The Official "Superstorm Nemo" Thread

[green73]

Crushing Storm to Pile Two Feet on Boston... (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/blizzard-to-bury-new-england-at-the-end-of-week/5673457)
HISTORIC, EXTREME SNOW... (http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-nemo-20130206)
THE BIG ONE? (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/07/tri-state-area-prepares-for-major-winter-storm-friday/)
WATCHES/WARNINGS... (http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp)
BANK OF AMERICA urges run on ATMs... (http://washingtonexaminer.com/storm-panic-hits-bofa-warns-get-cash-fema-sees-blackouts/article/2520862)
Winds near hurricane force... (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0207/Winter-storm-update-Massive-nor-easter-could-drop-36-inches-in-spots?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem)


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BLIZZARD WARNING NYC (http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/075.html)

http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif (http://www.drudgereport.com/)


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7 News Live Boston (http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive)

[ghengis86]

Otherwise known as 'winter'

This world is breeding pussies

[Restore America Now]

Waiting excitedly for this one. Should be getting nearly a foot. :)

[sailingaway]

Otherwise known as 'winter'

This world is breeding pussies

This. When I lived outside Chicago we had worse. Sure, you have to shovel in the middle so it doesn't build up or risk needing to hire a bobcat when the weather clears, there will be a snow day at the other end until they can get the roads clear, and some people who think 'all wheel drive' on their minivans means they can floor it regardless of inches of snow on the road will end up in a ditch and learn from it.

[sailingaway]

Waiting excitedly for this one. Should be getting nearly a foot. :)


That is nice. I really miss it.

[BSU kid]

Nemo, since when have winter storms been named? :cool:

[green73]

I'm not happy with the thread title. It needs to incorporate Bloomberg and FEMA.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Nemo, since when have winter storms been named? :cool:

This year by The Weather Channel. TWC has been all downhill since about 2006/07. Haven't watched it since then.

[Expatriate]

Oh noes! It snows!

[ronpaulfollower999]

The question is, where is the Nautilus?

[ghengis86]

Waiting excitedly for this one. Should be getting nearly a foot. :)

That's what she said

Edit: and by she, I mean my wife. Now if I can just find out who she is referring to...

[green73]

Oh noes! It snows!

And blows.

[MelissaWV]

This belongs in the same category as the new study that shows the sun may be behind the earth getting warmer.

That's right: the sun warms the earth, and the NE sees winter storms that bring snow and wind from time to time!

[green73]

This belongs in the same category as the new study that shows the sun may be behind the earth getting warmer.

That's right: the sun warms the earth, and the NE sees winter storms that bring snow and wind from time to time!

But but it might be the "Big One".

[pcosmar]

Otherwise known as 'winter'

This world is breeding pussies

LOL,
I am tempted to go out tomorrow and snap some pics of my place.
I have almost that much on my roof right now.

[ronpaulfollower999]

This belongs in the same category as the new study that shows the sun may be behind the earth getting warmer.

That's right: the sun warms the earth, and the NE sees winter storms that bring snow and wind from time to time!

Holy ****!

Next you'll tell me the south sees hurricanes during summer!

[BAllen]

Foot deep snows in New England, and this is news? Ha!
This new culture is into sensationalizing everything. It's like all the media have gone to the same school of journalism as The National Enquirer. I'm waiting for Bat Boy to appear on the cover of The New York Times.

[donnay]

Nemo, since when have winter storms been named? :cool:


http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?395043-Since-When-Did-Nor-easters-Start-Being-Named&highlight=winter+storms+names%3F

[Uncle Emanuel Watkins]

Crushing Storm to Pile Two Feet on Boston... (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/blizzard-to-bury-new-england-at-the-end-of-week/5673457)
HISTORIC, EXTREME SNOW... (http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-nemo-20130206)
THE BIG ONE? (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/07/tri-state-area-prepares-for-major-winter-storm-friday/)
WATCHES/WARNINGS... (http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp)
BANK OF AMERICA urges run on ATMs... (http://washingtonexaminer.com/storm-panic-hits-bofa-warns-get-cash-fema-sees-blackouts/article/2520862)
Winds near hurricane force... (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0207/Winter-storm-update-Massive-nor-easter-could-drop-36-inches-in-spots?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem)


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BLIZZARD WARNING NYC (http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/075.html)

http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif (http://www.drudgereport.com/)


Snow is what they deserve for threatening our United Democratic Republic of Sovereign States with their social communist horseshit. Let's hope all the few good ones up there don't freeze to death.

[Uncle Emanuel Watkins]

Foot deep snows in New England, and this is news? Ha!
This new culture is into sensationalizing everything. It's like all the media have gone to the same school of journalism as The National Enquirer. I'm waiting for Bat Boy to appear on the cover of The New York Times.

This is why I have chosen as an alternative lifestyle to feel the news media rather than know it by way of spontaneous interpretative happenings. You too are welcome to feel a news editorial or magazine article, go to my blog, and then express yourself.

[green73]

Foot deep snows in New England, and this is news? Ha!
This new culture is into sensationalizing everything. It's like all the media have gone to the same school of journalism as The National Enquirer. I'm waiting for Bat Boy to appear on the cover of The New York Times.

Two feet. This serious business. New York may be shut down months.

[BAllen]

Two feet. This serious business. New York may be shut down months.

Not to hear them tell it when they come down here to live. They claim they get 3 foot snows, and nothing ever gets shut down.

[green73]

Not to hear them tell it when they come down here to live. They claim they get 3 foot snows, and nothing ever gets shut down.

I suppose they say that when you guys get a rare half inch and everything comes to a standstill. They're bullshitters.

[jcannon98188]

Two feet. This serious business. New York may be shut down months.

Well add those 2 feet to the already still horrible situation from Hurricane Sandy, and yeah. It can be bad.

[thoughtomator]

Can we just fast forward to the part where Chris Christie demands our money to make up for his lack of preparation?

[RickyJ]

Otherwise known as 'winter'

This world is breeding pussies

70+ MPH winds are bad whatever the season.

[RickyJ]

Two feet. This serious business. New York may be shut down months.

2 feet with drifts being over 8 feet. Yeah, this is some serious snow no matter where you live.

[sailingaway]

2 feet with drifts being over 8 feet. Yeah, this is some serious snow no matter where you live.

It is a big storm, but they are really sensationalizing it.

[Henry Rogue]

Side note if it happens in we fly over States.

[coastie]

So glad i dont live up there anymore....

[BSU kid]

Give it a week, and Elizabeth Warren will be crying for a Nemo Disaster Bill. :D

[kathy88]

4 to 8 here, and the stores are already out of bread milk and eggs. Why do people all make French toast when it snows?

[GunnyFreedom]

Justice would have this thing turn DC into one of those crazy natural disaster movies.

[Uncle Emanuel Watkins]

4 to 8 here, and the stores are already out of bread milk and eggs. Why do people all make French toast when it snows?

That is a great question. You know, I've been dropping things today. I was making French toast and I dropped an egg. I was going to drink some milk, but I dropped the glass. I was going to eat a slice of bread, but it fell hitting the floor. It then dawned on me! I am literally dropping everything because of snow in New York City! I have shut down! I have been sucked into the drama! It is huge!

[Tinnuhana]

"Nemo" makes me think of a cute little handicapped (finnicapped?) fish. Let's put a friendly face on this storm so the kids aren't afraid. Remember "Nuclear Reactor Boy"? Last I looked at a southern NH 5 day forecast, after the storm there was going to be a couple of days of rain. Now that's scary: black ice, ruined trees from ice, etc.

[brandon]

I'm on the border of the 12-18 inch area. Nothing but rain all morning still. Is it a bust? If it switches to snow sounds like a good excuse to leave work. Lets pray.


http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/793780_331614153606198_778132996_o.png

[Tinnuhana]

Nice map. So is this going to be like '78 where the White Mtns get next to nothing?

[Tax the Fed]

Massachusetts can't handle a Nor'easter anymore ? Sad state of Massachusetts used to be great I guess (until Mitt Willard Romney)
but really is this storm in general politics here . . . Why ?
Oh well - like RP once said at a conference on Jekyl Island Georgia . . . "I don't want to tell you what to do." a libertarian constitutionalist

RP would have been a great guy as President - hope he can serve in Rand's cabinet fer'sure.

[green73]

NYC DETAILS... (http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/075.html)
BOS... (http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/017.html)
RADAR... (http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/OneKM.aspx?location=USCT0094&animate=true)
HISTORIC, EXTREME SNOW... (http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-nemo-20130206)
Winds near hurricane force... (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0207/Winter-storm-update-Massive-nor-easter-could-drop-36-inches-in-spots?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem)
THE BIG ONE? (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/07/tri-state-area-prepares-for-major-winter-storm-friday/)
WATCHES/WARNINGS... (http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp)
Long Gas Lines... (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/07/shades-of-sandy-drivers-face-long-lines-at-gas-stations-before-blizzard/)
'Panic Shopping'... (http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/people-panic-shopping-ahead-of-storm-that-could-dump-up-to-3-feet-of-snow/)
Bloomberg Shrugs Off Storm... (http://politicker.com/2013/02/bloomberg-doesnt-think-people-are-going-be-that-inconvenienced-by-the-blizzard/)


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BLIZZARD NOW (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/blizzard-to-bury-new-england-at-the-end-of-week/5673457)
http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif (http://www.drudgereport.com/)

[Tinnuhana]

For those of you who wish you were there (one comment says this is great for getting to sleep):


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GQAiB9Vlbh0&NR=1

[Tax the Fed]

Nice map. So is this going to be like '78 where the White Mtns get next to nothing?

Gee . . . wish we could get a live feed of a Boston TV station . . .

maybe this is like the waveless Wednesday in Hawai'i where we get to kill a day watching a two-inch storm surge after the Chile and Japan earthquakes.

Hey I just got off work at 7am . . . watch a couple snowflakes falling to the ground sounds about right for the first week of February, eh ?

[ronpaulfollower999]

I'm on the border of the 12-18 inch area. Nothing but rain all morning still. Is it a bust? If it switches to snow sounds like a good excuse to leave work. Lets pray.



http://radblast-aws.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/radar/WUNIDS_map?station=DIX&brand=wui&num=14&delay=15&type=N0R&frame=0&scale=1.000&noclutter=1&t=1360341379&lat=40.75013351&lon=-73.99700928&label=New+York%2C+NY&showstorms=None&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&transx=0&transy=0&showlabels=1&severe=0&rainsnow=Show&lightning=1&smooth=1

Just wait until that heavier precip from the south makes its way north. It'll change to snow real fast.

[ronpaulfollower999]

Gee . . . wish we could get a live feed of a Boston TV station . . .

maybe this is like the waveless Wednesday in Hawai'i where we get to kill a day watching a two-inch storm surge after the Chile and Japan earthquakes.

Hey I just got off work at 7am . . . watch a couple snowflakes falling to the ground sounds about right for the first week of February, eh ?

7 News Live Boston (http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive)

(Note it switches to traffic cameras during commercial breaks.)

[ronpaulfollower999]

Looking at this computer model, I think the strongest winds will be right offshore. Might just be a big snowfall event.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/2013/feb7_ecmwf_wind.png

[Tax the Fed]

7 News Live Boston (http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive)

(Note it switches to traffic cameras during commercial breaks.)

Channel 7 WHDH with BLIZZARD 2013 feed . . . ok bored with the rain but I'ĺl keep it tuned for the winds . . .
holy shit ! Stay safe Boston and Warwick, Rhode Island

[Lucille]

“Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea.”
--Barry Goldwater

[GunnyFreedom]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTM2HQ0g98

[libertygrl]

Well add those 2 feet to the already still horrible situation from Hurricane Sandy, and yeah. It can be bad.

THANK YOU. Yes, it can. Particularly in coastal regions. I was displaced for 2 weeks. That whole episode was a nightmare. I just came back from stocking up on supplies. It's bringing up a lot of bad memories all over again. People are freaking out buying gas and acting like idiots. If they're acting like this now, can you imagine how they'll act when the shtf???? I guess I can use both experiences as practice for when the real "storm" comes upon us.

[libertygrl]

“Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea.”
--Barry Goldwater

:confused:

[mac_hine]

“Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea.”
--Barry Goldwater


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmgO4BTNCc

[Tax the Fed]

30 inches possible in some areas between Boston and Warwick . . .
sure glad Northeastern University gets closed today in front of the snow tonight.

Buy a shovel Massachusetts you lame ass Romney 47 percent pieces of sheet.

[Lucille]

:confused:

LOL Don't take it personally. I, like Bill Hicks up there, will party hard when CA falls into the ocean too.

Thanks for the -rep anyway! I should get more of those.

[Tax the Fed]

awe shit . . . I mean sheet (lots of it btw)

They even got a MEMA . . . the state equivalent of FEMA . . . warning of what sounds like ready for marshall law to be implemented.

At least Cal Tech in Pasadena is way smarter than the nerds at MIT.

[mac_hine]

I live on the NH seacoast. The weather report says we may get over two feet.

The was a massive blizzard in this region in 1978 which dumped over 27 inches locally. I wasn't alive at the time, but everyone who lives around here has heard stories of the storms intensity. I think it would be cool if this storm bests the one from '78.

Blizzard of 1978 slammed region exactly 35 years ago
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_22549271/blizzard-1978-slammed-region-exactly-35-years-ago

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvYfcxD7JjE2ay41YLa0hYcuzye17DS s_SmvWbBbQGUEsENV8H
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVrTUalOIsVz3d_yc_-jKxaW0HGBLFonUE9ZaD3YwUJ07UR_VJ
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And on a side note, I was listening to news radio out of Boston, and apparently the Governor is going to be giving a press conference from his "MEMA(Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency) Bunker. I swear, Massholes are all a bunch of pussies. According to news reports coming from that hellhole of a state, this is the biggest, and potentially the most dangerous storm in the history of storms.

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[mac_hine]

LOL Don't take it personally. I, like Bill Hicks up there, will party hard when CA falls into the ocean too.

Thanks for the -rep anyway! I should get more of those.

I didn't -rep you, I swear! I thought that quote was funny.

[Cowlesy]

I'm in manhattan, and it's fun listening to the sleet hit my window :P

[Lucille]

I didn't -rep you, I swear! I thought that quote was funny.

I know you didn't! LibertyGrl did. Whatever you do, don't call her a Goldwater Girl!

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8611/restoregoldwatergirls.jpg

[Uriah]

Otherwise known as 'winter'

This world is breeding pussies
yep

[ronpaulhawaii]

Sandy PTSD?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i6zaVYWLTkU#!

[libertygrl]

LOL Don't take it personally. I, like Bill Hicks up there, will party hard when CA falls into the ocean too.

Thanks for the -rep anyway! I should get more of those.
Sorry if I was a little sensitive about it Lucille. Some of us out here have been through the mill with all these storms lately. There's enough negative stuff coming down on us right now. Don't need anything extra!

Actually, I lived in CA a few years back and loved it. Wouldn't want either coast to fall into the ocean! ;)

[libertygrl]

Sandy PTSD?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i6zaVYWLTkU#!


LOL!!!

[Tax the Fed]

Over 1000 National Guard being called up in advance by MEMA . . .
all for a storm that looks . . . like it is the perfect storm out at sea offshore.

This is looking like Waveless Wednesday to me anyhow. NY is getting it worse imho.

[Cowlesy]

The thing is, if it's going to be freakin' Snowmageddon, people have had TWO DAYS to doddle over to the store, and buy supplies. Expect you won't have electricity, and have a way to keep warm.

Like people have said, nation of pansies.

People used to survive this weather in log cabins, long-houses wearing animal furs.

[JK/SEA]

FOX news reported that driving will be BANNED...geez...ya know, if i was in the path of a snow event ( i live near Seattle...and we do get snow events) common sense dictates to STAY OFF THE FUCKIN ROADS!...but damn if we don't just love too ban shit...crazy world...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03-ck74dh1I

[mac_hine]

‎"Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said at the news conference that the travel ban applies to all roads in the state, but there are various exceptions, such as for public safety, media, and vehicles supplying esssential businesses like convenience stores and hardware stores. Violating the travel ban, he said, could incur a penalty of a year in jail and a $500 fine."

Congratulations, Massholes, you're all officially under house arrest.

[libertygrl]

Over 1000 National Guard being called up in advance by MEMA . . .
all for a storm that looks . . . like it is the perfect storm out at sea offshore.

This is looking like Waveless Wednesday to me anyhow. NY is getting it worse imho.

I hope NOT! We still haven't recovered from Sandy!

To tell you the truth, I was pretty freaked out when I heard about FEMA setting up over here the first time. Plus we had the national guard all over the place and a curfew at night. Even helicopters flying over head. (a conspiracy theorist's worst nightmare)

But after what we went through, it was all needed. There were looters and catastophic damage. For those of you not in the area that was affected by Sandy, you have no clue how devestating it was. People are still without homes. And those who have made repairs are now bracing for more problems. I personally don't think it's going to be like Sandy, but I have prepared for more power and heat outages, considering what happened last time. The media always hyped up the storms over here. But most people never paid it any mind because it always turned out less than what they predicted. That's why alot of people had to be rescued during Sandy because they thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. I think the whole experience of Sandy has made our state and local officials even more hyper vigilant now.

Do I have uncomfortable feelings when it comes to FEMA? Yeah, most definitely. But the people I met on the local level were all great and just doing their jobs in assisting victims. You've got to remember, it's a real emotional shock when you've lost everything. Imagine walking into your home completely flooded out. You don't know where to begin. So you're really quite vunerable and open to any help that you can get. It's easy to sit back and say what you might do if it ever happend to you. I know because I've done it myself. But in reality, your really have no idea. (I'm not saying this to you personally, just generalizing) You can do all the planning before hand and it's important to have supplies, but Sandy really went way beyond that. What can a person do when you know what FEMA is really all about? These types of devestating storms is probably helping those in power to get residents acclimated to seeing national guardsmen and FEMA in their neighborhoods. I don't like that one bit but what can one do??

[kathy88]

North Central PA. Kids got dismissed early, just got home. I work from home in my basement and last time I looked it wasn't snowing yet, but they said it started right before school dismissal.

[Nirvikalpa]

Just changed over to snow in Elizabeth, NJ and for majority of NYC. Before that the roads were pretty bad with sleet mix.

[green73]

7 News Live Boston (http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive)

(Note it switches to traffic cameras during commercial breaks.)

added to op

[kathy88]

Bump for snow.

[brandon]

We'd probably already have a foot of snow here in eastern PA if it were about 2 degrees cooler, but alas - nothing but rain.

[kathy88]

We just got downgraded from a storm watch to a storm warning, due to only getting 6 inches at the most. So, under 6 inches you get a warning, not a watch, apparently.
Silly me, I figured a "watch" was, looks like it's coming your way... and a "warning" was snow is imminent. What do I know.

[Cowlesy]

It's raining here now. I brought a wet-suit to work so I should survive the walk home.

[Keith and stuff]

‎"Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, said at the news conference that the travel ban applies to all roads in the state, but there are various exceptions, such as for public safety, media, and vehicles supplying esssential businesses like convenience stores and hardware stores. Violating the travel ban, he said, could incur a penalty of a year in jail and a $500 fine."

Congratulations, Massholes, you're all officially under house arrest.

LOL. NY would have likely issued a statewide ban on driving but it isn't expected to be anywhere near as bad for parts of NY. I don't know if house arrest is the proper term. At the very least, 100,000s of people in MA have snow boots, snowshoes or cross country skis. The Massholes drive up to NH every weekend to enjoy Winter recreation.

[mac_hine]

LOL. NY would have likely issues a statewide ban on driving but it isn't expected to be anywhere near as bad for parts of NY. I don't know if house arrest is the proper term. At the very least, 100,000s of people in MA have snow boots, snowshoes or cross country skis. The Massholes drive up to NH every weekend to enjoy Winter recreation.

Gov. Hassan Urges Residents to be Off Roads by 7 P.M.
http://portsmouth-nh.patch.com/articles/gov-hassan-urges-residents-to-be-off-roads-by-7-p-m

MA=force
NH=persuasion

[kathy88]

Gov. Hassan Urges Residents to be Off Roads by 7 P.M.
http://portsmouth-nh.patch.com/articles/gov-hassan-urges-residents-to-be-off-roads-by-7-p-m

MA=force
NH=persuasion

NH = Suggestion.

[Seraphim]

I live just outside of Toronto.

About 1 foot of snow so far. Still coming down.

[Aratus]

its here, its overhead, and in Massachusetts you need a very good reason to be out after 4 p.m because the governor
has issued an emergency degree that says frivolous trips could get one hit with a $500 fine and possibly a year in jail...

[brandon]

Looks like another storm that will be a let down in my area. I gotta move somewhere more exciting.

[green73]

Uh-oh: New York City Will Protect Us (http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/132038.html) Posted by Becky Akers on February 8, 2013 02:50 PM

New York, New Jersey, and New England are bracing for their second "storm of the century (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-08/blizzard-cancels-u-s-flights-threatens-historic-snow.html)" in as many years, with "blizzard warnings (http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=80b7f48c71b1d1b8&hl=en&gl=US&source=web)" and fear-mongering as politicians dispense advice to stupid serfs. Naturally, New York City's nanny, Mike "Big Gulp (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/nyregion/health-board-approves-bloombergs-soda-ban.html?_r=0)" Bloomberg, couldn't resist another opportunity to patronize us. You tell me: based on the monologue below, is he a dead ringer for your kindergarten-teacher or what?


Now, as we do during all emergency weather conditions (http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fht ml%2F2013a%2Fpr056-13.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1), our City has a plan of action for keeping New Yorkers safe [sic], and we’ve already put that plan into motion. [Well, that oughta finish us off.] And I would like to describe a little bit about what our different City agencies are doing and stress some things that we would ask all New Yorkers to do.

The first is: Stay off the city streets, stay out of your cars, and stay in your homes while the worst of this storm is on us. That’s for your own protection during potentially hazardous outdoor conditions. ... Staying off the streets will make it easier for City workers to clear the streets of snow so that emergency vehicles can use them. ... Also, there is no need to do panic buying of gas for your cars; all indications are the gas supply is plentiful and deliveries will not be disrupted. [Right: "A sign stating 'No Gas' at a Mobil Station in Queens Friday shows how the storm could impact fuel deliveries. (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nemo-new-yorkers-bracing-worst-article-1.1258762)] Tonight ... [c]ook a meal, stay home, read a good book, watch a movie, just take it easy. [Really, Nanny? That's big of you. I thought you'd want me working and earning money so you can steal-sorry, tax me on it.] Remember, there are a lot of people who are going to be out there shoveling the snow and trying to plow it to the side, and [you] just don’t want to get in their way. And also, if you’re out there shoveling snow, be careful, don’t over-exert yourself with that task. This snow can be very heavy snow, very wet snow, and you really can strain yourself or worse. Also ... it’s good to look at your neighbors who may need a little extra help getting through the next several days. If you see someone homeless on the streets or in a public place, just pick up the phone, call 311. [Hey, "see something, say something," you rat-fink, you.] This is no night to be out in the elements, and we will send a staff right away to help that person. [Your Intrepid Reporter once caught the final stages of "a staff" "helping" such a woman. I pass her every day and know she's elderly and insane but no threat to anyone. Yet "a staff" was forcing her into an ambulance despite her screams and protestations.]

This tripe continues for an unbelievable 2485 words (an op-ed in a newspaper runs about 750; the Declaration of Independence is around 1550).

Meanwhile, New Yorker Bruce McLane has the right idea. He loves sports and kids about equally, so he coaches the latter in the former. When I concluded an email to him with a cheery, "Enjoy the blizzard!" he responded, "Yup. No skool. They educate themselves." ..

[Cowlesy]

http://i.imgur.com/WUMaI1wl.jpg


zomg help! :P

[Nirvikalpa]

Really coming down in Newark, NJ now. Can barely see down the street.

Just made Irish (Jameson) Coffee cupcakes for tonight. :D

[Keith and stuff]

Really coming down in Newark, NJ now. Can barely see down the street.

Just made Irish (Jameson) Coffee cupcakes for tonight. :D

Pix please. BTW, are you going to top them with a bit of snow or do you top them with Irish cream?

[Nirvikalpa]

Pix please. BTW, are you going to top them with a bit of snow or do you top them with Irish cream?

Of the cupcakes or the snow? :P

Snow:

http://i47.tinypic.com/3538oxd.jpg

Calmed down a bit but still coming down.

Cupcakes:

http://i46.tinypic.com/14jrkpj.jpg

Topped with 70% dark cocoa, heavy cream, & ~1/4cup Jameson (a liiiiiiiitle more than the recipe called for :p )

:D

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I expect all of you in the area that will get significant snowfall to go out driving tonight to practice civil disobedience. If you are in NYC, please go driving while also drinking a 20 ounce soda.

[malkusm]

The cupcakes were gooood

[green73]

http://i46.tinypic.com/14jrkpj.jpg

Time to paint the nails.

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

The cupcakes were gooood

Hands off her cupcakes before marriage..... sinner.

[malkusm]

I expect all of you in the area that will get significant snowfall to go out driving tonight to practice civil disobedience. If you are in NYC, please go driving while also drinking a 20 ounce soda.

I'm going to drive around texting on a cell phone in one hand and smoking a bootlegged cigarette in the other, with a Big Gulp in the center console, without a seat belt on. How does that sound?

[Nirvikalpa]

Time to paint the nails.

lol

They were purple for the Superbowl, but I peel the paint when I'm nervous.

Prissy!!

[kathy88]

Are those poppy seeds? Hope no one has an upcoming drug screen.

[malkusm]

Are those poppy seeds? Hope no one has an upcoming drug screen.

Nope, it's coffee grounds :)

[kathy88]

I'm going to drive around texting on a cell phone in one hand and smoking a bootlegged cigarette in the other, with a Big Gulp in the center console, without a seat belt on. How does that sound?
If you're gonna do it screw the cig light up a big fat spleef!

[libertygrl]

Of the cupcakes or the snow? :P

Snow:

http://i47.tinypic.com/3538oxd.jpg



Calmed down a bit but still coming down.

Cupcakes:

http://i46.tinypic.com/14jrkpj.jpg

Topped with 70% dark cocoa, heavy cream, & ~1/4cup Jameson (a liiiiiiiitle more than the recipe called for :p )

:D

Food pornography! You're killing me Nirvikalpa. I'm on a carb free diet. You know how hard it is to stay away from baked goods during a blizzard???? But if I lose heat and electricity again like during Sandy, I don't know if I'll have the willpower to resist! Oh the pain....

[green73]

Food pornography! You're killing me Nirvikalpa. I'm on a carb free diet. You know how hard it is to stay away from baked goods during a blizzard???? But if I lose heat and electricity again like during Sandy, I don't know if I'll have the willpower to resist! Oh the pain....

rep for carb free! Don't give in!

[libertygrl]

rep for carb free! Don't give in!


http://causuk.com/wp-admin/maint/girl-stuffing-face-with-food-556.jpg


Just kidding.....So far so good! ;)

[Keith and stuff]

19 car pile up just north of Portland, Maine.
http://bcove.me/us88b11h

[BAllen]

19 car pile up just north of Portland, Maine.
http://bcove.me/us88b11h

Those laws really did a lot of good!

[Keith and stuff]

Those laws really did a lot of good!

MA and RI banned driving, not Maine.

[donnay]

Anagram for Nemo:

[ON NO] ME
OMEN

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

1739

[Cowlesy]

(my comments only relate to NYC weather, people in other places might be getting crushed)

We are up to ALMOST AN INCH here. I have put on an emergency blanket and freeze-dried food just in case.

[MRK]

One thing I don't understand. In the article I was reading, the governor announced a ban on being on the road past 4pm, with criminal punishments.

Now, I see how I got this newsflash. I work from an armchair in my cozy abode, and sometimes, I check the news to see what's happening.

But what about Joe Blow? Or Nancy Schmancy who works the night shift, sleeps during the day, goes to get groceries at 4pm, and now has a misdemeanor or felony or whatever it is?

So are people supposed to be 100% aware of laws that change not just when they wake up, BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, OUT OF THE BLUE?

This is insanity! Who elects these psychopaths?

[mac_hine]

Woke up to this:
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/222689_597983510216393_1790913576_n.jpg
in my infinite wisdom, I forgot to bring the shovel in last night.

More pictures forthcoming, If I ever get out of my house.

[2young2vote]

I wish I had that much snow.

[pcosmar]

I am thankful that My Electric Co-op trims trees through the summer to prevent outages in weather like this.
Though they also have equipment to deal with emergencies.

They have crews that do nothing but removing and trimming trees near the power lines.

[pcosmar]

I wish I had that much snow.

I have a surplus,, you are welcome to all you can haul.

;)

[green73]

DETAILS: NYC... (http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/075.html) BOS... (http://www.wunderground.com/US/MA/017.html) RADAR... (http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/OneKM.aspx?location=USCT0094&animate=true)
Boston Near All-Time Record With Snow Still Falling... (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/09/snowfall-nearing-record-levels-several-more-inches-coming)
Winds near hurricane force... (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0207/Winter-storm-update-Massive-nor-easter-could-drop-36-inches-in-spots?nav=87-frontpage-entryNineItem)
Nuke Power Plant Shut Down... (http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/09/outage-shuts-down-plymouths-pilgrim-nuclear-power-plant/)
Flood surge warned... (http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DA4B2B200)
WATCHES/WARNINGS... (http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp)
Long Gas Lines... (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/07/shades-of-sandy-drivers-face-long-lines-at-gas-stations-before-blizzard/)
'Panic Shopping'... (http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/people-panic-shopping-ahead-of-storm-that-could-dump-up-to-3-feet-of-snow/)
State shuts liquor stores... (http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DA4B2B200)
650,000 lose power... (http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/09/us/northeast-blizzard/index.html?hpt=hp_t1)
Hundreds of cars stranded... (http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Hundreds-of-Cars-Stuck-on-LI-Expressway-190506831.html?dr)
Bloomberg seeks redemption... (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/02/08/for-bloomberg-getting-response-to-this-storm-right-would-be-redemption/)


http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ntk.yJQiesTjgOHDgwTzYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNDU7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/677f5387ba21f704280f6a706700d704.jpg
NEMO DUMPS TWO FEET (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NORTHEAST_SNOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-02-09-06-10-51)
http://www.drudgereport.com/i/logo9.gif (http://www.drudgereport.com/)

[BAllen]

The weather man got it right this time. Even a broke clock is right twice a day. Sunny, mid 50s here today.

[green73]

http://rense.com/1.imagesH/blizzard-2013.jpg

[pcosmar]

Snow.

http://www.expressnightout.com/photos/20100216-bodytalk-450.jpg

Can you dig it?

:p

.

[Nirvikalpa]

We received 11-12" in the NYC metro :)

We shoveled/snowblow'd early in the morning after our neighbor woke us up - they were leaving for a flight to Puerto Rico, and saw my moms van door was wide open... some hoodlum tried to rob stuff out of her car early Saturday morning.

Roads were pretty clear last night, so Matt and I went to a local blues/jazz club to chill out :)

Hope all of you in that 40+" snow zone are doing alright. That's an insane amount of snow :eek:

[pcosmar]

some hoodlum tried to rob stuff out of her car early Saturday morning.



Was stuff missing? It may have been simply a homeless guy seeking shelter.. (I have slept in a parked car in the past)

[Nirvikalpa]

Was stuff missing? It may have been simply a homeless guy seeking shelter.. (I have slept in a parked car in the past)

Some cash. We thought at first it could have been someone homeless, but that thought was put to rest as there was no room for someone to sleep in there - they basically tore up and threw around all the bags in the back of her car, probably looking for something of value (like a GPS). None found. Her seats were a mess. Think he/she walked away with ~$6. Hope they enjoyed a coffee with that.

[pcosmar]

Some cash.

Ah,, I never took anything but a nap.

[libertygrl]

4 to 8 here, and the stores are already out of bread milk and eggs. Why do people all make French toast when it snows?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU&feature=player_embedded