or as little as 4 to 6.

NYC around 4.

here we go again.

we held out for the storms!

I think it is because they make more money off it somehow.

and all it will do is piss people off or teach people that a named storm really isn't that big of a deal (some of the named storms this year have done little to nothing). it is a hideously stupid thing to be doing. the NWS isn't doing it... i have stopped watching TWC or going to their website over this fear-mongering bullshit.

sP

and it is all in the name of ginning up fear (like hurricanes do) to get people to watch The Weather Channel. The NWS thinks this is stupid as shit.

sP

Just colder....

but i can see the reason why people draw parallels. even if a nor'easter drops 4 feet of snow, in measurable terms that is nothing compared to the precipitation from a hurricane. also, the structure of a hurricane is considerably different from a nor'easter.

the problem with that TWC is doing is that they are naming storms without any standard for doing so. it is the willy-nilly method that waters down the point of naming storms.

sP

"A nor'easter (also northeaster; see below) is a macro-scale storm along the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada; it gets its name from the direction the wind is coming from. The usage of the term in North America comes from the wind associated with many different types of storms some of which can form in the North Atlantic Ocean and some of which form as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The term is most often used in the coastal areas of New England and Atlantic Canada. This type of storm has characteristics similar to a hurricane. More specifically it describes a low-pressure area whose center of rotation is just off the East Coast and whose leading winds in the left-forward quadrant rotate onto land from the northeast. The precipitation pattern is similar to that of other extratropical storms. Nor'easters can cause severe coastal flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane force winds or blizzard conditions; these conditions are usually accompanied with very heavy snow or rain, depending on when the storm occurs. Nor'easters can be devastating and damaging, especially in the winter months, when most damage and deaths are cold-related, as nor'easters are known for bringing extremely cold air down from the Arctic air mass. Nor'easters thrive on the converging air masses; that is, the polar cold air mass and the warmer oceanic air over the Gulf Stream.[1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter

As for naming the storms... we already kind of do. We have the Blizzard of 78, the Perfect Storm, and numerous other [insert storm type] of [insert date]. Just a different sort of name.

Frankly I don't find the name Nemo all to frightening.

and i stand by my claim... they are different animals. and while you don't find nemo all that frightening, the naming of storms is still a bad practice unless you have a clearly defined standard for naming. otherwise, you might do as others have suggested and just start naming every cold and warm front that comes along.

sP

is that if storms of any kind are going to become more frequent, they'll be easier to remember than saying, "The second storm of February, 2013".

Everyone remembers the Blizzard of '78

If there are two, people know which one they're talking about. Sort of like hurricanes.

That may or may not be the reason, but it makes sense to me.

I'm on the north shore of Boston, 2 blocks from Salem Harbor, this ought to be SPECIAL!

One son is working on the RI coast and another is at job corp about as far north as you can go on the East coast.

Not to worry though, Have a freezer full of Vodka

Maybe I should get off DU and go make more hats and scarves....

To put in perspective, Boston got 27 inches of snow in the Blizzard of '78, this storm at the moment is predicting 18-24 in my area, so either it will be nothing, or it will be massive.

It's sort of like a hurricane, except when you lose power in a Blizzard, it's FREEZING!!! Our electrical infrastructure up here sucks so when a combination of bad things happen, let's just say, it's not pretty.

but lived in Jersey until '89. Vodka with cranberry will get you through in a healthy fashion. Good luck with the hats and scarves.

I hated the heat and was ecstatic when the temperature dipped into the 40s. I hated the year-round heat. North Georgia is great because we have seasons. Hot as hell in the summer but it only lasts a few months not all year like in Florida.

I live in New England and wouldn't live anywhere else.

what time of year it is. I'm in West Palm and do like it a lot.

weekend and hunker down inside. I am actually kind of looking forward to it. Except for the commute on the way home and I only live in the city. I feel bad for people who really have to commute.

where I am.

I'm sort of on the border between large and medium amounts, but have some elevation which usually ends up adding more to the total than they get down in the town less than five miles away.

Sometimes it looks like two different worlds.

Well, it should be interesting.

The plow is on the truck, fridge and freezer are full, generators have gas, and my Kindle Fire is packed with books.

I'm ready.

in fact much of eastern MA and RI are at 2.5-3 feet now.

Crossing my fingers that if it does get that bad, that the power doesnt go out for to long. It's been very cold up here.

That vary all over hell in terms of snowfall.

I hope it is not that bad for you guys. We are expecting about 6 inches here in NYC unless they are wrong.

it'll start to melt before too long...

and reminds me why I don't live there no mo.

I often think of moving back there now that I have the money to do so, I'll always miss Boston. Then I think of those winters.

The basstids!

I'm amazed at how little winter we've had in the Commonwealth these last few years. I have had to go up to northern Maine to get a sense of a "mild winter" from my childhood. I can remember when the banks of snow were so high that you couldn't see adults walking behind them, never mind kids!

I guess that "snowstorms" or "blizzards" are getting so rare that they want to make them an "event" of sorts...?