I live in Dover, DE. Snow has been falling for about 90 minutes. Looking at my back porch I would say I have about a 1/2 inch.
As others have said DC and points south don't have the plows, salt trucks etc to handle large snow falls. Considering the DC metro area has almost twice the population of Iowa and throw in Baltimore, Philly, northern Delaware, Jersey and up to NYC and that is why it is a big deal.
Regarding the First State it varies with this storm. The Northern third is expecting 18-24 inches of snow. Here in Dover 12-15 inches along with freezing rain. The Southern part will be getting 8-12, freezing rain and coastal flooding. We are expecting sustained winds of 35mph and gusts up to 50. I won't be leaving the house for a couple of days.
As others have said DC and points south don't have the plows, salt trucks etc to handle large snow falls. Considering the DC metro area has almost twice the population of Iowa and throw in Baltimore, Philly, northern Delaware, Jersey and up to NYC and that is why it is a big deal.
Regarding the First State it varies with this storm. The Northern third is expecting 18-24 inches of snow. Here in Dover 12-15 inches along with freezing rain. The Southern part will be getting 8-12, freezing rain and coastal flooding. We are expecting sustained winds of 35mph and gusts up to 50. I won't be leaving the house for a couple of days.
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My flight out of Puerto Rico to Philly tomorrow was cancelled this morning. Next available flight is late Monday. Guess I gotta stay at the resort a few more days on the company's dime, dang it.
Decent subtle brag. Not great, but decent.
CNN is running a lot of coverage right now about stranded motorists on I-75 in Kentucky, and where is the Red Cross and State Patrol? Why aren't they helping these people? They had some gal on who is stuck in her car with two kids and her diabetic father and nobody had brought them food…
I hate to be mean, but WTF were you doing driving into a historically large blizzard? Never mind the safety kit I travel with, I would have just cancelled my travel plans.
I hate to be mean, but WTF were you doing driving into a historically large blizzard? Never mind the safety kit I travel with, I would have just cancelled my travel plans.
I remember when I was in college and a group of us went on a ski trip to North Carolina. I brought three college buddies and my stepsister (no pic), and we all packed into my little Chevy Cavalier. A snow storm was coming which was going to make for great skiing, but we needed to get to the ski lodge before the storm hit.
I told my stepsister that we needed to hit the road EARLY -- like 6:00 a.m. -- to beat the weather.
6:00 rolls around.... 7:00 comes and goes... this was before the age of cell phones so there was no way to call and find out what was going on.
The bitch didn't show up until 8:30 carrying a box of donuts. WTF!
So of course, it starts snowing - HARD - right when we cross into North Carolina. The trucks start sliding backwards on the grades, and we were stranded on the interstate. My stupid stepsister started complaining that she had to pee. I'm like, "YOU'RE the reason we're stuck here. Guess you'll have to march up into the woods and find a bush."
Anyway, after about an hour or so, the highway patrol was trying to pull this jackknifed truck off the roadway, and we slipped by. Didn't see single car the rest of the way (another couple of hours). My buddies had to get out and push the car the last 25 yards or so and we barely made it to the ski resort. Had we been 10 minutes later, we probably wouldn't have made it.
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People are stupid lucas. People will need to go get raisins at 11 o'clock at night the worst possible weather. Never ceases to amaze me. And if I have learned anything in the snow business, it's that people love to booze in the most inclimiate weather. Hey man it's a f'n blizzard! Let's get f'd up and then hit Target to do some donuts! I cheer for light poles in that situation.
Preach! I can't recall just how many times a severe thunderstorm shut down whatever northern city I was in at the time. It's unbelievable!
Do you mean smarter for dealing with snow or tougher because all Iowan chicks are fat?
Have you been to the northeast? I used to live there and I was there for Sandy. The power lines are not buried. The residential areas are heavily wooded. The soil is a bit rocky. A lot of rain and high winds knock trees over and rip power lines off the poles. Those same fallen trees then block the roads so it is tough for vehicles to pass or repair crews to get power back on.
Hurricanes are bad in Florida too. I've been to many parts of Florida. I'm not going to pop off about things I don't fully understand but I'd guess there aren't as many trees, power lines are buried, and the population density is less.
No, we still have way too many unburied power lines, but buildings have been significantly hardened following building code revisions in the wake of Hurricane Andrew.
I rode out Wilma and the eye passed over my house (first time I've ever experienced that).
Wilma and Sandy were both Cat 3 storms (not sure if Sandy was Cat. 3 at landfall... Wilma was Cat 3 and strengthening at landfall).
Anyway, we did lose power for about a week, but damage was limited to pool cages being torn down, the occasional broken window, and people with older roofs needed new ones. We had replaced ours the year before and it stood up wonderfully. But overall, you didn't see anything like New Jersey, even though storm strength was similar.
One thing you don't think about: windows and sliding glass doors require gravity to cause rain to weep away outside the house. When there are 100 mile-an-hour winds blowing rain at the window, the water gets pushed under the window and sprays into the house! Wilma was relatively weak and I wasn't going to bother covering the windows until she quickly grew late the afternoon before she hit, so I didn't have time to screw all the plywood up.
In addition to what others have said the snow and wind is a big deal on the East coast because a lot of the power lines are not buried in the ground due to an older infrastructure than in the Midwest .
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People do but it's not universal. Plenty just go the all season route.
In Colorado, it seems to depend on where you live. We live in the foothills and have studded snows. It's a private road however, and maintenance can vary.
Just changed over to an icy mix still coming down...we a north and east of Philly...
Sandy knocked our power out for 6 weeks due to the trees and wires...at least those trees are gone now...
Wow. T's & P's.
Yep. I shoveled the snow off the car every 2 hours last night and this is what I got this morning.
Ts & Ps. Hope the pantry is stocked up because you're not going out for groceries any time soon.
I've got enough milk and tp to last until judgement day. My main worry is massive heart stoppage while shoveling this.
Another post extolling the virtues of government regulations. I'm so proud of you.
As long as your power stays on, you can pace yourself. Shovel a bit, come in and watch a movie, then head out again.
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