Who Else Is Getting Ready for Yet Another Nor'Easter Snow Storm?

Yeah I think it's a little hypocritical to sit and talk about how people deal with the snow (many people with two feet or more while having another possible two feet piled on top when the first storm hasn't been cleared out) while sitting in nice weather.

I always have to laugh when my MIL calls and makes mention of how it's supposed to get down below 50 degrees and refers to that as cold. LMAO cold? that's still t shirt weather for me

Now I am from Canada and I am well used to this amount of snow. BUT it is a completely different affair here. In Canada this is expected and well prepared for because it is a common occurance. But here? VA, DC, MD etc etc... not so much.

Last year we were lucky if we got 6 inches of snow TOTAL through the entire winter. this year we've had at least 5 feet of snowfall already. This area is just NOT equipped to deal with this kind of snow let alone two storms within a couple of days of each other.

so sit back and laugh all you want I'm used to this amount of snow and even I am well aware how crippling it can be to an area that doesn't have the resources to handle it.

You know after tonight Philly will have broken RECORDS for snowfall in one winter EVER. Not much of a laughing matter even to a seasoned snow goer.

that being said... I'm so SICK of the news. "special accuweather update" *cue dramatic music* What is the update? it's snowing? Yeah we know. more snow? YEAH we FREAKING KNOW. lol

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Weatherman Freaking Out Over DC Snowpocalypse
by TheDlisted

I believe this is/was many of the people whom have posted in this thread thus far.

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I have to admit, I was freaking out a bit like that on Monday when I saw the forecast for the "near blizzard like conditions for Wednesday with possibility of 50+mph winds".

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Originally Posted by Momto4FemaleFelines

I have to admit, I was freaking out a bit like that on Monday when I saw the forecast for the "near blizzard like conditions for Wednesday with possibility of 50+mph winds".

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that too. it's not so much the snow... that's dangerous for driving conditions on it's own. but the 50 MPH winds is NOT cool at all for anyone.

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Originally Posted by sparks19

Yeah I think it's a little hypocritical to sit and talk about how people deal with the snow (many people with two feet or more while having another possible two feet piled on top when the first storm hasn't been cleared out) while sitting in nice weather.

I always have to laugh when my MIL calls and makes mention of how it's supposed to get down below 50 degrees and refers to that as cold. LMAO cold? that's still t shirt weather for me

Now I am from Canada and I am well used to this amount of snow. BUT it is a completely different affair here. In Canada this is expected and well prepared for because it is a common occurance. But here? VA, DC, MD etc etc... not so much.

Last year we were lucky if we got 6 inches of snow TOTAL through the entire winter. this year we've had at least 5 feet of snowfall already. This area is just NOT equipped to deal with this kind of snow let alone two storms within a couple of days of each other.

so sit back and laugh all you want I'm used to this amount of snow and even I am well aware how crippling it can be to an area that doesn't have the resources to handle it.

You know after tonight Philly will have broken RECORDS for snowfall in one winter EVER. Not much of a laughing matter even to a seasoned snow goer.

that being said... I'm so SICK of the news. "special accuweather update" *cue dramatic music* What is the update? it's snowing? Yeah we know. more snow? YEAH we FREAKING KNOW. lol

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You are so right on all accounts. We are NOT used to this...the people who have to live through it, the workers who have to try to clear it, the officials that have to organize the work, etc. If every winter were like this, we'd be prepared with generators for power failures, snow blowers for easier removal, etc.
We used to have snow mobiles years ago and one major reason we got rid of them is because it seemed like snow just didn't happen anymore...at least not enough to use the snow mobiles. Because of such a lack of snow, we're just not equipped--mentally, physically or with the right equipment.
Places are running out of salt and what not for treating roads, etc.

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Originally Posted by sparks19

that too. it's not so much the snow... that's dangerous for driving conditions on it's own. but the 50 MPH winds is NOT cool at all for anyone.

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I know I'm not alone in my situation, and I know others are worse of, but I am me and I have my own worries and fears.
We're rural, we don't have houses close to us helping to block wind, our lines are in the open for the winds to get a hold of. And EVERYthing in our home runs on electric. The only thing we'd be able to do if power goes out is light our gas stove with a match. We have our own well so therefore don't just lose hot water, we lose ALL water. We have baseboard hot water heat, the pipes upstairs run through unheated crawl space. We go without heat for too long, the pipes can freeze and then burst.

I didn't worry this much when I was younger...experience has shown me what can and might go wrong if situations are right for it all to go wrong! I'm not oblivious to what can go wrong anymore, so these weather conditions are not just something to "get through" anymore...they care a cause of a lot of nervous apprehension and worry.

We also are in a rural area, with a well. Shortly after we moved in, 21 years ago, we bought a generator. Not one of those whole-house units, but we are able to plug it into the side of the house. Inside is a panel with 5 switches. We can run the furnace, well, fridge, hot water heater and assorted lights around the house.

It's been a God send over the years. Yes, it's not much fun to drag around in the snow, but at least we can have heat and water - flush and shower :D

I agree. Our heat is all baseboard heating and our stove is electric. if the power goes out it's gonna get cold in here... FAST. We;ve got a lot of clothes, a lot of blankets and a butt load of candles LOL but no fireplace. at least the van is fully gased up lol and we do have the grill if we need to cook :)

right now we are just wondering how sturdy our roof is

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Originally Posted by Grace

We also are in a rural area, with a well. Shortly after we moved in, 21 years ago, we bought a generator. Not one of those whole-house units, but we are able to plug it into the side of the house. Inside is a panel with 5 switches. We can run the furnace, well, fridge, hot water heater and assorted lights around the house.

It's been a God send over the years. Yes, it's not much fun to drag around in the snow, but at least we can have heat and water - flush and shower :D

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I need to get my husband to look into one of those. We had a small one at one time and we used it in a warm weather power outtage just to run lights and the tv.
In fact, I told my husband that since he doesn't want to leave "the farm" and I want to move into an easier living situation like a 55+ community, that he has 2 choices:
We move or we get generator and snow blower!

Would you mind sharing what kind of generator it is or a link to it or something so I can show and tell my husband about it?

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Originally Posted by sparks19

I agree. Our heat is all baseboard heating and our stove is electric. if the power goes out it's gonna get cold in here... FAST. We;ve got a lot of clothes, a lot of blankets and a butt load of candles LOL but no fireplace. at least the van is fully gased up lol and we do have the grill if we need to cook :)

right now we are just wondering how sturdy our roof is

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The pipes in the crawl space really should be wrapped in that thermal stuff. The kind that heats electrically wouldn't help in power outtages but just some wrapping would help some.
I think our roof is okay.
We've got plenty of clothes and blankets, too, but I'm ALWAYS cold, even with the thermostat set at 68 or 70! So a power failure is going to equal me getting cold real quick. I guess I could always have a marathon cooking and baking session in the kitchen to keep warm since we can light the stove with a match since it's gas.

Pat here is a link to our generator. There is a Gentran panel inside, near the breaker box, and the generator connects to that. You can get ones similar, but cheaper, but this one is very quiet.

Douglas said the prices of whole-house generators is going down - you might want to look into one of those.

You said you have a gas stove - do you have natural gas, or propane?

The nice thing about the whole-house - they turn on and off automatically when the power goes off.

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Originally Posted by Grace

Pat here is a link to our generator. There is a Gentran panel inside, near the breaker box, and the generator connects to that. You can get ones similar, but cheaper, but this one is very quiet.

Douglas said the prices of whole-house generators is going down - you might want to look into one of those.

You said you have a gas stove - do you have natural gas, or propane?

The nice thing about the whole-house - they turn on and off automatically when the power goes off.

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THANK YOU! I will show this info to my DH in the morning, he's gone to dreamland already!

Our stove is propane.

We got some freezing rain last night, but they are calling for additional snow today with high winds. It has to be bad if the bank is closed!:eek:

Guess we'll just hunker down and pray that the power doesn't go out.:(

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Originally Posted by orangemm

We got some freezing rain last night, but they are calling for additional snow today with high winds. It has to be bad if the bank is closed!:eek:

Guess we'll just hunker down and pray that the power doesn't go out.:(

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Same here. Our vehicles in the driveway have a pile of snow on them again but on the ground we had cleared there is only about 2-3" of crunch sleet/snow. Our road is actualy still clear. It's barely doing a slushy-sleet out there right now....The calm before the storm I suppose.
I did hear one encouraging report...no mention of 50+ mph winds so far, all I heard was "gusts up to 25"...that's a whole lot more comforting than what they had been saying at first.

We're under another blizzard warning and the governor has called a state of emergency again. We got about 6" last night before it turned to rain, so it was a couple of inches of slush on the porch this a.m. when I let the dogs out. It just started snowing again and is supposed to much of the day, with periods of extremely heavy snow. We are on the south edge of the storm, and they are still saying we could get 20", but I doubt that we will.

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

We're under another blizzard warning and the governor has called a state of emergency again. We got about 6" last night before it turned to rain, so it was a couple of inches of slush on the porch this a.m. when I let the dogs out. It just started snowing again and is supposed to much of the day, with periods of extremely heavy snow. We are on the south edge of the storm, and they are still saying we could get 20", but I doubt that we will.

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I don't even want to look at the tv for a report...I HOPE we aren't in a blizzard warning but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a state of emergency by the afternoon.
We are also in the up to 20" band last I knew, but I'm hoping we'll get whatever the minimum for that particular band is and not the 20"!

Hang in there....12 hours or so and we should be on the other side of this storm! I plan to take lots of naps and watch tv and keep busy on the computer to keep my mind off it! Might have to shut the living room drapes so I don't see what is on the other side of the big picture window!

**sigh** It's snowing **sigh** hard! It snowed about 8" to this point. We drop the winter storm warning at 10am - then we go into blizzard conditions. It's officially the snowiest winter ever.

I really wouldn't have any problem with it if I were retired, but I'm not. I work in customer service for a manufacturing facility and this has been hell for us and our customers. We have had to close again today; this will be devastating for production. OK-I've vented. **sigh**

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Originally Posted by Momto4FemaleFelines

I don't even want to look at the tv for a report...I HOPE we aren't in a blizzard warning but I wouldn't be surprised if it's a state of emergency by the afternoon.
We are also in the up to 20" band last I knew, but I'm hoping we'll get whatever the minimum for that particular band is and not the 20"!

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Sorry to break the news to you, but you've got blizzard warnings too. I checked The Weather Channel site and used Cherry Hill as the city reference point, and sure enough, you've got it too. :p

Super. I just watched the local TV update. We already have about 8 inches extra on the ground. "But the worst is yet to come", he says. What a JERK! LOL

They showed a map... With Lancaster county as a base (where we are) there is a "12-18" inch line that runs diagonally towards NYC that ends in the upper poconos. Plus, 30mph sustained winds this afternoon, starting around 3-4pm.


God.... We offically cry "UNCLE!" You da man, OK? So stop already. :)

Up here, 40 miles north of Pittsburgh, we have 5 more inches of fresh snow on top of the 22" we've gotten in the BIG snow. Maybe an additional 1-3' possible today, too. Our big problem is the wind, which is gusting up to 40 mph, causing drifts and low visibilty. I can't wait for spring to come!

Bri, my school closes much later then all the other schools, it's hard to get off school here. :P

I guess I don't need to look at the tv reports after all the updates and reports here!;)

It's over here in S.E. Michigan. We had about 8" from start to finish. The winds have picked up - about 25mph this morning.

I've noticed a lot of people have to clean off their cars, then driveways,
etc, does any one keep their cars inside the garage. You'd still have to
clean off the drive way, but still, It would help if at least the car wasn't
covered with ice & snow.:confused: Inquiring minds want to know.:)

Very observant I must say. A car in the garage - what a novel idea!!! LOL We have 3 vehicles in the driveway that have never seen the inside of the garage. There's no room with the Harley, garden tractor, freezer, work bench, etc, etc, etc! Hopefully there will be a snow blower in there next year too.....:p

Right now we are getting hammered - whiteout conditions - wind has picked up. I'm so sick of snow - and I actually like it - but enough is enough!

Poor kids will be going to school till July at this rate. They lost 4 days with the snow before Christmas, and out all week this week so far, and they'll be out for sure tomorrow too, and probably Friday. :(

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Originally Posted by lizbud

I've noticed a lot of people have to clean off their cars, then driveways,
etc, does any one keep their cars inside the garage. You'd still have to
clean off the drive way, but still, It would help if at least the car wasn't
covered with ice & snow.:confused: Inquiring minds want to know.:)

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Our garage belongs to 1) the pop up camper, 2) the snowthrower, 3) the lawn equipment, 4) the potting bench, 5) the bicycles ... got the idea?

Neighborhood regulations do not allow for campers in the open - the pop up (and it's not a small one) has to claim the garage. This is not a problem for us, we chose to have things that way.

The ones I do NOT understand are my neighbors across the way. We have a common drive with four houses which is a decent length and a steep descent, BUT, as previously posted, we also have a powerful snowthrower and keep the drive clear. They chose, in both storms, to take their vehicles up to the top, on the main street, and leave them there. This makes it so the plow can only make a single width path instead of being able to plow all the way to the curb. There is a mountain of snow in the middle between the plowed path and where the car is. THAT does not make sense!!:rolleyes:

our garage is storage space... not car space lol. We don't have a lot of storage areas in this house so the garage is where we put everything. Plus we can't fit the van and the car in there even without all the boxes so we'd still have to clean at least one off and they take up 3/4 of the drive way and I think it's easier to clean snow off a car than to shovel that 3/4 because under the cars there isn't much in the way of snow.

Well we've probably got about about 15 inches of snow right about now but they said the snow is supposed to start to taper off here soon.

But... we've lost satellite signal. booooooourns lol. oh well at least we have some shows on the DVR that we haven't watched... but I"m gonna miss Y&R... the HORROR

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Originally Posted by sparks19

our garage is storage space... not car space lol. We don't have a lot of storage areas in this house so the garage is where we put everything. Plus we can't fit the van and the car in there even without all the boxes so we'd still have to clean at least one off and they take up 3/4 of the drive way and I think it's easier to clean snow off a car than to shovel that 3/4 because under the cars there isn't much in the way of snow.

Well we've probably got about about 15 inches of snow right about now but they said the snow is supposed to start to taper off here soon.

But... we've lost satellite signal. booooooourns lol. oh well at least we have some shows on the DVR that we haven't watched... but I"m gonna miss Y&R... the HORROR

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Did you lose the signal because of snow on the dish? Can you reach it, to remove it? We've lost for that reason just twice. It's a pain in the neck, but we hauled a ladder over and used a long handled broom to knock off the snow. Goes to show, we should have had it mounted on a ground post.

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Originally Posted by Grace

Did you lose the signal because of snow on the dish? Can you reach it, to remove it? We've lost for that reason just twice. It's a pain in the neck, but we hauled a ladder over and used a long handled broom to knock off the snow. Goes to show, we should have had it mounted on a ground post.

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I love where our dish is for that very reason. It's mounted under and next to the living room window on the side of the house. During storms, we just open the window and brush it off. :)

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Originally Posted by Grace

Did you lose the signal because of snow on the dish? Can you reach it, to remove it? We've lost for that reason just twice. It's a pain in the neck, but we hauled a ladder over and used a long handled broom to knock off the snow. Goes to show, we should have had it mounted on a ground post.

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We used to lose signal in a heavy rain storm, and we had the same happen with both Dish Network and Direct TV. We went back to cable - better lineup, less money, and we don't lose signal.

It might be clearing - it's brighter out than it was. I can wish I guess.........:)

Well God loves me :) the signal came back just in time for The young and the restless LMAO

I guess the snow was just really heavy so the signal couldn't get through because the dish is clean :)

Just a couple pictures. Brian went out to shovel a new path for the dogs so they could tinkle lol

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the roof only had a couple inches left on it from the last storm this is the roof now

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:eek: WoW girl you all do have the Snow.. Just think when it all starts melting.. There could be some flooding going on.. It is pretty.. How many inches do you have now?? Boy Howdy dont take Hanna out or you might not find her..

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:eek: WoW girl you all do have the Snow.. Just think when it all starts melting.. There could be some flooding going on.. It is pretty.. How many inches do you have now?? Boy Howdy dont take Hanna out or you might not find her..

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Well it's hard to say how much we have total now lol. But up to Brians waist and he wasn't all the way down to the ground... there was still more snow udner his feet. that drift there is probably about 4 feet at least.

The report says we've gotten 13 inches so far and still snowing and now the wind is starting

That's what I said. if we took Hannah out we'd have to tie a rope to her so we don't lose her lol

It's blowing here like a son of a gun; whiteout conditions for sure. I am so sick of hearing/seeing/reading/talking/watching/worrying about the weather I could SCREAM!:eek::eek:

WE all need a normal life! This cabin fever stuff is getting real old.

I can't imagine how the folks in Baltimore feel right about now. I survived blizzards there before, but this one is unbelieveable.:eek:

We had a break, but it's snowing again. I hope my car doesn't end up being a casualty!!! :mad:



ETA: Good news for me! My son and DIL got enough shoveled out in front of my car to move it forward and out of the path of the tree - should it decide to go down. I was sweatin' that one - especially since the car is paid for and it's ALL MINE!

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

We used to lose signal in a heavy rain storm, and we had the same happen with both Dish Network and Direct TV. We went back to cable - better lineup, less money, and we don't lose signal.

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When did you last have satellite? We had DISH about 7 years ago, and most every time it rained, we would lose signals for a short period of time.

We have DIrect now, and rarely lose during rain, and only a couple of short times for snow. The dishes now, at least those of Direct, seem to be much better than the older ones. And even if we should lose the HD channels, the SD are always on.

We went back to cable between the satellites - lousy picture quality; the HD/DVR boxes kept burning out; not enough HD channels.

I will stay with Direct as long as they are the ones with Mega March Madness :love: I wouldn't give that up for anything :)

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Originally Posted by lizbud

I've noticed a lot of people have to clean off their cars, then driveways,
etc, does any one keep their cars inside the garage. You'd still have to
clean off the drive way, but still, It would help if at least the car wasn't
covered with ice & snow.:confused: Inquiring minds want to know.:)

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I live in a Cape, with the garage underneath the house. So, I have to shovel the driveway before I move the car or risk a ice rink with rock sides. :eek:

While in the warmer months I park outside, once cold weather comes (October for J's sake), we move inside. That means I have about 2 inches clearance on each side, once you factor in a lawn mower, hoses, 3 bikes, a jogger, garbage cans and the pots from the yard. Plus more! It is TIGHT. In fact, you can only open the drivers side of the car's doors. But, no way do I want to park outside with a garage at my use.

yeah we only lost the signal for a short time. it's been back on for a while now strong and steady :)

So I just decided to go out and play in the snow LOL. It's up to my belly button in some spots :O I went and jumped into the biggest drift and for a brief moment thought "uhoh... I'm not gonna be able to get out of this" because everytime I put my arms down to push myself up they would sink down lol so I couldn't get any leverage. But as you can see... I made it.

It didn't help that Beezer was so excited by the whole thing that he was right on top of me lol

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Originally Posted by Grace

When did you last have satellite? We had DISH about 7 years ago, and most every time it rained, we would lose signals for a short period of time.

We have DIrect now, and rarely lose during rain, and only a couple of short times for snow. The dishes now, at least those of Direct, seem to be much better than the older ones. And even if we should lose the HD channels, the SD are always on.

We went back to cable between the satellites - lousy picture quality; the HD/DVR boxes kept burning out; not enough HD channels.

I will stay with Direct as long as they are the ones with Mega March Madness :love: I wouldn't give that up for anything :)

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I'm not sure which is the last one we had - the snow is covering the dish. They leave the dish but take the boxes. It's been a couple of years since we had the dish.

The reason my son dropped them in the end, was because of one of the salesmen. He was quoted a price to upgrade, and then when it came down to the nitty-gritty, said it was an error on his part, and couldn't honor that price. So Steve told him where to put his dish!!! :eek: We have 3 t.v.'s on cable (2 on HD), On Demand, both Phila and Baltimore stations and tons of channels, tho he doesn't subscribe to HBO or Showtime, plus the internet too. It comes to a lot less than he was paying for the dish service.

Yep here in Central NJ we're getting lots of snow. It was really blustery a little while ago and now the snow has reappeared, for a while it had stopped and was just blowing around. I have not attempted to do any shoveling since we'll probably get pretty much covered up again during tonight. Not liking this Winter so far :(