CT Valley Snowman Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 It's going to get ugly in here early next week if we don't have any modeled storm in the medium/long range as we torch away. Odds seem against that happening but there would be some pretty epic meltdowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 anybody been to Tree house brewery? suggestions on what else to do in the area with the family after I get drunk? jk.. Haha I actually have been there this past fall...not a whole lot to do in Monson, Mass except the brewery. Be prepared to stand in line to get anything though, place is blowing up in popularity. Go tour the old Tornado path that's still easily visible on parts of RT 2 between that area and Sturbridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 It's going to get ugly in here early next week if we don't have any modeled storm in the medium/long range as we torch away. Odds seem against that happening but there would be some pretty epic meltdowns I don't think meltdown is the word. Most on here seem well aware of the current situation and are just looking for anything. Hopes aren't sky high, folks seem at peace with it and just praying for a couple exciting storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Haha I actually have been there this past fall...not a whole lot to do in Monson, Mass except the brewery. Be prepared to stand in line to get anything though, place is blowing up in popularity. Go tour the old Tornado path that's still easily visible on parts of RT 2 between that area and Sturbridge. Think you mean route 20 but yes, the tornado damage and Treehouse is about it for most in the sleepy hill town of Monson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't think meltdown is the word. Most on here seem well aware of the current situation and are just looking for anything. Hopes aren't sky high, folks seem at peace with it and just praying for a couple exciting storms. Yeah you're right. In all likelihood most who would have melted probably already did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm pretty sure I saw quoted that NYC was operating about 2000 plows during the storm, by comparison I think DC only has 400 plows (according to a very unscientific Google search). Do you know if NYC still uses plow-equipped garbage trucks? I still can remember the critique of Mayor Lindsay's storm response by the head of the sanitation workers union in 1969, "He played it by ear and was stone deaf!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Haha I actually have been there this past fall...not a whole lot to do in Monson, Mass except the brewery. Be prepared to stand in line to get anything though, place is blowing up in popularity. Go tour the old Tornado path that's still easily visible on parts of RT 2 between that area and Sturbridge. If there was actually now on the ground we would be able to see the scar pretty clearly with the latest MODIS pass. Without leaves on the trees it's really not visible either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Do you know if NYC still uses plow-equipped garbage trucks? I still can remember the critique of Mayor Lindsay's storm response by the head of the sanitation workers union in 1969, "He played it by ear and was stone deaf!" Probably. I read something about how DC may not actually have full time plows and outfit their garbage trucks to do the heavy lifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 It's going to get ugly in here early next week if we don't have any modeled storm in the medium/long range as we torch away. Odds seem against that happening but there would be some pretty epic meltdowns We have the Feb 8th storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm not looking at models again until next Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 In fact , Tues or Wed could be just Like Xmas Eve. Dews and temps in the low-mid 60's. Massive greenup coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 If there was actually now on the ground we would be able to see the scar pretty clearly with the latest MODIS pass. Without leaves on the trees it's really not visible either. Oh it's still there. You can drive down any of the north/south roads and you know you're in it. You go from dense woods to brush. Even in populated areas you can tell because it's basically treeless. All you can see are the remnants of trees that were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Haha I actually have been there this past fall...not a whole lot to do in Monson, Mass except the brewery. Be prepared to stand in line to get anything though, place is blowing up in popularity. Go tour the old Tornado path that's still easily visible on parts of RT 2 between that area and Sturbridge. Outside of outdoor activities. If you like the outdoors, there's plenty to keep you busy like a hike up Peaked Mountain or the Norcross Sanctuary & Conant Brook Dam. The Norcross Sanctuary is actually the northern part of a 50,000 acre patchwork of forest that extends into Connecticut so there's lots of different wildlife around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 We have the Feb 8th storm Some real doozies have come and gone on that date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Posted in NYC.....past storm ends up #4 on NESIS list.. Toggling between '96 and '16, they are pretty similar, but just not the same coverage with 10-20" and 20-30" zones. OH valley and SNE also more sparse. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/rsi/nesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Posted in NYC.....past storm ends up #4 on NESIS list.. Toggling between '96 and '16, they are pretty similar, but just not the same coverage with 10-20" and 20-30" zones. OH valley and SNE also more sparse. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/rsi/nesis Its more than just about snow RapidScat observed strong winds along Atlantic coast of Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. According to RapidScat, many coastal areas experienced winds gusts of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour or more—strong enough to be considered hurricane force. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87409&src=twitter-nh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Its more than just about snow RapidScat observed strong winds along Atlantic coast of Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. According to RapidScat, many coastal areas experienced winds gusts of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour or more—strong enough to be considered hurricane force. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87409&src=twitter-nh If it was about things other than snow, then October 2011 would be near or at the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 If it was about things other than snow, then October 2011 would be near or at the top of the list.it's more than just snow.NCDC is a joke, congrats NW CT on 10 and ELI on 4 wut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 it's more than just snow.NCDC is a joke, congrats NW CT on 10 and ELI on 4 wut Well that could be 4 in NW CT and 10 in ELI...but both would still be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Its more than just about snow RapidScat observed strong winds along Atlantic coast of Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. According to RapidScat, many coastal areas experienced winds gusts of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour or more—strong enough to be considered hurricane force. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87409&src=twitter-nh The NESIS scale is snow plus people, complex enough without trying to assign values to wind and cold. And the "people" part of the equation is very important. The dump in late Feb 1969 looks to have maybe 4 times as much area with 30"+ as any other event on that table, but most fell on relatively sparsely populated areas, so it's a low-end "3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but today is the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Many of us as children were watching the events unfold on live TV, certainly a day that I will never forget and being a weather forum it was the frigid Florida weather that caused the malfunction in the o-ring. RIP to all those whose lives were lost. Certainly NASA changed forever after that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 The NESIS scale is snow plus people, complex enough without trying to assign values to wind and cold. And the "people" part of the equation is very important. The dump in late Feb 1969 looks to have maybe 4 times as much area with 30"+ as any other event on that table, but most fell on relatively sparsely populated areas, so it's a low-end "3".Sorry didn't mean to imply NESIS was more than snow I meant the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but today is the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Many of us as children were watching the events unfold on live TV, certainly a day that I will never forget and being a weather forum it was the frigid Florida weather that caused the malfunction in the o-ring. RIP to all those whose lives were lost. Certainly NASA changed forever after that day.yea that made my heart sink watching it with my children. Made them go in the other room,didn't tell them what happened until much later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Well that could be 4 in NW CT and 10 in ELI...but both would still be wrong.they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Its more than just about snow RapidScat observed strong winds along Atlantic coast of Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. According to RapidScat, many coastal areas experienced winds gusts of 145 kilometers (90 miles) per hour or more—strong enough to be considered hurricane force. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=87409&src=twitter-nh Verbatim just stating with regards NESIS,which is just snowfall, population and area. Yes, storm surge was bad in SNJ,MD,DE. Ocean City MD lost parts of their main pier and a lot of flooding in SNJ beach towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Sorry didn't mean to imply NESIS was more than snow I meant the storm Verbatim just stating with regards NESIS,which is just snowfall, population and area. Yes, storm surge was bad in SNJ,MD,DE. Ocean City MD lost parts of their main pier and a lot of flooding in SNJ beach towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Didn't see that reply when I posted, no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostonseminole Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Haha I actually have been there this past fall...not a whole lot to do in Monson, Mass except the brewery. Be prepared to stand in line to get anything though, place is blowing up in popularity. Go tour the old Tornado path that's still easily visible on parts of RT 2 between that area and Sturbridge. Think you mean route 20 but yes, the tornado damage and Treehouse is about it for most in the sleepy hill town of Monson Outside of outdoor activities. If you like the outdoors, there's plenty to keep you busy like a hike up Peaked Mountain or the Norcross Sanctuary & Conant Brook Dam. The Norcross Sanctuary is actually the northern part of a 50,000 acre patchwork of forest that extends into Connecticut so there's lots of different wildlife around. Thanks, looks like Beer, Tornado and maybe a little hiking. Will take pics if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 yea that made my heart sink watching it with my children. Made them go in the other room,didn't tell them what happened until much later Was so preventable. Engineers > Managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Bring a torching rain next week so we can wipe the slate clean. Trails in the woods are still pretty icy around here. The staying power of 3" of sleet from a month ago. I actually got my pre-schooler cramp-ons a few weeks ago. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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