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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 4:20 a.m. ET: A powerful winter storm pounded the Northeast Saturday, with gusting winds and heavy snow causing power failures for hundreds of thousands of people, dozens of accidents and fuel shortages at gas stations.
At least one death was confirmed, a snow-related car accident in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
By 4:20 a.m. ET Saturday, 26 inches of snow had fallen at Hamden, Conn., with 22.4 inches at Upton, N.Y., and 15.3 in Portland, Maine, weather.com reported. New York City's Central park had 6.3 inches.
Blizzard warnings were issued for the New York City metro area, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, coastal New Hampshire and coastal Maine, weather.com added.
Forecasters said they expected Massachusetts to get the most snowfall, with an accumulation of up to 3 feet in some spots. The worst snowfall on record in Boston was a 27.5-inch blast a decade ago.
Coastal residents were warned that the winds could top 70 mph. Those living on north- and east-facing shorelines from Boston south to Cape Cod Bay were told to prepare for tides 2 to 4 feet above normal.
"Coastal flooding is expected on the Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts coastlines," the National Weather Service said.
"I'm really nervous," Kathy Niznansky, a 65-year-old teacher in coastal Fairfield, Conn. told The Associated Press. Niznansky is still recovering from flooding from Superstorm Sandy which arrived on her birthday and knocked her out of her house near the beach for two months. "Now I'm really worried about this tide tonight. I just don't want any more flooding."
In Massachusetts, gusts over 50 mph were reported in Boston and over 60 mph on Nantucket Island. Winds up to 75 mph were possible in Provincetown, forecasters said.
Police said hundreds of cars were stuck on the Long Island Expressway, NBC weatherman Al Roker said in a message on Twitter.
The winter storm gathered strength as two weather systems — a so-called clipper pattern sweeping across the Midwest and a band of rain from the South — converged over the Northeast early Friday.
By late Friday, the storm had arrived in earnest and was expected to pummel New England through Saturday and last as long as Sunday farther north.
Governors of New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island declared states of emergency.
More than 800 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York to provide roadway support, emergency transportation and back-up for first responders, the Department of Defense said Friday evening, while governors in the region warned people to get home and be prepared for power outages.
Airlines canceled more than 3,000 flights on Friday, Boston closed its subway, Amtrak suspended some service, and cities across the Northeast prepared to deploy an armada of snowplows and salt-spreading trucks.
More than half a million people were without power, including a whopping 389,000 customers in Massachusetts, 177,000 in Rhode Island and 35,000 in Connecticut, and more power failures were expected overnight.
For people in the blizzard’s path, forecasters and authorities had a clear message: Stay home.
Driving bans
Governors in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts announced restrictions on driving.
In the most sweeping ban, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick ordered all non-essential vehicles off the roads by 4 p.m. and said people should brace to be snowed in for two days. He said the storm was "profoundly different" from others the state has endured in recent years.
Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut banned car traffic on limited-access highways starting at 4 p.m. State police reported nearly 100 minor accidents across the state by Friday afternoon.
"If you don't currently have a reason to be on the road, if you're not an emergency personnel that's required to report to work somewhere, stay home," Malloy said at a state armory news conference. "This is it. Things are starting to accumulate."
In the Poughkeepsie, N.Y. crash, a car driven by an 18-year-old female went out of control in the snow and struck Muril M. Hancock, 74, who was walking near the shoulder, police said. Hancock died from his injuries at the hospital.
The eastern part of Connecticut was experiencing white-out conditions late into the evening, the state's emergency operations center reported, and even snowplows were immobilized because of the weather.
Several motorists were reported stranded on snowed-in highways and interstates, but no injuries had been reported. Still, emergency crews were unable to respond due to the severe conditions.
A 19-car pileup on Interstate 295 in Falmouth, Maine, was blamed on the storm. Police said there were minor injuries.
Elsewhere, Rhode Island police asked people for loaner snowmobiles, and out-of-state utility crews headed for Connecticut to help.
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Airline cancellations piled up all morning. Almost 3,000 flights were scrapped for Friday and more than 1,000 more for Saturday, according to FlightAware.com.
At the major airports in New York and New England, most major airlines said they would shut down completely Friday afternoon.
Schools were closed in Boston and for most of New England on Friday. Patrick ordered non-essential state workers to stay home Friday and encouraged private employers to do the same.
In New York, the transit agency added more than 20 afternoon trains on its Metro-North commuter line from Grand Central Terminal to get people out of the city before the worst hit.
The Metro-North suspended service Friday night due to the storm. The Long Island Rail Road shut down service east of Speonk about 9 p.m.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned people to stay in and to use public transportation if they had to go out, although even that carried the possibility of disruptions. The city had 250,000 tons of salt at the ready for the roads.
He encouraged New Yorkers to stay in and cook a meal or read a good book.
"This is a very serious storm, and we should treat it that way," said Tom Prendergast, president of the agency that runs New York subways and buses.
The weather service warned that the combination of heavy snow and high winds would limit visibility and cause whiteout conditions at times.
"Those venturing outdoors may become lost or disoriented," the weather service said in an advisory issued for the Boston area.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I don't really care about a dangerous storm in the northeast. It's 75 degrees here in Texas. Maybe we ought to move Wall Street to Dallas for national security features
No, I think we should keep Wall Street in the United States, for security reasons.
BTW, I have decided to name this storm Bubba.
And what make you think they'll listen.? They were warned about Sandy. Did anyone listen, "HELL NO"... They've been warned about Hurricanes for over 40 yrs. Did they listen, "HELL NO". They just kept on building right on the water with no pilings.
Don't waste your time warning them, they just don't listen......!!!!!!
Two words for you. Katrina and Andrew. We listen and prepare. It's New England. We get a few of these storms a year.
Elmo: Where have you been - living under a rock? We were warned about Sandy for almost a week and EVERYONE HEEDED THAT WARNING. You obviously don't live in this area so where do you come off commenting on something you obviously know nothing about?
In Minnesota we have storms too. I sympathize. However, Ben Thomas lives where there is a storm of Iliegals just about every day & the politicians out east obviously couldn't care less. Understanding goes both ways.
Look out for the snow storm! No, let's say; Look out for the dangerous winter storm! That's better.
A LITTLE SELF CENTERED BEN!!!! What's so great about Texas!! No one gives a crap about Texas that's why Wall Street is HERE and not THERE!!
LOL
DALLAS TEXAS is secure ???? That does not apply to Presidents.
I wouldn't visit texas under any circumstances. Last I heard they were still fighting the civil war.
Next time there's a big tornado I guess we can pray for the tornado to suck up texas,like a bunch of texans sitting around a cess pool with straws.
Ben - Right, 75 degrees with drug lords in your backyard and guess what, we don't care about you either.
Elmo - You are a total idiot and have no clue what we experienced. STFU!
catthepat, you 1/2 whit. I live on the Gulf Coast and know how to listen. Do your homework.!!! You were warned for over 40 yrs. "PREPARE FOR A HURRICANE", but did you listen.??? Hell No.!!! Now, if you so-called heeded that warning, why then did you have so many deaths.? Why were the Subways an Businesses flooded, huh.???
Come on folks, wait till it snows to throw snowballs at each other. *rollseyes*
Ben-numbers doesn't care about the NE but I bet Texans would have enjoyed 20" of snow during their droughts and wildfires.
Some Texas towns have to have water trucked in because their aquifers are depleted.
Another historic storm???...either god like the rest of the country doesn't like these northeast whiners...or they're smart enough to know that whiners get the bucks from DC. They certainly aren't stoic there. Dig out and move on folks the country is broke.
Haha, you have to live in Texas!
Sandra, do the words non sequitur mean anything to you?
This story is getting down right silly....if you write/print it enough IT WILL COME.
I think they wrote a story for this "storm" (aka normal everyday life on earth), every day this week...guess there were no events that needed laws written for them this week....maybe next week.
and yeah, its like 80 out in Phx
@elmo-1940954 - I forgot. Due to your ability to listen there have never been hurricane-related deaths and damage on the Gulf Coast. And you call another poster a "1/2 whit [sic]"?
Whats with all the empty shelves in supermarket freezers? Do people feel they will have to hole up for months or is it just business as usual for those who eat fifteen meals a day?
Best wishes to our Northern families during this weather event. Stay safe up there!
@ Elmo You should make sure to tell the idoits that live in New Orleans or Tornado Alley the same thing...And by the way, people did listen to warnings during Sandy.
@Ben-Thomas Just like I tell my friend who transplanted to Texas twenty years ago, you can have that flat, sulfur smelling, soon to be part of Mexico, HOT, sand filled, big steers and you know what State. I guess I won't feel bad any more for people from Texas when the drought hits you guys harder than it has already...Enjoy Texas!
Yeah what 'rob' said....
you people in the lower 48 are in tornado alley so simply put anyone on here by his definition, is an idiot.
Utter brilliance.
Agreed.
Texas wants to succeed from the union.
Even with Wall Street's ill behavior, it is still in the union...it just needs "a lot of cleaning up."
Well have to admit the media does more than its fair share of playing it up, all the hype and sensationalizing seems to desensitize us more and more and seemingly make us less likely to pay attention, cry wold syndrome if you will. I guess the Weather Channel has to do something to get good ratings and grocery stores love it too. So there is that but whatever the case, if you get stuck or stranded, run out of food ect ect, and are one of the majority average Americans in this area then you have no excuse for your own stupidity. I do hope people have heeded the warnings and are prepared. Been told about this all week. Those getting gas now our going to the store are the ones most likely to be effected by this and cause all the problems because they can't plan ahead, I don't feel sorry for them. Best of luck to the NE. Hold on tight.
It is time
IA.ScooterTramp
I have an idea! Let's make broad sweeping generalizations based purely on someone's geographical location.
Oh, looks like I'm late to the party. Shucks. I thought I was on to something totally new, original and thoughtful!
Maybe we can go back to the tried and true method of judging someone purely based on their skin color instead.
elmo-1940954; your probably as ignorant as your retarded a$* remark! everybody listens to the warning no matter how much we prepare for it does not mean were safe 100% maroon! now do us a favor and go jump in a tornado
Okay kids, calm down. It's winter. We tend to get some of the cold, wet and/or fluffy stuff in February, sometimes more, sometimes less. You've had plenty of warning to get out the long johns, stock up on an auxiliary heat source and put back some water. If you haven't, then it's your own fault for not getting some preparations going. No, blizzards aren't easy, but they are not unexpected either. IT'S WINTER! IN THE NORTHEAST! DUH!!!! It's winter here in Ohio, too. Fortunately, we haven't had the bad conditions that some other places have had or are going to. But it's not over yet.
Hang in there, stay warm, don't travel, read a good book and relax. When the snow finally melts, and you can see your neighbors again, you can swap stories, have a drink on the porch, put up your feet and know that spring is just around the corner.
Best wishes to you all. Be warm and safe.
Another storm just left us here in the Midwest , guess which direction its headed.
Ben Thomas can keep Texas---it's nice and cool and comfy up here in NY during the summer from those Canadian high pressure systems, while they all bake to a crisp in Texas. No thanks.
Tramp -
Well, considering the prevailing wind patterns on this part of Earth, I'd say it's following the jet stream east, maybe ENE.
Oh, and I'm sure your god sent it to tell those politicians in D.C. that abortion is good. Or was it bad? Wait, is this the storm for the immigration bill? Or is this one of those ones your god throws like: "I meant to hit San Francisco, but my aim sucks?"
RDD - are you serious? Nothing like someone turning a blizzard into a political event.
We have major winter storms out here in Utah every year, but it is never national news because it really isn't as big a deal as everyone makes it. It snows for a few days, you shovel out and move on with life. Why does the media and people have to have so much drama to this crap. Are you really that scared of snow?
I made the same comment on the Sierra Nevada mountains where I live. 2 ft snow. You shovel the driveway,fire up the 4x4 and go to work.
To those of you that say that everyone heeded the warning regarding Sandy & Katrina I would question WHY did people die in those storms and why were there rescuers helping people after the fact??? They obviously DID NOT heed those warnings! As far as the NE and this storm go, been there and done that but I'm sure the governors of the states effected will be wringing their hands for taxpayer money -- grift for them and their "friends".
Potentially historic..... historic, good God historic to the press is going back five years. It may be a big storm, but historic, really.
mokie17
I'm certainly not. I will definitely say that the one thing Utah has going for it is that while you can get dumped on during winter (and sometimes into later spring), the weather is beautiful all year long in my mind.
I miss the weather of the Wasatch Valley terribly. I loved having all 4 seasons.
i love the national hatred we have for each other.all the points on the compass hate each other.every man for himself.f the ne,f the south, f the west, f texas,f everyone who isnt you.how far we have come as a country.no compassion.no care.self intrest is the only law.i will buck national trends and say to all,wherever you are in this country,good luck to you all.and take care.
"mokie17" you shovel three feet of snow at one time? Sure, uh huh. What are you, superhuman? And no one "makes a big deal" when Utah gets a snowstorm because NO ONE LIVES THERE. Do know just how many millions of people live in the northeast, how many flights go into and out of Boston, New York, and the other Northeast airports?? Flights across the entire country are affected by storms in the northeast. Cancel them coming of our Salt Lake? No one even notices.......
What, two feet + snow will cripple the NorthEast ?
Think about living in Hakkaido Japan with the following snowfalls and temps for a COUPLE OF MONTHS:
Guess the weather will be to blame for the higher gas prices, DOW freefall, the lackluster economy, and the increase in the unemployment rate.
One of the many mysteries I still don't understand. Why does toilet paper stocked in stores always run out during blizzards? I've always bought two 36 pack rolls at a time. Therefore TP has never been on my blizzard provisions list.
hmmm??? Maybe the rest of you just poop more in cold weather?
Later, Steamie out.
A storm appoaches New York and everyone gets crazy. It is winter right? Somehow though the media will cry they have never seen it this bad or it was almost a record, then slide right into the next mega story when nothing really happened in the first place. Can someone tell me these folks have never had a Nor-easter before?
I'm guessing Ben forgot about Ike and various other storms that have impacted Texass.
I currently live in hurricane alley but used to live in the Northeast. The blunt issue is there is no real difference between a violent Nor'easter and a similarly powerful hurricane. Or a violent Pacific coast storm for that matter. One can argue about the different methods required to cope afterwards, e.g. exposure to extreme heat or extreme cold. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter where you are, loss of power and utilities isn't going to nice. Doesn't matter whether you're trying to cope in 100F after a hurricane or in 0F after a Nor'Easter.
Why this nation has digressed into a bunch of people feeling hatred for those in other areas is absolutely mindboggling to me.
What amazes me is that people knew that this storm was coming.. It was imminent , and even told around what time it would start, and YET people are still out driving in it, or going to and from work, when there is no reason to be going into work unless emergency crews, and there is no reason you should be coming home from work because work should had already let people go. Grocery shopping should had been done days prior.
There will still be people stuck out on the highways over night, there will still be people crashing vehicles into each other.. It boggles my mind when people just dont listen.. Like Katrina.
Global warming strikes again. Opportunity for another $50 billion taxpayer dollars from the government. Locate that FEMA phone number now while you still have power.
25Walker. I would not be so fast to talk about Texas and seceding from the union if memory serves New York, Georgia, Oregon, and many other states also had the same petitions.
That's all well and good, and I do have a boss who has already said to keep an eye on the weather and leave if I feel I need to, despite the fact we aren't supposed to get hit by it much at all here. HOWEVER, many people don't really have much choice about it because if their boss still expects them to come in and work what do they do, risk losing their job?
Blackbird, in answer to your question: the last time New England had a storm like this, in 1978, the snow came down so quickly that the snow plows couldn't begin to keep up with it. I remember that roads in Rhode Island were shut down for almost two weeks - so not only were people more or less unable to get out to the stores, but delivery trucks were unable to make deliveries. Those empty shelves are likely for milk and other basics, which people will have difficulty getting for several days. In '78, we didn't have any warning that the storm was going to be as bad as it is, and people learned the hard way. This time, they're going to be prepared if they ARE housebound for a week or two.
Rob, exactly. People still have to go to work. Not everyone can just take a day off whenever they want. If it was a planned vaca road trip then yeah, might want to postpone the trip obviously. But, I live in NH. There was a light dusting this morn. Damn right you go to work.
Trick is, know when too much is too much. Don't drive on balding tires. You should have at least front wheel drive here. AWD is ideal. 4x4 works great too. Keep a blanket in the car. Flares. First aid kit. Of course, I have none of those things. Good tires with AWD is about it. But, I live 30 min from work. I'll walk if I have to. It's called being an adult.
I find it humorous that Buffalo and Rochester, which are aparently in some alternate universe from the rest of New York get pounded with snow virtually every year (last year was an exception as no one really got snow). They dig out and deal with it and unless it is somethng like 5-8ft in one storm no one hears a thing. They just go about their business. Heck in MI we have been shoveling snow for the better part of 3 weeks. We manage to cope. I am thinking that the folks in Buffalo are joining the rest of us that deal with snow pretty regularly as we sit and laugh at the "epic" snow storm warnings that the the rest of the east coast receives because apparently they don't know how to survive without being led by the hand.
Probably balances out the record high temperatures experienced in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 & in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
We had a warning like this in Utah last year an everybody went home early. We barely got hit with any snow and some light winds. I'm wondering if this is going to be as bad as they say or if it's getting hyped because of all the coverage it's getting. I guess we can just wait and see. Good luck out there.
There are good points and bad points to living anywhere. It doesn't accomplish anything to ridicule someone because of the weather in their locale. However, it is interesting to note the difference in media coverage of Katrina vs. Sandy. G.W. Bush would have been vilified 24/7 if the pitiful response to Sandy had occurred under his watch. In contrast, the idiotic and irresponsible actions of Democratic New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin somehow became Bush's fault after Katrina. I will say a prayer for those in the northeast, and hope they will do they same for me when my area is threatened by bad weather. Meanwhile, I'm heading out to go water skiing.
It's use to be the blizzard that New Englanders use to compare other storms to. Can't believe it's been 35 years since the Blizzard of '78!!
Why are they a bunch of whimps about these storms these days? They are nothing new to mankind.
catthepat - So out of "EVERYBODY HEEDED THAT WARNING" in the week adveance notice were able to move their houses off the beaches and put them in more secure locations? So for you that do live in taht area and do know what you are talking about how do you reconcile all of the whining when your houses are demolished by the storms?
I empathize with the folks in the northeast. Big snowstorms in densely populated areas ARE a big deal. I know, I've lived it. I experienced the Christmas Blizzard of '82 in Denver. It was a big deal because 2 feet (or was it 2 1/2?) fell in 24 hours and paralyzed the city. People needing medical care had to be transported with snowmobiles. I don't know about the northeast, but in Denver they don't plow the side streets, only the main streets. Hence, a big storm like this can be paralyzing. All the more reason to be prepared to be snowed in for a few days. I see nothing wrong with the precautions they are taking. If it happens, they'll be prepared, if it doesn't, so what. They took precautions to be safe if it did.
Where I live now, in the northwestern Colorado mountains, we get storms like this all the time, but people have plow blades on their trucks, county governments plow most neighborhoods, and the Department of Transportation does a stellar job keeping the highways clear. Completely different than in the cities.
But the northeastern storms are much different than those in the Rockies. They get hammered with snow from the nor'easters and what ever it is they call it that comes off of the Great Lakes. Makes for gigantic storms. Take care, you guys up north, and stay safe!
So, exactly who the hell cares???? If the storm were heading for the midwest, south, north, etc., it wouldn't receive 1 line of media coverage. However, since the great northeast, especially the coast, is sooooo much more effing important, the media feels the need to bore the crap out of the rest of the country.
it will shut down power and what not then after a few months of people being in bad need the Unions may decide to let people in to fix the issues
Really, spider? We'll be sure to say the same thing when the stories about impending hurricanes and tornado-spawning thunderstorms come around later in the year. We might even add a "who the hell cares" to a drought or wildfire story here and there, I don't know.
A simple story about weather is being used as a left right argument? anybody from either side who is putting politics to a storm story is ..................................
What I'm reading here are many very good reasons that the next time a natural event does damage down south, I'm going to be lobbying my congressman to vote against any aid for you bubbas. Most of you morons haven't an ounce of empathy and even less brainpower. You don't deserve help from my tax dollars.
So here I am in Boston 3" of wet gloppy mess after leaving Portland this AM with 6-8" of light fluff, and everyone is freaking out. Get a life... this is New England.
And some people wonder why I drive my now 5th Saburu with a blanket and snow shovel in the back... because I've learned to deal with it.
Weenies...
it's really quite simple..put the car in the garage..watch it snow..when its over..clean the driveway..
AND GET ON WITH IT...
the media sucks
I would not mind being snowed in with the chick under my post . hubba hubba Esselene ! ?!?!
catthepat wanted elmo the moron to speak about only that of which he had knowledge. A completely unreasonable demand! Censorship! He'd never say or type another word.
down South we call people that do not prepare for hurricanes , how shall I put it, stupid.
25 walker - its spelled secede , not succeed, youre a dope, go smack your grammar school english teacher and buy a dictionary.
Exactly what I've been thinking here in the Lake Tahoe area (Incline Village).
Yesterday, when they were bellowing about two feet of snow coming I pointed out we refer to that as "Flurries".
To my mom&dad, and all my relatives and friends in the USA, my prayers are for all of u ,stay in doors plz love u all
Happy blizzarding all you Upstate NYers!!!! Defend your homes with rock and sticks. Super Cuomo's got your back!
Oh....damn, don't look now! He's taxing rocks and sticks. Next it's how big and sharp they can be. Pfffft.....just move and leave them to it.
What a bunch of weenies! Just be careful and quit your bitching. Get a clue... You live in the north, WHERE IT SNOWS! Deal with it. If you can't, MOVE!
Oh and make a few more Darwin Awards.
Wow, they get snow on the east coast. Everyone run for the hills, close everything down. Oh, we are going to need another 60 billion in aid because we need to pay everyone off again!
What a joke you people are. If you can't handle it, then move!
The media indicates this is the only area in the country that gets snow and we have to close the financial institutes. Wimps!
I'd say Alan and Jeff are the losers here.
Getting prepared to be snowed in isn't being a wimp. No one said the people couldn't handle it. They ARE handling it by preparing for it. Nothing wimpy about being prepared for ANY type of storm. It's called common sense.
Its more the media than the people that are weenies. They make things look ten time worst than they really are. But, there are many people that don't prepare, do the wrong things to put themselves in trouble, then want the government to bail their sorry butt out. That should not be tolerated and fines should be given for stupidity.
Where is the help for the victims of Sandy , now they are going to get hit by the blizzard and many still living in tents. Were are the 50 billions that Congress already approve.
Wow there is some serious and needless hostility here. People need Prozac.
Wow. You have some serious paranoia issues.
Not everyone is going to get the same amount of snow and not everyone is going to get the worst of it; this is obvious. Media is going to cover the parts that are newsworthy - that is what they get paid to do.
Climate change? ? ?
What "climate change" ?
Nah, lokay5, whenever there is a snow storm it is caused by "climate change"! When there is no snow it is "global warming"!
Almost 50 degrees here in Idaho. [YAAAAAWN]
Think I'll go for an ice tea now.
Enjoy.
To All US Media and Weather Reporters! STOP Melodramatically REPORTING!!! Its just 'winter weather! You people are total idiots. This one's "FrankenStorm" or "Its the Worst Ever"... GET A LIFE and DO SOME REAL REPORTING. We all laugh here in the MidWest because it's just another winter and winter storm so put on your snow boots, get out the snow plows snow shovels, deal with it, and shut up. When I was younger we had to walk to school in the stuff and it was not uncommon to do this frequently. How about a reporting just the facts and something like the National Weather service anticipates snow and accumulation may range from 8 to 24 inches, but the good news is that it will come and go and melt away by next week! Put a positive spin on it instead of contributing to MASS CHAOS!
geared2go what about the winds and resulting blackouts?
the funny part to me is all the drug addicts will have to go without for a week......
Well, maybe the media overplayed it but still good idea to get those jolly riders and macho idiots off the streets. They will unnecessarily engage the emergency workers.
The storm is expected to hit Mass. and Connecticut in a big way yet all cameras is on NY and talk is about Sandy. Storm in the South we'll talk about Sandy, west coast flooding still Sandy. Media get over it. I am sure people have moved on.
This media coverage is a joke. It is a snowstorm for crying out loud. We have them in Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit etc. This is a waste of time worrying about it.
I find the media panic over this storm out of line! Yes it is a big storm but it is also winter, such is to be expected not shocked over.
Yes people be careful driving, stock up on some supplies in case the power goes out, but I do not see this as a Monster Storm, but a regular winter blizzard which happens.
But I will add that my heart and prayers goes to the victims of Sandy, many who still have no power or heat or a home. God Be With YOU as hopefully you'll find some warm shelter amd a kind helping hand!
To the media, there must be some impyt. news out there other than just the storm and the search for a lousy violent cop. Yes this is news, but it cannot be all there is! For gosh sales there is much more to this country then the East Coast!
Wow. All this global warming is really a bitch isn't it?
Does sillyshrinks mean you visit them on a regular basis. Because if you don't you should. Where the F..k do you live, because you sure don't know anything about northeast winters. Your hopes and prayers are with Sandy victims who are without power or heat? These two things have never occurred during a blizzard? All reports say this could be one of the most devastating storms in history. That's a little more than just a few inches. We're talking about possibly over 3 FEET of snow, that will drift to 10 feet. Probably the amount you snort in 1 month. 3 FEET of snow is never "to be expected" in the lower 48!!!!!! It happens and we''re as prepared as we can be, but don't think for one second it's a walk in the park. People DIE in these things. Some will need emergency medical help and won't be able to get it. Does that sound funny to you A$$HOLE? People be careful while driving? What makes you think you can drive in 3 FEET of snow? So Einstein, what Do you call a "Monster storm"? And God be with you that you don't collapse under the weight of your own ignorance.
This is really not all that much snow. I'm in Vancouver Canada (where it's a balmy
greyish 48 degrees F with NO SNOW today)....BUT....less than 120 miles up the road
in our very own "Highway to Hell" (i.e. the Coquihalla mountain pass highway) they
had TWO METRES (7 FEET!) of snow in their mountain snowsheds in only 72 hours!
So it could be worse! The total snowpack is now 23 FEET OF SNOW in our
mountain area...now THAT is a lot of digging out to do! AND another 6 to 8
feet of snow! is coming in the next 7 to 10 days or so!
Even heavy hit Boston is only getting 3 feet of snow!
Henry,
It isn't just the snow depth. It's the hurricane force winds with the snow depth. It isn't just the snow depth and the hurricane force winds. It's the population density on top of all that.
Sugar,
There is a driving ban statewide except for emergencies. Ain't nobody driving right now. First time such an action has been taken since 1978.
Ahem....it's winter.
Suck it up. Try living in the heartland when we have tornadoes (F5 remember May 3, 1999) not much warning....if you live in the east you should be prepared for snow...............in heartland we can deal with tornadoes......................and we rebuild all by ourselves..............NO government assistance!
I'm in Calgary, 1,000km (625 miles) east of Mr Eckstein. I used to live in Vancouver and understand what he means by grey in winter. About 40+F here and forecast for mild weather through next week.
Seriously though I have been in Calgary approx 30 years and must say with certainty the winters are much milder than they were when I first got here. There were many weeks of -30 dipping down to -40. We rarely see -30's anymore except for a few days. The winter though seems to stretch on longer. The climate has definitely changed. Calgary used to be burnt out brown come August due to drought but now remains lush green through the summers. Got a kick from our Idaho poster as they are just below us and obviously experiencing mild weather too. We were envious of the eastern heat wave this past summer but expect that Mother Nature has a way of evening things out.
Stay indoors and think of the homeless.
Cheers.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't that fat rat in Pennsylvania say that spring was going to be early this year? I think he'd make a better hat and hand warmer that a weatherman.
We have very close family in Connecticut--talked to them early today--one is extremely ill. They are preparing to leave their home, and go to a Hotel if the power goes--most hotels were booked early this morning.
Connecticut does a great job of keeping their roads clear--but if the Power goes out, and Emergencies happen, then what?-----Let's all hope everyone stays safe in the New England States that have been hit by this Blizzard.
Not sure if this one is any different than the past Blizzards they have had. The East Coast is known for this, and am sure the Media is challenging other Media reports for reading or viewer ratings. If this happened on the West Coast, the reports would be "nil".
Ratings. Most important to the Media, how about the people. Do they care, outside of their jobs? Hope they do.
Carnival time here in Rio de Janeiro, 85 degrees
Sheryl,
Actually, yes you guys do take government assistance. That was one of the insensitive things people were spouting off about after Joplin. Government assistance was provided to people who lost their homes. People who had no homeowner's insurance. FEMA was active throughout the whole process.
Last year the Ohio governor refused government aid. But then he changed his mind and took it.
You might want to double check your facts.
To Mom,Dad my brothers ,family and friends my prayers goes out for u all and the nation plz stay in doors ,We had a taste of it here in Europ,mother nature is on the go again.
most kind post I've ever seen on Newsvine
And who is lelts mother nature rampage???
Dont have a clue WTF that is ^^^^ but it simply must have been important, after all it was in bold print...!!
It's that "global warming" thing, hitting us again. ;-O
Actually this IS another prime example of climate change. Dolts don't seem to be aware there will be winter storms as usual. But this is no ordinary storm. I lived in NE Connecticut for several years and don't recall a time where everything shut down as with this storm.
But make fun. Of course you could just go out in the backyard and play in the sandbox. Maybe bury your head again.
Global warming hysteria does not work anymore, now is climate change, for some man-made climate change, they just preffer to dismiss that this planet is changing its climate since their origins. Millions of years ago.
I will guess Dan Liked his own post, unless someone else understood what the hell he said?
Huh? Climate scientists take that into account. They don't "dismiss it." That is, in fact, exactly why they have a pretty good idea of what level of climate change is normal, or average, and what kind is extreme.
I lived in Fairbanks Alaska as a child. This would be normal for Feb. I realize this is a bad storm but google storms and see that even if it is a bd as they say it has been much worse.
Mary p;
This really isn't all that unusual for the region. Serious storms have hit new England for thousands of years at least. My people weathered them all. Long before the excitable Europeans arrived suffering through a sever winter and without our help, would surely have died. Would have been better for us, but hey, hind sight is always 20/20. Today we have the media in all it's glory to add sensationalism to any event. Add excitement, add hyperbole. It's a serious storm, no doubt, but have humans really lost so much of their ability to adapt that they have to say the sky is falling? It's not, it's only snow. What's next?, rioting, looting, pillaging? And you called us savages. Pffffffttt.
Wow.......storms in the east ALways get major airplay. We go through this all winter in North dakota......add a storm like this with sub zero temps. I feel for all the people who will be stuck in this......we will pray for your safety. Now you will all know what we go through for the WHOLE winter! Be safe!
The reason the enviros call it "climate change" now is that when they called it "global warming" they were only right when it was warmer and drier than normal. Now they are right if it is cooler and drier, cooler and wetter, warmer and drier, and warmer and wetter, than perceived normal! This make them almost always right! Sounds like a weather guy who always says that there is 50% chance of precip! No matter what happens, they are correct!
Dan M-1100664: I bask in the warm glow you give for your fellow humans. Oooooh. Such a compassionate fellow you are.
mary p: The issue with Fairbanks was the thaw! Remember the poop contests where the person who brought in the most poop and debris exposed by the melting snow gets a free weekend getaway? The winner is always the person who finds the dead housewife in the car, lost 6 month ago because she crashed wearing a house coat and slippers. Darn that tonnage.
because it's on the east coast.....it gets major airplay. I do feel for you all, and pray you will be safe! But we, in North Dakota deal with this ALL winter long, and with sub zero temps. It is a daily routine! Yet, no one hears about it, and we don't bitch about it! Is where we chose to live.....as did you!
larry,
Do you get 75 mph wind with your storms? As I sit here, the lights are flickering. If they go out, I will not have heat.
Monkey, it is amazing how liberals just assume that everyone is being "inconsiderate" because they don't gush with "compassion"! I guess you just are so much better at being "compassionate" and I should just "bask in the glow" of your greater goodness. Sorry if I am just sick and tired of our press shooting out these disaster stories in order to back up their "theory" of global warming....err... climate change...err... (fill in the blank for the newest liberal buzz words)! I have survived much larger storms then are hitting the North East U.S.! My first week living in Casper, Wyoming I saw over 12 FEET of snow! I saw over 6ft of snow back in 2003 in Colorado.
Weather is only weather, not a political statement! (Or a reason to jack up our taxes and boost stupid regulation) BTW, my prayers are with anyone who is having difficulty in this storm!
Try 300+ MPH winds with an F5 tornado then we will talk.........um I think, remember 1978 30" of snow in the NE oh wait ya'll were not even born then................suck it up! Climate change, global warming...........ever think that maybe this stuff happens every once in a while? Pfffftttt
Get over yourself Voxrati! I remember back to the 70s driving a rally car in Conn when the weather caused the race to be stopped! It was in November, it was the Thanksgiving 24 hr event! Global warming? Early 70s the same scientists had proof we were heading into a new ice-age! Climate change? Sure, every year! It's called: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall!
I just hope these people are smart enough to prepare before this storm hit and stayed the hell off the roads.
Dan-312359
"And who is lelts mother nature rampage???"
Why, The Giant Invisible Spaghetti Monster, who else?
mokie17,
"crap?"
Are you naïve enough to think that against the damage that we have exacted upon this planet, that continual climate change is "crap?" By concerned scientists, long ago it was predicted that the damage to the ozone layer and a slight rise in the earth's temperature would bring about catastrophic weather patterns and crop damage. Because of Utah's altitude and longitude, Utah's historical weather pattern is heavy snow.
...however, the Northeast...now looking like Utah and Montana?
The serious people are legitimately concerned about the issue of climate change.
I'm totally amazed by the cynicism so many have for their fellow American. Actually I continue to be amazed every time there is any major weather event. I have never shown such disrespect for folk who have a major weather event.
Good luck. Until you have been caught in a "super storm" blizzard when the wind sounds like a freight train and you can't see three feet, you won't believe it. Back in the mid 80's (19) a friend and I just about bought it. Forecasters could be wrong, been wrong before but what the hell, stay home, read a book, watch a movie and spend time with the family. Better than being a Popsicle.
GM Stonepipe,
I watch from afar! LOL I'll read a book on the ....
Glad to hear you made in back in the 80s
stonepipe2, thanks. We have 18 to 28 inches of snow forecast-ed here on Coastal Maine. You are right, these super storms are basically hurricanes in frozen form. Additionally, we are in an astronomical high tide cycle which will be added to extreme coastal flooding making the flooding potential very high. While Ben Thomas-1501402 doesn't "really care" about this dangerous storm, we all do. It reminds me of the Blizzard of 1978 which shut the east coast down for days in a place that's fairly well-equipped to handle snow.
General Motors to you my friend! Yes, enjoy that book and try not to get sand in your eyes. Just got done with a Jack Reacher trilogy Santa brought me. Now must get back to "The 500" unfortunate it is on a Nook, the reason I went to the paper backs. 500 is awesome, it is just not a book.
I lived in NYC during the '78 storm. Sum it up in two words: Non Event.
Stay Safe Beth!! Hope all of the people on the east coast will be ok...worried about all of you and especially the ones still enduring from Sandy.
hummmmmmmmmmmm ...
Everyone in the area should just sit home and play "Jingle
BallsBells" and try to enjoy!Merry Christmas! ....................
Thanks, former repub!
Everything here is closed and the best thing to do is hunker down, and stay away from wave gawking (!) until it's over (Sunday). I think I'll watch a movie... as long as the power stays on.
Sounds nice Moon, but most of us have to work.
We'll get out early today, but so far all that's out there is a flurry.
Wonder how many Billions we will be throwing to pork projects this time? This Administration can not let a good crissis go to waste get your pork in now !!
Good thing Justin Bebier fans are taking heed of the storm warnings by waiting out in the weather....
Oh And Why is MSNBC not screaming about What Penneta testified yesterday?Obama and his treason and impeachable actions on Benghazi and his gun running ?? Not a story ? Please...Yep Obama has the media running scared after the threat of being murdered by Drones if O thinks someone is a threat to America,Obama thinks anyone who disagrees with his policy's is a threat,guess we all better watch what we say and do,And be careful what you ask for.
Ster, while you're ranting about pork projects, it might help if you knew what you're talking about. Pork projects are added onto bills and called riders. They are added by members of CONGRESS, not the administration. I guess maybe you shouldn't have slept through American Government classes in High School.
So, they want to play the super bowl in the northeast, huh!
Preferably in Foxboro. Green Bay, Denver, Etc. or as Ditka once said, they ought to concrete stadiums and make skating rinks.
For those of us who are tired of the same 'ol, same 'ol locations for the Superbowl, yes! Bring on Denver, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Seattle. Let's take a 10 year hiatus from New Orleans, FLORIDA, and even my beloved Pasadena and watch the men have fun in real weather!
John,
Obama had nothing to do with signing pork bills ? Wow have you been asleep the last 4 yrs? Didn't he say no more pork ? But then again he has broke most every one of his promises he made to America..But who cares right,after all he is our Dad and Saviour right?
Hey Ster2 - put a sock in it, will you? I always look for the nut jobs to toss in the political crap when the topic could not possibly be connected to their tripe.
And further more John it doesn't seem to matter to this President what our Constitution says or how the Government is to be ran,he just signs a executive order and does what he likes,Hell he seems to think he is judge and jury...drones,white papers ring a bell? Nah you O supporters would rather close your eyes and drink the Kool-Aid after all he is a rock star,he feels its more important to hang with Hollyweirdos that shower him with their complete allegence,than to do his JOB.
WELL SAID
Observing2 - So if you're looking for it and found it why are you telling him to put a sock in it?
Must be one hell of a storm they are expecting if they expect to be snowed in for two years.
Superbowl is in NJ next year, Giants stadium.
Where does it say "two years" - I just reread it and it says "two days"?
Wow. You really have a serious case of Obama-envy.
According to Byron Raum, now even the liberals on this site are calling Obama a "pr1ck"!
Ster, were you half as vocal about the Patriot Act, Free Speech Zones, Illegal wiretaps during the Bush years?
@ JohnBryant
If ster wasn't.... i sure the hell was, and still am. same with the financial side of it too, both sides are destroying us and it's picking up steam.
March headline. "February's bad economic numbers attributed to winter storm".
More like "Gas prices increase due to winter storm." Maybe both...
Anyone go get gas this morning? It's gone up already.
Janine
You speak of a much much worse storm still developing that is much much more devastating.But it has been going up for a couple weeks . Always does when they devalue the dollar with more debt. But of course they WILL blame the storm, and the sheeple will believe and the lemmings will march ever "forward".
Scooter slut, The main driver in the higher gas prices is Wall Street, with the economy starting to pick up, speculators drove the oil prices higher. I like the way right wingnuts always said the president had no control over gas prices when GWB was in the White House, but now, it's all the president's fault.
John,
I am truely sorry but .... I am only responsible for what i said, not what YOU understand.
GM Scooter
Remember theold philosophy "Never miss an opportunity to raise prices - no matter what product you sell"
How's Iowa doing weatherwise?
Ohh I know that Scooter. Just that gas went up .10 since yesterday. It's been going up since before the new year, but this was the biggest one day jump.
GM Jack,You too, Stone, Bill,and Janine,
Well...we're having a heatwave... a tropical heatwave ...there's no denying the temperatures rising...we're having a heat wave.....
Sorry spontanouse singing is a habit of mine, its tough on me but allot harder on those around me.
Anyway its excellent for Feb. rained for about 12 hours yesterday and about 38 today. its a heat wave.
Janine, if higher gas prices are giving you the blues, I could e-mail you our current California gas prices once a week-guaranteed to make you feel a little better!
hahahah Nurse..No. My son is stationed in CA. I hear about the prices there all the time.
Doesn't seem like you understand what you said, either.
Don't worry guys! The press will blame Bush and the Republicans for this storm soon enough!
Huh OH! Gas prices went up! Major storm (according to the press) hits the NE, Obama threatens US citizens, I stepped on a straight pin, my dog "Dobby" just gassed us out. What the hell did Bush think he was doing?
Some tv weather persona, unless I heard him wrong, mentioned ten ft. drifts last night. Additionally, I checked out the big window in the Living Room at 5:30 AM and a light snow was falling, Friday morning. This snow...is it an advance guard of the blizzard, or has the blizzard started already? If the latter, and they're saying this event is an all day and all nighter, batten down the hatches, fellow comrades of the Peoples Republic of Mass, and also like citizens of New England.
Peace be with us all. Will try to keep posted.
I live in NH. It's Winter, we get snow from time to time. Sometimes it's 1 or 2 feet. The 24 hr media cycle has whiped up everyone here in such a frenzy that the gas stations and grocery stores were packed last night. I mean like "grand opening" packed. Please, folks, it's not tornadoes or a hurricane. It's a nor'easter. We get one or two a year. This is not impending doom. Relax, get some junk food and a movie and enjoy an indoor weekend. Work on Monday. Same old same old. We'll be fishing in the Spring before you know it.
Yep, these days, every day seems to be a slow news day. It certainly makes sense to take precautions in a storm like this but the reporting does tend to get a little ridiculous. It cracked me up when they started naming winter storms like they name hurricanes. They would run out of names every winter in northern Michigan if they tried to do that here.
Until you've lived through over 350 cumulative inches of snow in a season you're not really storming. ;-)
Stay smart and safe New England!
I thought the Peoples Republic was Cambridge.
It only started snowing here around 9:30 or so. still just a flurry.
With Coupe Duvals speach last night he better hope we get buried. Not like the storm that never happened a couple of years ago. Closed the whole state down, for Nothing.
Jon, almost 30 feet of snow in a season? come on. I lived in the Rockies at nearly 7500 feet elevation and never approached that kind of annual snowfall. I know some places get a lot of "lake effect snowfall", but 30 feet seems a bit extreme.
So how is it having to shovel 2-3 feet of "global warming"?
Just got done moving 9 inches of global warming and expecting another 12-24 through this weekend - but not on the east coast.
Having to shovel 2-3 feet of snow isn't global warming. An increasing frequency of mega-storms such as this one is global climate change. But you already knew that, didn't you?
@Byron
We are also in a (roughly) 50-year cycle where the Atlantic is warmer than the Pacific. We had a few years of stronger (and more frequent) storms back in the 1960s as well, and each (roughly) fifty years prior to that.
Google "Pacific Decadal Oscillation"
Here you go John.
www.mtu.edu/alumni/favorites/snowfall/snowfall.html
No go win a drink on this little bit of trivia. You are welcome.
I guess gas prices will go up all over the USA today. Better fill up now.
They already went up by $.12 yesterday here in the Midwest. Went from $3.43 to $3.55. Let the price gouging begin. Sure wish they could put up a wall and stop that blizzard right here. We need the snow! The ground is so dry, there are cracks everywhere.
SHHHH....don't tell anyone...think guns, casey antoney, etc. ...Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain........
Yes, it's all due to some guy behind a curtain. Can't be market forces at work. It's all a conspiracy!
I was at UConn during the Blizzard of "78. Gov. Ella Grasso closed the roads in the whole state. Storrs is a windy campus to begin with, but this was insane! I lived off campus, and so my car was literally under the snow-completely buried. Bunked in with my former dormmates for two nights. My hair froze into chunks of ice.
My roommate was also stuck on campus, and she had petit mal epilepsy, and all her meds were home. For that reason I decided to defy the order and dig out my car. I was an Aggie, so found a shovel in the horse barn. I had to guesstimate where it was, because it was under several feet from the snow plows burying it. It was a hopeless cause. To my rescue came the guys from Alpha Gamma Rho who dug out my car in 20 minutes flat. They were out shoveling out professors-hoping for an improved grade! HaHa!
Made it home in one piece. And didn't get arrested.
32 years, got to love those Alpha Gamma Rho guys! :)
I do know someone who was arrested trying to drive in and around Boston where roads were closed as well. That was a storm to remember! In college, during that storm, I was supposed to do a research paper while researching at the Massachusetts Museum of Fine Arts. As you can imagine, that paper was very late (pre-computer days).
They can't arrest you if they can't get to you. Just keep driving.
Climate change! Tax tax tax tax tax!
I wondered how long it would be before some idiot denied climate change.
Behold the reasoning power of the statist.
The Weather media has to scare-cast, otherwise they get no ratings.
It's winter people, there is going to be snow and possibly blizzards!!!
They make such a big deal out of these storms and tell people to stay off the roads because they know the people in SUVs won't listen anyway. "I have 4 wheel drive, I can go anywhere at 60mph and stop on a dime, even with snow and ice on the road". Oops, why am I in a ditch, I have 4 wheel drive. IDIOTS.
ya had a good post going....tell the last word. Is it self descriptive perhaps? Sorry but that's the only reason i can think of to use it.
He did. IDIOTS. Problem is they aren't located only in the NE.
That's because you are one of the people he was talking about. The rest of us had no trouble understanding what he was saying.
May there be NO destruction and NO loss of Lives and Property and Infrastructure. May the Storm get blown over as soon as possible so that the Schools can reopen and Lives of the Americans come back to Normal. Americans have to be ready for this Storm and prepare themselves mentally and physically for this storm and try to remain Indoors when the Storm comes. GOD Bless the Americans. GOD BLESS THE USA.
Kevin Valentine Moraes
Mira Road (Thane)
Don't worry. Paul Krugman said storms and destruction are good for the economy.
Mike, do you have a credible source for that "fact"?
Paul Krugman isn't credible? It must be true if the New York Times endorses it.
The media loves big storms and actually contributes to their perceived size and danger, all the better to keep us glued to the tube. Hence the term "Snow Job".
I've recently heard the term "weather porn"
Maybe so much weight will be added to New England that it will fall into the ocean and then the USA will be balanced out by California falling into the Pacific Ocean! I will go out to the edge and throw a life ring to Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi. They can try to share it!
I got a cement filled tire you can toss 'em! Fill it with snow first, maybe they can get the state a financial bailout.
Best responses I have ever read.
2conservative, are you feeling a bit sexist and hateful today with your diatribe against three women?
You folks on the East Coast are quite entertaining to those of us in the Midwest near the Great Lakes. We routinely get 2-3 feet of lake effect snow during the Winter and its no big deal. You guys get one big storm and the world is coming to an end. Stop the sensationalism and ratings grab. It's snow. You'll thaw out in a day and life will go on. Put down the Nielsen ratings books and start doing some real journalism.
Your right about those on the East Coast.... get a grip and deal with it. But they think that the universe was created in NYC.....lololol...put your big girls panties on and deal with it...
Joe, most people who have lived in New England for any length of time know what blizzards are like,,and what snow is.
It's the media that hypes it up.
Why does the NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA always fail to mention the beautiful CITY of WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS? With its mountainous terrain, hills, and ROME like typography is this amazing CITY OF SEVEN HILLS, SECOND LARGEST CITY in NEW ENGLAND gets very limited National Coverage and typically receives much more SNOW than Boston or Providence could ever dream of.
Translation problem. don't you realise how hard it is to type the lingo? IE; .. cahr... bahr... behr,.. and my favorite ( Maine mostly but i have heard it as far south as CT.).....Ayup....I use it here allot, screws people up.
Obviously you've never spent any time there.
;-)
I spent a week there one afternoon..That was enough.
Frank the Crank--"ROME like typography (sic)?" Does that mean they type in Italian up there?
Woostah. Say it right! ;-)
Actually, I have quite a few friends in Woostah, and have spent many a happy evening there at places like the Tammany.
Enjoy ............................................................................................ while you can.
The idiots in Washington will send lots of taxpayer money in the aftermath.
Every have a disaster in your area? Ever need Federal funds? If you haven't go post somewhere else because you nothing about devastation. We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and we have people in NY still living in tents over 3 month after the event. And unlike down south, it's cold up here and those people have no where to go. Why don't you invite a family to come live with you?I have.
You have class. Wish more of that.
cannot wait till this storm doesn't happen as predicted/guessed at.....all they do is cause panic....
The storm is here. Try listening to some real news.
Well you folks up north freeze your brains out, LOL
Down here in Florida where I am at it is a sunny, high in the 70's today, sorry gotta go late for the golf course, ROFLOL
enjoy the next hurricane !
settersperc, I'll rembember that next time a cat 5 hurricane is heading towards your a--! Enjoy your wittle golf game Gomer!
settersperch. How much golf are you going to play next summer when you have Herman Cain-like weather?
You know 90-90-90! The temp is 90 degrees, the humidity is 90% and the wind is blowing 90 mph.
naw Florida will be just fine. By the time hurricanes make it to Florida they're already weaken by the Bahamas, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Or they just go into the gulf. Florida hasn't had a major hurricane since 2005. And even then those weren't that big of a deal.
Louie, 90-90-90? in the summer? Sounds like a nice summer day in Florida.
Scare, scare, scare the population with doomsday predictions. In nothern latitudes it snows in the winter. It occasionally snows alot, accompanied by strong winds. Doomsday predictions do nothing but whip up the population into a milk, bread and toilet paper buying frenzy. Even if the snow fall totals come to fruition, if you simply stay home, you can't get stranded hmmm?
Problem is that it was so mild last year and people forgot what winter is supposed to be. In MN, we've had very little snow this year, perhaps 8 inches in total for the winter so far. People lose their winter driving chops so it gets interesting when it does snow. Good luck for whatever comes your way, East Coast. Hopefully the Sandy victims don't get a double whallop.
This storm, any snow storm is only "dangerous" if you're stupid enough to go outside in it. I have no sympathy for the ignorant fools that insist on traveling during a storm. So, go ahead dumbasses, take a hike in a whiteout and don't forget to drive like a moron on the highway too.
The people who go out and drive in this type of weather are the idiots on the road that cause accidents even when there is no weather issue. There is no cure for stupidity.
It can become quite dangerous without leaving the house at all if you lose power and water for a week in sub-freezing temperatures, Chucklehead.
Thanks Tim, I do realize that but the article is talking about the travel conditions. You really should read the entire article and not just the comments.
The point is that it is not only dangerous if you're stupid enough to go out in it, as you said.
Um, when I was young and dumb, I delivered prescriptions. I remember times I just drove as close as I could get and would walk sometimes a LONG way.
When an older person is out of insulin or some other critical med....not driving is not an option. Besides, was kind of fun.
Looks like the Northeasters aren't the chosen ones huh?
Their attitude when Florida was blasted for a year with repeated hurricanes, when Texas was blasted by Ike and had wildfires out of control was one of "serves you right" and "you get what you deserve." The posts on MSNBC at the time actually said that many times.... and worse......
But I, as a Proud Texan who left the rust belt for prosperity and freedom. wish them the best, pray for them and hope that this administration will follow thru on helping them out. I hope they don't have to wait two years for their insurance money. Hope they get their $2000 fema cards (we never did) and someone, somewhere cuts the red tape for aid and assistence.....
They never did get their FEMA trailers. I wonder why it was good for Louisiana and not NJ.
THANK GOD President Obama and Gov. Krispy Kreme got all the power back on from the Hurricane.
What a moronic statement. Find a fluff piece to post on. This is serious stuff.
I thought 2 ft was the norm up there. I remember the snowstorm of '96 in Roanoke, Va. We had somewhere between 2 to 3 ft of snow but it wasn't classified as a blizzard since we didn't have high wind speeds. It was still a challenge to dig out the roads, walk ways, etc.. We were out of school for so long, we had to go on Saturdays as make up days.
Yeah, you can't have a blizzard unless the wind is blowing. I remember your snow storm. Hope you made it through OK.
Sure did. It gave us kids lots of fond memories to look back on too. I hope everyone stays safe today.