Blizzard in the Northeast
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Blizzard in the Northeast
Well, in northern New Jersey we were lucky to miss the white-out snow conditions which hit Washington DC, Philadelphia up to mid-NJ last weekend.
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
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Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
Well, in northern New Jersey we were lucky to miss the white-out snow conditions which hit Washington DC, Philadelphia up to mid-NJ last weekend.
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
#3
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
Well, in northern New Jersey we were lucky to miss the white-out snow conditions which hit Washington DC, Philadelphia up to mid-NJ last weekend.
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
However, the snow here in the Tri-State area (which includes New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) is very, very heavy and I expect most of the Northeast is also badly affected. We are almost 20 miles west of Manhatten and it's now white-out conditions here and we are getting blips in our power supply (and we are all-electric...). I think the snow is about 10 inches deep right now and still snowing hard and may not stop until about 6am tomorrow.
All of Continental Airlines' flights have been cancelled at Newark airport, as have Virgin Atlantics and British Airways. The trains are still running though, but the road outside my house is no longer being ploughed by the contractor the council has hired...I guess he's tired and called it a day. It's really dark yet it's not 4pm yet!
I do wonder why the electric wires are not underground...the weight of the snow is bound to bring down branches and power lines at the rate it is snowing...
#5
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
We had about 18" of snow at the weekend and looks like it will be about the same today. My husband has been at work since last night, couldn't get home when his shift ended, and now they've close all the highways, and his place of work decided to shut an hour later
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Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
In Virginia, even the plows cant deal with this amount of snow.
#7
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
I'm in northern CT right now and this is the most rubbish "snowstorm" I've ever seen. I've got more on the walls of my freezer.
#8
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
No white out conditions in Westchester County 3 yards from the Bronx. Snow has been off and on all day. Approximately 10 inches so far but a nice snow. Not heavy weight and easy to shovel.
#9
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
Not much accumulation on the ground around here but it has been snowing hard all day...we'll see how much we actually end up with over night
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Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
My Grad School has been closed all week. We have drifts of about 4 feet outside our apartment and I've not even looked at my car since yesterday morning.
#11
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
I went home at lunch yesterday due to all the fears of making it back.
I'm now having the mick taken out of me at work... "hey, I think a saw a snow flake, you heading home?"
#12
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
Quick update with Maine weather. No snow on the ground (grass everywhere), sunny and quite warm.
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Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
Us too. No snow here since last week. Sunny and in the twenties.. it's like spring here. And I just checked the Cape Cod forecast.. sunny & mid-30s today and for the next few days. Is it really snowing somewhere or is this just a wind-up??
Last edited by robin1234; Feb 11th 2010 at 2:55 am.
#15
Re: Blizzard in the Northeast
A similar tale from Western New York. Lovely spring day.
Since moving here in January 2009 all I've heard from the locals is "This certainly isn't a typical xxxxxxx" (insert whatever season or month name you like into that comment.)
So I have yet to figure out whether the current blue skies are typical, atypical or whether people here have short memories...
Since moving here in January 2009 all I've heard from the locals is "This certainly isn't a typical xxxxxxx" (insert whatever season or month name you like into that comment.)
So I have yet to figure out whether the current blue skies are typical, atypical or whether people here have short memories...