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Blizzard watch NE Hang on all of you in the Northeast, with the historic blizzard heading your way. Stay safe and check in when you can. Sending good thoughts and prayers your way. |
:) We, over here, have been following the course of this too...and have been thinking of all our YT friends that might be affected... All good thoughts and prayers from Sally, Andy + Harry - stay safe xxx |
Thank you very much, Cody has to use my back deck in this type of weather, so far I have removed snow 4 times, deck is big, 42 x 16, I'm ready for the stretcher lol and still have the driveway to clear lol,Have to wait for snow to end before I can jump on that. Oh the joy of living the country life in NE Pa. They are calling for up to 12 inches, NYC, Long Island and New England to get hit the hardest. Thank you again for your thoughts. |
Stay warm and safe everyone. The governor of NY and Conn; sent out pretty serious warnings. Get groceries, gas up, and have a power outage plan in place. |
Hoping Lisa(lisaly) gets home safely as she works and lives right in one of the blizzard zones and says when there is snow or any kind of traffic slow down, it can take 4 -5 hours to get home, as she lives miles and miles from work. I was so hoping they'd close her school today but hopefully they got out early and we'll know she's home safe before long. Sure will be praying that the power doesn't go out and the whole 36" upper estimate of snow stays out to sea and doesn't hit inland anywhere and the worst forecast models are wrong. Everyone stay as safe as you can and check in with us here from time to time so we'll know you are okay. |
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It's been snowing here since about 10:30 this morning. It isn't that bad yet, but I expect to be snowed in for at least a couple of days. They are saying 25"-30" and hurricane winds. I just hope we don't lose power! Hope all my fellow North-Easterner's will be warm & safe! |
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Just heard from Lisa - safe at home. Their school let them out early! :) |
Thank you for all of the wonderful wishes. We rarely close early, and although I teach in a high school, they worry about sending the young children in our district home when their parents may not have gotten home yet. Despite that, with the bad forecasts, we closed two hours early, and it made a huge difference in the drive home. The last big storm took me five hours to get home, but I was grateful to get home. I heard this morning that they are going to close the Long Island Expressway by five tonight, and I was worried about the trip home. Fortunately we are already closed for tomorrow, which will give me lots of time to shovel and be Katie's playmate. I hope everyone stays safe and warm. |
Happy to see you home and safe, I use to live in Mastic Beach drove to Manhattan to work every day, I know how 495 can get, was concerned for you not knowing how far out on the Island you were, or if you used the LIE. They shut all schools today and tomorrow here in NE Pa. Glad to know no traveling tomorrow for you. Stay safe and warm. |
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It was snowing here in NJ when I got up this morning. The snow was covering the grass but not sticking on the roads. bubba had an appointment to get his rabies shot at 1 and the vet started sending out emails around 10 that they would close early at 5 today. Bubba got his shot and on the way home it was starting to stick on the roads. By the time I looked at my email again the vet changed closing to 3. Airports are heavily canceling flights. Schools had early dismissals and the news is showing empty shelves in the grocery stores. It's coming down like crazy right now and they are projecting 12 to 24 here on the New Jersey Coast with high winds. If the power goes out for a long period at least we can put food outside. The big problem we have here along the coast flooding as it melts. So between the blizzard, power loss and flooding we have to worry about evacuations. I'm a Red Cross Disaster Team member so I have my "go pack" ready. Let's hope I don't need it and can stay home this time. Stay safe everyone. East coasters check in when you can. |
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What I hate to think about in that frozen Northeastern corridor are all the lost dogs out on the run, those who door-darted or broke out of the back yard the past few days and are still on the loose, not to mention those "outside" dogs who never, ever get to come in the house, huddled in whatever shelter they have tonight and wondering if they will ever get warm again. Just breaks my heart to think of them all. |
Lisa I am so happy you are home safe n sound. I do hope you packed in some groceries for you John and Katie. Give me a call - or drop a note tomorrow on this thread to let me know how you are doing. With lots of snow, please take care of yourself with that shovelling. Do the minimum you need to do..... and don't overdo it! |
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I know Jeanie it is a heart breaker for sure! I remember when we had our freak ice storm Christmas 2013, we were without power heat electricity etc for 7 days, and despite a portable generator, we decamped - we got lucky into a friend of a friends home - but we would have rented two motel rooms to get all of us warm n safe. My Blackies were quite comfy in freezing temps - but poor Razzle was pretty cold despite his warm coat and blankies. |
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2 Attachment(s) So, good morning. Things are not as bad as predicted. Looks like about 6 inches in our driveway. The NJ Transit trains are soon running, the GS Parkway is open and the travel between NY and NJ ban is lifted. It's 23 degrees and still lightly snowing. So things dont look too bad, just as long as people dont get over confident and start trying to play demolition derby out there. |
Big sigh of relief for most of you and likely most people still have power, I would guess. Dodged a huge bullet over the dire predictions, but it's far better to be prepared as the all the NE states were and just shut down for a while in case the worst happens. |
So far all is quiet. It is still snowing, and at this point, it's not heavy. We have approximately 22" and they are still expecting at least a few more inches accumulation in Suffolk County. The east end of Long Island has the most accumulation, but that's not unusual. |
Good to hear from you Lisa - hope your electric is on, heat and stuff! I am thinking of you, and all the folks in the direct eye of the blizzard. |
We've been dumped on with a couple of feet of snow. The wind woke me up at least twice. Why do I live here when I was meant for hawaii?? |
The wind chill makes it brutal to be out for long. My back doesn't like it, but I don't mind shoveling, but I can't stay out too long before my hands really hurt. I didn't realize it until I went out, but my neighbor was so kind and did the end half my driveway with his snowblower. That is the really difficult part,since that part is where the plow piles the snow. I still have to shovel my path to the door, but I got the rest of the driveway done. I can only do half hour stints because of my hands, even with two pairs of gloves on. We have a two hour delay tomorrow morning for our schools, so hopefully that will ease up the driving in the morning. It's beautiful, but I'm not too crazy about snow. We usually brave the cold and snow, but poor Katie has not had her walk today. She romped for a short while where I shoveled, but she will have to settle for indoor play today. |
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Here on the mountain we got 7" of the 12" predicted, it was bitter cold, I near fainted when I saw a crew of 4 young men walking up my driveway with shovels:eek: 10 bucks to clear driveway. I am living here 13 years, this is the first ever. 10 minutes they were finished, all I had to do was clean the cars off and spread salt, my fingers were numb after 20 minutes, but was so grateful for those guys. Glad everyone fared well. |
Happy to hear you have all done pretty well. Hope the worst is over and things get back to normal soon. |
Happy to read everyone is safe. 22 inches is a lot of snow! Lisa, I hope you are not aching today after shoveling snow. That is really hard work. |
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We have another storm coming in today in Ohio however, we have yet to be hit as bad as Boston and surrounding areas to them. Thank you Sandy for thinking of us. I've been thinking of Hawaii a lot.:D Still doesn't warm me up though.:doghouse:Saw a picture of a dog tied up outside with the weather at 3 degrees F. There are people who should not be allowed to have a pet of any kind.:mad: |
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It's going to get up to 73 here today & stay in the upper 60's, low 70's for a few days and then I think I heard we're going to be in for a weather change - whether rain or freezing cold, haven't heard. Everybody in the storm track - please stay safe. And keep an eye out for stray and outdoor dogs in your neighborhood. |
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