It's snowing like crazy here. How about where you are?

[Breeze54]

This is our first major snowstorm of 2008.

637 Closings/Delays Have Been Reported.

Weather Alerts
20 counties are now under advisories, watches, or severe weather warnings.




http://www.wbz.com/index.php?

Allston tolls/ I-90 Mass Pike video cam


I heard that every school in Mass. is closed today. All the bushes outside my back door

are totally bent over from the weight of this heavy, wet snow. I'm staying in! ;)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. I would still have to go to work if something like that happened here.

My bills don't care about snow storms.

Stay warm !

[Breeze54]

2. Many people are out on the roads here too but

the schools are all closed. The plows are out but some up in northern MA
are reporting that the plows are few and far between. That's not good!
The visibility is being reported as very bad, I can see why. This Nor'easter
is blowing in ever direction. The State police are asking people to stay home,
if they can do it.

[Breeze54]

3. Decided to take some pics

The tree in the neighbors yard, heavily laden with snow


The bushes next to my steps

[seemunkee]

4. My son's college called my cell phone at 6:00 to say classes were cancelled

No idea why they called my phone. Didn't know they even had the number.
When is it supposed to stop? My daughter is supposed to fly into Boston tomorrow.

[Breeze54]

5. Around noon time. They changed it from an all day event to

just a morning event. That's a good thing! She should be OK! ;)
There are delays at the airport right now but they should be gone by tomorrow!

My son's cellphone company called me last night at 6:45 PM on a Sunday! :grr:

I asked them the same question! "Why the hell are you calling me?"

[seemunkee]

7. Thanks

6:45 PM is better than 6:00AM. I didn't get to bed until 1:30 last night and was hoping to sleep late today.

[Maine-ah]

6. meh, just getting started up here

the roads are just getting a little slick. Nothing unusual for us.

[Breeze54]

11. It's not unusual for all of New England!

:P

:hi:

It's pretty slippery here, from what I'm hearing on the news. Ice under the snow.

[mainegreen]

8. It's been snowing for about an hour.

Big wet sticky snow.

[Breeze54]

12. Yup...that's what we've got too.

They're saying because it's so wet, the accumulations won't be as high as predicted.

The snowflakes are huge though. Quite pretty! ;)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. It's snowing like mad here.

Something like over 500 cancellations/delays/postponements. Pretty epic.

:thumbsup:

[Breeze54]

13. I was kind of surprised that the schools here

were cancelling last night!! Usually they do a 'wait and see' but I guess they
didn't want to risk having school buses full of children sliding off the roads.

It looks pretty outside! :D

[Maine-ah]

18. our schools closed before it even started

which is rather unusal. SAD 5 (Rockland) is always last to close. Camden is always first. (bunch o' pansies out in Camden, lol)

It's really starting to come down now. Now big flakes, just the little ones that tell you it's going to snow for hours.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. Oh, Camden.

Buncha wussies.

:rofl:

:hi:

[Breeze54]

10. Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 10,000

Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 10,000

http://wbztv.com/local/snow.noreaster.barry.2.629122.html

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

Slick and slushy roads aren't the only danger Monday as a classic Nor'easter slams New England.
The heavy wet snow is also bringing down tree branches and trees themselves.

There are reports of trees down in Hingham, Dedham, Mattapan and Allston.

Spokesman Peter Judge of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said the heavy, wet snow
was causing some tree limbs to snap, resulting in scattered power outages.

There are 10,000 scattered outages in Eastern Massachusetts from Boston to the Waltham and Framingham areas.

Judge said there were initial reports of about 7,500 customers without power in Western Massachusetts Monday morning.

The MBTA's Mattapan hi-speed Red Line is being diverted Monday morning between Mattapan and Ashmont due to a tree blocking the tracks.

WBZ viewer Michael Page sent us a photo of a tree that fell Monday morning on Wanders Drive in Hingham, just missing a van.

Two WBZ employees weren't so lucky, as a giant tree came down on a truck and a car in the station parking lot.

The threat of trees coming down and causing damage will only get worse Monday, with heavy snow expected to fall until Noon.

People living on the Cape and Islands aren't expected to get as much snow; instead they need to be concerned about heavy winds with wind gusts could go as high as 50 miles an hour.

[Breeze54]

42. Update: Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 35,000

Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 35,000

http://wbztv.com/local/snow.noreaster.barry.2.629122.html

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

Slick and slushy roads aren't the only danger Monday as a classic Nor'easter slams New England.
The heavy wet snow is also bringing down tree branches and trees themselves.

There are reports of trees down in Hingham, Dedham, Mattapan and Allston.

Spokesman Peter Judge of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said the heavy, wet snow
was causing some tree limbs to snap, resulting in scattered power outages. Judge says there are
about 35,000 outages across Massachusetts.

more....

[DS1]

14. I was the only person on the road for a while

and I suspect I'll be the only person in the office for much longer. It'd be nice if the 'management' would call and let me go at noon, so at least I'll be driving home in somewhat daylight. Visibility was unbelievably bad, with large snow drifts across most of the roads you discovered as you were smashing into them and correcting direction.

Dunkin Donuts, even with nobody in the drive-through, still managed to be slow as hell.


Opposite kind of snow here, tiny flakes that act as lube between your tires and the road, and make it very difficult to keep your windows clean.

[Breeze54]

16. The state police are advising people NOT to get on the roads at noon

but wait until later on so that the plows and sanders can clean up the roads. There's a bunch
of accidents all over the state... many on 495, the Mass Pike is reduced to 40 mph right now
and I heard it's down to one lane on I-93. You might be better off waiting until later on to head home.

[DS1]

19. okay, thx

but I won't be on any highways. I'll feel it out should the opportunity arise.

The guy with the 4x4 just called and took a sick day after giving up trying to get here. Wuss.

[Breeze54]

22. The secondary roads are worse.

;)

[DS1]

26. They're our primary roads

:P

[Breeze54]

27. lol...I'm in the same boat!

:P

I have to go through at least two towns, side windy roads in all directions, to get to a major highway!

I can hear the plows outside my house. They're trying to keep up!

Yeah! ;)

[Breeze54]

39. Drivers Urged Not To Leave Work Early Monday

Drivers Urged Not To Leave Work Early Monday

http://wbztv.com/local/snow.noreaster.traffic.2.629154.html


This picture says it all. Boston gridlock from December 13, 2007.

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

The monumental traffic jams that occurred on state highways during a December 13 storm appears to be fresh on the minds of state emergency management officials as they deal with Monday's Nor'easter.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency issued an advisory urging motorists to take public transportation if possible.

Those who must drive were urged to leave plenty of time and make sure they had a full tank of gas.

MEMA also recommended that people remain at work all day and not try to leave early.

Spokesman Peter Judge said those who do leave early risk becoming part of the problem, not part of the solution.

During last month's storm -- which started around midday -- many businesses dismissed workers early. The resulting crush of cars clogged roadways and created hours-long traffic jams.

It took one WBZ employee more than 6 hours on the Mass. Pike and Route 128 for his normal 45 minute drive from Boston to the North Shore.

MEMA activated its emergency management headquarters in Framingham at midnight as well as three regional centers in Tewksbury, Bridgewater and Agawam.

[Breeze54]

20. List & map of all accidents and roads closed, incidents etc in Mass

http://wbztv.com/traffic

[DS1]

24. I'm up in podunk Newburyport

but that's a handy page

[Breeze54]

25. I'm near Franklin

I think you're getting heavier amounts than us. Over a foot.

Orange, MA. already has over a foot.

I think we have a bout 6 or 7 inches now. Maybe more.

[RebelOne]

15. None here in the North Georgia area, yet. But maybe on Wednesday

Of course, we won't have what you in the North are getting. We never have enough to stick for very long. Only in the mountains does it ever get heavy.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15041630/detail.html

[Breeze54]

17. How's the drought going down there and that lake?

Have you guys gotten any significant rain yet?

Enjoy your snow when you get it on Wednesday! :hi:

[RebelOne]

55. We had some rain last week, but not enough to bring up the lakes

in any significant amount. On the radio this morning, I heard that we will have to have over 800 days of rain for the lakes to return to normal.

[Breeze54]

57. Holy shit!! 800 days of rain to get back to normal!?!

:wow:

I hope it rains plenty for you! That's terrible!

[bif]

21. We're supposed to get about an inch here in Michigan

[Breeze54]

23. But you usually get more than us, don't you?

Aren't your snowfalls usually heavy? High amounts?

[bif]

28. Not in the Detroit area.

It either falls on the western part of the state, or Cleveland and Buffalo get hit pretty hard. We jokingly call it "The Lake Effect."

[flvegan]

29. It's a bitterly cold 56 degrees here now.

Should get to a shivery 64 later in the day.
















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[Maine-ah]

30. ooooh

I'll take that!

[Breeze54]

33. lol...we just had our January thaw. It was 65 here two days ago!

:P

It's 30 degree's here and windy, which always makes it feel colder.

Enjoy the nice weather! :hi:

[Ikonoklast]

31. I'm sitting in my front room watching CNBC, and

it's not snowing in here.

If it was, I'd have reason to be concerned, I suppose.

[Breeze54]

34. If it was snowing inside your house, I'd be worried too!

:rofl:

:hi:

[FloridaJudy]

35. Nope. Sunny and 45

We no longer even have to watch out for falling iguanas.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080107-AP-cold-iguana.html

[Breeze54]

36. What a cool pic!

45 is still kind of chilly for Florida though. :hi:

Do they really fall out of the tree's? :scared:

[FloridaJudy]

48. Yup. When the temperature drops into the low forties

They fall asleep and lose their grip on the tree branches. Not the world's smartest critters - you'd think they'd have enough sense to climb down when they start getting drowsy. So far, no one has been injured by a falling iguana, but yesterday they reported on NPR that some woman dragged a hibernating iguana into her house to warm up, and it proceeded to trash the place when it awoke.

[Breeze54]

50. Yikes! That would scare the hell out of me!

:P

Is that woman totally off her rocker? :crazy:

All I have to worry about falling on my head is icicles.

Not my house but it's like that some places.

[Heidi]

37. 46° and sprinkling rain.

x(

[Breeze54]

38. What a beautiful scene!

Thanks for posting it, Heidi !

How've you been?

At least you won't have to shovel the rain! :P

I'm waiting for the guy to come and plow my driveway.

[Heidi]

41. We still have a little snow on the ground from last week.

Oy, how I _loathe_ winter. :grr:

I'd help ya shovel the driveway if I were there, gf. Nice to see you, Breezy one! :hug:

[Breeze54]

43. Thanks ...the plowguy will be here and my son will

shovel out our cars. You and I could just

have coffee and watch them work! :rofl:

Nice to see you too! :hi: :hug:

[SteppingRazor]

40. Sunny, 73 degrees.

Florida rules. :P

[Breeze54]

45. lol...but it's so muggy there

I couldn't take it, myself! :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

47. Eh, it's not so bad.

I mean, yeah, it does get humid, and I can definitely sympathize with your position. I grew up in California and Colorado, two very dry climates, But, half the country is as humid as Florida, really. No place along the East Coast is any better.

Besides, I haven't had to use chapstick in, like, 15 years.

[KG]

44. sunny, low 60s, no snow!

Fl rocks!

[Breeze54]

61. LOL! Sounds good to me!

We had 60's last week. It was great! :hi:

[Fox Mulder]

46. It's sunny and very cold here in central Minnesota.

It's -8 degrees F with a -18 degree wind chill.

[Breeze54]

49. Ugh....I hate it when it gets that cold! Brrr!

I hope you're staying warm and cozy by the fire!

I'm surprised I don't hear any kids outside playing.

[bigwillq]

51. We got like one or two inches

in CT. The storm was a dud!

[Breeze54]

56. But that's a good thing!

My car is still buried tonight. Argh!

I fell asleep and I guess my son did too.

I'm waiting for him to go out and clear them off..... as he promised! :P

But, omg, he's vacuuming right now! I think I'm going to have heart failure!! :rofl:

[huskerlaw]

52. 55 degrees at 8:20 am. Expected high of 80.

Enjoy your snow day...I have to go to work. x(

[Breeze54]

60. 80 degree's sounds so good, right about now!

Hope you had a good day, at any rate! :hi:

[barb162]

53. Brush the bushes off gently with a broom

so they don't crack. They will thank you.

[Breeze54]

58. I think they'll be ok. They are some sort of berry bush...

little red berries. They've been through it before and pulled through just fine. ;)

[barb162]

64. Good; I've had that happen to certain kinds of plants and

they never recovered. They had to be pulled out.

[mike_c]

54. sunny and warm today in my neck of northern california....

A welcome break from all the recent rain!

[Breeze54]

59. I'll bet it is! The last thing you need is more rain!!

:hi:

[mike_c]

62. unfortunately, I spoke too soon....

No rain, but the fog hasn't lifted yet so it's still pretty dreary. :(

[Breeze54]

63. Yeah, it's been darkish and gray here most of the day,...overcast

It did brighten up a little, earlier this afternoon and they said it was flurries but they
must have meant in Boston because it was still snowing here at 1 PM. It's stopped now but
there are tree's and tree limbs down all over the state. I was keeping an eye on the pine
tree's on my driveway as we had two huge limbs fall in the last wind storm in Dec.