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Winslow Townson / AP
People dig out their cars in Boston, on Sunday, Feb. 10. A howling storm across the Northeast left the New York-to-Boston corridor shrouded in 1 to 3 feet of snow Saturday, stranding motorists on highways overnight and piling up drifts so high that some homeowners couldn't get their doors open.
The snow-weary Northeast is about to get hit again. And again.
Forecasters say parts of New England — still digging out from an epic snowstorm last weekend — should get several inches of snow Wednesday night, according to weather.com. New York and Philadelphia could see 1 to 3 inches.
Temperatures are not expected to be low enough to cause significant travel problems, said Tom Moore, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel.
More coverage from weather.com
Then, this weekend, a second round: A weather system should deliver light snow to the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Appalachians on Friday, then dust northern New England on Saturday.
Earlier forecast models suggested that the weekend storm could sock the Northeast with high wind and heavy snow, but those models now think a low-pressure system will stay far enough offshore to keep that from happening.
The blizzard last weekend left at least 12 people dead, buried cars along highways, mangled travel across the country and dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some places.
It’s still causing problems: Just Wednesday morning, snow mounds and icy roads slowed firefighters’ response to a house fire in Hampton, Conn., fire officials told NBCConnecticut.com.
The family in the 3,000-square-foot home made it out safely, but it took firefighters six hours to put down the blaze. And a firefighter slipped on ice and broke his ankle.
EARLIER: Northeast stirs back to life after weekend blizzard
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The mountains out here are/will be getting more snow. Is that going to be headline news also? Or is it news when just the LAME (East) Coast has a couple of inches or a couple of feet of snow? Yeesh, how about some real news, with decent reporting for a change?
I hope no lame coaster gets hurt or killed with this next snow you might be getting. Hey, it's winter time, be prepared, like the boy scouts say. Take some PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for a change. Get your snow shovels, generator, and stock up on some food.
Don't ask for my tax money to help you if you are too lazy and stupid to help yourself. I can just see the whinning comments to follow.
Your tax money Sally Ann? Judging by your post you need your dollar more than anyone.
Its cool in Houston today. We never get any significant snow, which is why I live here in this great city on the Bayou.
And I guess in your eyes Sally Ann this is okay as well.
The blizzard last weekend left at least 12 people dead, buried cars along highways, mangled travel across the country and dumped more than 3 feet of snow in some places.
It’s still causing problems: Just Wednesday morning, snow mounds and icy roads slowed firefighters’ response to a house fire in Hampton, Conn., fire officials told NBCConnecticut.com.
The family in the 3,000-square-foot home made it out safely, but it took firefighters six hours to put down the blaze. And a firefighter slipped on ice and broke his ankle
Im in Maine and I do not need your sympathy, tax money, or anything else thanks. In fact I hope we get more storms like this before winter is over.
When you get done being a a*s post up your W2 so we can get a laugh at all the tax money you are paying in. Im sure we could place a bet on who is paying more. You will no doubt have to get someone to explain to you how to read it as Im quite sure you Cant Understand Normal Thinking....................
webba, like that last sentence.i agree!
SallyAnn. We New Englanders are a tough lot. The only one I see whining about the snow is YOU.
That say, someone needs to give this storys writer a geography lesson. She talks about New England being due some additional snow tonight, then says PA and NY could be getting a few inches.
I have news for her. PA & NY are NOT a part of New England.
No whining here Sally. You're simply a miserable misinformed b_tch. Did you even look at the picture? Go away twit.
LOL so True Janine
SallyAnn,
I really appreciate your concern for us out here, especially
the “I hope no lame coaster gets hurt or
killed with this next snow”. So when your West Coast Mountain has a raging wildfire
this summer we will be there for you. Just let us know if you want to resemble
KFC Original Recipe or Extra Crispy. You can count on us to help SallyAnn.
LMAO love your post BadCujo
SallyAnn - Those on the northeast ENJOY SNOW! Just not when it kills people. You're the only one pouting. You want to talk about real news? You mean the incessant coverage of Chris Dorner and the LAPD? You guys are REAL example setters....
Sally, a simple question for you. A) Innate? B) Learned? or C) Both of the above?
Your ignorance that is.
My money is on C. In fact, I'm all in.
Ah yes, the freeloading lame coast, which coincidentally pays the most in tax dollars to the federal government than any other area of the country. Oh yeah, and they are such freeloaders that they receive less in federal tax money allocations year after year than they pay in, unlike those responsible upstanding southern states which take in more federal monies than they pay. You're an idiot. Oh, let's also make light of the fact that people died during the last blizzard, because eh, it's just a couple feet of snow. Moron.
More snow...in Febrary...in the Northeast...? Shocking! Who could imagine it happening? Catastrophe!
<sarcasm people, sarcasm>
Sally, I live in MA which sends more taxes to Washington than we receive, so I think we can dip in every once in a while and get a little back from you mouth breathers.
lots of bitter people here LOL.....have cold one ...relax ...catch a flick....peace
Gee SallyAnn, bitter much? When I lived in the UP of Michigan, it snowed continually. Houghton/Hancock got snow every single day for months. So, it was news when it stopped for a day! It is not news when areas of the country that routinely get a ton of snow, get snow. However, when areas that usually do not get such large amounts in a short period of time, get several feet of snow, it is news!
As to whining comments -- I don't think anyone will be able to top yours! You get an A+ in whining.
Thanks Emma. Most of us Lamer's (as per SallyAnn) can handle the snow. Up in those gosh darn mountains there's how many folks? You've got a truck and maybe or may be not - you get out or you don't get out. Or does she or her mountain man just go out their front door and shoot a hare or a deer for the day's meal???
Listen sweetheart, when there's 3' snow in an urban area like Boston with their 2 million people and congestion, it's going to have an effect. Bottom line is that most Bostonians, just like NY'ers or Philadelphians deal with it. We help those neighbors who may be old or infirm and we shovel their walks out, etc. Just like we did after 9/11 or after Sandy (which we're still doing).
It's amazing how easilty the writer (of this article) can so easily pull on that rutabaga of yours and show all of us how susceptible and whacked you really are. End of story and please change your handle to Ms. Debbie Downer.
SallyAnn needs to drop of the planet if she thinks we are lamer's i live in florida but i miss it up in New York wish i was there when the snow storm was there last week
The Copper Country does get clobbered. If I'm remembering the big snow "thermometer" on 41 right the average snow depth is 270 inches. I think the record was in the area of 310.
The road sign; "End of the earth 2 miles" always gave me a grin.
Send the 2 or 3 feet of snow to Oregon. We can really use it. I live at altitude and the ground is bare.
Rose I think she has. I use to live in Florida. In West Palm Beach and Jensen Beach. I graduated in Okeechobee.
Hi Carol i think she has as well that's about two hours away from me give or take
Where are you at I lived in most of florida
Apopka Florida right outside of Orlando and Altamonte Springs
Heh, I loved the snow up in Houghton/Hancock. For that matter, the snow everywhere in northern Michigan was always fun. I just got tired of the cold and moved. Driving through a foot of snow at 45mph in a small car wasn't a big deal up there (any slower and you'd get stuck).
More snow? Make snow angels!
I always assume it must be a slow weather news day when they go on and on about the newest storm in the northeast. Every year there's a big storm or two in the area and the news makes it sound like a big deal and as if it's rare, when it seems they're pretty used to it....with the exception of Sandy, of course.
Global warming will begin again in another month or two...just hang on!
You must not have gotten the memo. They're calling their anti-human scam "climate change" now. All of this snow makes calling it global warming just too silly.
I didn't have time to read the news. This explains why it started snowing on my way home. At first, I thought it was rain.
Actually the people you should feel sorry for is those that live in the city. If they lose their power, they freeze. Everywhere else, people use generators to keep warm.
SallyAnn...MSNBC is a New York City station. You should check out the website of the NBC affiliate in your area.
The problem with NYC and vacinity is that they are used to "convenience" so they cannot tolerate a hinderance of any kind, especially ones that cannot be controlled like Mother Nature. It is no excuse for not being prepared to say the least. I am from the White Mountains of New Hampshire so when Winter arrives I am prepared for anything regardless if nothing happens. The same goes for any other season. Most people have no sense for personal responsibility and that goes for anyone in any State, not just the NYC area. Most people I know have the "what about me" attitude. A good example: a friend and an aquaintence were in a terrible car accident 2 weeks ago. Both were transported to the nearest trauma center. The drive (an aquaintance) walked away that night with stitches in his head. My friend (the driver's friend) was admitted into ICU with a cracked vertebrae and bone fragment in his spinal cord. He was monitored for another 72 hours for potential internal injuries. Now he is on a long road to recovery in an acute care facility to learn to walk again. His friend (the driver) shown any concern? Absolutely NOT! He was more concerned about being arrested for a blood alcohol content of more than 3 times the legal limit and vehicular assault. This guy has a history of DWI and drug possession with time spent in prison. Makes you wonder why he is still allowed to drive!!
Julieann, do you happen to paint houses up in NH with that 'broad stroke' of yours????? You so called independent folk sure have simple and predictable mindsets.
Julieann - I also live in NH and am wondering what the heck your rant has to do with anything regarding this story or previous comments.
but the injured freind got into a car with a drunk.he wasnt to concerned about him crashing into anyone else.just worried about himself too.why are they your freinds?
Where is the personal responsibility of getting into a car with a hammered driver with a history of DWI and drug use?
just like a few i think maybe she is lacking on common sense or maybe she needs to re-word what she is trying to comment about because this statement is really irrelevant to the SallyAnn comment. Just Sayin
You talk about personal responsibility, then tell us a story where both people were personally irresponsible. The driver for being drunk and the passenger for getting in the car with the driver. Sorry, I don't have sympathy for either, their both idiots for getting in that car drunk.
JulieAnn:
There are more people living in my zip code than in your entire state. give it a rest.
This proves Arabs are smarter than Jews.
Let the george Soros parrots In the White House come dig them out they voted for him.
What? Did Obama make it snow? Can we all say "Mental Midget".
Ah yes, freaking Obama making it snow again!
Global Warming.....dam3ned snow.
i think manno had a typo i think he/or she meant to say damned
Sally Ann is always bitter. She needs to find another site to complain on. All I can say is God Bless her. I would hate for any man to have to live with this women. LOL
Or any woman, for that matter ;-}
I could scare Sally Ann into not being bitter.
There is another BIG storm on the way for the Northeast!!!
Enma3- Born and raised in lower MI, you got that right! Miss the Tip Up's on Houghton Lake. We sure could use some MI type snows down this way- 2nd winter in a row with NOTHING so far.
OH NO!!!! SNOW!!!!! RUN & HIDE!!! The media is half the reason our world has so many problems.
You don't know snow until you've lived near the Great Lakes, normally about 130 inches per season. And no Sally Ann, I won't ask for your money...mine works just fine, thanks. As always, the right equipment for the task at hand makes all the difference...nothing runs like a Deere!
Why politics always comes up !! Drop the damm politics!! is not going to get us anywhere arguing about politics.
AMEN Jay it gets very old
Us who? ...Those voices bothering you again Jay?
GM Carol.
Hey Scooter, what is going on today. Here rain, no snow lol
When you have nothing better to say, bring politics in, even if it has nothing to do with the subject. It makes you look smart *eye roll*.
HAHAHAHHAA now that is the joke of the day MikeDP, lmao love that one
we just dug out, power is still out in some spots and you're bothering us with a mediocre 1-3 inches?
are there going to be strong winds and ice? if not...THIS IS NOT NEWS
I can't tell you how weary I am of hearing about poor old Boston and their snow.
Its the upper east coast....its the center of the universe....all creation was started there..... lolololol...so let it snow and deal with it....
Snow in the northeastern U.S. in the middle of winter... go figure! Duh! And it is major front page news?!?
It's February - it's winter time - it's cold - it snows. . . why is that big news?
Having lived up and down the East coast (Atlanta, Baltimore, NJ, Plattsburgh NY) as well as staying in Colorado and Lake Tahoe in the winter I've seen many other winters, and many other storms worse than this past one which for some reason was given a name (lame).
And a heavy snowfall alone does not constitute a "blizzard", another term mis-used term. Extreme cold, snow and strong winds make up a blizzard creating total white-out conditions.
Another misinformed lamo.
Winds topped 80 miles an hour near Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts; Westport, Connecticut; and Mt. Washington, New Hampshire.
Winds and heavy snowfall knocked out power to some 650,000 homes and businesses, more than 400,000 of those in Massachusetts. The winds also brought significant coastal flooding from New England to parts of the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard.
It was a blizzard happi boy. Get your facts straight before you spew uninformed crap.
Although there were blizzard conditions this past storm, it is also true that the media and others often say there is a blizzard when there isn't. So it's true that it's misused often, but it wasn't misused during the last storm.
I also have to agree that naming a snow storm is stupid. They name hurricanes to keep track of them. You don't have to keep track of a snow storm. It lasts far less time and you don't have to make much of an effort to be prepared for it if you know what you're doing.
wilsonarden41 wish you would get lost with your advertising.
Whats that noxious, toxic, radioactive lead-based stuff wilsonarden41 is pushing anyway? Didn't that stuff kill off my stock, turn my meadow to thistles, bring on the bugs, make my hair fall out and my ears hang down? Call the board of health on him.
Tom he is a PITA
This slimeball has several alias's. I wish Newvine can find a way to block all of them and cancel all his or her accounts
One to three inches is nothing, and a dusting is less than nothing. And Sally Ann, cool it; you know naught of what you speak, and your tax dollars share probably amounts to $1.50; I'll send you the stamps. This was not a disaster in New England, just a big storm; we've come out of it reasonably well.
Some people are really uncharitable. They lack the means to give love; they lack the means to give money. This winter is a little lop-sided on when the snow came (all at once) but not so far, has it been an exceptional winter. If you live in the Northeast, this happens. Ocassionaly, a hurricane happens. Often a Nor'easter happens. It's what we pay for the gorgeous Autumns, pretty Springs and more or less moderate Summers. This climate endures. The weather fluctuates. If you begrudge paying a nickel to the poor folks who lost everything, you need to watch a little Dickens or perhaps show yourself to the priests.
Oh, just shut the hell up already.
Quit whining about the freaking snow. Boo Hoo, get off your lazy ass and start shoveling.
I think it should be Knucklehead instead.
I hate to say it, but one to three inches of snow does not constitute several inches as you proclaim in the article. Why must you always sensationalize and try to sell death? Like a previous poster stated, New England is accustomed to getting big storms and this is a far cry from a big storm.
Snow is fun to visit, sure wouldn't want to live it in. We get snow in So. NV about every 8 to 10 years. That's enough for me.
I like it when it snows 2 feet in Boston. I'm not there, and neither are my feet. Like last week when it snowed 3 feet. That left 1 foot somewhere else. Hmmm.
One question for the yankees,What
did the old timers do when it snowed before snow plows?
answer this please what did the old people do before snow plows?
Dear Grayfox: As I am not a Yankee I cannot answer your question - but I can speculate. Prior to the large Irish and German emigrations I would imagine that the Yankees, who first introduced slavery to the Colonies, had their slaves remove the snow by hand and shovel. The new emigrants who first became servants would also fight for the Yankees during the War for Southern Independence and probably did most of the snow removal after that ... until they became proper Yankee$ themselves.
They had tractors on their farms. They worked the farms, most did not have all the material things we have today. Most did not have to commute to the city for work etc. So there is my thinking on it. And why do you call them Yankees that is rude!
they probably whined back then also. Anything in the NE is blown way out of proportion anyway.
Wow it snowed in February in the NorthEast. Total shock and unexpected.