What are you hearing about the snow that's coming?

[Anonymous]

Boston, NYC face blizzard warnings as storm system barrels north

The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the New York City metropolitan area, from northeast New Jersey through Newark and New York, and including the entirety of both the Long Island and Connecticut coasts of the Long Island Sound. That warning is in effect between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. Monday.

Forecasters predict between 11 to 16 inches of blowing snow in much of that region, bringing visibility to near zero at times. Sustained winds as strong as 30 miles per hour could hit Sunday night, with gusts up to 55 mph in parts of central and eastern Long Island.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/12/25/airlines.weather/index.html?hpt=T1

[Anonymous]

For those traveling north, it looks like you want to try to be past NYC by noon, which is when the big snow is rolling in there.

[Anonymous]

here's what i am hearing:

early in the week: huge storm coming!
middle of the week: maybe. maybe not. leaning towards yes. but wait until 72 hours before event.
72 hours before: still not a clue. meh.
48 hours before: total miss.
36 hours before: maybe a half an inch.
24 hours before: snow on the way, anywhere from 1 inch to 10 inches.
now: seems like it's going to snow, we'll update you as it's falling.

[Anonymous]

Looks like 1-4 inches. Not so scary after all.

As to the people living in cars . . . I don't know. I just can't fathom sending my husband out to gas up both vehicles, because we live in the suburbs. We will not be driving people into the wilderness, with the risk of getting stranded and needing to survive on breast milk for days and days. And . . . if after last year's 1-2 punch of 40 inches of snow, the entire region didn't lose power and go weeks without gasoline deliveries to the region, I don't think 1-4 inches of snow is going to be a problem. To the pp who posted that as reasoning for gassing up before every storm . . . wtf? Do you regularly drive out into the middle of nowhere during blizzards?

Go ahead and panic. We will stay home, warm and cozy, and laugh at you.

Signed,

Someone who grew up about 10 minutes south of the Canadian border in Minnesota. I know snow, and it doesn't scare me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Go ahead and panic. We will stay home, warm and cozy, and laugh at you.
I know snow, and it doesn't scare me.

This

[Anonymous]

+1

[Anonymous]

Someone who grew up about 10 minutes south of the Canadian border in Minnesota. I know snow, and it doesn't scare me.

I grew up in Upstate NY and lived in WI for several years. Snow here scares me. Everything shuts down with just a quarter of an inch of snow.

[Anonymous]

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Monday for Washington, D.C., Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties in Maryland. As well Arlington County, the city of Falls Church and the City of Alexandria in Virginia.

The rest of the area is under a Winter Weather Advisory until 6 a.m. Monday as well.

Lucie says that areas under the advisory will see two to four inches, while areas under the warning could see four to eight inches. Areas farther east could see up to a foot of snow.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2212675

[Anonymous]

If you are on a well and you lose power you are scared of snow around here!

[Anonymous]

Snow doesn't scare me; I grew up in New England and learned how to drive in snow.

But -- many of the other drivers around here on snowy roads *DO* scare me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Snow doesn't scare me; I grew up in New England and learned how to drive in snow.

But -- many of the other drivers around here on snowy roads *DO* scare me.

EXACTLY. I'm from MN, and people there have enough of a clue to either stay off the roads until the plows go through, or, if they must go out, they slow down, know how to brake on slippery roads, and know how to countersteer if they start fishtailing.

Around here? You've got a bunch of idiots barreling down the road thinking their SUVs make them invincible. THAT's what really scares me.

A couple of years ago DH and I lived in an apartment building that gave us a great vantage point on a busy intersection. During a snow storm, you wouldn't believe how many morons got their SUV's stuck and needed help getting out because they didn't realize that they had to turn the 4x4 on, or how to do it.

[Anonymous]

Yeah a lot of people around these parts might not know how to drive in snow but they don't get to practice very often. So it's not like they are necessarily inherently morons. They might be able to become good at it if it snowed more. Sheesh!

[Anonymous]

2 inches tops in dc today.

[Anonymous]

Bummer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah a lot of people around these parts might not know how to drive in snow but they don't get to practice very often. So it's not like they are necessarily inherently morons. They might be able to become good at it if it snowed more. Sheesh!

Not if everyone stays home and pulls the covers over their heads every time it snows, which is exactly what seems to happen around here.