to 60 mph. Many towns in RI are without power. Newport, the town south of me, has 5500 without power already

2 pm

TripDeuces

4 pm

No new photos until the AM

ent72olds

Here in LI, we feel your pain....

TripDeuces

Power went off for the first time at 9:50, only off for about two minutes though. Off again at 10:00 for 30 seconds. Can see the lightning and and hear the thunder now. The two pine trees by the garage have so much heavy snow on them they look half as big in diameter than normal. At least I get to test my new snow blower tomorrow

oldsman72

Seems they change the accumulation estimates every hour here in Central NJ. Now only calling for 3-5" (was up to 8-12" at 1 point).

RI is supposed to get a ton. Be careful out there.

Boldsmobile

20" here. George has much more I'm sure. Coast was going to get hit pretty good.

68conv455

Two foot plus here.
Snow is as high as the table tops in the back yard. In the front, it's up to the side mirrors on the cars.
It is still snowing lightly as I type this.
No power issues fortunately.

sammy

Foot in a half ...going out to find my car

Dave Siltman

All you guys and gals PLEASE be VERY careful out in that snow. I'm not trying to sound like a sissy or wimp or anything of the sort, but shoveling snow is a MAJOR cause for heart attacks: much less damaging the back. For once, here in Maryland we dodged a storm--usually we get hit, too. Also, stay in and let the power and utility companies clean the roads and restore power. Down here in Maryland, during a storm of that magnitudde, we always hear of at least one or two deaths associated with generator fumes.
Good luck to any- and everyone affected by "Nemo">

pogo69

i'm in new haven county CT, I can't open my front or back door we have near 3 feet of snow higher with the drifting

Don R

North central Ct. here. 22" right now. Still a little snow falling and a lot of wind. Hope they get the roads plowed soon. Wife is supposed to work today. Police dispather.
Don

MDchanic

Here on the Maine coast it's still snowing lightly, and pretty windy, and it looks like about 2 feet, but it's so drifty you can't really tell.

I ran the snowblower over most of the driveway last night when there was about 1 foot on the ground, and you can't even see where I cleared it, so does that mean 3 feet? Who can really tell?

At least the roads are all plowed.

- Eric

joe_padavano

The Blizzard of '78 is what convinced me to move to SoCal after college (I went to school in Cambridge, MA - and no, it WASN'T Hahvahd!). We'll see if this one is worse.

pogo69

it's worse!

pogo69

I got stuck in the 78 blizzard in my 1970 mach 1... ended up sliding off the road into someones front yard . the problem in 78 was no one was prepared. this storm gave plenty of warning but much more snow.

MDchanic

Well, that leaves roughly one choice, then, and it's the one you actually had to have brains to get into.

Now it all makes sense .

- Eric

vin442

We in Central NJ got very lucky, only about 6 inches. The sun came out and I was able to shovel in my shorts and sneakers just how I like it. Good luck to everyone north of here, stay safe and let the younger ones earn their keep! Vin

68conv455

MIT? I'm impressed. I studied ME over the river at NU. Our academic standards were not as high

Here are some pic's from today.
The lumps in the back yard are tables and a gas grill.
Too much snow for the conventional plow truck. Looks like I won't be going anywhere till tomorrow at best.

85CieraHoliday

I'm on the West Haven/Milford CT town line...Milford CT reported 38" of snow.

bccan

Spent close to 7 hours clearing my place & hitting 2 neighbors' public walks for them. Walked out the door this morning headed for garage - clean spot outside my back door which faded into a swale up to my ****. Even with equipment this one was a stinker to clear. I can't be sure how much fell but I can tell it was over 2' and I had a lot of areas that were drifted to 3 & 4'.

My father stopped by w/ F350 & I'm surprised he actually made it down my unplowed street with 2 1/2' of snow. You could see the tire tracks w/ a big flat area in between and a gulley where the pumpkin was cutting through the snow. The underside of the truck is packed w/ snow but it did make it out again too.

I'm whooped!

pogo69

your less than a mile from me!

pogo69

very small world... I'm right behind the west shore fire dept....there is over 2 feet of the snow on our street the plow has not and cant get down the street

joe_padavano

My 68 442 was safely parked in the school lot for the duration. A couple of things stick in my memory from 78.

The first is that the storm hit the night before the spring semester was supposed to start. Classes were cancelled for the whole week and the first thing we did was drain the bar on our floor of the dorm (drinking age was still 18 then).

The second was walking to the Star Market on Memorial Drive since all driving was banned for the week (PD had orders to impound your car if they caught you out driving).

Third (and probably most telling) is that the snow was so deep that they couldn't just plow it (compounded by remnants of a big January storm), so they used front end loaders and dump trucks to cart it off. One dumping spot was a vacant lot where Soldiers Field Road hits the Mass Pike. I clearly remember that the pile was so big that there was still snow on that lot on June 1!

Like I said, THIS is why I moved to SoCal. Why I came back to the east coast is still a question...

pogo69

sat afternoon

ctsplicer

It's 5 PM here in Berlin Ct.We got 38 inches of snow with drifts of over 6 feet.This is what I got to wake up to on my birthday.On the other side of the truck is my mustang.......I think,maybe I lost it.

allyolds68

My 78 year old parents live in North Stonington in the Southeastern corner of CT. Right now they've been out of power since 6:30 last night. CT Light & Power is reporting 75% of the town is out of power with no timetable for restoring service. Fortunately my sister and brother-in-law live next door and they each have generators. My parents have a space heater in their bedroom & they're holed up there. Their house is at the end of a half mile long, dead end, private road so they are always last to get power back. They only got about 24" of snow but it was heavy (they live about 15 miles from the coast). Their main living area is below 40 degrees now

pogo69

That's a tough situation...at least they are together dealing with it...hope the power comes back on soon

citcapp

Guess its time to stop whining about my Seattle.NW rain. Sure hope all you folks stuck in that mess are OK. This is the time for neighbor to watch out for the elderly to make sure they have food, water, and able to stay warm.

ent72olds

I applied for MIT coming out of high school, but didn't get the letter I was hoping for.....Same with Cooper Union and Syracuse! At that point, wasn't gonna try Cornell! Had to settle for NYIT....

MDchanic

Here's a shot from our porch this morning.

You can see the handlebars of the snowblower just sticking out of the snow.
The gas grill next to it is on a patio that is elevated 8" above the driveway that the snowblower is on.
You can also just see the top of the handrail of the porch steps at the right edge of the photo.
The Jeep isn't in nearly as deeply because of the drifting.



- Eric

joe_padavano

Might want to rethink where you park it for next time...

TripDeuces

I'm back and still alive! Power and everything else went off for good about 10 pm Friday and came back around 10 pm Saturday. I think I was lucky as others are still out. My biggest concern were the pipes freezing but I had changed the cord end on the generator. (still pissed at myself for not rectifying that sooner) I did manage to hook what I had to the dryer outlet and get some semblance of life back. Unfortunately the gas was running out and since there was a travel ban (only good thing our idiot governor has done) I had to shut it down at 8 pm last night. In the mean time more pics, hehe. Hard to to tell how much we got but estimates were 18-24 for my area. I just know the drifts were crazy. My yard is anywhere from 18-36 inches depending

8 AM Sat

TripDeuces

Snow is so heavy on those trees that they are normally about twice that diameter. You can see the broken branches and on the other side of the house a good 3-5 feet came off the top on one pine tree. It was tree damage that took out the power

TripDeuces

My cheap electric snow blower did it's job for the most part. It was having none of that 3 foot drift so I had to walk it Don't be jealous of the 93 Buick Century, the Pimpmobile survives

MDchanic

Just to ad some clarity to the picture I posted earlier:





And where would have you have put the snowblower, wiseguy? On the porch?

- Eric

navvet

Stil,l it can't match blizzard of 78.

TripDeuces

I lived through the Blizzard of 78 too, it was worse. My mailbox wasn't even visible back then. But in 78 we never lost power. Seems like losing power is a common occurence now. At least for my state since hurricane Bob.

pogo69

there is more snow now than in 78... I remember 78 pretty well and cars were stranded everywhere and people were less prepared...but the snow with this storm is much more...at least where I am

MDchanic

Nothing can match having the math midterm I was going to fail suddenly canceled.

I prayed for something to get me out of that test the night before, and I guess Someone was listening .

I seem to recall it was a Tuesday. Does that sound right?

- Eric

allyolds68

It was a Monday and Tuesday. The biggest difference is the media hype causes a lot of businesses to close now. This storm really hit Friday night. Not in the middle of the day on a weekday like in 78

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northea...izzard_of_1978