Mid-Atlantic/New England posters

[piper]

our latest predictions are 24 to 30 inches. Chances are that dh and ds will be home on Tuesday. I've only been at my job for six months so I am not sure how they handle big storms, I could end up going in.

[flex]

Let me know if I can ship any of you some snowshoes.

[erbear]

I guess. I imagine we'll be off tomorrow and Tuesday. I'm hoping DH will be home (if the trains don't run, he'll be home) and that we don't lose power. I didn't stock up on anything bc I can walk to a store if I need to and we luckily have neighborhood friends who are walkable so bring it on!

[nightandday]

Jan 25, 2015 16:59:48 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

nightandday. deBlasio said we should expect to have closed schools on Tuesday.

woohoo! Thanks for the notification!

[JLV]

Cecily Tynan just posted this from the NWS. The pink area is predicted 10-24".

We'll see!

[pinkpinot]

I've been at LAX for hours already trying to get a standby flight so I can avoid traveling home tomorrow (I'm supposed to land at 9PM).

I'm going to cry. Didn't get on this flight and the next one is in 5 more hours with 2 people ahead of me on the standby list.

I'm never getting home, right? I know everything will be canceled tomorrow.

[lilafowler]

Jan 25, 2015 17:32:04 GMT -5 Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear said:

We had spent New Year's Eve in NYC and were just trying to get home but they cancelled all the flights obviously. We were stuck in a Best Western in Queens. It was like Goodfellas in there.

Was it near Shea Stadium (the old one)?

If so I stayed there once.

[W.T.Faulkner]

Jan 25, 2015 17:22:50 GMT -5 Eagles said:

I risked my life to go to the food store so that H could take my car to work tomorrow (AWD)...get home and he has the stomach bug. I mean, we would have needed ginger ale and pretzels anyway, but I could have gotten those at Rite Aid.

We have one bathroom. Pray for me.

Liking cause you're funny, not because you both are going to suffer a lot. Prayers and Godspeed. 

[revolution]

You eastern pa and no girls should like Moorecasting on fb. He is fairly accurate but also funny.

And I am only in the 6-8 inches.

[CajunShrimp]

Boston is getting 20-24".

Harvey Leonard is quivering with excitement. French Toast Alert System is at Severe

Severe- Nor'easter predicted. This is it, people, THE BIG ONE. Harvey Leonard makes repeated references to the Blizzard of '78. RUSH to emergency supermarket NOW for multiple gallons of milk, cartons of eggs and loaves of bread. IGNORE cries of little old lady you've just trampled in mad rush to get last gallon of milk. Place pets in basement for use as emergency food supply if needed.

I better not go into labor early.

[UMaineTeach]

I was asking all last week for a giant snow. I have also been lamenting lately that weather prediction has gotten so much better there are no surprise snow storms.

I'm excited. We better get a lot.

[Deleted]

NYC here, they're predicting 20-30 inches.  Ugh!  Coming home from work tomorrow will be a nightmare as will Tuesday's commute.  I hate driving in this shit.  My job will not pay us if we don't show....assholes.  

[everyjuan]

I won't be in the thick of it, but will still be affected by it. 8-12" might get me a day off of work, which I am deeply enthusiastic about. lol. I'm hoping we get more than that! I love big snowfalls.

[alzi]

Jan 25, 2015 17:26:28 GMT -5 Eagles said:

Jan 25, 2015 17:23:27 GMT -5 Queen Dick, Hibernating Bear said:

I was in the North American blizzard of 1996.

We missed so much school that winter that they cancelled midterms. I was a senior and it was awesome.

I got snowed in at my best friends house. It was awesome.

[Deleted]

MH is in San Diego this week and we are in the 18-24" range based upon the latest map. Fun times!

[Booze Raccoon]

Jan 25, 2015 18:41:08 GMT -5 UMaineTeach said:

I was asking all last week for a giant snow. I have also been lamenting lately that weather prediction has gotten so much better there are no surprise snow storms.

I'm excited. We better get a lot.

Me too!  I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve right now!

[Eagles]

Jan 25, 2015 18:26:52 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

Jan 25, 2015 17:22:50 GMT -5 Eagles said:

I risked my life to go to the food store so that H could take my car to work tomorrow (AWD)...get home and he has the stomach bug. I mean, we would have needed ginger ale and pretzels anyway, but I could have gotten those at Rite Aid.

We have one bathroom. Pray for me.

Liking cause you're funny, not because you both are going to suffer a lot. Prayers and Godspeed. 

He feels better (said tentatively). I'm handwashing, avoiding him, and praying for mercy.

[Eagles]

Jan 25, 2015 18:16:10 GMT -5 pinkpinot said:

I've been at LAX for hours already trying to get a standby flight so I can avoid traveling home tomorrow (I'm supposed to land at 9PM).

I'm going to cry. Didn't get on this flight and the next one is in 5 more hours with 2 people ahead of me on the standby list.

I'm never getting home, right? I know everything will be canceled tomorrow.

Oh, sweetheart. I'm crossing everything for you.

[Eagles]

Jan 25, 2015 18:04:46 GMT -5 romymichele said:

J-Bo is in a cap frenzy on twitter.

SHIT IS GETTING REAL.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Jan 25, 2015 19:41:25 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

Jan 25, 2015 19:15:09 GMT -5 Eagles said:

SHIT IS GETTING REAL.

How badly do you think septa will suck tomorrow? Ughhhh.

More, even, than usual.

[janegold]

H is still talking about going to New York tomorrow like a dummy. His train back to Boston is scheduled at 12:30am Tuesday morning, right at the worst of the storm. Going right up the blizzard path. He is so delusional if he thinks for a second that there will be any mode of public transportation available for the next three days. He's on the phone now debating with a colleague about whether he should go. WHY is this even a question.

[TrickyBob]

They just closed all the local schools here.

[Eagles]

Jan 25, 2015 19:41:25 GMT -5 @simpledog said:

Jan 25, 2015 19:15:09 GMT -5 Eagles said:

SHIT IS GETTING REAL.

How badly do you think septa will suck tomorrow? Ughhhh.

Like ProFart said, worse than usual. If you're in Manayunk/Roxborough, they'll probably stop running buses early. Only the sub will be reliable. I ran out to Rite Aid at quarter of eight and it had started raining, so I guess it's here?

[Bernadine]

I'm so annoyed with the Baltimore weather people this year. They keep building up all these storms, and then we don't get shit. I want a snow day!

[Jalapeñomel]

I guess the stores are all picked over.

I'm glad I made DH move the car to the one lucky spot in front of our apartment.

[ninjabridemom]

I had to cancel my mom trip b/c I can't get snowed in down there :-( we have tons of food and I'm finishing memorial shopping tomorrow.

[BaliHai]

Eagles I'm praying for your soul. You wouldn't happen to have 100% grape juice on hand would you? I read about how it can help stave off a stomach bug and thought it was a load of crap, but then I googled and people far and wide claim it works. L had a bug last weekend and H and I both chugged grape juice like Welch's was paying us, and neither of us got it.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jan 25, 2015 21:12:28 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

Eagles I'm praying for your soul. You wouldn't happen to have 100% grape juice on hand would you? I read about how it can help stave off a stomach bug and thought it was a load of crap, but then I googled and people far and wide claim it works. L had a bug last weekend and H and I both chugged grape juice like Welch's was paying us, and neither of us got it.

Same here two weeks ago. Good luck!

[Eagles]

No grape juice! I wonder if cranberry works.

[CloudBee]

I just got ahead on our laundry, and there's not a single dirty dish in the sink. I also vacuumed and might mop before I go to bed.

After being without power for a few days several years ago, never again will I enter into a storm with piles of dirty laundry and/or dishes.