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Snowmageddon 2013 (1 Viewer)
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johnnycakes
Footballguy
You were on the road after 4:00pm? Scofflaw.
lod01
Footballguy
Probably the same ####### idiot who had on scuba gear in the middle of the street during Hurricane Sandy.
Kool-Aid Larry
Footballguy
burnAll due respect to Michigan, there's something adjacent to the northeast states called the Atlantic Ocean, that occasionally provides monumental amounts of moisture, resulting in big snowfalls.When I looked up the top 10 biggest snowstorms in Detroit history, it's actually kind of funny compared to what falls in the northeast:'Matthias said:I think this makes it official. New York is not Northeast. It's Mid-Atlantic. If you live in an area that has "North" anywhere in the region, you can't freak the #### out this much about some snow.Did States in the Northeast migrate South??The bolded gets to why it's usually silly for people in places like Michigan to make fun of people in more southern states for freaking out over snow. When you regularly get a ton of snow, as you prseumably do in Michigan, you've got the infrastructure in place to deal with it efficiently, everyone has a lot of experience driving in it, etc. Meanwhile, the same exact amount of snowfall elsewhere is a once in fifty years kind of occurrence. It doesn't make them "sissies" because they're not prepared with the resources to deal with it as effectively.The reaction we're having here over a little snow is what I remember when I was going to school in Washington DC back in the 1970's. Everything would shut down over a couple inches of snow. Road maintenance consisted of a couple of minority workers with shovels in the back of a dumptruck full of sand.
24.5 inches April 6, 1886
19.3 inches December 1 – 2, 1974
Tie: 14.0 inches March 4 – 5, 1900 and February 28 - March 1, 1900
13.8 inches December 18 – 19, 1929
12.8 inches February 12 – 13, 1894
12.6 inches February 19, 1908
12.5 inches January 31 - February 1, 1881
Tie: 12.3 inches on February 9, 1911 and March 3 – 4, 1895
12.2 inches January 22-23, 2005
12.1 inches January 13-14, 1927
Meanwhile, tonight will be Boston's third storm of more than 22 inches in less than 10 years.
Furious Styles
Footballguy
Starting to get into the meat of the storm here in RI, over 6 inches on the ground and wind is picking up with snow swirling in all directions. I've already had the snow blower out, this is some heavy, sticky snow. Thinking about heading back out around 10 to clear the driveway and then calling it a night.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
From a meteorological standpoint, there are a lot of similarities between MI and NY. In both states, the annual (or single storm) snowfall totals for the large population center in the SE corner is in no way comparable to the snowfall levels of points north and west.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
I have been busy with other things but looks like I had better start preparing for this storm... 
I took out the candles and filled up on filtered water. In the fridge i have a dozen eggs, some tomatoes, hummus, some flat bread, and apple cider. 
I took out the candles and filled up on filtered water. In the fridge i have a dozen eggs, some tomatoes, hummus, some flat bread, and apple cider.
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Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
I have to empty the trash cans and bring the garbage to the dumpster outside now...
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Only a few inches on the ground so far but it's pretty windy.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Hey GB - any pictures I post here or FB would be underwhelming, but the folks at weatherunderground are live blogging:http://www.wunderground.com/blog/shauntanner/comment.html?entrynum=241
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Just talked to the snow removal guy who cleared the first 6-8 inches. Nice guy.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Now over 74mph in Nantucket. Heavy, wet snow closet to the city in Boston but dryer out west. Some power outages getting reported.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I love the reporters who get stuck standing out in the middle of this.
"It's snowing hard and it's VERY windy! You can see this because I am being blown over and I'm covered in snow!!! Back to you."
"It's snowing hard and it's VERY windy! You can see this because I am being blown over and I'm covered in snow!!! Back to you."
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
mr roboto
Footballguy
Detroit is on the east side of the state. Western Michigan acts like Buffalo with lake effect. Big difference.burnAll due respect to Michigan, there's something adjacent to the northeast states called the Atlantic Ocean, that occasionally provides monumental amounts of moisture, resulting in big snowfalls.When I looked up the top 10 biggest snowstorms in Detroit history, it's actually kind of funny compared to what falls in the northeast:'Matthias said:I think this makes it official. New York is not Northeast. It's Mid-Atlantic. If you live in an area that has "North" anywhere in the region, you can't freak the #### out this much about some snow.Did States in the Northeast migrate South??The bolded gets to why it's usually silly for people in places like Michigan to make fun of people in more southern states for freaking out over snow. When you regularly get a ton of snow, as you prseumably do in Michigan, you've got the infrastructure in place to deal with it efficiently, everyone has a lot of experience driving in it, etc. Meanwhile, the same exact amount of snowfall elsewhere is a once in fifty years kind of occurrence. It doesn't make them "sissies" because they're not prepared with the resources to deal with it as effectively.
24.5 inches April 6, 1886
19.3 inches December 1 – 2, 1974
Tie: 14.0 inches March 4 – 5, 1900 and February 28 - March 1, 1900
13.8 inches December 18 – 19, 1929
12.8 inches February 12 – 13, 1894
12.6 inches February 19, 1908
12.5 inches January 31 - February 1, 1881
Tie: 12.3 inches on February 9, 1911 and March 3 – 4, 1895
12.2 inches January 22-23, 2005
12.1 inches January 13-14, 1927
Meanwhile, tonight will be Boston's third storm of more than 22 inches in less than 10 years.
Josie Maran
Footballguy
Re-posting from GMs thread. My power is out. Tried going to a friend's house...got stuck getting out of the driveway...20 minutes later I'm out, get to his place and his power had just #### the bed...coming back home couldn't get the car up the hill so it's parked 2 blocks away...trudged home soaking wet, freezing cold, and filled with a rage only MoP can relate to. Had an offer of drinking and "board games" from the waitress that wants the Homer-lovin, but I was just too pissed to go back out. But hey, at least I have beer to help me freeze to death. FML
Josie Maran
Footballguy
This is wet, heavy, nasty ####. Every tree under 15 feet is down in my yard, power lines are down, and the wind is currently about a steady 40 mph.
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
This is really bad. My truck is in the driveway and I can barely tell it's there.Windy as hell and the trees in the front yard are about to tap out. I'm just hoping the roof doesn't cave in.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Temperature has drop significantly, should be piling up the inches even faster now...
johnnycakes
Footballguy
with Josie Maran. I feel your pain. Rock on, my man
Otis
Footballguy
Homer is on long island and we haven't hung out? wtf
HellToupee
Footballguy
just went out back to retrieve some brews from the snow fridge & its nasty out there now , you guys
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
'mr roboto said:
(post 210)When I lived in Grand Rapids in the first year after college, we'd get like an inch or two in the evening, and I would call my dad, who had just retired on Lake Michigan. "Man, been snowing for two hours here" Yep, going on ten hours here
Lake effect storms just churn and churn on the coast. Somebody upthread mentioned the effect of the Atlantic. I've never observed it first hand. Is this more true further north? Do storms churn along the coast a la Lake Erie or Lake Michigan?
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
One of our local weathermen just put this into perspective. Hurricane Sandy that we were all stressed out about? We have the exact same winds tonight (60 mph) that we had that night, and now you add in up to 2' of snow with near-zero visibility. Good times.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
I'm just hoping some neighborhood kids come by on Sunday to make some cash. No way I'm plowing this.
johnnycakes
Footballguy
My wife is going to have a helluva lot of snow to shovel tomorrow morning. I hope she doesn't complain too much about a sore back or anything.
Otis
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Neither compare to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 236 inches a year of snow. The peak of Mt Washington is the only place east of the Rockies that gets more snow.'mr roboto said:Detroit is on the east side of the state. Western Michigan acts like Buffalo with lake effect. Big difference.'Kool-Aid Larry said:burn'The_Man said:All due respect to Michigan, there's something adjacent to the northeast states called the Atlantic Ocean, that occasionally provides monumental amounts of moisture, resulting in big snowfalls.When I looked up the top 10 biggest snowstorms in Detroit history, it's actually kind of funny compared to what falls in the northeast:'Matthias said:I think this makes it official. New York is not Northeast. It's Mid-Atlantic. If you live in an area that has "North" anywhere in the region, you can't freak the #### out this much about some snow.'playin4beer said:Did States in the Northeast migrate South??'Ignoratio Elenchi said:The bolded gets to why it's usually silly for people in places like Michigan to make fun of people in more southern states for freaking out over snow. When you regularly get a ton of snow, as you prseumably do in Michigan, you've got the infrastructure in place to deal with it efficiently, everyone has a lot of experience driving in it, etc. Meanwhile, the same exact amount of snowfall elsewhere is a once in fifty years kind of occurrence. It doesn't make them "sissies" because they're not prepared with the resources to deal with it as effectively.'johnnycakes said:'playin4beer said:
24.5 inches April 6, 1886
19.3 inches December 1 – 2, 1974
Tie: 14.0 inches March 4 – 5, 1900 and February 28 - March 1, 1900
13.8 inches December 18 – 19, 1929
12.8 inches February 12 – 13, 1894
12.6 inches February 19, 1908
12.5 inches January 31 - February 1, 1881
Tie: 12.3 inches on February 9, 1911 and March 3 – 4, 1895
12.2 inches January 22-23, 2005
12.1 inches January 13-14, 1927
Meanwhile, tonight will be Boston's third storm of more than 22 inches in less than 10 years.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
The lake effect is interesting in that our total annual snowfall totals are actually lower than those of, say, Syracuse in Central NY, but Buffalo gets more national publicity because every once in awhile we'll get a massive unpredictable lake effect storm that dumps a ton of snow in a day.We missed out on this one. Snowed literally all day and the roads were ####ty when driving home (enough to cancel my dinner plans) but it's clear out there right now. GL east coasters.'mr roboto said:
bostonfred
Footballguy
At least a foot in my driveway so far, high winds, and some random lightning sightings. I cant open my storm door without brushing a couple inches of snow down the front steps. The snow isn't supposed to stop until tomorrow afternoon. This is going to be waist deep snow when all is said and done. The plows arent even bothering right now - and my street is a fairly major one. Thankfully we still have power so far, but I have low expectations for tomorrow morning.
Fantasy Girl
Footballguy
Further east from you not so pretty...we are getting hammered (in more ways than one...haha!) We had about a foot by 9PM and it let up a bit but picked back up and snowing even harder now! Just moving here from Florida is a rude awakening! At least we bought a shovel today!
Abraham
Footballguy
I've gotten drunk with him a bunch and I live in texas.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
Way to pay attention, guy.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
That's like 1/2 an inch an hour.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Should have bunked with Otis tonight.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
mr roboto
Footballguy
5 inches?Oh, how deep is the snow?
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
About a foot in Boston and 15" around Wellesley so far. 300,000 without power.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
It seems that here in NYC and LI the further East you are the worst it is...Here in Central Queens it's probably about 4 inches and wet so far...luckily subterranean power lines here, so power outage is uber unlikely...wind has died down significantly as well
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
It's about half over here in Boston.
HellToupee
Footballguy
my Jack Russell was freaked out by the amount of snow in the backyard .He was hopping all over the place trying to navigate to his favorite spot. My old black lab would've had a blast tearing through all the snow.
