ORH_wxman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Keep in mind his elevation...I bet downtown ORH has maybe 15-17" on the year and I have about 12". I'm at about 40% of what I should be at to date. Downtown ORH probably has about 17-18"...they had a solid 13-14" in the Oct storm...which is one of the reasons I thought the airport under measured a bit. Though "downtown" is a general term...there are hills right next to downtown too, like Vernon hill and Pakachoag Hill which Holy Cross is on the side of....those will change the snow too. Webster Square is probably the worst spot in ORH for snow outside of the roads right next to Lake Quinsigamond...but that is a very small area next to lake quinsig on the ORH side because the elevation goes straight up to Belmont Hill which is a good snow area at near 800 feet. I give them about 3" in this past storm and another inch in the Oct 27 event or so...maybe another half in with the other junk we've gotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Your hood is pretty sweet. If you ever want to swap houses for a week, let me know... Brookline is awesome. My brother is hoping to get a job with their public works dept. Great houses, great people. Maybe if I have a little luck in life, I can someday call Brookline home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Brookline is awesome. My brother is hoping to get a job with their public works dept. Great houses, great people. Maybe if I have a little luck in life, I can someday call Brookline home. Lots of stuff to do there. It's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetah440 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Your hood is pretty sweet. If you ever want to swap houses for a week, let me know... Jerry lives in a pretty sweet slice of Metro Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 BOX p-n-c has dropped my Saturday highs by 3*F.... now at 34F Sunday at 41F Those will adjust again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Lots of stuff to do there. It's great. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's pretty liberal too (a plus in my book!). Lots to do within walking distance...close to Boston too. I love Arlington by the Capitol Theater and Cambridge too. I'd love to get an apartment there after grad school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 7 F from the back bay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's pretty liberal too (a plus in my book!). Lots to do within walking distance...close to Boston too. I love Arlington by the Capitol Theater and Cambridge too. I'd love to get an apartment there after grad school. Liberals... damn jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 5.4/-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Down to 1F here currently. I'm enjoying the rural vs urban living discussions. I was in Cambridge from 1998-2007 and then my wife took the job in Greenfield. Only 90 mi W on Rt 2 but an entirely differnet world from metro Boston. We could have gone a little further into the hills up by MPM etc but decided to buy a house that was a compromise between in town and in the boonies. Someday we'll head to the higher terrain (above 1000') but after being in the city for 10 years it's nice to be far enough out to have woods and wild animals everywhere yet 4 miles away from where we can get groceries, a meal and a decent pint of beer. I don't think a lot of people realize how rural W. MA is. I've seen coyotes, bobcats, moose, bear, deer, turkey, heron, fox, otter, and what I believe was a Canadian red wolf all in the past year. Vt or Mid-Coast ME. are the two places in New England that are on the list of places we'd consider going. We considered W. ME (Kingfield/Sugarloaf) before she got the job here but it just wasn't practical. As a weenie I love the micro-climate thet Greenfield is in compared to the rest of the Ct River Valley. Friday was a great example when the sun was out in Noho and Amherst and it was pounding snow here. Our house is up on the E. Colrain line about 14 mi from VT. A little more elevation would be nice but still get to see some great climate differences just driving home from Northampton etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's pretty liberal too (a plus in my book!). Lots to do within walking distance...close to Boston too. I love Arlington by the Capitol Theater and Cambridge too. I'd love to get an apartment there after grad school. Now you are talking liberal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Now you are talking liberal! After living and traveling in Europe for four months last winter/spring, that area definitely has that European touch. I don't know exactly how to describe it, but it just does and I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Down to 1F here currently. I'm enjoying the rural vs urban living discussions. I was in Cambridge from 1998-2007 and then my wife took the job in Greenfield. Only 90 mi W on Rt 2 but an entirely differnet world from metro Boston. We could have gone a little further into the hills up by MPM etc but decided to buy a house that was a compromise between in town and in the boonies. Someday we'll head to the higher terrain (above 1000') but after being in the city for 10 years it's nice to be far enough out to have woods and wild animals everywhere yet 4 miles away from where we can get groceries, a meal and a decent pint of beer. I don't think a lot of people realize how rural W. MA is. I've seen coyotes, bobcats, moose, bear, deer, turkey, heron, fox, otter, and what I believe was a Canadian red wolf all in the past year. I've seen all of those things even here except Bear or a wolf, but wolves don't live in NE anyway unless it was a total stray...my relatives in Princeton MA though have seen black bear. Its amazing that as long as you live close to a large tract of unmolested forest, you get ridiculous wildlife. I'm where the red "x" is...the circle was the airport which is an old map i had from a year or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I've seen all of those things even here except Bear or a wolf, but wolves don't live in NE anyway unless it was a total stray...my relatives in Princeton MA though have seen black bear. Its amazing that as long as you live close to a large tract of unmolested forest, you get ridiculous wildlife. I'm where the red "x" is...the circle was the airport which is an old map i had from a year or two ago. That map shows how I am NE of ORH airport. I'm basically where the 290 sign is...slightly ESE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ironically, Brookline has a coyote problem, I've come face to face with one more than once. Invigorating dog walk...deep winter. Wish we had snow pack but I will take what I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 You can see how on that map...aside from just W and NW of my red "x", further to the east...northern Shrewsbury is basically in the boondocks for woods...lots of Moose sightings there over the past 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 You can see how on that map...aside from just W and NW of my red "x", further to the east...northern Shrewsbury is basically in the boondocks for woods...lots of Moose sightings there over the past 2 years. Had a moose in my yard over the summer, he was in Charlton for a couple of months and then wandered to my neck of the woods, my dog saw it and started barking and it hightailed it back into the woods. It eventually roamed into the center of town and was shot, they said for public safety, it was too bad, Im not sure they had to be that drastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Had a moose in my yard over the summer, he was in Charlton for a couple of months and then wandered to my neck of the woods, my dog saw it and started barking and it hightailed it back into the woods. It eventually roamed into the center of town and was shot, they said for public safety, it was too bad, Im not sure they had to be that drastic. A huge bull moose was shot in ORH in 2009...they said the same thing, but previously there had been like 3 different moose intrusions into the city since 2005, and they didn't shoot them, but they were cow Moose and not bull Moose. Still think it was BS they shot the bull moose. They claimed they couldn't wait the 15 minutes longer it would have taken to get the tranquilizer darts there...BS. It was just running around, and while dangerous, they could have easily took control of that area that it was in and waited for the tranquilizer gun, but they didn't. Killed it. But oh well, that is the way it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I don't even go to those pizza places. There's some good local joints now that have gourmet pizza. Hey I love snow and winter, but love being near the water during summer. It's nice being near the beach and grabbing something to eat or have some drinks, waterside. I can't live in the woods all summer being mauled by mosquitoes and having nothing to do. At least Boston allows for both. You get snow (just not this year) and have the ocean. I don't have kids so I can enjoy this..lol. I rest my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 19" of snow in the berkshires since nov 1st........big big big big big big winter 0.0" of snow in SW Ct. since last year........normal normal Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma blizzard Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 That map shows how I am NE of ORH airport. I'm basically where the 290 sign is...slightly ESE. im located on the eastern edge of the map south of rt.20. intresting how we are on opposite sides of town but at very similiar elevation 8.4 / -4 , have not been able to decouple, temperature has been steady at ~8 since 7 p.m. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Goodmorning SNE! a beautiful 9 degrees out this morning, cool and crisp felt great getting the wood for the day out there this am. Happy MLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Goodmorning SNE! a beautiful 9 degrees out this morning, cool and crisp felt great getting the wood for the day out there this am. Happy MLK Good night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Good night Thats the spirit, enjoy college my man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 - 11 F here Goodmorning SNE! a beautiful 9 degrees out this morning, cool and crisp felt great getting the wood for the day out there this am. Happy MLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Haven't eaten MacDonald 's in years.......a choice I get to make because I can. You question our smoggy Wasteland in your words. It shows a lot of immaturity frankly. If your choice is to live rural, dont judge mine to be urban. Last I checked, I was paying my own bills and supporting other people to boot. Again, my choice. Now Pete trolls us to death but we've been hanging together for years. But keep in mind that he makes a handsome living working pretty hard and taking risks. Sounds like the same thing a lot of city folks do. And you have to make sure wherever you live you have the fortitude to do that. Oh cmon I was joking...I thought it was pretty obvious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 - 11 F here -5/-6 here Rick, congrats on the dd below. Really thought I'd get there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 6.5 and clear. I see NE CT does not yet get into the WW advisory, at this point just bring on spring FML! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Just in case anybody is feeling cold. My buddy Ken in the Talkeetnas sent me this pic. He told me to bring an extra pair of socks.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 6.5 and clear. I see NE CT does not yet get into the WW advisory, at this point just bring on spring FML! Come to Tolland CTY which is NE CT!! You'll have wintry precip tonight..and I'd guess they extend the advisory to Windham Cty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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