weatherpruf

elizabeth nj had recorded 36 inches....they thought they took the prize until that brick report.

and growing up in the 70s i can tell you, i can remember only two storms in that whole era that even came close....feb 78 and feb 83. and they were not on the same level, although removal efforts were even worse back then....special mention of the bizarre april 82 storm is always obligatory as well....

take photos with the decorations up, if you celebrate; no one will ever know and you will be surprised at how many people who don't follow weather will remember if it snowed on christmas or not, by next year....

like comparing a chihuaha to a bernese mountain dog.....

87-93 was nearly as bad, i think two events in march 92 and the bust in 89 were about it, and i'm not sure 92 was more than an advisory.

is that freakin freehold?

i've got poodles...and they love snow. it sticks to their curls like velcro and forms snowballs all over them....it's kinda funny actually.

so it could be north, or it could be south, or it could be central....what if i go outside and swing a cat over my head 9 times, will that help?

i got neighbors like that; call animal control because the dog is outside too long; yet they throw food around for the birds and that makes the dogs bark. i'm about to call on them but i'm not sure which idiot is making the calls.

well, there is this strange habit among a number of young men these days to wear shorts all year round; drives teachers crazy.

was it on a weekend? i don't remember it; i vaguely remember the guy at the boatyard complaining there was snow on the boat so he couldn't work on it; my hull had delaminated. he was located in brick....i got the company, stratos, to spring for a new boat, as the hull was under warranty....

i seem to remember one around thanksgiving that year; thought it would be a blockbuster winter, which we had not had in 5 years by then.....

well someone got the word....shovels were flying off the shelves in costco this afternoon.... ' half a pallet left ' the worker told me....

it was supposed to be a rather meh winter, but just on what i've seen so far, it's looking ok...la nina, pacific jet, whatever, but better than 4 inches in new brunswick in mid dec is usually a good signal, albeit a small sample over time.....

there was no snow in central jersey for that one iirc......it was mainly south. or was that feb? in any case, there was no significant snow as it was my second year teaching and the only snow day we had was for the snowless wonder that winter where not a single flake fell.....i did not get my first actual snow day until the super storm of 93, but that's partly because the board in elisabeth were a bunch idiots. in 89 actually i was in jackson, where everyone was bussed so they called school ' on the 7th snowflake ' or as i noted, merely the threat of snow.....biggest bust until march 2001....

typical metro weather; 6-7 inches of snow and arctic conditions, didn't last a week. all gone here, like butter melting in a skillet.....but we got some nice holiday photos.

i had tomato seedlings sprouting in the garden. it was so hot i wanted to put the ac on with a house full of guests. heck with that. at least we had some winter this year. hope spring eternal.

i remember that storm. was teaching 7th grade in elizabeth. lights went out 2nd period, and most of the schools in the region closed early. but not us. sat in the dark with the same kids the whole day, accomplishing nothing. they did send us up some tuna sandwiches. institutional tuna, in other words the worst. that was the year i decided to leave teaching.....

was picking my daughter up on way to hoboken and heard wnyc report ridiculously low amounts, with saying suburbs got 2-4....shit there looked to be more than that in hoboken even; we had over 6 in middlesex co....going with RU's meticulous measurement in metuchen of over 6....

no, i have to tolerate the opposite.....ever sit on a rocking boat when its clear you should be heading in but the captain swears its going to calm down?

had stopped at the store around 10 am or so in woodbridge mall and was surprised at a last second band that was pretty heavy; despite it being a weekend, the cleanup was crap. the lots are a mess.

hmmm...sky looks like its clearing here....guess the flurries were just a sideshow.

we had one big one in either 02 or 03 in december, like 14 inches ; it was a friday

we had some good days on the porgies by going up and making the run to long island sound, and a few good days in the spring on sea bass. we do not like tossing shads and jigs all day for bass and we do not like the new regs. used to blackfish under the verrazano and fill a cooler. as for tuna, i actually used to work the deck with one of the guys from wicked tuna back in the 80s. the less said the better, but you can figure out who he is. he made a lot more money on tv than he ever made fishing. i'm looking forward to some nice holiday photos tomorrow. cheers.

we had a crap season; too much wind, stripers were skittish, porgies were only in the sound, sea bass got picked over in a week. friend is thinking of calling it quits, we've been at it since 1982.....and porgies going for a staggering 12.99 a pound at wegman's.....with those kinds of prices, it won't be long before we have a 3 fish limit with a closed season, so the netters can have their fill.....