TUweathermanDD Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 We were out walking around. Still not really able to go anywhere. Lots of roads still not passable but were having a good time. Ill post more pics when I get home and can upgrade my membership I've used my limit for now. And as for my gf I agree she is a keeper. Sounds great hoff, and yea, she seems like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Went on my first big snow chase ever for this storm, stayed in Massachusetts and it was an incredible experience to actually witness a New England blizzard. Ended up with 27" where I stayed, winds and snowfall rates were fantastic at times, and going outside in it was just unforgettable. I'd say this was very similar to February 5-6, 2010 in terms of sensible weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Went on my first big snow chase ever for this storm, stayed in Massachusetts and it was an incredible experience to actually witness a New England blizzard. Ended up with 27" where I stayed, winds and snowfall rates were fantastic at times, and going outside in it was just unforgettable. I'd say this was very similar to February 5-6, 2010 in terms of sensible weather. But they are not getting another one in 4 days . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 We punted Nemo and the opposing team just couldn't handle it. They got too much snow. They are crying about how insane the shoveling is. New Englanders are nothing but a bunch of WUSSES when it comes to removing snow. If I got 38 inches of snow in mby, you would NEVER hear me complain about 'this snow is insane to shovel' or 'I'm so exhausted'. Shovels are for real men. Snowblowers are for New England ladies with high heels. Damn straight I'm making fun of new englanders. They are also crying about power outages. February is supposed to be cold. If you can't put on yer big boy britches and handle the cold, you should go live in Miami. The remarks I am reading in their New England forum damn near made me choke to death on my Red Bull. It's hard to comprehend how these people grew up in those parts. You'd think they could handle the shoveling after a lifetime of dealing with New England snowstorms. Instead.........The Blizzard of 2013 handled them. Instead of learning to handle their own problems with this storm - they begged the National Guard to come bail them out. It is a stark fact: The storm hit regions of SNE cannot handle this storm. Their loaders are stuck. Their first responders are stuck. They can't even get out of their houses because of FIVE FOOT DRIFTS! Give me a fookin' break! On Feb 19, 1979 we had 2 feet of snow with ten foot drifts. We dug out of it. I was jebwalkin everywhere! I was digging everyone out all by my lonesome. I was only about fifteen. Geeze! I grew up here in the tropical mid atlantic! These so-called new englanders grew up in snow country and now a major blizzard shut their sorry azzes down so bad they are already exhausted from shoveling on Day 1 ?????? They're crying because they have to shovel their driveway? These people are spoiled beyond belief. They are also so damned LAZY that it is embarrassing! You would NEVER hear ME complain about too much snow. I hate snow blowers. I hate plows. I worship snow and shovels. The only good thing about a plow, is that it pushes more snow in my driveway. I would never be overwhelmed by deep snow. There is never too much snow. Even if Northern Virginia got buried by a 10,000 year blizzard with 7 feet of powder, I would be out digging massive amounts of snow. You would never hear me complain about too much snow or that the shoveling is insane. I would NEVER use a snowblower. The only people who should use snowblowers are demonstrably old men such as weathafella (Jerry). In my humble opinion, Jerry should move to Bora Bora, get a rocking chair and enjoy the tropical breezes and the fishing. It is high time for weathafella to move aside, move far south and make way for folks such as myself, who can shovel Jerry right into the snow covered tundra of New England inside of one hour. It is simply amazing how lazy these northerners have become. In an age of smartphones and mesmerizing gigantic flatscreen TVs, they crave instant gratification and love to laze on the couch for hours while watching sports. They obsess on big snows, and when the big storm finally dumps on them - they decided that they can't handle it because to handle it themselves requires something that scares the living daylights out of them: HARD HONEST WORK. So - They lean on their crutches - snowblowers - that only demonstrably old men like Jerry should be using, but that they run to because they are so lazy. SNE snow weenies craved snow, They craved excitement. They stayed up for two days straight obsessing on modelology then on nowcasting. They got the heavy snow. They got their storm. Their immediate cravings sated, they then faced up to the harsh reality that hard honest work was required to deal with the snow that had accumulated. The SNE leaders cried out to the National Guard for help. They probably BEGGED the National Guard for help. Then came all of the complaints. The snow was too damn deep to get to the gas stations for gas. Gas stations were low on gasoline. It was too damn cold. The wind was too strong. The drifts were too damn deep. Now much of the region is shut down. Too bad it is February. That snowpack will not melt for another couple months. After all - Its SNE. It snows there. They have all that powered equipment to clear the snow. Well, Southern New England - Riddle me this one Batman: Why in the hell is your powered equipment stuck? This isn't too much snow for you, is it southern New England? You wanted this. You obsessed over this. You wanted another 1888 blizzard. I read your threads. This was no 1888 blizzard. You better be glad it wasn't. You couldn't handle it. This is truly embarrassing, SNE. This is only Day One. Some of you are already exhausted from shoveling. You got a lot of work to do. You cant get gasoline for your crutches, I mean your snowblowers. You'll be forced to shovel two to three feet of snow. Man, I'm cryin for y'all. That wind is a-blowin. Too bad its drifting all over your driveway that you've only started on. I'm sorry for ya. Its cold out there. Wind chill is even lower. You are so damned sore that you wont even be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning. You barely survived ONE DAY.......What makes you even imagine that you can take another eight to ten weeks of this abuse? Get your bell bangin balls over here and ring this bell three times then come running to the southern Mid Atlantic region where you just might be able to handle our weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Jeb, you're kidding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffwx Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Jeb, you're kidding me. I read about 2 sentences and punted Jeb. His bit is so 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 they must not have measured properly in Boston (winds had something to do with it I'm sure, but still) look at this qpf for the last 3 days it shows only .50" for the entire blizzard http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBOS.html then again, Worcester only had .68" http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KORH.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It is strange to inflate your snow totals or obs in general...blizz has always been accused of that but who knows for sure I guess. Some people just always like to be the coldest snowiest wettest ob I guess it makes them feel special...no harm...we have some like that...that snow36 guy....I think dd likes to have the highest totals too....fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It is strange to inflate your snow totals or obs in general...blizz has always been accused of that but who knows for sure I guess. Some people just always like to be the coldest snowiest wettest ob I guess it makes them feel special...no harm...we have some like that...that snow36 guy....I think dd likes to have the highest totals too....fun As long as they are consistently inconsistent, you can figure out the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 they must not have measured properly in Boston (winds had something to do with it I'm sure, but still) look at this qpf for the last 3 days it shows only .50" for the entire blizzard http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KBOS.html then again, Worcester only had .68" http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KORH.html I don't think those statistics are very accurage esp. when it is snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I don't think those statistics are very accurage esp. when it is snow. Right sparky, reportedly its difficult to measure QPF for snow meltdowns in a blizzard, and with gusts to hurricane force, its also a hindrance. That coupled with dry snow at the end makes it tough, especially with low ratio 8-1 stuff at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Whoa Jeb going ballistic on wimpy NE folks. Have to agree, to whine about an event any snow weenie in the country would be overjoyed at, they complain about shoveling. I would rather shovel snow than sweat for three days without power in the summer. Derecho - no thanks, not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 1.39" and 1.78" were the official liquid amounts.... Wait...that's gfs amounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Wait...that's gfs amounts Yes Dave, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The GFS was way too progressive. It missed badly in most areas outside of eastern MA. No kidding, this was the 6z run from the 8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 i live up here in sne and live in perhaps what is the most notorious "snow minimum" area. i measured an avg depth as the snow was winding down of 21.5 inches in an area with relatively minimal drifting because of so many trees and houses. it was a 25 hr duration event up here with terrible snow growth and ratios for the first twelve hours. i measured in six hour intervals and came up with 25 inches but thought that was a bit too high considering the average depth so went with 24 for an event total as a compromise. there is a lot of mositure in this stuff, i dont care what the wfos say. I have been trying to find out from fellow sne posters if those 33 to 40 inch amounts were avg depths at the end of were those totals done with six hour measurements. how do you guys in general handle this? the reason i ask is that your area has had several great storms over the past few years. i was only in on the edge of the mega band and it was awesome, 17 inches from 9pm to 245am with legit rates of 4inch/hr at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Nobody cares. Get the hell out of our forum What the hell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravensrule Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Nobody cares. Get the hell out of our forum You REALLY need a snowstorm bad. Hopefully Wed night will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 It can probably be said that winter storm Nemo was the 2nd most intense winter storm event for Long Island, Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and perhaps Rhode Island. For Long Island, and Connecticut the Blizzard of 1888 remains unparalleled whereas for Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts the Blizzard of 1978 remains the top event. For southeastern Maine it would appear that Nemo has been the most extreme snowstorm on record. Of course, this is a broad statement and for some localities in Connecticut and Massachusetts Nemo may have been even worse than the storms of 1888 and 1978 and for other localities in the region other major snowstorms may have been worse than any one of the three.I might add that is a bit unsettling that two of the most significant storms in the past 300 years to strike the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. have occurred within just four months from one another. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Snow envy doing bad things to people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfishsnowman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 being that much of the mid atlantic experienced three huge snowstorms three winters ago and several other big events in the past fifteen to twenty years i thought there might be some insight into asking about measuring big totals. in no way did i mean to offend anyone, i was simply asking a question. i won't post in this forum again, my apologies again if i offended anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 being that much of the mid atlantic experienced three huge snowstorms three winters ago and several other big events in the past fifteen to twenty years i thought there might be some insight into asking about measuring big totals. in no way did i mean to offend anyone, i was simply asking a question. i won't post in this forum again, my apologies again if i offended anyone. No worries, a lot of folks are sour with regards to the lack of snow. I admire the way you took it, I wouldn't have reacted as well. Its every 6 hours for measuring and clearing a "snow board" like mechanism. It was a hard event to measure with the drifts, so it was a peculiar situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 being that much of the mid atlantic experienced three huge snowstorms three winters ago and several other big events in the past fifteen to twenty years i thought there might be some insight into asking about measuring big totals. in no way did i mean to offend anyone, i was simply asking a question. i won't post in this forum again, my apologies again if i offended anyone. No apology needed. This sub-forum is full of some of the biggest whiners on the whole forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtropics Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I actually think we have one of the most well behaved sub forums (Credit Ian). It goes best to worst on the east coast from south to north IMO. SNE is a bunch of baby whining babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 No worries, a lot of folks are sour with regards to the lack of snow. I admire the way you took it, I wouldn't have reacted as well. Its every 6 hours for measuring and clearing a "snow board" like mechanism. It was a hard event to measure with the drifts, so it was a peculiar situation. I guess you have to have some uniform standard to get comparable measurements, and I've seen people say that clearing your snowboard more often "inflates" snow totals, but I have to say that I think that is total horse****. If there's 2 inches of snow on my board, then 2 inches of snow fell. If I clean it, come back in two hours, and there's two more inches, then 4 inches of snow has fallen. Period. I don't do either. I'm lazy and just wait til it's over and measure what's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I guess you have to have some uniform standard to get comparable measurements, and I've seen people say that clearing your snowboard more often "inflates" snow totals, but I have to say that I think that is total horse****. If there's 2 inches of snow on my board, then 2 inches of snow fell. If I clean it, come back in two hours, and there's two more inches, then 4 inches of snow has fallen. Period. I don't do either. I'm lazy and just wait til it's over and measure what's there. I wipe the board as often as possible, then add 10% to my totals to make up for any mistakes I might have made in measuring. And if I'm feeling particularly unmanly on the day, I'll consider adding up to another 10% to cover up my self-loathing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Nobody cares. Get the hell out of our forum That was uncalled for. There is no rule that you cannot post in another region's forum, so long as you are on topic and not trolling. I admit it is wise to treat softly when posting out of region, but I post in other regional threads with my thoughts when there is an event in that area from time to time, and I have never had someone lay into me like that. His post was on topic and was contributing to the discussion on here, not trolling or distracting. I don't want others to feel they are unwelcome to post in our regional thread if they have something of substance to add to the discourse, and especially if its someone with knowledge that can add to the thread. You have always had some regional war going on and I understand your sentiments but some of us do not feel that way. At times I still miss the old days when we had one model thread for the entire board, I miss the comments from others in our "family" and hate having to go to 5 different threads to see everything. Please don't make our region one where others feel unwelcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I apologized already in this thread and I sent him a PM.... ok didn't know. I sometimes get frustrated and say things I wish I hadnt on here...I think it gets to all of us sometimes. Sick hobby we have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 i live up here in sne and live in perhaps what is the most notorious "snow minimum" area. i measured an avg depth as the snow was winding down of 21.5 inches in an area with relatively minimal drifting because of so many trees and houses. it was a 25 hr duration event up here with terrible snow growth and ratios for the first twelve hours. i measured in six hour intervals and came up with 25 inches but thought that was a bit too high considering the average depth so went with 24 for an event total as a compromise. there is a lot of mositure in this stuff, i dont care what the wfos say. I have been trying to find out from fellow sne posters if those 33 to 40 inch amounts were avg depths at the end of were those totals done with six hour measurements. how do you guys in general handle this? the reason i ask is that your area has had several great storms over the past few years. i was only in on the edge of the mega band and it was awesome, 17 inches from 9pm to 245am with legit rates of 4inch/hr at one point. I've had some 5-6"ph bursts a few times for 10-15 minutes and been in some hour long 3"ph stuff few times so I know what it looks like and it's special. So the 4"ph+ stuff is a lifetime memory. Sometimes when it's really hard to get measurements it helps to watch the snow in the intervals it's at a lull and if you have watched enough snow you will be able to know the ph rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 #25 on the NESIS scale. #24? Feb 5-6, 2010. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/rsi/nesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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