Patrick-02540

1st flakes.  Need 3.5 to hit 12.  

2 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

DC is now under a Winter Storm Warning

What do they need for that there, though, 3"?

4 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

What the hell is your avatar Hippy?  A crow and some wheat? 

I was gonna ass the same thing, but I figured I was the only one who didn't know what the hell it was. 

6 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Snow has begun in most of SWCT. Sticking well in northern Jersey and nyc metro 

Excellent.  Should be any time here, now.  Just fired up my special mounted snow spotlight, blazing into the field.  

3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

 

How do you get such early access to the Euro maps to make your map??  (Just kidding!) Good Job!

26 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

How much tree and line damage do you envision?

500 outages for CT.  But almost all due to cars sliding into poles.  

Gonna be a nice little event for most of us in here.  Maybe some 300 year-old trees will get covered in ice and come crashing down onto powerlines and buildings so those people are happy, too.  

1 hour ago, Bryan63 said:

That was an eventful landing at Logan.

A go-around, or did they make it on the first attempt?

NW Mass and S Vermont about to get completely obliterated.  

First light flakes and heavy winds.  Popped out of nowhere.  

I didn't realize there was something called a "Squall Warning."  According to the NY office.  

1 minute ago, mreaves said:

Probably not. Shepards often keep donkeys with their sheep to protect them. They will stomp coyotes. 

I should have mentioned these are dwarf donkeys, and very slow. They come up to about my waist.  So I don't know.  

24 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Chickens in coops airborne and lifted to Lewiston?

Damage comes in many flavors.  My neighbor's three donkeys escaped last night when a branch crashed into the pen and wrecked the fence.  A pack of coyotes is gonna have a feast tonight.  

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Big time…it’s like a disease with these folks. 

Hopefully not contagious!  For some, I guess it pushes a narrative. For others, it's negative attention.  

3 minutes ago, WhiteLawns said:

Damage 

There were 600 outages in CT at 9am from the overnight event that were largely repaired by early afternoon.  There are now 1200+, most from the backside winds.  Litchfield, Ridgefield, and East Lyme hardest hit, and building more in Western CT.

6 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

You must be high up off 132. What a weenie spot.

I moved from Woodbury to a horse farm just over the border in Bethlehem on Hard Hill Rd 3 years ago.  I can drive a mile down the hill and the winds will be 10mph while theyre gusting to 30 here.  Totally open property in all directions for a half mile, on a hill.  Backside winds always overperform up here.  

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

What town you live in?

Woodbury/Bethlehem line.  Winds pretty crazy here.  

WSW 20-24mph sustained here with gusts to 38 now. High of 56F at 12pm, down to 41.    

1 hour ago, radarman said:

I'm not editorializing on the decision, but I've seen a bunch of unhappy folks ripping the NFL when they're just doing what they're told in this instance.  Not that the NFL needs me to defend em.

It all comes down to the lost beer, hotdog, and merch sales.  That's close to 2.5 million at a full stadium.  The NFL calls Hochul and says, "Get out there and cancel the game. Blame it on whatever you need to, but keep us out of it."

Biggest damage in town is a branch crashed into a donkey pen last night, and three donkeys escaped.  The town is out if force trying to locate them before the coyotes do.  

6 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

No I’m actually in a great mood today…3 day weekend, lol. 
 

But it’s getting toward mid-January now…preseason is long over. People can leave this thread if they are not interested in this event any longer. Go to banter for the “winter sucks” talk. 

Maybe a permanent thread entitled "Winter Sucks and I Need Negative Attention" pinned at the top would help alleviate a lot of these posts.  

600 outages in CT now. 1800 in MA, mostly from New Bedford to Plymouth and points east.  

52F.  1.21". Highest gust was 38mph at 4am, then dropped to calm.  Shrouded in fog now.  Big sustainable backside winds on the horizon now.

1 hour ago, Bryan63 said:

Not sure how much more my basement can handle.

Anyone got any tips on how to waterproof a fieldstone basement?

Pray.

On 1/10/2024 at 7:32 AM, SJonesWX said:

based on this current storm, I will take the WAY under on winds

IMBY with these type storms, it's always under on the storm winds, over on the backside NW winds.