Post by housecarder on Jan 26, 2015 7:46:50 GMT -5
I'm in the mid west, but my dad and his entire side of the family is in Rhode Island. So my thoughts are with you all. If you don't lose power at least you will have an excuse to post as much as you want. Silver linings right?
Post by thechickencoop on Jan 26, 2015 7:47:14 GMT -5
Yeah, I think they over forecasted for our area. But the Delmarva Peninsula and up the coast through Boston and New York is supposed to be awful; hope you guys stay safe! I'll be heading out shortly for my first day of work and DS's first day of daycare lol. Timing couldn't have been worse.
joy I am in CT, they are saying 24-36 inches here. The Boston area is supposed to be even worse from what I heard last night. It took us 40 minutes to get the plow on the truck last night because it had frozen to the ground!
Yup! That's what I've heard!
The most I could find this morning for us was something around 12". But, they said it would snow last night and we'd have three inches by this morning and nada.
I am in Central MA, 20-30 inches. Luckily DH's work has already said they would be closed and I am going to cancel my clients so we will be snowed in all day. We are just hoping we don't lose power!
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I MAY have to come into work tomorrow. I work for an industry that never closes. Same thing with my sister, but I'm more concerned for her because she doesn't have four wheel drive.
I MAY have to come into work tomorrow. I work for an industry that never closes. Same thing with my sister, but I'm more concerned for her because she doesn't have four wheel drive.
FX for you that they do close! DH works for FedEx and in 6 years, they have only closed one other time, so I was pretty happy to hear that he doesn't have to work. Maybe MA will declare a state of emergency, like a couple of years ago, and everyone will have to close.
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At first I was really excited...this will be my first real blizzard! But I'll admit I'm starting to get nervous. I'm planning to check in on our elderly neighbors today and make sure they've got everything they need. Then I'm heading out to get a few more candles in case we go days without power. (Please, God, no. I can do A day without power, but I don't know if I could do dayS.)
Ladies, correct me if I'm wrong, but my gas stove will continue to work, right? I'll just have to manually light it?
At first I was really excited...this will be my first real blizzard! But I'll admit I'm starting to get nervous. I'm planning to check in on our elderly neighbors today and make sure they've got everything they need. Then I'm heading out to get a few more candles in case we go days without power. (Please, God, no. I can do A day without power, but I don't know if I could do dayS.)
Ladies, correct me if I'm wrong, but my gas stove will continue to work, right? I'll just have to manually light it?
Yes. Gas stove and heat will continue to work.
We also stocked up on flashlights. I'm also charging our phones, tablets, kindles and computers fully!!
I've got all of our devices plugged in and charging, as well as the portable DVD player. Taking stock of our craft supplies and games, as well.
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Post by SheilaTheTank on Jan 26, 2015 9:17:28 GMT -5
mistabinx I'll be in this mess with you. I'm at work in the southern part of CT and it has already started snowing. I'm probably going home at noon and then working from home the rest of the time. My husband will be out the whole time plowing so I'll be alone with just the critters to keep me company. I really hope we don't lose power.
I'm about an hour north of Boston, but on the coast, so we *usually* don't get quite as much snow. I have heard anywhere from 12-16" to 30+ ...sounds very accurate. They are predicting very high winds, so we fully expect to lose power, just hope it's not for too long. My ILs have a generator and live about 10 minutes from us, so if things look bad, we may just pack up and head over there, although DH is concerned about our pipes freezing. I'll be running out for lamp oil, extra batteries, and such later this afternoon.
mistabinx I'll be in this mess with you. I'm at work in the southern part of CT and it has already started snowing. I'm probably going home at noon and then working from home the rest of the time. My husband will be out the whole time plowing so I'll be alone with just the critters to keep me company. I really hope we don't lose power.
ETA: Spelling is hard.
It's not snowing here yet (20 min. west of Hartford). I thought it wasn't supposed to start until this afternoon? Well I'm glad you can get out early!
I work by the shore near Bridgeport but live in the northern part of the valley by Waterbury. It started snowing as soon as I hit the Bridgeport line. Mostly flurries but it was still snow.
Stay safe everyone! I hope you have your alcohol and TP stocked up
We are still in the zone where different meteorologists are saying we're getting 1" or 10". And it will either start at 5pm or 12am. Sooo I guess we'll find out by Wednesday.
Post by SheilaTheTank on Jan 26, 2015 9:24:45 GMT -5
The last time we had this much snow was two years ago when we got 3+ feet. That was when we were renting a house with a driveway at a 45 degree angle downhill towards the house (we had to shovel uphill). It took three days, a lot of swearing, and a lot of booze to shovel ourselves out.
The last time we had this much snow was two years ago when we got 3+ feet. That was when we were renting a house with a driveway at a 45 degree angle downhill towards the house (we had to shovel uphill). It took three days, a lot of swearing, and a lot of booze to shovel ourselves out.
Yeah I said to H this is like a repeat of 2 years ago. Even within what, 2 weeks of the date?
Yes! That was when we had two snowstorms within days of eachother and the state shut down for days. lol
I'm at work & can't see the pic (I'm assuming map) the mistabinx put up, but I'm in Massachusetts. But in the special map that channel 7 has up, I live right in that area that has 24"-30" predicted. So, yup, I'm totally fucked too. We have a meeting in 15 minutes to discuss when to close this afternoon (I work at a college) and just cancel tomorrow.
I stocked up yesterday: milk, bread, eggs & of course a box of wine. Charging up my kindle fire today & downloading plenty of kid-friendly shows/movies for DD to watch. Hopefully we don't lose power, but its always good to be prepared.
I'm in the totally fucked area. I'm hoping they let us stay home tomorrow but management is on a conference call and it's not sounding good...
I am also in the totally fucked area. I'm pretty sure they are going to shut down the state so you won't have to work tomorrow regardless. Unless of course you are an essential worker.
We're supposed to get 18-24". We better not lose power because H has been dragging his feet buying a generator for months.
We wired our house for a generator and then never bought one lol. In other news I just waited 12 minutes in line at the gas station and almost saw a fight break out. Everyone calm the eff down!
We just moved in to this house in September. We lose our power all the time. H chose to have a wood stove installed instead of getting a generator in September. Then he bought a snowmobile instead of a generator. Then FIL gave us money for Christmas to buy a generator, and H still hasn't done it yet.
If we lose our power for an extended period of time, I'm going to lose my shit, and H will probably be dead.
At first I was really excited...this will be my first real blizzard! But I'll admit I'm starting to get nervous. I'm planning to check in on our elderly neighbors today and make sure they've got everything they need. Then I'm heading out to get a few more candles in case we go days without power. (Please, God, no. I can do A day without power, but I don't know if I could do dayS.)
Ladies, correct me if I'm wrong, but my gas stove will continue to work, right? I'll just have to manually light it?
DayS isn't too awful without power. Just use every single blanket in your house and get under it with hubs and the dog. Which is basically how we lived when we lost power for 2 weeks from Sandy in 2012..
Get a generator! At the least you can power a small portable heater and your fridge. We have a wood stove but our chimney needs to be repaired so no wood burning for us
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