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Made the stop at the store after work today. Schools are closed for tomorrow. Snow is supposed to start tomorrow morning and crank up from there. During the storm just before Christmas we didn't see a plow for 4 or 5 days. We are planning a "You Are Close Enough To Walk" party for Saturday night and already have a good number of people who have agreed to walk to our house. Anyone else around the Mid-Atlantic have plans for the weekend snowstorm?

BRING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need a week off, I work myself to hard :) LOL!

Stay safe if your in the storms path

I'll be getting a part of the storm, but not the part you are getting.. Seems as though all the good storms are just to our south this year...

We (near Baltimore) are expecting about 20".  I got gas for the snowblower yesterday and the wife went to the store.  She had to go to store anyway, but unfortunately it coincided with the rest of the world going.  She waited for 1 hour in the checkout line and even had to go exchange her ice cream while waiting, since it had melted by the time she reached the register.

I love the people around here who buy a year's supply of milk, bread, and toilet paper.  At most, we'll be in for 2 days.  I guess they plan on sitting around, eating bread sandwiches, drinking milk, and pooping the whole time.

I also can get some stuff done on the 110.

Good luck in VA, Dan.  Hope you see a plow a little quicker this time around.

Yeah, see that's what happened at the end of December. We got about 18" of snow on Saturday, but the plow never came through until Wednesday. Where are you gonna go when there are 18" of snow packed on the road and your only car is a Mustang GT? lol  Time to get a used SUV. Of course, do that and we'll go years without a snowstorm. I'll take pics!

Good luck to you guys on the East Coast!  Sounds like you are in for quite a storm.  Not much snow here in Michigan unfortunately for the winter sports enthusiasts.

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Damn!   :veryangry:   We live in the wrong part of the country!   :darn:   What I wouldn't give for snow like that...or any snow for that matter!

You'd think the world was ending with the way the grocery store parking lots looked.  Fortunately I don't have to go into DC for work today, and traffic was nice and light since all the schools are closed.

I have never seen people react to snow like around here, especially growing up in CT and going to school in upstate NY.  Cars just get left in the middle of the road, crashes everywhere.  But I guess thats not too far from a normal traffic day in DC.

Here in Southern Ontario, we've virtually had no snow. Kinda glad I sold 1 of my snowmobiles last year now. Wouldn't have been able to ride.

 I've been working soooo hard since Jan. 4th and am finally home for a bit, I think I'll walk to Halehouse's place and party. I'm long over due.

Someone posted on Facebook that they went to the store and got the last onion. THE LAST ONION!

I saw on the Weather Channel that we have had the same amt. of snow to the tenth inch as Cleveland has had this season. This storm should be in our "top 5" biggest.

Usually we get hit like this, but it's been real calm up here in WI this year.. we got an inch last night...whoopee.. i would like a few free days to get caught up on stuff..
good luck to you all who are getting dumped on , be safe!

Ok. Here we are at 10 a.m. Snow on the ground is from Tuesday. The flurries are just starting.   :tounge:

Noon   :drinking:

This was my back garden a couple of weeks ago... Hopefully all the snow has now gone.
We've had the worst winter for a generation..

We've had some bad winters, this picture is my driveway last year!.. My Back is still sore from shoveling this one out! :oops: :glare:

Hope you get through ok!!
Here was last year. This year have only had 3"
Creighton

4:30 pm here in Street, Maryland (yes, my town is actually named Street.  There is even a Street Road in Street).  Looking at Dan's pictures, we are about where he was at noon.  It started here around 2.

Not much has changed in the past few hours. I think it is just now starting to crank up. Supposed to get about 15 inches tonight.

Hasn't started here yet... I did get all the toys in the garage so I'll be ready to play in the morning..

John.. thats a cool picture...

Dave and all you southern guys.. what happened to global warming?  :biggrin:

Calling for 18" to 2' by me in New Jersey..........my back hurts just thinking about it.

The snow machine is pumping right now in northern VA. Kind of fun to watch though. I'm like a little kid wondering how much will be on the ground tomorrow. We are forecasted for between 24 and 30" now, with even more to the west. I'm having a party tomorrow night. WooHoo!   :happydrinkers:

From NOAA:
Tonight: Snow and areas of blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 28. Breezy, with a east wind between 18 and 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 16 to 22 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow and areas of blowing snow. High near 29. Blustery, with a north wind between 17 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.

snow what snow gonna be ~60 here this weekend, maybe I could send some of that out east.

Dan, if I was closer to you I would be over at you party tomorrow night for sure.
 The only thing that would hold me back is the 24"to 30" of snow , can you maybe move a little bit south of your current location :smile:.

I've got about 3" on the ground, and now they are only predicting another 2-3 today...  :down: I want feet of snow, not inches..  :darn:

It's a little after 7 am, and we have at least a foot down by now.  18-24+ is the forecast with lots of wind.  I think I am going to take a whack at it today with the snowblower so it isn't such a monumental task tomorrow.

Snow is a lot like sex - - you never now how much you are going to get or how long it is going to last!  :biggrin: 8) :laugh:

Good luck digging out to our East Coast members.  I would be there to help but my wife has me painting all day!  :happydrinkers:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

9:30 this a.m. and the snow is coming down. I'll have to measure, but last night we had about 12". I'd say we added about 8" more overnight.

thanks for the update guys,, fun to watch.. kinda wish we where getting some here?

Some shots from this morning, inside the DC Beltway. 

Some creative naming of the storm, I prefer Snowtorious BIG, but there's also Snomageddon II and SNOvechkin.

I've got to make it into the city tomorrow for the Capitals/Penguins game, they're not sure that Pittsburgh can make it into town.

Perhaps - - - SNOWBAMA 2010!!!  :biggrin: 8) :laugh:

I'll probably end up on the right-wing, nut-job list for that one!  :tounge:

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Here in NYC we were spared only about 2" but very windy.

Got about 2 inches here in STL lastnight...the way people act around here you'd think it was 2 feet.  A plow went by my house THREE times during the night...it was just slush when I went to bed...sounded like that guy was taking about 6 inches of concrete off the surface of the street along with the slush...sheez...I could feel the vibrations in my bed.   Supposed to get 6 inches plus tomorrow night...I am calling to work now because I just don't want to fool with all the idiots on the road even though I have no problems getting around in my 4X Truck.  Oh well...only 83 days until the cover comes off the pool.

Well, the storm has apparently moved out of here since about 11:00. I was kinda hoping it was just a little lul... no such luck. We ended up with about 6". Enough to have the kids (and me of course) tearing up the yard on the quads and snowmobile... I wanted at least a foot...

 Well we were to get anywhere between 5-11in here ( Hamilton ) north of Cincinnati And the offical back Porch mesurement 6 in . I been dug out since 8:00 am Just So I Could !! use 4Wheel Drive at Least once this year.

You other Guys I feel your Back  :smile:

We measured 23" out in the middle of the road. Here is a quote from VDOT:

It may be mid-week before residential streets in NOVA are plowed clear, and that timetable could be disrupted if there is another snowfall on Tuesday. "It's going to be the better part of next week before we finish with the subdivisions. I can see it being Wed or Thurs"said Joan Morris of VDOT. If the forecast of more snowfall on Tuesday holds true, plowing of VA subdivisions from the big storm could take longer. "If we get more on Tuesday, all the equipment gets pulled out of the subdivisions back into the major highways," Morris said.

It has stopped here.  We got between 21 and 24".  I live at the bottom of a fairly steep hill in the woods.  I went out at 9 to get a jump on the mess.  Four hours later I came in.  When I got to the top of the hill, I felt like Rocky reaching the top of the Philly Art Museum steps.  The snow was so deep, the blower couldn't propel itself up the hill, and I have a decent sized blower.  I had to really push it the whole way.  My hill is 300' long and about 8' wide.  I did it 6' at a time until I got to the top.  This was after the rest of my driveway, which is 75' x 30'.  I am DONE.

Karma man.. after a the snow-jobs pulled by D.C. it's only Karma  :tounge:

Hey Ken......If you didn't get enough snow up your way, bring the kids down here, I got atleast 18". You've gotta bring some of that home brew with you too.

If I stand outside for a while I hear "Crrrraaaaak". Limbs are coming down, especially from those tall evergreen trees.

I hope everyone is safe and doing OK with all this snow...?
Looks like great snowboardin' weather, but instead I spent a few hours skateboardin' in 65 degree weather today...

I think my town was the dividing line... The southern end of town got 8"-9". My neighbor works for the road dept and he was shocked when the guys said the snow on the north side stopped... We are only talking 10 miles..

All I can say is our sunny skies and high of 63 degrees today SUCKS!!  I want to be in Virginia/DC!!

You guys are haveing all the fun, we got about 1/2 inch last night... Gotta go sweep it off the porch I guess..
I love snow and would love a big snow dump like that... oh well, maybe our time will come

Here are a couple of shots.  The first is the some of the hill part of my driveway.  You can see me way up at the top on the left with the snow blower.  The second is the Westinghouse Master we use out on the deck.  Trust me, it's under there!

Here are some photos looking up and down our street this afteroon.
School is closed tomorrow. I am wondering if they will get this plowed before it snows again mid-week.

Current forecast is for another 5-10" in the next few days.  Just lovely...

We are supposed to be getting a foot off this storm on Wed... Of course, I'll be sitting in an airport trying to get home...  :down:

I don't think I can shovel any more. For Tuesday night:
* WINTER STORM WARNING

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

We are awaiting 6" to 10" here in Southeast Michigan!  Glad I got gas for the snowblower!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

Well, it's started again.  About 7 pm now and already close to an inch is down.  The forecast is for 12-18" with a lot of wind.  What fun.

Same here. It started snowing about an hour ago. We got out today to go to breakfast, but only because someone came to pick us up. 3 days after it stopped snowing last time and you should see the roads. Even the main roads (i.e. parkways) are only one lane with loose snow.

Snowing here as well.

It's just after 7 am, and it's really coming down.  We are supposed to have 40mph winds, too.  Right now, we've gotten about 8-10 inches.

With yesterday and the overnight accumulation we got about 9"-10" here in Livingston County, MI.  Hell has frozen over!  :biggrin: 8) :laugh: But the snowfall is a minor inconvenience.

Of course, the schools took this opportunity to take yet another day off!

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:

I just dont' get it,, I'm Wisconsin.. and we got 1/2 inch yesterday, sunny and bright here today? Weird? I want snow!

Hey, Its even snowing over here... Nothing to compare with you guys but the white stuff is falling...

It's still snowing and VERY windy.  The forecast is for gusts up to 55 mph.  Hopefully, the power will stay on.  I just came in from clearing the driveway.  I figured I'd get what's on it taken care of and then go back out after everything is done.  There was at least a foot on there already from last night.

I'd say we have about 8 or 9" since last night. It is tough to tell with the wind. Since Friday we have had about 32" of snow. The kids have been in school 2 days this month so far.

Why not. I figured I'd take more pics this afternoon.   :help:
These are of our house.

I don't think the pictures show how much snow is really out there, but here are pics looking out the front. And to think I finally had the driveway shoveled out.  :darn:  The plow has been by once since Saturday.

Here are a couple of shots from up here.  The first was taken this morning when I was getting the first pass done on the driveway.  The kids thought it was cool to use their sleds as shields as I blasted them.  The second is yours truly in my garage just after coming in.  The wife thought my frozen eyebrows were funny.

I'm missing all the fun.. I was supposed to fly home tonight into Jersey... I'm stuck in Atlanta, where its 27 freaking degrees... hopefully the cattle boat will be flying tomorrow morning so I can get home and enjoy the snow..

We have got 48" of snow in a weeks time!!!!! And it's still SNOWING, interstates closed hell everythings closed! Hagerstown, MD

Curtis, Memory Lane Restorations

Well, we ended up with about 10 inches since last night, bringing this week's total to about 34" here at the southern edge of the Beltway. I can't imagine 48. Fairfax County schools have closed for tomorrow and Friday (most districts have, or will).

This is Crazy!

Curtis,

I'm originally from Frederick.  My family (still there) said they were flirting with the 4-foot mark, too.  You're right, this is crazy.  My brother lives in Wolfsville, so he's really close to you.  Where's Phony Al Gore's Global Warming?  

Dan, you guys (and my kids) will be in school until August at this rate!

School till August :jawdrop:   I just heard this today as well on the news. So if I understand this correctly..................if a student misses a day because of weather, they tack this on to the end of the school cariculumn? (sp)  Thank goodness we don't have that here in Canada or the kids would be going to school all year to make it up. LOL

Well, he's exaggerating. Right now we will be making up a day on Presidents Day (which may end up being a snow day anyhow) and one in April on what was a teacher inservice day. Two more are getting tacked on to the end of the school year...I believe June 23 and 24?

WOW!! Our teachers go on strike like crazzy because they feel they are putting in too many days as it is.

Supposed to be getting another 12"-18" of snow between yesterday and the end of this storm, whenever that is.. tonight, Saturday, Sunday...