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Whoa! This Nor'easter looks big. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Feb 2017 OP
Planning on a snow day here in my part of Maine. GreenPartyVoter Feb 2017 #1
It's coming down hard my way right now - big band of heavy snow. jpak Feb 2017 #29
Thanks for the heads up! No flakes here just yet, but sounds like it'll be here any time. GreenPartyVoter Feb 2017 #31
Warm today. Ten inches of snow tomorrow. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #2
you are lucky you will not be in the mess.... chillfactor Feb 2017 #3
I'm in Nova Scotia Sticky Feb 2017 #4
Just curious: What is a storm chip? nt Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #13
Storm Chips are a local bad weather staple. Sticky Feb 2017 #17
Is that really a thing or are you yanking my chain? Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #18
Swear to god!! :-) Sticky Feb 2017 #19
So they are. Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #20
They're for real jpak Feb 2017 #30
Yea, cold weather is coming, it's supposed to get down to 62% tonight Motley13 Feb 2017 #5
motley I'm shooting a raspberry in yoyr general warm direction irisblue Feb 2017 #21
60% or 60 F? k8conant Feb 2017 #26
The tail of it went through here last night csziggy Feb 2017 #6
Why does God hate America? orwell Feb 2017 #7
Stay warm DUers. blm Feb 2017 #8
This is the only wind howling I want to hear DFW Feb 2017 #9
"Winter is coming." WinkyDink Feb 2017 #10
We have already been told that we can WFH tomorrow. smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #11
'Thundersnow'! Yikes! fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #12
You had tornadoes yesterday for heaven's sake. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #14
The word tornado doesn't have the same zing fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #15
Oh, I missed it. I thought you said "thunderstorm". My bad. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #16
Thundersnow is interesting. Thunder and lightning in a whiteout. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2017 #22
I had to look up 'thundersnow'. fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #25
I'm in NE NY and it's been snowing here, quite a bit already actually. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #23
Stay safe, all mvd Feb 2017 #24
Me too, this storm was meh Freddie Feb 2017 #28
Double snow day for me! jpak Feb 2017 #27
So far matt819 Feb 2017 #32

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
31. Thanks for the heads up! No flakes here just yet, but sounds like it'll be here any time.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:48 AM
Feb 2017

Stay warm and cozy!

chillfactor

(7,574 posts)
3. you are lucky you will not be in the mess....
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 06:17 PM
Feb 2017

send out safe thoughts to the DUers and others who live in the storm's path.

Sticky

(1,406 posts)
4. I'm in Nova Scotia
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 06:18 PM
Feb 2017

We're getting 16 inches tomorrow night. Knowing this early means at least I will have time to get gas for the snow blower, propane for the BBQ and plenty of storm chips. The last storm snuck up on us and we were buried for days.

Sticky

(1,406 posts)
17. Storm Chips are a local bad weather staple.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 10:09 PM
Feb 2017

When the power goes out all you can hear is munch munch munch. LOL
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csziggy

(34,136 posts)
6. The tail of it went through here last night
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 06:25 PM
Feb 2017

Lots of wind, lots of rain. The weather guys said there were gusts over 40 mph and some suspected areas of rotation but no tornadoes confirmed - this time.

DFW

(54,349 posts)
9. This is the only wind howling I want to hear
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 06:43 PM
Feb 2017


Otherwise, the rain and the damp are making us miserable enough here
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
11. We have already been told that we can WFH tomorrow.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:12 PM
Feb 2017

Which is good. I was not looking forward to going out into that mess - I'm in Boston. We are looking at high winds and 8 to 14 inches of snow and freezing cold temps after a mild wet day today. It's going to be a mess out there tomorrow.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
12. 'Thundersnow'! Yikes!
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 09:18 PM
Feb 2017

I live in New Orleans and I'm a weenie when it comes to cold weather. But 'thundersnow'? Holy cow!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,338 posts)
22. Thundersnow is interesting. Thunder and lightning in a whiteout.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:39 AM
Feb 2017

Just like a thunderstorm, and you probably have those in N.O.

Much nicer than tornadoes.

Stay safe, wherever you are.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
25. I had to look up 'thundersnow'.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:02 AM
Feb 2017

I had no idea it was a real thing.

And yes, we have many, many thunderstorms in New Orleans. We don't get too many tornadoes, though. They tend to stay north of Lake Pontchartrain. The ones earlier this week were kind of a fluke.

Now, hurricanes are a different story . . .

Rhiannon12866

(205,202 posts)
23. I'm in NE NY and it's been snowing here, quite a bit already actually.
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 07:55 AM
Feb 2017

Yesterday it was sleet and freezing rain. But it was apparently worse to the North. Today it's snow, though they were predicting more to the South, we were on the dividing line, couldn't be sure if we'd get hit or not. I guess we have the answer...

mvd

(65,173 posts)
24. Stay safe, all
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 10:08 AM
Feb 2017

It underperformed where I am in SE PA. Got about 4 inches when I was expecting 8-12" about 12 hours away from the storm.

Freddie

(9,259 posts)
28. Me too, this storm was meh
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 11:38 AM
Feb 2017

Upper Bucks here. I work for a school, finally got a snow day. About 4 inches HS my street is already cleared. Certainly did not live up to the hype.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
32. So far
Thu Feb 9, 2017, 12:42 PM
Feb 2017

I southern New Hampshire, it's just winter. Don't get me wrong. I can't stand the snow, but it's kind of normal in winter. And this ones not blowing, it's not sleeting. Not gin, but okAy. Of course when it gets down to 7 degrees tonight I may have a different attitude.

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