I’m starting a new post for this subject (obviously). I have the feeling this new winter storm, Nemo, is going to generate a lot of commenting.
I’m starting a new post for this subject (obviously). I have the feeling this new winter storm, Nemo, is going to generate a lot of commenting.
February 8, 2013 at 9:53 AM
The beginning of the saga: it began snowing at 9:20 AM and it is already accumulating.
February 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM
Oh boy…. here we go! Nemo — 20,000 Leagues Under The Snow.
The Weather Channel is all set up — they have 4 reporters just in Boston, MA reporting live. I know the Weather Channel lady with blonde hair (I forget her name) was reporting live from New York City this morning.
Live cam from Times Square set up so people can watch the storm hit: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Snow-NYC-Storm-Live-Camera-Livestream-Times-Square-190379451.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/ is saying “Storm Tracks Closer To Coast, Less Snow Predicted”.
February 8, 2013 at 12:18 PM
Here is a link to a NASA Satalite image of the storm http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2445.html
February 8, 2013 at 12:48 PM
My area is a part of this storm also, but our temps here are too warm for significant snow. So far today it has been raining hard. Rain amount is 1.56″, winds NNE, gusts hit 30 mph, temp is 48, wind chill 43. This afternoon the winds are supposed to really pick up for us… gusts up to 40 mph. I heard up north the winds may go above 70 mph just along the coast. (hurricane force)
February 8, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Later on tonight is when the winds are supposed to really blow. The people on the coast are concerned. So far, the snow is just gently and heavily falling straight down. There’s maybe two inches right now and it’s heavier than it was earlier. Silver was in the window watching the snow. She sits on a table and puts her paws up on the window sill to see out. She looks like a meercat!! I heard what you heard, Sily. That’s a great NASA image, Salty. I’m under there somewhere!!
February 8, 2013 at 2:36 PM
Travel on the roads of MA will be banned as of 4PM today. This is new. The governor put out a statement to be off of the roads by noon but now it will be a ban at 4 PM which means, I think, people can be stopped and questioned. A state of emergency has been called for tonight, just in case. The snowfall has lightened a bit and we don’t have the winds yet. There are electric crews already stationed for outages.
February 8, 2013 at 2:53 PM
They are being very proactive like they were around here before Sandy came ashore. The people who are plowing will be glad there is a travel ban going into effect at 4PM. It will make their job a whole lot easier tonight.
February 8, 2013 at 2:55 PM
I was just coming here to post about the ban on travel in MA. I have experienced a ban such as this when traveling in DE.
Link: http://www.boston.com/news/weather/2013/02/08/mass-declares-emergency-bans-travel-after/9iBszPuJQi3ntZSkoA8DMP/story.html
February 8, 2013 at 2:58 PM
I’ve been trying to think if there has ever been an actual ban. It’s possible my memory fails me. I know there have been statements put out to stay off of the roads during storms which a lot of people ignored.
February 8, 2013 at 3:35 PM
Ban — $500 fine and one year in jail. This is the first ban since the 1978 blizzard we had.
February 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM
The guy who is on the radio from 3 PM to 7 PM Monday – Friday is very entertaining. He’s out in Boston. He’s having a field day making fun of the governor for putting this ban into place so early. I wouldn’t be surprised if the governor is listening and laughing, too. The state politicians must listen to this guy because he gives all of them hell and does it in a funny way.
February 8, 2013 at 6:11 PM
The wind is picking up now.
February 8, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Here is what’s happening in Canada. These articles are updated, the most recent update as of now for CBC is Last Updated: Feb 8, 2013 8:37 PM ET http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/08/ontario-weather-snowstorm.html
February 8, 2013 at 8:44 PM
As of now the most recent update for CTV is Last Updated Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 7:53PM EST
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/3-dead-as-blizzard-wallops-southern-ontario-1.1148213
February 8, 2013 at 8:51 PM
Thanks for a look at E. Canada!! There are what they term tornado vortex signatures out in the ocean off of the coast of New England. Eek!! It’s nearing blizzard conditions here. I can’t hear the wind unless I go outside. I can see the snow swirling and drifting when I look out any window.
February 8, 2013 at 8:56 PM
Time has seemed to move at a snail’s pace today and it is not even 9 PM yet. This is going to go on all night. My body feels the low pressure; it drags.
February 8, 2013 at 11:41 PM
It’s definitely a blizzard now!! The snow is very fine and very dense on the ground.
February 9, 2013 at 9:45 AM
I listened to WBZ out of Boston and the MA amateur radio channels (ham radio operators) last night. Bedford, MA had a wind gust to 79, last I heard. I love hearing people call in during the storm and give their reports. I think 405,149 out of power now. For snowfall amounts, I heard in ME records broken. Don’t know about MA. Anyone heard about the asteroid that is supposed to come within 1700 miles of earth? I’ll bet Polly posted about it but I missed it.
February 9, 2013 at 12:53 PM
Nuclear Power Plant in MA was shut down because of the storm. Excerpt from the 22News article.
“More than 400K without power in eastern Massachusetts”
Nuclear power plant had to be shut down
Updated: Saturday, 09 Feb 2013, 9:21 AM EST
Published : Saturday, 09 Feb 2013, 8:36 AM EST
Sy Becker
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (WWLP) – The storm that dumped two feet of snow on western Massachusetts treated the eastern part of the state more harshly. More than 400,000 customers in eastern Massachusetts are beginning their Saturday morning without power, and the state’s only nuclear power plant had to shut down.
By early morning, hurricane force winds and blizzard conditions to in eastern Massachusetts knocked out power to 403,888 customers as of 7:00 A.M. A majority of those without power are in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod.
Video and full article link http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/weather/us_wx_news/more-than-400k-without-power-in-eastern-massachusetts
February 9, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Wow, wow, wow!! Do we ever have snow!! It’s been a while since we’ve had a storm like this. The sun is out and it’s still windy. It’s in the low 20′s. 0 tonight and rain on Monday and a 40 degree temp. Oh, brother!! I don’t know how much snow we have but it has to be about two feet. That’s one of my local TV stations, Channel 22, Salty.
I posted briefly about asteroid 2012 DA14, Sily.
http://pollyann.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/science-nasa-2012-da14/
February 9, 2013 at 3:49 PM
My mate went to work for 7 AM yesterday and has been plowing since yesterday afternoon. He’s about to leave work in a little while. That’s a 33 hour stretch.
February 9, 2013 at 4:05 PM
I received some excellent, unsolicited feedback concerning the energy intent I used on this storm yesterday and all night. Thank you!!
February 9, 2013 at 4:22 PM
I am proud of all of the people involved in snow removal and electrical work for this storm. Thank you everyone!!
February 9, 2013 at 4:45 PM
My mate said last night was the most scared he has ever been plowing and he has plowed for the town for many years. He couldn’t see in front of his plow truck, or his plow for that matter, because of the blinding snow, he kept going sideways and did get stuck three of four times. It’s a good thing that ban was in place because his plow edge has to be on the center line as he goes down the road with another plow truck behind him.
February 9, 2013 at 4:54 PM
I saw several photographs of abandoned cars all over the place with emergency lights still flashing. I listened to the scanner last night for Fire, EMT, Police in MA and there were reports of plows getting stuck. I have driven home in blinding snow and I feel some of the fear your mate felt. It is awful. These can be such deadly storms, I stay in now.
February 9, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Ahhhh… I just remember something a plow driver said on WBZ radio when he called in — he said the wind was so strong that it was making his plow “go all over the road”.
February 9, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Listening to the scanner is fascinating, isn’t it?? I just went out front. I’d only been out the back door so far. It’s going to take days for the maintenance people to dig everything out. We had about 28 inches.
February 9, 2013 at 6:16 PM
I sent an email to Liz last night to see if she still had electricity. I haven’t heard from her yet.
February 9, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Yes, Sily, biggest snowfall EVER for Maine!! That is amazing!!
February 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM
28 inches, wow! It sure was something to see on TV. Okay, next big thing is the asteroid coming up this week. Yes, listening in on the scanner and the older guys on ham radio is quite interesting. I love call-in radio also (talk radio).
February 10, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Have you heard from Liz yet Polly?
February 10, 2013 at 3:25 PM
I like talk radio, too, Sily.
I haven’t heard from her yet, Salty, but I know I will. She doesn’t stay in one place very long. Lol!!
February 10, 2013 at 3:51 PM
40 inches of snow in CT. Lol, they will need to dig a tunnel to get out!
Larger picture http://12160.org/photo/pic-trumbell-ct-40-inches-of-snow-blizzard-2013
February 10, 2013 at 4:00 PM
I love that picture!! They win the prize!!
February 11, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Earth Observatory brings us an image of the snow: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=80405&src=nha
March 4, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Waiting for another big storm here. Should hit Tuesday into Wednesday. Lots of wind and rain, maybe some snow. Winds 40-45 mph and an inch of rain. Another Nor’easter. The weather guy on TV tonight said this is the biggest event for us since super storm Sandy. This morning, looking in my kitchen window, was a beautiful robin. First one of the season for me.
March 5, 2013 at 7:46 PM
Sily, I HOPE you do not lose your electricity!! Let me know how you are faring!! We are due for a possible 2-4 inches and some wind tomorrow night into Thursday. The robin was telling you about the approaching storm. I’ve seen plenty of robins feed at feeding stations. There are certain things they will eat.
March 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Thanks Polly!
So far so good but the winds are gusting to 45 mph right now. The weather guy said the most they should go to today would be 50-55 mph. Lots of rain. Winter storm Saturn. Here are 2 pictures of my backyard birds I took yesterday and last week. If the code doesn’t work, (I’m trying two different codes) you can just follow the link to see them.
[IMG]http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g378/SilyWily/cardinal1.jpg[/IMG]
and
[IMG]http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g378/SilyWily/bird1.jpg[/IMG]
March 6, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Thanks for sharing!! Mr. Cardinal in a classic pose and an American Goldfinch in winter garb. I love their twittering. Hang onto your hat!! It’s windy here but we may not even have 2-4 inches. Snow, rain, sleet showers. We’ll see.
March 6, 2013 at 3:18 PM
Update: 68 mph in Rehoboth (gust) and 51 mph (gust) in Salisbury. Bay Bridge is closed now due to truck accident blowing into guard rail and also the high winds. I think anyone outside and on the roads right now is nuts! Still just rain here and thunder.
March 6, 2013 at 11:11 PM
I heard mention of Bay Bridge being closed today on my local AM radio station. If we get any wet snow it’s going to be tomorrow night. The wind whipped out of the east today and then changed to coming from the north. Two different kinds of winds with two distinct aromas.
March 7, 2013 at 11:54 AM
It’s over for my area. The wind was pretty bad.
March 7, 2013 at 5:09 PM
That kind of wind is scary!! We are still due for 2-4 inches over night. We’ll see. The winds have died down a lot.
March 8, 2013 at 8:24 AM
2-4 inches is child’s play for you guys in MA. Our total of rain was 3.08 inches and over 70 mph winds were clocked off the coast. Heck of a storm. Many locals said the wind was worse then when Sandy made a fly by.
March 8, 2013 at 12:32 PM
We had maybe 2 inches of wet snow and that is stretching it. That’s a lot of rain for one March (oops! I had typed February!!) storm in your area. Yes?? The astrologers always say that when Mercury is Retrograde high winds are more common.
March 9, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Oh yes.
March 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Okay, major update: last night I took the storm window off the kitchen window and had dinner listening to the birds outside. It was delightful! Then this morning husband and I finished taking the storm windows off the other windows. Right now it’s 61 outside and tomorrow is supposed to be about the same. It was soooooooooo good listening to the birds talk again! What a winter.
March 16, 2013 at 10:58 PM
It’s been mostly cold here and we had some windy days last week during which it felt as though the wind came straight from the North Pole. We did have a few days in the upper 50′s before the temp. then dropped again.
March 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Yes, dropped here also. Brrrrrrrr. Right now 39 degrees and raining. We are heading into about 3 days of rain here on the eastern shore.
March 18, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Intellicast says 5-8 inches of snow here tonight, heavy at times late; some sleet may mix in, low of 25 degrees. Winds out of the east at 10-20 mph.
March 18, 2013 at 9:40 PM
The leading snow was filled with glitter. I suspect this was aluminum from the heavy chemtrail spraying done in the last few days to mix with the solar proton particles which blasted earth. (It was sickening and disgusting, guys!! It was like a death blast.) Central MA may have a foot or more of snow, and parts of NH may have over two feet from this storm.
March 18, 2013 at 11:32 PM
It is “pouring” snow. This is a new term I read recently made by someone out in the Midwest.
March 19, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Glitter in the snow! YIKES!! NOT Good. Now that you mention it there were several times last summer when I noticed shiny specks on me but at that time I don’t recall connecting it to the chemtrail crap. That’s probably what it was.
You certainly have had more than your share of ‘weather’ this year. Hopefully this storm you are having now will be the last of the cold and snow.
March 19, 2013 at 1:52 PM
That’s a lot of snow. We woke up to snow yesterday morning, the grass was white but it wasn’t sticking on the roads because it was too warm, then it rained the rest of the day. Right now it’s sunny and 54 and I’ve got one window open again. Spring starts tomorrow I think. I’ll bet you’ll be glad when it’s sunny and warm again. Frogs and birds!
March 19, 2013 at 2:06 PM
The glitter in the first snowfall here last night was the MOST I have ever seen. It was way overboard from just glistening snow and it really did pour snow for a while. It’s still snowing on and off but we’ve only had about four inches with some sleet and freezing rain, too. The last storm, Saturn, I guess, from which we had only a few inches, dumped a foot to two feet east of me out to Boston. I was shocked to find that out afterward. The same was predicted for this storm for parts east and north.
March 19, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Hi Sily,
That’s a pretty flower you have for your Avatar. It reminds me of a warm sunny spring day.
Hi Polly, I’m going to keep an eye out for glitter this year. I hate to think about all the crap we are breathing in that we can’t see but every time I see them up there chemtrailing I do.
March 19, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Thanks Salty — I’m getting in a Spring mood.
March 19, 2013 at 3:51 PM
Here in New England, March or April snow used to be referred to as poor man’s fertilizer. HOWEVER, I would not rate aluminum, barium and whatever else as fertilizer.
I like your flower, too, Sily. Cheerio!! Lol!!