Vinny Findley

Only the first 3" here was semi paste. All powder after that.

What part of Cranston are you in? I'm 1/2 mile from Walmart. There's over 2 feet on my street. They're big trucks with big blades but can only do so much with this amount of snow!

First 3" was wet but once it started pounding at 1:00AM temp dropped quick and all powder from that point on.

Wouldn't doubt it one bit!

Looking out my front window I'm estimating about 2 1/2 feet on my street.

Depth wise officially yes but as far as coverage in a larger area and drift wise no. The winds created much higher drifts in 78. Maybe because it started with wet snow in this one that held the drifts back some. I'm 65 and could not believe the mountains of drifts as high as 20 feet. Downtown Providence started dumping the snow in the river. They stopped because it started damming up at the bridges and almost overflowed the river. I would give this a close 90% to the 78. Here I had 3 feet on my street. There's probably 2 1/2 feet on it now. Mcgee talking about front end payloaders to clear the streets just like 78. One of the parking garages in downtown Providence had a drift almost to the top of it! This one by far is the closest to the 78. We've had plenty of big storms since then and anyone who lived through 78 all had the same thing to say until now. Big storm but doesn't compare to 78. Can't really say that anymore!

LOL mine bottoms out on his belly and his feet are still a foot from the ground! Where he's standing is in front of the shed where the snow blower is. Snow is about 25" deep!

Official measurement coming from the airport at 1:00. Local mets are thinking 25 when it comes out! I'm 8 miles north north west of there. Just went out to clear a path in the back yard for my little creamy Shiba. My Cub Cadet 3 X 26 auger housing is 21" high. Snow was average 4 to 5 " above it. Most of it is powder type. The first 3" was wet but once it started hammering temp dropped quick and all powder from that point on! 25 degrees currently.

I can confirm that here. Every time it looks like it's letting up just keeps pounding. We're easily over 2 feet. I have no doubt we hit 30. Street is not passable. Over 18 inches on it. Governor talking about using pay loaders to clear the streets just like 78. This may not rival that here but won't be to far behind!

At least that here right now!

True Blizzard going on here right now. I went to bed at 1:00AM with about 3 inches on the ground. Has to be about 15 now and close to 3 inch an hour now. Had a brief let up. Estimating 25 to 30 sustained wind with gusts to 50. No power for the first time in the 30+ years I've been here. Estimating wind because obviously no power no weather station!

1.5 to 2 inches an hour!

Lost power for the first time in the 30+ years I've been here! At 1:00AM had about 3 inches with a narrow strip of heavy snow coming through. Street was plowed. Went to bed and wake up to no power and close to a foot in the street wind high wind. Had to be 3 to 4 inches an hour at some point between 1:00AM and now. Probably still hitting 1.5 to currently! Radar showed a death band winding down.

Finally hit insane here! Almost looks like a fog bank. Snow is in between wet and powder. Can make a snowball but have to work at it!

Was about ready to go to bed. Snow been light to moderate with occasional short heavy bursts since it started. Wow did that change! Has to be over 2" an hour rate now with wind and temp at 30 and slowly dropping. Heavy bands finally holding together pivoting in from Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard over to here! With more building.

The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship left the port of New York at 4:00 PM heading down to the Dominican Republic. Are they out of their FUCKING minds! 2 other cruise ships were supposed to leave but are still docked. I don't care how bad I needed a vacation I would not be on that ship. They are heading into a bombing storm where they most likely will hit hurricane force wind gusts! I think it was this same ship that hit a storm even stronger 4 or 5 years ago. They had water splashing up to the top decks and running down the elevator shafts and into the lower decks of the ship. Read many posts from people that said they were afraid to stand in there rooms and spent a day or more hugging their beds.

3 phones went off at the same time for that. Me my wife and my daughter!

That didn't last long. Went from total rippage to light snow and brightening up.

Wind picked up and now has to be 2 to 3 an hour rate. Heaviest snow of the season right now!

1978 Blizzard I had 3 feet of snow on my street. They had to clear the streets with front end pay loaders with a 5 yard bucket. Snow drifts on the house across the street we're 20+ feet high going from the upper roof to the foundation of the house next door. 4 days the street was buried before the clean up started. We've had plenty of big storms since then but anyone who lived through the 78 Blizzard all say the same thing this didn't match that storm.

Still putting down an inch an hour. Sitting at 13.5. don't have a yard stick. There's a 12 inch buried in the snow.

A little over an inch an hour. Intensity slowing. The 12 inch ruler is a 1/4 inch into the snow pile.

1.75 inches the last hour.

LMFAO!

I'm in Cranston and there's no sleet here! Moderate snow.