Regional Talk > New England > [All] Blizzards of '13

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Re: [All] Blizzard of '13

I went for my early morning walk. The streets are essentially bare, but the black ice was like a trap waiting for a victim.

The temp now is 46 degrees which should shrink some of the banks on the side of the streets. Should be better walking tomorrow.

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Near miss of another Nor'easter this weekend.

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said by HenryFarpolo:

said by Dominokat:

Near miss of another Nor'easter this weekend.

My favorite kind.

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I'm supposed to be flying on Sunday night. NO SNOW ALLOWED!
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Just yesterday they said this was going to miss us.
Now I know who to blame for the turn around!

You know, I'm flying somewhere to see the same damn band as two winters ago when I got socked with major blizzards three times in a row going to NYC for concerts.

Weather Underground seems to think it will just be about an inch during the day on Sunday, so hopefully my evening flight won't be impacted.
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4-6 on Sunday.

Winter Storm Watch in effect from Saturday evening through Sunday afternoon...

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inch of snow,
Blowin' a gale!

The U.S. government's National Weather Service defines a gale as 34–47 knots (63–87 km/h, 17.5–24.2 m/s or 39–54 miles/hour) of sustained surface winds.

Transportation to The Islands is cancelled.

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So. I ran out of tobacco and took a short drive to the local market.
3-4 inches is a dustin' and I'm a New Englanda and used to this stuff. Right?
I took the "Gravity Route" (downhill) and no problems. Drive slow and be safe. I was behind a plow on 6A. Drove home with no real problems. Until my driveway.

I live on a bit of a hill. All my shoveling had drifted over. I was stuck half-way up my driveway.
Years ago, I had a big F-250 Pick-Me-Up-Truck with a snow plow. Years before that, my POP had a station wagon that got stuck on the driveway. Fairly regular basis. I would shovel and sand and direct traffic. POP never screamed or swore, just mutter "God Damn Driveway".

I would like to dedicate this snowfall to the memory of POP and "God Damn Driveway".

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I ran out of beer and other foods.
I took a drive to Damriscotta (15 miles) to a small store. The wind is blowing, the snow is blowing. In a nutshell, only an idiot would be on the road. (I am an idiot)
But i got my beer!

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You guys were never Boy Scouts. Always be prepared!
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Oi, these damn Nor'easters.
6:28p tree nextdoor snaps and takes out half the town's power through 12:42a.
At 10:19p cell tower goes down while I'm talking to EMTs on behalf of oxygen dependent neighbor who's battery backup expired. Tower just came back 30mins ago (6am).
And JetBlue has the gall to send me G'morning promos to the Caribbean. Never flying the bastards again.

Still blowing but has swung around to NW and less violent. Damn cold dog walk it was this morn.

It look's like your cell tower's Battery back up also expired and the resion it came back was they got a generator in their.

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Just read a tweet that another "Nor'easter" is possible for Sunday. Though not at all confirmed but this is the third weekend in a row one was predicted. The recent "Blizzard" is the first.
Screw it, I am moving to the tropics.