Anyone else watching the weather reports for this week-end?

I think the midwest is looking ok for February.

Be safe New England.

TWO FEET is possible.

Thanks for the tipoff -- after Irene and Sandy, you can't be too cautious.


rocktivity

the pleasure of 'locking' another one of my threads.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022324598

and weather.com said maybe significant snowfall Friday night.

This morning wunderground said 90% chance 2" Friday with gusts to 35 mph, 8" Friday night with winds 35 mph.

Weather.com wouldn't load for me.

My dentist said one of the 3 stations he watches said possibly worst nor'easter in 50 years.

Oh, I'm in midcoast Maine. The penis cited above is headed my way. Guess it's time to check the weather report again and see how bad it looks tonight.

Craps. Looks like I'll be driving home from work at 10pm in blizzard conditions.

Oh, and it's name is Nemo.

GodzillaStorm 2013????

Heaviest snowfall expected along the I 69 corridor. Which always confuses me because I 69 runs north from the state line to Lansing and then east to Port Huron. So which part of that is the corridor? I'm hoping it's the state line to Lansing. Sorry, Lansing.

What ever the case, I'm stopping to fill up my gas can, tomorrow, so I'll have fuel for the snow blower.

It's a big continent.

it may rival the Blizzard of '78.

and I had so much fun. Jumped repeatedly out of my 2nd story window with my roommates and dogs. Huge street snowball fight.

I've seen greater snow accumulations (many of them) since moving to Vermont 30 years ago, but in the city it's way different.

I was unemployed and in the middle of clinical depression. My pantry was empty and I had no idea the storm was coming. I planned to go food shopping the day it hit. I lived on cream of wheat with powdered milk for nearly a week. I walked a mile to the supermarket a couple days later, but it was closed, its doors frozen shut by an indoor lake.

It took 5 days of shoveling before I finally found my car. I was just out of cream of wheat when the food store re-opened.

This go-round, I am on a ridge, a few miles inland from the Maine coast, so I'll get hit with high snow and high winds. Plus I work on the waterfront, so will be driving home when its coming into its peak.

But I have a full freezer and pantry, and will stock up on chocolate tomorrow. They just filled my propane tank, so if we lose power I'll still be warm. Maybe do laundry tonight.

You sound more prepared than I am. Tomorrow I'll stock up on candles and batteries. It's the power thing that I'm concerned about, but heck, as long as one is warm and provisioned and has enough light to read by, it's all good- except for trying to get my 16 year old doggie out the door.

cheers, mt

So after 35 years, it's about time I get a chance to do it right, lol.

For me, it's getting my doors open that's a bear. My front doors face south/southeast. My back door faces south/southwest. Somehow whenever we have a nor'easter all of them get drifted in. One storm door is seriously bent from my kicking it open a few inches at a time. I thought I was going to have to climb out a window a couple times.

And then, lugging water down to the barn in deep snow is always a trip. My barn is open under the eaves. Depending on exactly how the wind blows, on occasion I end up with more snow inside the barn than outside.

I also have a little vodka and amaretto, so I should be comfy. I should save some for the pony...this will be her first big storm all by herself. Poor baby hates wind

The only things moving were a few of the profs cross-country skiing to class.

The Yale/Downtown area is densely built, and there was no where for the snow after the sidewalks were loaded down.

Finally, the NH Dept. of Public Works brought in front loaders and dump trucks. They loaded the snow onto the trucks, and the trucks had a place where they could just dump it into Long Island Sound.

I grew up in a snowbelt in western lower Michigan, and even I thought that the '78 Blizzard was a very serious storm.

If the power goes out, it might be your last chance for a while!

We need it for our sled dog races.

It's been a while since we've had a good 2 footer. Last one was in 2011.

I've been working till 6:00 PM in Manhattan this week. I hope I don't get caught in a blizzard trying to get back to Jersey City.

That being said, Woo hoo! I love snow.

I have a cooking demo on Saturday so thats great weather.

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS... ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK... AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES... MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE... 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR... MAINLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK THURSDAY EVENING... OVERSPREADING THE REST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS... AREA ROADWAYS WILL BE HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES ON FRIDAY.

* WINDS... EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES... LOWS 2 BELOW TO 12 ABOVE ZERO. HIGHS AROUND 20.

* VISIBILITIES... LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

I hope I have that right - just picked it up off the weather channel 10 PM Wed.

I am stocking up on Thursday for the weekend. I have a feeling that I won't be leaving my apartment this weekend. Well, I guess winter is for hibernating after all. Could be kind of relaxing.