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LordmetalZ28
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whitetailscout
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St_Earl
Minister of Fire
it should not if you have it on a good surge suppressor.
and even if not, probably (possibly) not.
but always have a good surge suppressor.
and even if not, probably (possibly) not.
but always have a good surge suppressor.
whitetailscout
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TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
LordmetalZ28
Minister of Fire
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
At midnight we had 6-1/2 inches here on the upper Cape, the winds right now @ 4:50 AM are 36- 45 MPH sustained, top gust thus far 60 MPH. Looking outside ( with lights on so far anyway) the snow looks to be maybe a foot deep with 2-3 ft drifts. Supposed to be like this all day down here, around 6 or 7 PM we get a little tapering it appears with winds dropping back to the 20's.. Tomorrow partly cloudy, sunny. I've been up for over an hour and have not seen the lights of a plow truck go by yet, I think they stopped plowing for a bit here. I imagine it blows back in as fast as they plow it out. I can remember that happening from my years plowing and when the winds were high..
Lake Girl
Moderator
NYC area was trying to be prepared after the mess that Buffalo had this winter... but Mother Nature can be a fickle mistress! Looks like Mass. will be hit harder by this...
alternativeheat - hang in there, stay warm and safe inside!
alternativeheat - hang in there, stay warm and safe inside!
Lake Girl
Moderator
Impressive - hardly a puff of breeze in my neck of the woods (northwest of lake superior). Glad I'm not on the east coast...
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
We presently are in the 12-18" zone according to the whiz bang meteorologists.. It's the wind and drifting. The wind blowing like this drives me nuts just waiting for the wham of a transformer blowing ( we have about three of them near our house, they blow like a small bomb, blue flash, smoke show and that's that.). I'm amazed the power didn't go out overnight. We shall see how the day goes. Supposed to get a mix of rain and snow for a short time this afternoon. I'd love to blow out the driveway before that happens but it would be a fruitless venture in this wind and still more snow to go.. I'd come in looking like a snow man and the driveway looking untouched an hour later !
Paul Breton Jr
Member
Nice public hysteria. I think we need to get a grip. Is this what we do now when it snows? A little less panic and little more preparation goes a long way. This light, dry snow is easy to deal with. Relax this will be over in a few hours.
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alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
I'm glad it missed you guys ! I'm personally sick of listening to the wind here, it came up last night just about 7 PM when they said it would. We have a respectable dumping of snow out there thus far as well. Still snowing , still blowing here. You are lucky. But the wind has turned into the north here presently, blew NE all night. When it swings NW this thing is over. And good bye !
Dusting NE of Albany... My work sent out an email telling Albany area Techs to stay home unless the Boss calls... Kids are off but Wifes School isnt.... Just Daddy and the Kids today..
NHcpa
Minister of Fire
bogieb
Minister of Fire
We are just south of Boston and in our area they are saying possibly 30-36". A couple things I find amusing when this stuff happens.
Everyone has to fill there gas tank in their car. Why is that? You shouldn't be going anywhere in this weather if you don't have to. The other one is that you need a cooler in case you loose power. What is wrong with sticking it outside? I could go on but this is just a few things I find funny when we have a storm. Stay safe.
GO PATRIOTS
My car is the biggest gas can I have. If I have to, I can syphon gas out for the generator, or if the generator bites it, I can run the car to warm up a bit and charge the phone.
The cooler is to keep everything in one spot. Also, some of that stuff shouldn't freeze, so keeping in a cooler makes it easier to move into and out of cold areas. One year I rotated coolers of stuff for 4 days keeping lettuce and stuff from freezing, but cold enough not to go bad - coolers just make it easier - and keeps animal out - except bears.
Storms a bust maybe 6" here, eastern ct all the way up to maine coast seeing heavier band of snow on radar, NY you should all go to work, It's over
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
Its 7AM.
Wind has really pick up the the snow is drifting quite a bit so getting an accurate measurement of the snow is difficult. It appears that about a foot has fallen so far.
Wind has really pick up the the snow is drifting quite a bit so getting an accurate measurement of the snow is difficult. It appears that about a foot has fallen so far.
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
I went outside to brush off and re- cover over my snow blower. There are drifts of up to close to 4' out there in places, especially the south side of the house where the snow has dumped in from around the sides and over the roof and settled there. it's gonna be a bit longer snow blow job this time, though at least so far the snow isn't very heavy and wet. Actually the temp dropped to 25, a good sign for fluffy snow.
JD76ERS
Member
The wind is gusting around 45mph, lots of very high drifts. Avg measurement is just under 13 inches so far still white out conditions looks like still have heavy bands on the way throughout the day.
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