I'm in Central NJ (near NJTP exit 8A) and we only have a dusting. Working from home only because all my other coworkers are and I don't want to be in the office by myself.
My office is fucking useless and hasn’t sent out any guidance about working from home or if we’re expected to come in.
MH’s school is closed, local schools are closed, @@ DD’s daycare is closed, local town services are canceled or delayed.
So many good people at my company have either been laid off or have bailed out on their own. New HR person ignores my department entirely because we are supposedly being sold. Ugh.
ETA: got an email from CEO saying we can wfh if we want although the office is open too.
The problem with Arl is often staffing I've heard. If surrounding counties close, you've got a lot of teachers calling in so even with minor snow falls there's a domino effect as counties start closing.
I think kids get on the bus at like 830am with a delay so I think they are worried about roads then too. Still frustrating, we just got off break!
Centeral MD (Carroll County, smack in between Baltimore and Frederick), and schools closed. There's literally a dusting. The roads are apparently a mess though. Despite plenty of warning, pretreating, and a TON of salt on the roads from the last "storm" we got. Best guess is that they are worried about the temp dropping and the roads freezing over (it's mid 20s now so.....). WE ARE SO OVER THIS. Our elementary school was supposed to reopen Tuesday from break, but they had to close because of a water main break. Yesterday might end up being their only day at school this week, and all us parents are OVER IT.
ETA: To be fair, much of the county is VERY rural. I don't know how well the roads have been cleared in the more isolated areas. We're in one of the more developed areas of the county.
Our office has no power - it’s in a largely commercial area so hopefully it’s not impacting residences. Surprisingly our power here at home is still on, even though we have above ground lines. ETA: Looks like 38,000 are without power but crews are being sent in from other parts of VA to help. Everyone should be back up within 24 hours. Still scary though.
The problem with Arl is often staffing I've heard. If surrounding counties close, you've got a lot of teachers calling in so even with minor snow falls there's a domino effect as counties start closing.
I think kids get on the bus at like 830am with a delay so I think they are worried about roads then too. Still frustrating, we just got off break!
I'm betting on at least a 2 hr delay tomorrow. Arlington does not deal with snow well at all.
Centeral MD (Carroll County, smack in between Baltimore and Frederick), and schools closed. There's literally a dusting. The roads are apparently a mess though. Despite plenty of warning, pretreating, and a TON of salt on the roads from the last "storm" we got. Best guess is that they are worried about the temp dropping and the roads freezing over (it's mid 20s now so.....). WE ARE SO OVER THIS. Our elementary school was supposed to reopen Tuesday from break, but they had to close because of a water main break. Yesterday might end up being their only day at school this week, and all us parents are OVER IT.
ETA: To be fair, much of the county is VERY rural. I don't know how well the roads have been cleared in the more isolated areas. We're in one of the more developed areas of the county.
We must be neighbors lol.
H drove downtown and said the roads were fine. I'm heading to the Y in a bit so I'm wondering how the roads up that way will be.
They should split the county into two parts like Baltimore county does.
Ugh, my parents are driving home from Florida, and stopped as planned in Savannah last night. Got lucky and found a room at the second hotel they tried (they have smartphones! search for one with availability and make a reservation!).
Talked to my mom just now and they're deciding whether to leave today or wait it out. I'm looking at Twitter to see what conditions are like along I-95. SC alone looks iffy this morning
ETA: They've decided to stay where they are until tomorrow morning, thank goodness. I was worried my dad would get stubborn.
Centeral MD (Carroll County, smack in between Baltimore and Frederick), and schools closed. There's literally a dusting. The roads are apparently a mess though. Despite plenty of warning, pretreating, and a TON of salt on the roads from the last "storm" we got. Best guess is that they are worried about the temp dropping and the roads freezing over (it's mid 20s now so.....). WE ARE SO OVER THIS. Our elementary school was supposed to reopen Tuesday from break, but they had to close because of a water main break. Yesterday might end up being their only day at school this week, and all us parents are OVER IT.
ETA: To be fair, much of the county is VERY rural. I don't know how well the roads have been cleared in the more isolated areas. We're in one of the more developed areas of the county.
We must be neighbors lol.
H drove downtown and said the roads were fine. I'm heading to the Y in a bit so I'm wondering how the roads up that way will be.
They should split the county into two parts like Baltimore county does.
Hi neighbor! My neighbor (my real neighbor lol) ran out early and got supplies to entertain the kids and slid in her Subaru (no damage). H drove home from BWI with no issues though. Kiddo is at the neighbors while I get lab work done and it's a ghost town at the lab, but the roads were fine.
Electric heat, space heaters, etc, create brownouts and blackouts because the grid can't keep up.
But these brownouts and blackouts rarely happen during peak summer, when A/Cs are cranked up to the highest.
That's a good point. I'm not really sure of the loading difference of trying to heat sometgong 30-40 degrees vs cool something about the same amount. Hrm. Some friends who were in FL earlier this week said they saw transformers blowing (and their hotel lost power).
School closed last night, and I’m betting on a delay tomorrow.
@@ Kids’ daycare was open this morning, so we took them in for a half day. J has been fighting sleep for days. He’s not sick; it’s totally behavioral. I needed a nap because I’ve had about 24 hours of sleep in the last 6 days. I’m leaving after this cup of coffee to pick them up. They are closing at 1.
Post by seeyalater52 on Jan 4, 2018 10:08:18 GMT -5
We are also getting a crazy blizzard so far! It’s almost completely whiteout conditions and still falling hard with about 3-4 inches on the ground already.
Anyone in NJ near Tinton Falls? Anyone know what it's like there? (my brother lives there - we're not speaking but I am still worried about him).
What part of TF? I’m near the north part, in Little Silver (next to Red Bank). It’s very windy with poor visibility here, trees are moving wildly, but power is on. But TF stretches to a good half hour south of me.
Anyone in NJ near Tinton Falls? Anyone know what it's like there? (my brother lives there - we're not speaking but I am still worried about him).
What part of TF? I’m near the north part, in Little Silver (next to Red Bank). It’s very windy with poor visibility here, trees are moving wildly, but power is on. But TF stretches to a good half hour south of me.
I don't know to be honest. He works at a dealership in Red Bank - not sure if they are open today. Like I said, we don't talk (I stopped on father's day due to Trump supporting and using the N-word). But my dad is worried about him so I worry a little.
What part of TF? I’m near the north part, in Little Silver (next to Red Bank). It’s very windy with poor visibility here, trees are moving wildly, but power is on. But TF stretches to a good half hour south of me.
I don't know to be honest. He works at a dealership in Red Bank - not sure if they are open today. Like I said, we don't talk (I stopped on father's day due to Trump supporting and using the N-word). But my dad is worried about him so I worry a little.
Thank you for responding
Oh, he’s probably right near me then. I’m not hearing about any local incidents or power outages or anything on FB yet. Hope he gets through okay.
I'm in western Loudoun County in NoVa and we don't seem to have any new snow. But I sort of figured the cold would be a factor as much as any snow; the cancellation call from the school district came at 6:15 a.m. and pretty much every district in the area is also closed. The wind is definitely up. I left a basement door unlocked but closed yesterday, and the wind blew it open with a crash around 4 a.m. Luckily DH got up and found it quickly.
We get a lot of wind off the mountains out here anyway, so this is somewhat worse than usual but not a lot. At least not at this point. But man, the cold is crazy.
yeah, I was a little shocked to wake up and see we’re closed, too.
I was both surprised and not. I sent DD with a sweater, hoodie and jacket yesterday (like me she is always cold) and she said she had to wear all of them inside because she was so cold. On the FB page a few teachers were talking about how hard it was for the heaters to keep up.
Southern kids often don't have proper gear for cold, so that's as much reason for cancellation as snow accumulation.
Also not every county has adequate snow removal. I was living in Nashville during a freak blizzard. Something like 9 inches. The county just south had not a single plow. The interstate was locked up over 24 hours. Even 2 inches can cause that in places unused to snow.
In novajust a couple years ago a dusting caused 10 hour traffic jams. I could see canceling just to keep non essential off the roads
But these brownouts and blackouts rarely happen during peak summer, when A/Cs are cranked up to the highest.
That's a good point. I'm not really sure of the loading difference of trying to heat sometgong 30-40 degrees vs cool something about the same amount. Hrm. Some friends who were in FL earlier this week said they saw transformers blowing (and their hotel lost power).
Heating takes less energy than cooling in general, but that assumes you're using efficient devices. I'm guessing a lot of FL homes don't have the most efficient heating technology and so maybe makeshift solutions are causing the problem?
That's a good point. I'm not really sure of the loading difference of trying to heat sometgong 30-40 degrees vs cool something about the same amount. Hrm. Some friends who were in FL earlier this week said they saw transformers blowing (and their hotel lost power).
Heating takes less energy than cooling in general, but that assumes you're using efficient devices. I'm guessing a lot of FL homes don't have the most efficient heating technology and so maybe makeshift solutions are causing the problem?
It's probably a lot of electric space heaters. Those are serous power hogs judging by my electric bills one winter in the south. Summer was 30-50. Winter jumped to 300.