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nightfighter
12-30-2013, 06:25 PM
Two lows combining for a noreaster with some astronomical tides.... Thursday night into Friday for most of the snowfall. Currently looking for up to a foot up this way, but a little too early to see the exact tract.
Go through the blower, again. Still have sand and salt from last go around. Going to be very cold too..... Friday midday tide looks to be of the most concern.

striperman36
12-30-2013, 06:35 PM
it could get interesting, light fluffy snow regardless of amount

spinncognito
12-30-2013, 07:41 PM
Hype machine getting geared up. How long before we hear the word " blizzard" from the forecasters? Gonna get my bread and water tomorrow...

johnny ducketts
12-30-2013, 07:42 PM
Quick, some one post the bread and milk video!
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Raven
12-30-2013, 08:08 PM
Bought another 50 lbs of Salt @ Homies...
that big rain storm we had yesterday put me back on Crutches
on SATURDAY when both knee's started to malfunction....
(they could feel the pressure)
Glad to hear it'll be fluff -Thanks BILL

Raider Ronnie
12-30-2013, 08:11 PM
Bought another 50 lbs of Salt @ Homies...
that big rain storm we had yesterday put me back on Crutches
on SATURDAY when both knee's started to malfunction....
(they could feel the pressure)
Glad to hear it'll be fluff -Thanks BILL




You buy salt ?

stcroixman
12-30-2013, 08:56 PM
Hype machine getting geared up. How long before we hear the word " blizzard" from the forecasters? Gonna get my bread and water tomorrow...

Exactly!
Here we go again

massbassman
12-30-2013, 08:58 PM
Bought another 50 lbs of Salt @ Homies...
that big rain storm we had yesterday put me back on Crutches
on SATURDAY when both knee's started to malfunction....
(they could feel the pressure)
Glad to hear it'll be fluff -Thanks BILL
Raven, check with your town's DPW, they will sometimes allow residents to take salt and salt/sand in buckets or small barrels. Maybe it's not feasible for you to do so due to to distance or whatever, but it might save you some $$ if they do. I know in our town, its welcomed. Just a thought.

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Raven
12-31-2013, 04:57 AM
You buy salt ?

um yeah... perhaps not realizing that i don't have too apparently

this "new" stuff is green salt and it melts ice down to
5 degrees or some shet like dat

if i can get some sunshine hitting the tar the snow never gets a hold
and becomes an ice sheet....

if only it was like the James bond car....where you push a button
and ice cleats pop out of your tire's tread
....that would be pissah :uhuh:

Raven
12-31-2013, 05:03 AM
i usually carry a bucket and a shovel in case i see a spill...........
down at the turn around "IF" i happen to escort the wifey to work
as they usually loose 5 gallons worth, and that'll do my whole driveway

i spread it before the storm.....to gain an edge

Raider Ronnie
12-31-2013, 06:26 AM
Plowing roads for the state has it's advantaged.
I get all the salt I want :grins:




um yeah... perhaps not realizing that i don't have too apparently

this "new" stuff is green salt and it melts ice down to
5 degrees or some shet like dat

if i can get some sunshine hitting the tar the snow never gets a hold
and becomes an ice sheet....

if only it was like the James bond car....where you push a button
and ice cleats pop out of your tire's tread
....that would be pissah :uhuh:

nightfighter
01-01-2014, 06:11 PM
Hey, I am not a one to hype up a storm into something it is not. But 10-14 inches, with additional possible along immediate coast, plus the projected winds, plus sub zero temps on Saturday morning, you would have to be stupid not to pay attention.... Seeing many local schools being cancelled already for both Thursday and Friday is a joke, though. With this pattern setting up, and this town being surrounded on three sides by ocean, I know we will get whacked pretty good by Friday mid morning.

Raider Ronnie
01-01-2014, 06:30 PM
I read on FB earlier that the weather guys named this storm, same as they would during hurricane season.
Getting a bit carried away if you ask me
Wonder if Patrick is going to ban cars/trucks from being on the roads again in Ma......

spinncognito
01-01-2014, 06:48 PM
Blizzard warnings posted for Long island. Still thinking coastal Massachusetts will see blizzard conditions. Weather channel been naming storms for a couple years. Stupid. They also have the whole State painted in for 12 to 18 inches while the local stations are saying 8 to 12

Mr. Sandman
01-01-2014, 07:08 PM
IMO weather has not gotten worse in my lifetime. It has been sensationalized and dramatized by the media which has expanded greatly. Naming any weather system esp with a human name dramatizes even more for no good reason. I still hear people...Insurance bought me a new boat when I was Hugo'ed.

To name a snowstorm is absurd. Come on. How much attn do you weather guys need. For God sake Jim Cantore is now considered a celebrity.

WESTPORTMAFIA
01-01-2014, 10:15 PM
What's wrong with naming the storm or storms? People will talk about them no matter what. Like the BLIZZARD of 78!! Who cares if it was called Theodore or 78? Maybe some should stop watching the news and do like the old times and get stuck with no bread or milk. Lol
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BigFish
01-01-2014, 10:28 PM
They named the "Blizzard of 78" for a reason....it was truly a 100 year storm! These are simply....snow storms...plain and simple.

Raven
01-01-2014, 11:20 PM
i always get lake effect snow because the res is behind me (5 miles of it)
and it contributes to the depth we get with these super storms of the century.

WESTPORTMAFIA
01-01-2014, 11:42 PM
They named the "Blizzard of 78" for a reason....it was truly a 100 year storm! These are simply....snow storms...plain and simple.

Do you think if they had the technology that we have now the storm coverage may have been different? Yes...plain and simple. People would have been warned days in advanced and there would have been crazy coverage leading up to it and throughout it. They named it the blizzard of 78 simply because there was no other name for it.

johnny ducketts
01-02-2014, 12:32 AM
Twc is calling this one "Hercules" all I can think of when I see that is that scene in the nutty professor.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yt9vHuxjIME&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyt9vHuxjIME

Raven
01-02-2014, 08:45 AM
i already am seeing blizzard-like conditions
snow thick and going sideways.... :uhuh:
----------------------------------------------------------------
so i went out and hung a new bird-feeder on the big set-up
then i nailed a short piece of antique 12" wide
clapboard on top to create a little more shelter
partially covering the wooden gutter section which
i STUFFED with beef Suet for the pecker heads

Raven
01-02-2014, 08:51 AM
maybe you missed it... but out in WISCONSIN (Ronnie)
and other Snow plowers...
the CHEESE factories have these HUGE vats of SALT brine
that they used to PAY to get rid of when the whey was finished processing
the cheese blocks....
NOW they SELL it to the SNOW plow companies and mix
the very salty BRINE water with their SALT to make it more
spreadable since it cannot freeze thus saving $40,000 dollars.

the only down side..... in CHEESE HEAD LAND
is now all the streets SMELL like CHEESE !

EWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!! LOL

spence
01-02-2014, 09:21 AM
Tide this morning was massive.

-spence

Swimmer
01-02-2014, 09:44 AM
Driving to Plymouth this morning, myself at greatly reduced speed, because of snow cover, it never ceases to amaze me how fast people drive. 65 m.p.h. just as if it was mid-summer
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RIROCKHOUND
01-02-2014, 10:10 AM
Tide this morning was massive.

-spence

SuperSpence 2.0.
You need to improve your powers of observation.
Just a normal spring tide....

We'll see some surge from this storm, but not a lot, track is to the east, wrong side of the storm down here. The cape and south shore of MA will get clocked though....

basswipe
01-02-2014, 10:50 AM
Today's morning hightide (Tiverton) was 5.5ft...the highest for the month of Jan.

http://ri.usharbors.com/monthly-tides/Rhode%20Island/Tiverton

Massive no but pretty high.Tomorrow morning's will be 5.4.But like Rock said not so bad for us down this way.

Saltheart
01-02-2014, 01:35 PM
Predicting -2 in Providence Friday night into Sat. That means maybe -4 or colder for me. Also predicting big tides for MA coastal areas facing Northeast for tonight.

The Blizzard of 78 was a monumental storm. Tonight we are having a foot of snow. Pretty typical for January. Boston area and out on the Cape may get 6 inches more but I would think its the coastal areas that will be most in danger.

Time to stock up on beer and pizza , oops , I mean bread and milk. :)

Rockfish9
01-02-2014, 01:47 PM
Today's morning hightide (Tiverton) was 5.5ft...the highest for the month of Jan.

http://ri.usharbors.com/monthly-tides/Rhode%20Island/Tiverton

Massive no but pretty high.Tomorrow morning's will be 5.4.But like Rock said not so bad for us down this way.

ours is 10.3 for plum Island... with the storm surge it will be over 12'.. been snowing hard here all day...it was supposed to tail off this morning..it never did... winds picked up too.. I'm one of the last of the people left here at work.. the rest left early to sit in traffic...

FishermanTim
01-02-2014, 02:33 PM
Let's see. we're getting a snowstorm.

Not a hurricane, not a tornado, not a supersell thunderstorm, but a snowstorm. We're talking fluffy snow right now with increasing amounts later tonight.

SO......with the small amount we have right now, schools have closed for both days, state workers are being sent home early (and I will bet they will be told to stay home tomorrow as well) and the rest of the real working world will have to brave the elements and risk our lives because our companies don't close at the first wisp of snow!

I know the plow drivers will definitely earn their pay tonight, but it makes me shake my head in disbelief that the schools are closed TODAY when the storm isn't really due to pick up until tonight???

I swear that our state officials are turning into (if they haven't already) the biggest wussies in the world. They make decisions that are based on fear of lawsuit more than financial responsibility and intelligence.

All I can say is bring on the storm and let's see how these wussies handle it. I'd rather rely on my neighbors and friends than the state any day of the week, mainly because I can trust them not to screw me over the first chance they get!

spence
01-02-2014, 02:36 PM
SuperSpence 2.0.
You need to improve your powers of observation.
Just a normal spring tide....

We'll see some surge from this storm, but not a lot, track is to the east, wrong side of the storm down here. The cape and south shore of MA will get clocked though....
Science boy.

The amount of tide is judged by how full it looks under the bridge when I take G to school.

Your charts I render moot.

-spence

piemma
01-02-2014, 03:07 PM
I live in Burrillville, right in the Worcester snow belt and our schools are open today and probably will be tomorrow. Hell, 8" of snow is a "dusting' here.

ThrowingTimber
01-02-2014, 03:41 PM
Lincoln Ri here and the school already called, emailed as well. No after school activities and no school tomorrow.

*cough * taking my niece sledding
*cough * taking my niece sledding

basswipe
01-02-2014, 03:55 PM
Regardless its gonna be #^&#^&#^&#^&ing cold.Be safe...cold sucks.

The Dad Fisherman
01-02-2014, 05:11 PM
Already looking at 8" here and the meat of the storm hasn't come through yet.....was only supposed to be a couple by 4:00......looks like they underestimated
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Raven
01-02-2014, 05:34 PM
they always underestimate them
they're WEATHERMEN for Christ's sake
(BILL excluded)

Raven
01-02-2014, 05:36 PM
stupid trash company sent me an automated call yesterday
saying that the trash wouldn't be picked up til tomorrow

i don't know who's idea that was but they F-D up BADDDDD

striperman36
01-02-2014, 05:46 PM
cold air has come in more quickly than expected raising the conversion rate, seeing 18-20:1 all over.

The wind has pretty much turned to the North across the region expect it to increase in intensity as the low starts to bomb out and more snow

stripermaineiac
01-02-2014, 10:08 PM
Skinny dippin weather here. -8 and windy plus still snowing.wind chill around -27 with the 25 to 30 mph wind.thanks for the wood stove.Nice night for tyin tail hooks.

The Dad Fisherman
01-02-2014, 10:32 PM
18" of snow here already.....
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WESTPORTMAFIA
01-02-2014, 10:38 PM
18" of snow here already.....
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holy crap!! Good luck

Rob Rockcrawler
01-02-2014, 11:35 PM
Woohoo 4 inches but cold as a bastard at 0.

Raven
01-03-2014, 04:14 AM
i remember going to school
and for the first couple of hours
my pant legs were stiff and frozen
from my knees on down....

spinncognito
01-03-2014, 07:24 AM
Measured 16" on my picnic table this morning here in Glosta. A balmy 12 degrees with the wind whipping but I would say only half as bad as last years blizzard. Cold temps make this powder ulta-light and easy to move.

Rockfish9
01-03-2014, 07:44 AM
I love this weather..even though I have to work out side in it and have done so all my life... it took me 10 minutes to get to work... normal commute ( with idots on the road) takes 20... 45 if it's snowing or raining...no idiots on the road and my only delay is a few traffic lights..I'll never figure out why people buy out all the bread and milk the store will let them.. get a months supply of canned goods.. have expensive generators in case they loose power.. buy the biggest snow blower money can buy and the lattest and greatest ice melter .. yet drive around on inadequate tires..on cars that belong in the carribean...I'll save the SUV's that don't clean the snow off their vehicles for another rant... 3 months until groundfishing opens:uhuh:

Sea Dangles
01-03-2014, 08:48 AM
I hear you Joe. We usually make sure we are out of the essentials. Certainly no need for 4wd vehicle and if I had no power I would rub 2 sticks together and eschew the generator and just keep my fingers crossed the pipes don't freeze. Why use a snowblower when I could shovel and strengthen my back? And ice melt,? Silly people,it will melt on its own so why waste the money trying to prevent a slip and fall when all you have to do is take a trip to the E room.
I can't wait to get older and smarter.
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piemma
01-03-2014, 09:16 AM
I was shoveling this mornin at -1. wind chill was -19. Kinda nice. :uhuh:

MAKAI
01-03-2014, 09:22 AM
I was shoveling this mornin at -1. wind chill was -19. Kinda nice. :uhuh:

Get help. ⛄
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piemma
01-03-2014, 09:28 AM
Get help. ⛄
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:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

Rockfish9
01-03-2014, 12:25 PM
I hear you Joe. We usually make sure we are out of the essentials. Certainly no need for 4wd vehicle and if I had no power I would rub 2 sticks together and eschew the generator and just keep my fingers crossed the pipes don't freeze. Why use a snowblower when I could shovel and strengthen my back? And ice melt,? Silly people,it will melt on its own so why waste the money trying to prevent a slip and fall when all you have to do is take a trip to the E room.
I can't wait to get older and smarter.
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ya missed the whole point I trying ( poorly I guess) to convey... quickly said... they prep WELL for the storm but when it comes to driving/cars, they tottaly ignore what's important... A DECENT PAIR OF TIRES...and common sense.

Saltheart
01-03-2014, 01:21 PM
Turned out to be a nothing snow storm at my house. 8 at the most. Now , one more night of deep freeze and hopefully back to normal.

Sea Dangles
01-03-2014, 03:37 PM
ya missed the whole point I trying ( poorly I guess) to convey... quickly said... they prep WELL for the storm but when it comes to driving/cars, they tottaly ignore what's important... A DECENT PAIR OF TIRES...and common sense.

Well, my 16 year old wasn't lacking good tires yesterday but the common sense part was ignored and the result was predictable. Perhaps the hit on the bank account and no wheels for a while will help cure what ails him...
Harumph!!!

JackK
01-03-2014, 04:35 PM
Balmy -5 in Pulaski today. Can't wait to get home and see how much we got. Apparently my place was in the thick of it
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piemma
01-03-2014, 04:46 PM
Cold is OK. 2 wood stoves going. 73 in the house with no oil being consumed. Only 2 outside

The Dad Fisherman
01-03-2014, 04:48 PM
Balmy -5 in Pulaski today. Can't wait to get home and see how much we got. Apparently my place was in the thick of it
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Give me a shout when you get back.....looking to head out on the local ponds at some point this weekend
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nightfighter
01-03-2014, 05:29 PM
I'm beat... Close to the jackpot. We got better than 20". No major tidal damagethough. Here is a Bruce Durkee shot of why they close our causeway....

blondterror
01-03-2014, 09:11 PM
Is that picture next to Devereuax beach Ross?

nightfighter
01-04-2014, 07:53 AM
Yes.

ivanputski
01-04-2014, 09:48 AM
With zero degrees on the thermometer, a friend of mine headed out to go surfing at 8 am... in a 6mm suit.

I get the chills in the fall wearing a 5mm !

Mike P
01-04-2014, 05:26 PM
There's a good foot and a half of media hype on my deck table.

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Not sure what you call snow, 25-35 mph winds, with white-out conditions these days. I still call it a "blizzard". :D

bart
01-04-2014, 06:29 PM
Well, my 16 year old wasn't lacking good tires yesterday but the common sense part was ignored and the result was predictable. Perhaps the hit on the bank account and no wheels for a while will help cure what ails him...
Harumph!!!

Glad he is OK.

I had a bad experience last night. Didn't want to be out driving with the icy conditions but I have AWD on my brand CR-V and didn't want my GF to drive to and from work in her Mazda sedan. So on my way to pick her up I'm going SLOWLY through an intersection when a sedan blasted through the red light on their side and destroyed the front end of my car. The woman said she slid on the ice, but I saw her coming in fast as I was trying to veer away. Thank God no one was hurt, no pedestrians in the road. Thank God no one was in my driver seat. I was friggin' livid. The woman was clearly driving fast in the snow. Thank God I have full coverage :wall:

5/0
01-04-2014, 06:31 PM
They named the "Blizzard of 78" for a reason....it was truly a 100 year storm! These are simply....snow storms...plain and simple.
Back then they would go out side lick there fingah and call it,now a dayz with the "Acuweather and Doplah radar" they can just suck it!
Really i want there job,there ratio is 60% wrong,dress nice and make six figures.....and there 60% wrong......
it's all hype with no real schooling:smash:

the only thing they have right is ,the sun will rise and the moon will be out at night!

BEETLE
01-04-2014, 06:45 PM
They were right about the tides !
My house yesterday 12:30 PM

nightfighter
01-04-2014, 07:09 PM
They were spot on for my neck of the woods. Just had to up the amount we were going to get, otherwise just as projected on 12/30 in the original post....

piemma
01-05-2014, 09:10 AM
They named the "Blizzard of 78" for a reason....it was truly a 100 year storm! These are simply....snow storms...plain and simple.

Great point Larry. Now that was a STORM!!! We had 52" of snow and 14' drifts. Town used a road grader with a 12' V-plow to open my road after 6 days. Guy down the road had a snow machine and made runs to town for everyone to get beer, cigs (we all smoked back then) and eggs. We finally got out after a week.

I was in Providence at 4:30 in the afternoon the day the storm started. I was working for IBM and assigned to Spiedel. Had a Ford F250 4WD and actually made it home but it took 7 hours to go 30 miles.The highways were clogged with stuck vehicles but I got in back of a plow who went up the MEDIAN STRIP on 95N. Got to 295 and headed up the off ramp as the on ramp was full of stuck cars.

Wild memories!!

Raven
01-05-2014, 08:09 PM
that's what i "thought" we were getting TDF
but it never happened... 4"-10" drifts
it was rediculously cold however, like a cold sand paper
the dog would stick it's head out the door
and yank it back as if to say "NO F-ING way dude

Raider Ronnie
01-05-2014, 08:33 PM
8 inches of snow
26 hrs for the plow trucks on with the state.
I'll take it.
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Mike P
01-06-2014, 11:32 AM
Here's what was left this morning. :grins:

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Rockfish9
01-06-2014, 12:25 PM
Well, my 16 year old wasn't lacking good tires yesterday but the common sense part was ignored and the result was predictable. Perhaps the hit on the bank account and no wheels for a while will help cure what ails him...
Harumph!!!

that's just in experience... at 16 he ( or she) hasn't seen enough of this to become experienced.. that's not a crime...at 16 they haven't developed common sense... I'm sure you'll giude him through ( even if it takes tough love)...

Jackbass
01-06-2014, 12:58 PM
You know in my day I pulled the bus through 12" of snow loaded with kids and the teachers. It was -40 and then I pulled it home too. Lol
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Saltheart
01-06-2014, 02:08 PM
Blizzard of 78 I worked until late morning then headed home. I lived in Worcester at the time and was driving a Datsun B210. I was 25 years old , about 210 pounds , and very strong to say the least. On my way home in the snow I got stuck several times. I simply got out of the car , lifted up the rear end out of the ruts and then continued on my way. No exaggeration , I was strong as an ox in those days.
After the storm the roads in Worcester were pretty well plowed but other areas were paralyzed. My girlfriend was in Milford and as young love is a powerful force I hopped in my car to go get her. The driving ban was on and the fine was $1000. I drovee up 290 in Worcester and ran into a sudden wall of snow blocking the road. I got off and followed Rt 20 a while and got back on again. Made it to 495 somewhere in Northboro and headed south east to Milford. On the way I ran into 3 snow plows coming down 495 in the wrong direction! They were 3 abreast and heading right at me. I pulled way over and stopped and as they went by I was plowed in. I shoveled myself out and kept going. When I got to Milford the exit was blocked but some front end loaders were working on it so I sat and waited until the exit ramp was opened. I had my choice of two ways to get from there to her house and made up my mind to take the main road which was sure to be plowed. Well on the way I spaced out and simply went the way I always went , which was back roads. I got there no problem but found out that the National Guard was on the main road I hadn't taken and was giving out the $1000 tickets to anyone they caught out driving!

We went back to Worcester like there was no problem at all. Still have no idea why the highways to Milford were blocked but from Milford to Worcester were wide open.

My girlfriend made sure I was well rewarded for my heroic efforts to rescue her and about two weeks later she sent me a Valentines card showing Mighty Mouse flying away with his girlfriend in his arms rescuing the damsel in distress! :)

MAKAI
01-06-2014, 09:13 PM
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