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Still no power for us as of right now.The Hank said:Update:
We stayed at a friend's house last night w/ our 2 boys and our dog -- they live in Thorndale and lose power a few times last night, but had a gas fireplace so we were able to stay warm (thank goodness). They have power there right now and they are safe -- that's what matters most to me.
I went by our house today and pretty much every major road was impassable, looked like a freaking hurricane rolled through all of the down trees/powerlines/branches. I finally made it to the house after an hr's worth of detours (normally a 10-15 min. jaunt from Thorndale to D-Town) and saw that no where had power near us except grocery store (I suspect they have backup generators to protect their food product). House was a balmy 51 and water was not frozen and worked (THANK GOD) -- I went ahead and turned of the water main to my house and have the faucets on a drip (the upstairs were already drained by the time I tested everything).
I have checked with PECO and they are estimating our power will be restored by Sunday. Wonderful.Checked with my cousins who live in the area (Lionville & Thorndale/Coatesville) and they are not expected to get power until Sunday as well. Had a trip planned out to visit my parents in Pittsburgh but my dad is saying that there is a chance of a snow storm Sunday AM; we really want to make the trip to PIT as we'd be more comfortable there than at our friends, but at the same time the last thing I want to do right now is to try and commute back to PHI in a snowstorm w/ an infant and a toddler on Sunday.
Winter sucks.
ive been applying one can of hairspray to my hair every day
Just got the call, today is the 10th day out, and we haven't seen nearly the weather that most of you have (save the few really cold days).
It's local warming you're after.GroveDiesel said:
Looks like it will miss Charleston this time. I'm hearing everything east of I95 should be safe from freezing, and I trust this because they never get these things wrong.
It does look like you guys will be just warm enough to miss out. But yeah sometimes they do miscalculate.
They were dropping "solution on the road yesterday....I was a bit confused by this given the rain we are suppose to get today. Regardless, it could be worse. We could be ATL.
I planned to fly to Philly Tuesday night, trying to change that to the morning. My poor wife is going to have to work from home without me (I do as well) while I am sure the kids will be out Wednesday and Thursday. I also assume there will be a two hour delay on Friday and probably an early dismissal tomorrow. I just hope they don't send the kids home at 11:30 again (just enough to probably count as a full day). She will probably kick me in the balls when I get home on Friday. We just got back from a no kids trip to the Caribbean last week and it is pretty much like we were never there. I'm going to have to find something nice in Philly to hand her before the kick in the balls even though we said just dinner because of the trip.
I would really be surprised if they kick the kids early tomorrow. All the models look like nothing happening until around 6 PM. Now a late start Friday may certainly be possible.
They are now saying the freezing rain will get layered in with snow on Wednesday. So we will get snow, then freezing rain, then snow, then freezing rain, etc. It will be a traffic crap sandwich.
That was the same as the last time, everything looked like the start was around dinner time (I saw the first flake near our house around 6). The forecast that morning was pretty precise on the start and they still dumped the kids home. I understood Atlanta and their idiocy, but there was no need for an early dismissal last time and hopefully there won't be one tomorrow. At least my wife is already thinking no school Wednesday and Thursday and the weather looks bad enough that she might only give me a knee to the groin instead of a full backswing.
I think he's being overly dramatic. I could see a foot easily though depending on where you are in the I95 corridor.
Awesome!! My power just came back on. We might actually get my house back up to 70 degrees or so before it goes off again.
Channel 10 said heavier wet snow closer to the 1-95 corridor.. of course, things could change
Yep, looks like Atlanta is toast - probably for either the rest of the week or Wed-Fri. They've already closed a lot of schools and I just read this:
I wouldn't be surprised if people still go out in this mess because they think the weatherman is always wrong.
You knew Atlanta wasn't going to take any chances. They will be like Charlotte going forward. Even the hint of something happening has them rolling trucks and canceling stuff.
Just got back from the supermarket, and it was like a blizzard was coming. Very few loaves of bread to be had. Bunch of nutjobs.
I saw Hurricane Schwartz at the gym this weekend. :sexy:Buddy Ball 2K3 said:
That's my uncle. I imagine he'll have updates on his Facebook before any more updates for the CWG, so I'll give an update when I see it.
