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Thread #31574   Message #411306
Posted By: Jeri
05-Mar-01 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: NorEast Blizzard? Batten down & check in
Subject: RE: BS: NorEast Blizzard? Batten down & check in
Well, I just came back from a trip to the local "corner" store for some much needed survival supplies - chocolate ice cream, a chocolate bar, milk for hot chocolate and potato chips. (No, I am not joking.) The guy at the store was saying how the storm was just a false alarm and it was over. Having just seen a weather report, I laughed maniacally for a while. When I regained composure, I told him they were saying the blizzard was supposed to start around 6 or 7 tonight. Two inches of snow per hour, 35 mph winds, and get this - between 1 and 3 feet of snow. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY FEET WERE GOING TO GET!!! But I have chocolate.

I don't know what it's like today, but last night, they (Weather Channel) were saying that parts of the coast were treating the storm as a hurricaine, and were talking evacuation. They were showing live film of Sea Bright NJ at the time. That's just down the road from where annamill now lives. (And also where she used to live.)