n/t

I'm in the Hudson Valley. Yesterday it was "12 to 18 inches." This morning it was "3 to 5 tonight and "10+" tomorrow.

Now we are down to "no significant accumulation through 8:30pm" then "3 - 5" tonight and a 70% chance of 3 to 5 more tomorrow.

We lost about 8 inches so far. It went from definite blizzard to 70% of 5 inches.

I work from home and love to ski -- Bring it on!

that storms named after women were not as scary to people as storms named after men:

Poindexter

I can telecommute so I don't have to go out. My only concern is power (and therefore heat).

We don't have a stove or fireplace.

So no fireplace and no way to have a backup generator.

I'm just outside of Philly. I don't think that we'll get the worst of it here.

Drafty old house and wishing I had a generator. They're not calling for widespread outages, so that's a good sign. Lots of big old trees in my neighborhood. I'm telling them to stay strong Hope it doesn't get too bad your way.

and as far as I know our new governor (Wolf, yay!) hasn't declared a state of emergency.

My understanding is that Connecticut may be hit hard. Take care and report in.

Good luck folks, we know snow!

Be safe...

We'll watch the storm warm, dry and well fed if the power doesn't go out.

The crockpot is half filled with beef broth and buffalo chicken wings. After I de-bone the wings, I'll add a yummy potato soup mix.

Y'all are welcome to pull up a chair and set a spell.


[img][/img]

I went shopping yesterday, we have gas so even without power Pops and my wife will stay warm. I just hate having to shovel. Should be interesting.

Safe at home.

that is making me very anxious.

I am sure they will be well ... but I am a worrier, too ... so I can appreciate how anxious you must feel.

We have a wood-fired cookstove (with oven!) in the eat-in kitchen in the main part of the house. 5 people, 2 of us with major health issues (cancer and heart failure). Should be OK even if the power goes out for 2 or 3 days. Walking distance to a lake and a convenience store; plenty of small farms around.

Roads are being cleared systematically. Sanitation's on 12 hour shifts to go round n' round on sanding & plowing. We can go online and track the status of the road plowing, when a plow was last through. Watching that keeps me entertained for a good while...

However, what's not so amusing is the various transit entities, the commuter trains and subway system are all announcing when they'll be shut down. Subways will stop running at 11pm. Amtrak just announced that the current train to Boston will be the last.

I expect to remain in my apartment for the next 40+ hours. By the time I have to leave for my doctor's appointment on Wednesday afternoon, it's likely that things out there will be under control.

Thanks for your concern!

And I'm fully prepared should the power go out too. I have candles and flashlights ready and my power banks (portable charger for USB powered gadgets) charging as we speak.

I'm ready for this (I LOVE snowstorms).