I don't know if anyone here knows this, but most of the Northeast is

[TK421]

GONNNA GET FUCKING SNOW!!!@!#!$$$@!%@%@#@ OH MY GOD@@!! OH SHIT!!!!!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!22222











































we now return to our regularly scheduled program

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear TK421!

Of course we're all going to die, silly!

But I doubt that you will die in this snowstorm...

;-)

:hug:

[TK421]

3. Hi Peggy! nah....we have plenty of food around here

and people always freak out over it, but we survive! :hug:

[bigwillq]

20. Some people will.

With the crazy drivers in the Northeast. And the people who will snowboard, snowmobile, go ice skating on lakes, and, of course, those who will have heart attacks from shoveling.

[taterguy]

2. Isn't everywhere Northeast of somewhere?

[TK421]

4. I'm too lazy to edit that OP....but I hear ya

;)

[kimi]

5. The DC area is supposed to get 10 - 20 inches

Woohoo. Last time we got this much the kids were out of school for a whole long noisy cold week. Then again, last time I had 5 kids in the house, now there's only one, so I'm expecting lots of naps and popcorn.

[TK421]

6. It allows for some good quality time with family....that how it was for me

you're -4 kids, but still have the time to relax? well that's all good :toast:

[kimi]

8. Oh, yeah! I'm stocked up with all essentials

stuff to read, food, drink, cat food and litter, DVDs . . . Yep, it is great time with the kids, much easier with one though, and I don't even have to shovel anymore!:)

Hope you can stay happy and warm too!

[TK421]

10. I will! you too!

:hi:

[Captain Hilts]

27. I'm prepared. There's NO ONE out and it's 8:30am!

[Jersey Devil]

7. Great! I'm ready to get a blow job

I ain't ready for this stuff yet.

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-


NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-
ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-
434 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
11 AM EST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
11 AM EST SUNDAY.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT WILL RESULT IN THE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND
GUSTY WINDS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING.

ANY MINOR DEVIATION IN THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE A
LARGE IMPACT ON SNOW AMOUNTS AND WIND STRENGTH. AT THIS TIME...
THE BEST ESTIMATION IS FOR THE STORM TO TAKE A FAVORABLE TRACK TO
PRODUCE THIS MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY
TUNED.

[TK421]

9. for those of us who don't have space-heaters...I wish I could rec that reply

[arcadian]

11. Dark sided

[TK421]

14. SLYKICK!!@#!#$

[tabbycat31]

12. Bring it on

[El Supremo]

13. What a bunch of ...

[TZ]

15. Why don't you come up

And dig my car out of the foot of snow for me then...:)

[El Supremo]

16. Aw, we had that in October.

[old mark]

17. Well, won't that be pretty. nt

[TK421]

18. ?

if you have to drive ( which I don't ) I guess it would be an enthusiastic no

[old mark]

25. I have to get a few things to get ready for the Eagles game on Sunday,

watch the 49ers in the snow.

I love the snow, can't wait for it to start.

My area of Berks County may get nearly a foot.

mark

[KG]

19. florida rocks this time of year. anytime of year, actually.

[mnhtnbb]

21. Snowing here in Chapel Hill, NC--with sleet mixed in.

[valerief]

22. Expecting 2 feet on Sunday, I think. I'm tired of shoveling the shit already from

the last 1 foot snowfall.

[MadMaddie]

23. Well that means......hmmmm

9 months from now....September.....there's gonna be a BABY BOOM! Just sayin....you get snowed in...you cuddle....you:spank: :loveya: :fistbump: :blush: :popcorn:

[AsahinaKimi]

24. HEY !!

JUST SHIP IT TO CALIFORNIA!! We could use the water.

[liberaltrucker]

26. Pretty nice here in western PA

[elocs]

28. For those of us who live in the north, like here in WI, in the winter it snows.

Sometimes it snows a lot. Here in WI it snows and then usually after that the temps plunge to below zero. Such is life. No big deal here. (10 days ago we got 17" from a storm here in western WI.)

[Blue_In_AK]

29. Chill out, you guys.

Valdez, Alaska, got six feet four inches of snow over three days earlier this week. No big deal.

[TK421]

30. That's like a dusting for you!

:D

It just really irks me when these forecasters are all doom and gloom when snow is coming....MONSTER STORM...KILLER STORM...STORM OF THE CENTURY!@!!@@!! ELEVENS!!!!@@@@@ I'm beginning to think they get a kick out of scaring people. I don't mind the snow at all...I love it

Those forecasters should STFU

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I agree.

We always get a big laugh up here at what ties up your traffic and closes schools down there. Valdez gets this kind of snow every winter and they haven't closed school in over 30 years except for wind.

I do understand, though, that we're a bit more prepared for it in Alaska. :)

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. Keep in mind...

That there is probably more snow removal equipment at the Anchorage airport than there is in the entire state of Virginia.
There is probably more snow removal equipment at Anchorage, Fairbanks and O'Hare airports together than there is in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware combined.

I had friends that owned a place in the west end of the UP of Michigan. While they never (to my recollection) got 6 feet in three days, 24 inches overnight was not at all uncommon (and I was visiting them one winter when that happened), so I can relate just a little to what you experience.

2 feet is a big deal when a typical heavy snowfall is 6 inches or less.

[Blue_In_AK]

33. Indeed,

which is why I don't understand why those mid-Atlantic states/cities don't invest in a snowplow or two for just these occasions. It seems like these snowstorms come up periodically, and as a matter of public safety, these states should be prepared to take care of their citizens.

[A HERETIC I AM]

34. They don't invest in that equipment because it's represents an expense

that is hard to justify if it is used once every 4 or 5 years.

Remember last winter ( I think it was last year, but certainly within the last couple) that Georgia and specifically Atlanta got hit with a serious ice storm? It paralyzed the city for several days. If the same storm took place in Illinois or Michigan or Wisconsin or Pennsylvania, the roads would have been salted within 12 hours and life would have continued. If these sorts of things happened regularly in Georgia, they would purchase the trucks and equipment, but since it doesn't, there is no point in purchasing what is actually pretty expensive items to service a need that arises only occasionally.

A possible solution would be to do what the power companies do. When there is an ice storm in Mass., for instance, power companies from the surrounding states send trucks and personnel to help with the task of keeping the lights on. A similar program might work well where equipment is dispatched from those states with equipment to those without. Of course, the problem in this idea is that, as you're aware, storms like the NE is currently experiencing can cover hundreds of thousands of square miles, so those that have the equipment can't spare it anyway, as they are tasked with covering their own problems.

I'm glad I live in SW Fl today though! I'll tell you this; if an ice storm ever happened in Lee County, we would really and truly be fucked!

[kwassa]

35. and I thought AK was arkansas ...

[stray cat]

36. However, condolences to those who have died from the storm

just because the percentage of deaths is low doesn't mean the people who fall under the wrong side of the percentages are worthless or their families.