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I haven't exited my house since about 9 last night, and really there's no point. My street runs east/west and a snowdrift averaging 4-feet deep is running the entire 200-yard distance. No plows yet, and until they come through there's not a car on this street with any hope of moving. Crazy.
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Guessing we have about 2 ft here in Marshfield and still coming......
Hard to believe we haven't lost power, hasn't even flickered.....usually in many parts of Marshfield losing power always is an issue. Maybe they have been doing better tree trimming. |
They predicted 2-3 feet here but if we ended up with a whole 6" I would be surprised (hard to tell with drifting but I would say maybe 4" total on top of the 4" from Saturday) I do love snow but would rather it in VT than here even still. Either way I still cant help but feel let down that EVERYTHING was over-hyped for our area and closed for nothing! Forecasters really blew it for my area! What a waste too that last night between 9-10 P.M. the plows went through (yes with blades down) 8 times in one hour and we barely had an inch at that point! Even considering the fact that they did each side of the road once that's still 4 plows, both directions in a hour...no clue what they were plowing at that point. Completely "over-hyped" and as a result a huge waste of resources.
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the snow was so fine and blowing so hard it came thru my window
screen in the bathroom like finely shredded cheese. No sense trying to clear it under those conditions. Today, i will begin to "dig out" my cars. can't even see my wife's volvo. this will take several days. My dog has gone blind with cataracts and i dug out a spot outside the back door for her to go but she couldn't understand the walls of snow towering over her bumping into them in all directions like a pin ball game. the snow is over the top of my chain link fence. thank god it's Fluffy texture. |
With the duration of this storm amd wind i am feeling very lucky taking the drifts into account i would say we ended up with 6".
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I'd guess 18" Down here; the official total at the Westerly Airport was 20.5"
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They say 28" here?? But we never lost power! Got the car out yesterday with my sons help, but the plows have it locked in again. Going out now to do my best at getting out as I have to go to dialysis, thank god they made us all go in today at 11am, instead of 6am.
Glad everyone is ok, bless them plow guys! Wish my son was not one of them so he could dig me out |
Mom, on the Cape, said nothing in the back yard - 10ft drifts in front :jump:
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I spent a good part of yesterday moving show with either the snow blower or the tractor. THings are looking good, all i have to do now is clear a oath to the wood pile and im good to go. Going to make for crappy ice fishing this weekend though.
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I don't think they have a power cable to the mainland but they may by now. MV has 3 conduits that cross the sound. Every 10 years or so one goes and they need to replace it. A couple years ago two went and it was peak summer load. They had the on island back up generators and a lot of portable equipment running all summer. These things are B I G. I think Obama had one just for him. I recall a few years ago a big boat (a mega yacht)anchored in the sound and snagged on to one and actually pulled it to within sight at the surface before figuring out what he just did. That caused all kind of issues. I bet NE has a mini "baby boom" of sorts next Oct/Nov :humpty: with all this time off. |
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Where the hell did I park my car? Get ready for the Southie spot saver stories.
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This storm was not over hyped at all.. it just ended up in different places.
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tell my aching muscles it was over hyped. I would have loved 5 inches
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I'm scheduled to fly to San Diego in the afternoon and am not looking forward to it. |
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I am junk. Cleared 12 properties.... Started at 0530. Son was on the shovel doing stairs and breaking down banks and snow that was over the Ariens scoop. He did a great job. And made a good day's pay. I just hope he can show up tomorrow before his afternoon classes at Salem State. Need to do a second sweep at a couple properties from today, a couple nightmare driveways that have called just today, and get two flat roofs cleared. Given the forecast for more snow Monday, I need to make sure this storm's snow is properly placed, especially on the one way streets in Old Town....... This is State St. Maddies on right.
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Well I live in Brant Rock. It was bad for a few people I feel bad for but for the most part it wasn't bad at all. We never lost power . The news is really blown it out of proportion . I could I had a nice quiet day listening to the surf and shoveling the driveway but instead I had to listen to news helicopters overhead all day.
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3+ hours behind a snow blower back to back days trying to find the cars we knew were parked in the driveway, down by the beach in Plymouth MA was snow drift city. No power for a day either, but getting away from deflate gate was a nice change of pace.
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Spent 16 hours moving white stuff Tuesday most time was at my commercial property. Didn't even bother with the snowblower until Wednesday.
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Did mine, neighbors driveway hes in his late 70's, then did a second neighbors driveway and their sidewalk as well. My cousins made it to mom and dads before I could so I owe those guys beer :) We got a pretty solid 3-4 feet and drifts about 5-6. A friend in Hudson got CREAMED!
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Ross - that must be a friggin nightmare in old town!
We got hit hard in Rockport, lost power for 24 hours. If I was living here permanently I would go out tomorrow and buy a generator and hire an electrician to get a hook up to the main fuse box to keep the heat on - it will be the first winter prep thing I do in a new home. My neighbor across the street has a generator, which saved all of our asses! |
I'd say we got about 2' in the yard and we had drifts about 4 in the driveways. My kids school just called and he's off again tomorrow. We just got our road plowed yesterday afternoon.
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I just ordered a single circuit transfer switch for 81$ ( Reliance Controls TF151W 1 Circuit Transfer Switch) that connects my generator directly to my oil furnace and circuation pump. No need to hook up to the cuircuit panel. I have a generator and have run cords into the house for household items, but have never had the ability to run my furnace. With baseboard pipes prone to freezing, im not risking it anymore.
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it appears that this thread should have been NAMED :point: BLIZZARD's of 2015
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Similar but much less work for me in Plymouth, at least it was lighter and easier to blow through, but the drifts were deeper this time around for sure. My hardest part was backing the damn thing up the steps to get 4 feet of snow off the deck, that was a challenge.
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You guys need to do this:
MANCHESTER-by-the-SEA, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard: He's shipping it to people in warmer climates for the bargain price of $89 for six pounds. Kyle Waring, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, got the idea while shoveling snow earlier this winter and launched ShipSnowYo.com. At first he shipped 16.9-ounce snow-filled bottles for $19.99, but he found the snow melted by the time it arrived at its destination. So he came up with a new plan, selling six pounds at a time. He tells The Boston Globe even if the snow melts a little by the time it arrives, the package can still make 10 to 15 snowballs. He's also started offering 10-pound packages for $119. He says he'll keep selling until people stop ordering. |
the governor has got the 4 storm's merged into one mega disaster
to get federal aide for Massachusetts |
snow... in the winter... in new england...
is a disaster??? sure it sucks, I hate it. but disaster? |
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