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Impending Winter Storm

Just wanted to send my best wishes and prayers to my fellow storm warriors that are in the path of this huge storm.

I've already stocked up on food, water and gas (there was a huge line at the pumps yesterday). Snow blower is up and running along with the generator in case we loose power. Ranges in my area are all over the map, but I expect to see at least 12 - 18+ inches where I am.

Best of luck to all. Stay warm, and stay safe!

That I gave a friend who lives in Buffalo, NY. Stock up on plenty of adult beverages, your favorite cookies, flashlights and candles, and plenty of good books (non-ebook variety in case the power goes out), and hunker down.

Stay safe and warm!

The sun's still bright here after a very cold morning (-16 F) but it's supposed get bad here after midnight, they're already warning people to stay off the roads & only travel when necessary. Our forecast is for 40 cm of snow with 80 kmh wind so we should have plenty of drifting & power outages....we have our "storm kit" handy & are set to spend the next couple days inside.
The real fun for us will begin the middle of next week when the temperature goes well above freezing & a rain storm on Tuesday....our flood prone town will be sure to have some major flooding and plenty of washouts....with all the snow & flooding, it sure will make it interesting getting to & from work next week.....oh well, nothing we haven't been through plenty of times before.

Stay safe & be careful on the roads anyone up here in the northeast.

nt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21377568

Winnipeg gets large snow storms often.

Big deal, We got more than that in April 1997. We get more than that every year in fact (except 2010).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Red_River_Flood

It's bad luck that it's missing all the places that normally get snow and don't worry about 3 feet of snow.

we just have a hard time finding places to put it when it comes in one storm....do a Google search on "white juan" & look at some of the pictures...it shut us down pretty good....this storm is supposed to be pretty much identical. The biggest problem we have with nor'easters is the wind....it takes down the power lines when the branches/trees fall on them.....but we get some bad a$$ drifts from them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Juan

England falls apart with a three-inch fall! The last "big" snowfall here stopped all the trains into London for two days. Six inches!. Schools close when there is a fall of a couple of inches. "Health and Safety"

The Great White North.....

Gotta love it eh?

and you know i don't love it...grrrrrr....i could love Nova Scotia more too if it had a climate like Vancouver where Oz is.

Bite your tongue! We have enough people here already.

Next thing you know, I'll be chillin' at a lake somewhere in the interior and there will be OTHER people there! EEEEEEWWWWW! PEEEE-POLLLL!

Now of course you are both are more than welcome to come and stay as long as you like, I have plenty of space while you get yourself settled, just don't tell anyone else.

Always have room for a Maritimer.

after she accepted a position there....she lasted about 3 hours in the city & promptly instructed me to take her back to Nova Scotia
Thanks for the offer though Oz....maybe for a visit if I can ever convince her to go there again.....BC is very beautiful....I like it.

just never know when i may get brave enough to go out that way again....maybe if i can get over my fear of flying, we'll fly out someday. And in all honesty, I encourage ppl to visit, but not to stay

The poor lady in Toronto was shutting down the office and fleeing home to safety. The guy in Halifax brushed it off as nothing new and business carried on as usual. IN Vancouver it would equate to a nuclear Holocaust.

In Vancouver we have sunshine, partial anyway (still a bit overcast) but it was a bit cooler today at just 8 degrees celcius. It should warm up a bit over the weekend and more sun is on the way, of course to be followed by constant rain until the next sunny break. As most Vancouverites will tell you, 'at least you don't have to shovel rain'.

So for our Eastern (okay CENTRAL) Canadian neighbours, batten down the hatches, grab a good DVD or sex toy with your partner and settle in for the long weekend. Hopefully the street crews will have it manageable by Tuesday.

It won't be too much longer and spring will be upon us!

I live out in the Northwest NJ area and so far they say we don't have a blizzard warning, so thats good. I'm used to snow. I've had 3 feet of snow in the past in some storms and it is no picnic. You can't even open the door of your house, let alone go anywhere.

I think we'll probably get a foot or more of snow, but I have a great snowblower, so I'm not worried. I feel bad for the people in NY, MA, CT and Long Island. They will get the brunt of this storm.

I'm not liking these horrible storms in the Northeast over the past year. They are pretty devastating. The worst thing is losing your power. Especially now when its freezing cold, because I will have no heat. I hope that doesn't happen because tomorrow night will be 7 degrees F. Brrr.

AV

the cronological weather photography for the storm has started....don't be shocked it Darryl makes a webpage for ya'll to look at afterwards

Sit down and Enjoy the Show.

Only Idiots go out in things like that.

Col

Not even going to bother shovelling the driveway untill tomorrow. It's only 9:00 AM right now & it's supposed to last until this time tomorrow so it would be kinda pointless to shovel & have it drift right back in. Most of the stores in town have closed for the day so there's no real reason to go out anyway.....besides the fact that there's about a foot of snow in our driveway

my brother's step son showed up and started shoveling about 15 minutes ago (we've got some $$ for him too, that's a lot of hard work). I miss being able to shovel myself out, I always did it myself...oh well. I don't think it's going to snow a heck of a lot more but it will likely blow around a lot. I almost think I'm a little disappointed lol

it looks like it's back.

for those that have me on their fb, i've posted a few pics, will post more later

an eye just formed of the coast of Nova Scotia.....I hope that puppy's heading out to sea & not inland !

I don't recall seeing one in February in the North Atlantic before......this cant be good.

One foot is quite enough. We were lucky and only got about 10 inches.

AV

shouldn't be too bad....lots of wind and drifting though......the little girl (no....not Purple....the 8 yr old) is going to have a blast in the big drifts tomorrow....it is going to be fun.

Nothing quite like seeing how deep you can get stuck if you know it's not over your head!

we have many 5 - 6 foot drifts in the trailer park......I haven't been around town yet but I suspect there's a few 20 - 30 foot ones around.....so yeah.....there's plenty of them out there over her head.

On Monday and Tuesday, a following weather system - moving further west - is likely to thaw the snow and cause flooding.

Enjoy...

sounds grand doesn't it....that will melt all the ice that's already jammed in the river and most likely indeed flood the area. I just love being cut off from town