Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms (MAJOR WEATHER EVENT!)
Winter Storm Nemo is now poised to become the latest example of a powerful, potentially historic, February storm.
Blizzard warnings have now been issued from parts of southern and eastern New England, including Boston, Hartford and Providence, to the New York City metro area and Long Island.
We lay out the forecast of heavy snow on this page, and layout the threats from damaging winds, coastal flooding, and travel impact on the following pages. Click the "next" button or "quick links" below to jump to those major threats:
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-nemo-20130206
Boston's transit authority will suspend all modes of transportation Friday-- including the T - starting at 3:30pm. #Nemo
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I have bottled water and canned goods and some candles. I will have to get to the liquor store tomorrow before it hits.
ground zero. I grew up in Upstate NY where we had violent winters - below zero temperatures, snowbanks that covered the first floor of our house and numerous days where nobody could go to work or school. Things have changed since then, but perhaps we are going back to those days.
Its like the time I went cross country skiing with friends in UTAH. It was a beautiful day, but cold as hell, and there was fresh powder there from the day before. My friend, a ski instructor took us out for a few hours.. he nearly got us buried in an avalanche. I mean, seriously came close to dying that day.. but it was something we all agreed to do.
I don't think I would ever do it again, and I remember the party that night which was awesome..I guess we were all happy to be alive. But no, I wouldn't want to go do that ever again. "Been there, done that" as the saying goes. I am happy to be right where I am!
"What, there's gonna be a snowstorm?"
I grew up in the Adirondack foothills, north of Utica. We would often have such cold winters that our pipes would freeze and cars wouldn't start. Getting completely snowed in was a regular event, as were snow days (woo hoo! ).
Maybe the CDC should check DU for an outbreak of Crabby Pants. We may be getting close to the epidemic level. 
They've been showing all the closings at the bottom of the screen on the Albany channels since yesterday morning. Stopped at the grocery store on my way home after 10pm and there was a line at that hour! Just looked out and it's started already, but according to the Albany weather, it's supposed to be at its worst from Friday night into Saturday. Hope everybody's prepared and stays safe out there!
We still have power, rarely lose it here since it's a fairly new area, though we are surrounded by woods. However, the snowplows don't come by that often, either. My friend already reminded me to stock up on coffee and toilet paper, LOL.
Just grateful to be safe and warm tonight and hoping everybody else here in the Northeast stays safe... 
The Weather channels names storms outside the accepted global standard. That makes them unique. It doesn't make them liars or Fox News-like.
While doing so may "sensationalize" it. (there are other words on the spectrum between "highlight" and "sensationalize" that would fit better.) This isn't an inherently bad thing. It may bring more people to heed the the need to prepare for it. Likewise, it may "trivialize" (this needs a better word to) other named storms in the minds of some.
In any event, there is a storm coming and though it doesn't directly affect me, I am aware of it because you posted about it in this thread. Whether or not it has a name, I thank you for starting this thread about it.
from a post down thread.
Yeah, that arrow looks to be pointing right at the hospital where I work. Luckily I'm not scheduled to work there this weekend. Phew. I live all of about 10 miles from the tip of that arrow.
I know many of you don't believe in woo, but I am psychic. And I see a *lot* of shoveling in my future. I probably should have gone ahead and bought another bottle of medicinal vodka. The one in my cabinet is almost gone....
I drove a classmate out for a vacation after we graduated college. We hit the Salem rotary right at rush hour. My first rotary evah!
We drove around it 7 times at 50+mph in the middle of 3 lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic, screaming the entire way trying to get into the outside lane at just the right moment to catch our exit! We were afraid if we missed the road we needed, we'd be lost in the byroads of Mass forever.
Especially if you're not used to it.
(This isn't necessarily directed towards you... Rather to couch potatoes like me.) 
not that it will go according to plan, because 35 mph sustained winds, with 60 foot gusts, combined with light, fluffy snow, which is what we'll get because it's flippin' freezing up here right now, tends to undo all the shoveling 
First, on Saturday am I will have to kick one door or another repeatedly in order to get it to budge open enough to squeeze myself and a shovel through. I have doors facing S/SE and S/SW, but somehow the snow drifts against them no matter which way they face. That's the nature of nor'easters. Then I will trudge through waist high drifts to the barn to bring my horse and kitty hot water (if we have power. otherwise, cold) and food. Then I'll head to the garage and get out my handy-dandy snow scooper.
The first path will be from house to barn, then across the front of the barn, which faces WSW, so I can open the 12' sliding door more than the 18" I need to squeeze a bucket through.
Later in the day, I will shovel the same path, which will have drifted over. And again in the evening.
At some point in time, depending on the weather report either Saturday night or Sunday, the wind will reverse and I will again have to shovel my way to the barn, only shovel out the back door which faces ENE so I can get in that side and bring my babies water and food.
My barn is open under the eaves. With luck, there will be less snow inside the barn than outside.
At some point the wind will die down enough that the paths hold. Then I will shovel the path to the utilities. They won't be coming any time soon anyway, so there is no hurry for that. Just the same path to the barn, over and over and over...
we've got a big Winter Storm Warning in effect, and are expecting 6-10 inches of snow. Buffalo will be worse, with the lake effect snow.
Kids will be home from school tomorrow, and we'll probably be operating on a skeleton staff at work. We told our guys there's nothing critical tomorrow, and to stay home if they thought driving would be unsafe.
Sid
Stay home and have a hot Coco on me!!
I would be humming that xmas tune : Walking in a Winter Wonder Land.
How would you display them?Maybe some nice calm oranges, reds, and yellows? Maybe a Mr. Snowflake with a smiley face? Seriously, what do you want?
and haven't gone over the top in dramatizing it. Maybe the Weather Channel is a bit different. But hopefully people here are sticking with the local stuff.
I'm not going crazy stocking up for the apocalypse...just hunkering down and waiting!
Although Northeastern residents know their history and climate, this has been so much coming too fast and for too long. To deal with destroyed homes in other climates is bad enough, but they've been suffering below-zero temperatures, snow, ice, wind, flooding, power outages and economic chaos as they try to rebuild and stay healthy.
All with very late help coming from the GOP Congress who had intended to give them nothing!
I really feel badly for them trying to make due when it's that cold. For many, I'm sure this is going to push some over the edge financially or healthwise. To be there without power? In the cold?
I've been through hurricanes and lived through the heat, but they are usually over and then the clean up begins. But I was not facing lethally cold temperatures as the Northeast has had this winter and now another storm moves in...
Best wishes to all our DUers in this region and all others who are still trying to work, dig out from Sandy, and keep their loved ones warm, safe and healthy.
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They are predicting devastating tides due to the winds and coupled with a full moon. The coast will be hard hit.
Thanks freshwest, well said on the post above.
We will all be okay out here in the Northeast. My sister asked me to come stay with them, she has a fireplace and a small generator, food and wine. Better than staying here in the dark and cold. Last Hurricane my power was out for nine hours....this time it will be freezing. Best to everyone stay safe.
THE BIGGEST STORM EVER down there.
Stay safe, stay warm and have a giant cup of cocoa for me!!
PS...I just got word. We are closed tomorrow, and they will let us know friday pm if we will open on sat. Good news!
Went to the supermarket for a few things. Funny, but everyone was smiling, like they were excited, in a "we're all in this together" vibe. My first thought was, I wish they felt like that about our Congress is doing to us. We don't need weather for disasters. Congress dumps them on us on a daily basis.
Oh, well, I'm just hoping there's no power outage. 
Have a hot cocoa on me!
people on diets? Ooh..I guess they do!
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We haven't seen that in a while. Stay safe and warm!!
One hot cocoa for you too!
We haven't been seeing much rain here in South Carolina, either. This will put a dent in our rainfall deficit. No problem staying warm when one has a lap cat, which I do. Back up into the 60s tomorrow.
Its like he doesn't know how to sit in a lap, and he has a habit of putting his claws into my leg, trying to hold on. I tried using a blanket, but he doesn't like that either. He would rather just rub my leg.. so at least something will stay warm..even if its just my ankle.
heh
Nice in the cooler days, but not so nice in the summer. I always keep fleece blankets around, because every cat I have ever met loves them.
And it had been snowing. Shocking to see snow on the Air Plane's wings. I was like, and we flew with that on there? Wow...
kowai.. (scary!)
Yeah, kinda like this...
While staying with my Korean Grandmother in her Upstate NY Home, and when I lived two years in Salt Lake City Utah. One thing I most remember about that, is I remember going to a friends house. I had worn only a light sweater, because it was a bit cold. We had been in side playing board games... and I was only there for approximately 2 hours. ON walking over to their house, a mere few blocks away, the ground was absolutely dry.. and not a bit of any moisture.
Two hours later, I emerged from the house to walk into 2 feet of snow.. and it was still coming down in great big huge flakes. Clumps of snow coming down. I am not sure if it was the famous Utah powder snow, but it stuck to everything, it was huge and flaky! I more or less tried to jog home, because I only had a light sweater on! When I got home i turned the thermostat up because my little apartment flat was cold!
It snowed all night and into the next day. I don't know how many feet of snow fell, but it was a lot. I also got a call from a friend of mine asking if I wanted to go skiing up to Snowbird, Alta or maybe Brighton. We ended up at Brighton that next day under sunny skies and watched them fire a cannon into the side of a mountain, trying to make an avalanche happen.
The hot cocoa on that day was outstanding! I rented some cheap SEARS skis and poles and we had a blast going up and down the slopes.
& Rec !!!
Yuki ga ochite iru! Yuki is "snow" in Japanese! Falling is "ochite iru" The snow is falling!
Judging by her expression, they were quite surprised.
Just passin on the word 
thank you!
Navy Personnel walking about. All of them wearing heavy coats, so I imagine it would be cold. Its 9:43 pm pst here, so 12:43am ? I wonder when the storm will sneak in. I suppose I could check the local radar.
I am shivering a bit here, just looking at there! I need some hot tea!
And some thought I was being SENSATIONAL!!!... no..I just copied and pasted the headline. (Or...a paid member of the
The Weather Channel Underground!)
They are big enough that if they swarm on you, will knock you off the side walk!
Brand new car of the neighbors down the street.
Some one else agrees!
And none of them from the last vitriol spew had even done the 3-days 3-ways preparation as advised. I remember reading their whines about not having food after only a day of snow terrorism. We have gales, snow and earthquakes over here, but no! They expect always sunny skies and dry roads like AZ!
They're the first to deforest any patch of land they buy for the timber money and to make sure the treehuggers don't get designs on their god-given property! They are still seething and grieving since the election with their window posters from the Libertarian Republican website. The one with Obama painted like a witch doctor and the mind-numbing word underneath 'socialism.'
... in Burlington. Leave to those NewEnglanders!!
The San Jose Sharks are so far away.. Its hard to get down there, cause you have to grab the Train in Oakland, and then spend the night there in a hotel.. before heading back the next day. Its the only way to do it. Make an entire day, night and morning of it.
... the Bulls ... a guy who played his juniors here in Indy & signed with the Sharks played there briefly at the start of the season, when the Worcester Sharks' roster was full of San Jose Sharks who were locked out. Trickle down, ya know? 
http://sfbulls.com/
The way hockey oughta be!!
In the photo shown above, I am south of the 'b' in Albany, west of the"H" in Hartford.
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