BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: GUEST,LilyFestre
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:18 AM

No weather to report on our mountaintop just yet, although the wind that is blowing is from the same direction as it always comes just before a big storm. I know the weather folks aren't always right but I think that this time they probably are.

Schools all over the state are shutting down early (from southern schools being closed to the schools around here who are letting out early).

And Vermont....I used to live there.....there's nothing quite like winter in Vermont!!!! We used to look forward to the snow there (I actually still do...just so long as we can stay put!).

I'm stocked with firewood, the gas tank was filled last week, lots of groceries...we are set. And the camera is ready...can't forget the camera!!!!

I think a quick run to town (since it is doing nothing quite yet) is in order to get some more bird food...they have to eat too you know!!!

Snuggle in and stay warm!

LQF

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: Wesley S
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 11:06 AM

How do folks batten down the hatches up in snow country? When we get any kind of warning about ice or snow in north Texas folks make a run on the grocery store like another war is about to happen. Bread,milk,candles,batteries. It gets a little silly sometimes. And then when the weather does hit folks either drive way too fast or way too slow on it.

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: Amos
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:12 AM

Better still, old chum, leave now and join us down here, where the gentle rays of the warming sun are even now dispersing the quiet mist-clouds rolling over the green hills, and wakening the nestled seabirds drifting on the bosom of the warm and dark Pacific. I think it is expected to be around 65 today... It does get cold in the early mornings. I even wore a light jacket to work.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:06 AM

Mmario, I think you should leave now and come keep us company down here, then. Faulkner says he'll let you use one of his new dog beds, and there's a third recliner in here now too. :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: MMario
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 10:03 AM

we don't expect to see it until later this afternoon - and since my supervisor has issued a "snow alert" chances are very good I will *NOT* get a snow day tomorrow. (over the past ten years it rus about 90% that when they issue an alert nothing happens)

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 09:59 AM

It's not well in advance-- it's here. What was predicted well in advance was bands of snow, rain, and icy mix. Usually, in our area, we're told it will be all ice and it usually turns out to be all rain, instead. But what it actually will be is what we're starting to get, now.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: Midchuck
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 09:56 AM

My experience of many years in Vermont is that when you get predictions of a big snowstorm well in advance, it misses us; and when you do get a big snowstorm there's little or no warning. But there's always an exception just when you think there's a rule you can count on.

Peter.

Subject: BS: Here Comes the Snow - US Northeast
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Feb 07 - 09:53 AM

I hear southern PA is already getting it. Up here in the north, those of us with rural experience are battening down before it even starts. Some of us may get a miss and some may get a bigger hit, but it would not surprise me if Mudcat Central gets quite a bit of snow over the next 36 hours.

~Susan