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  1. weatherpruf
    Sounds like the chances for a miss are getting slim....bout time.
  2. weatherpruf
    No regrets. I had a great career. It was an honor to serve the public.
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    Where does the time go right? I just retired from a school system after 31 years ( not all in the same district, and not the same job ) and it went by in a flash. Don't miss sitting up all night working on IEP's and student reports you can't get done during the day because, well, you have kids to see. But I'd normally be psyched about a snow day as much as the kids; we'd be following online together. Alas, they are on remote now anyway. Such a changed world.
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    Yeah reminds me to fire up the generator tomorrow though I'm usually ok in snow. It's wind and downed trees here that get us.
  5. weatherpruf
    These maps are always way overdone right? Otherwise people will be in for a shock.
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    Stay safe. For fun, you can check out the seals down at Sewaren; a friend was watching them near Smith creek the other day. A snow plow almost hit one a few years back right in Port Reading. He called me and said hey, there are some otters out there LOL...
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    In the old days yes, not so much with modern equipment and pretreating streets. The type of snow matters as well; a wet snow is more impactful at 6-8 inches than a 12 inch powder.
  8. weatherpruf
    Major radio stations are saying 6-10. 8-12 really isn't a significant difference in impact.
  9. weatherpruf
    Got it.
  10. weatherpruf
    SOme of those maps printed that, but most didn't take it seriously. I like a 6-10 event based on what I'm reading here, probably some period of mixing. Better than the last two winters, eh?
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    Models IMO tend to under estimate the warmth, at leas that's what I seem to recall.
  12. weatherpruf
    Indeed. I always tend to go lower. A typical storm for our area is 4-8. I see nothing here to convince me we would be much beyond 6-10. Not yet. These models waffle so much, it's almost TMI.
  13. weatherpruf
    The coast is out, the coast is in.....while we're here let's go there..
  14. weatherpruf
    I have seen many a storm like that; got 6 inches while people 20 minutes away got 12 or more. Many times people here don't believe me, but it happens and is very plausible ( subsidence, dry air, all manner of things ). Even in 2006, got 18 inches while a mile away it was close to 26.
  15. weatherpruf
    Once you are over about 18 inches, the differences don't mean much.
  16. weatherpruf
    I think it will be bigger for us but not by much....didn't we have a widespread 8-9? So we are looking at 6-10, maybe 12 right?
  17. weatherpruf
    I have noted that about the bullseye too...which I happen to be inside for a change ( though this is all still subject to change and likely will ) so looks like it could be a decent storm...not an historical one, but so what?
  18. weatherpruf
    There's a clip there of Two Winters to Remember, about the 77 and 78 winters in Evansville IN, my late mom's hometown. Averaging about 13 inches for an average winter, they were pummeled with blizzards and the national guard had to be brought in to dig people out and get them food. This would be unimaginable today.
  19. weatherpruf
    And yet that big storm, the biggest I had ever seen, was modest compared to what we saw from 1996 onward...it was about 17 inches; I was in 9th grade, Catholic school, still had a few pairs of plaid pants, with a flare....1977. By 1980 no one would be caught dead wearing plaid, platforms or flares.....or leisure suits....
  20. weatherpruf
    There hasn't been a winter as brutal as 94 in my lifetime; the last hurrah that winter was a wicked sleet fest of 4-6 inches in March that had such winds I thought the sleet would break the windows.
  21. weatherpruf
    What about Jan 87? Was that just a NJ thing? Not a huge depth, but one wicked storm.....
  22. weatherpruf
    When this one is on board I usually buy some gas for the snow blower ( s ).
  23. weatherpruf
    Frankly, I just need something to keep my mind off current events. A decent 4-8 inches will do. But it could be more than that. Or less. We'll see....
  24. weatherpruf
    Just like old times....
  25. weatherpruf
    Same here. Don't need 2 feet. I too have a couple of new snow blowers ( sears was blowing out there inventory, got a yard machine 28 inch for 299, got a 24 inch Craftsman for 159, both dual stage; the Craftsman had to serviced before it even ran! though the mechanic tells me they are all made by MTD....
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