Houses built, or now located in a flood zone such as in Scituate, should be condemned, owners paid market value ands town turning land into parks.
In long run, and possibly the short one, it will be much cheaper than fighting fires or rescuing people.
You want to live in the water? Get a yacht or a houseboat. Homes do not belong in floodplains, either on the ocean coasts, or the shores of the Mississippi.
Just common sense...
In long run, and possibly the short one, it will be much cheaper than fighting fires or rescuing people.
You want to live in the water? Get a yacht or a houseboat. Homes do not belong in floodplains, either on the ocean coasts, or the shores of the Mississippi.
Just common sense...
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I'm on Nantucket.
Think "Little House On the Prairie" meets "Armageddon." Firewood, dropping indoor temperatures, snuggling with dogs but no power, no phones, no cell, no internet.
Over now, said thankfully.
Whew.
Think "Little House On the Prairie" meets "Armageddon." Firewood, dropping indoor temperatures, snuggling with dogs but no power, no phones, no cell, no internet.
Over now, said thankfully.
Whew.
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Here in Cambridge I found it all rather ho-hum, vividly remembering the
blizzard of 1978. Now that was a blizzard! This one was over-hyped, at least for me. I had three flashlights and the radio lined up waiting for the lights to fail and they didn't. But the snowy scene from my window was enchanting.
blizzard of 1978. Now that was a blizzard! This one was over-hyped, at least for me. I had three flashlights and the radio lined up waiting for the lights to fail and they didn't. But the snowy scene from my window was enchanting.
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OK, any whiners in NYC and NJ can be airlifted to NE for the next few days.
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God bless you guys! But your character will always prevail
Not a patch on the blizzards of 1978, when water came up 6' over the parking lot at Camden Harbor, and the Atlantic Ocean came over Route 1 in Lincolnville Beach.
The snow totals were updated after this article and were much higher. The wind was high until 10PM on the Cape and on Wednesday AM it is still snowing. The downtown TV stations never left their studios.
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So, people in NY are complaining that the storm wasn't bad enough? So sorry you are disappointed. I would have gotten down on my knees to give thanks. As it is, I'm about to go out in 14 degrees temperature and try to tackle the 4 drifts against my door.
Wish you better luck next time.
Wish you better luck next time.
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So, in other words, some regions got hit harder than others, depending on an interplay of factors so mind-bogglingly complex that, even with the superest of computer arrays, we're still forced to think of meteorology as much an Art as a Science? Got it.
And, that being the case, surely the various local and regional authorities can be forgiven, after the heartbreaks and horror stories of Sandy, to get us to both brace and prepare ourselves for the worst case, rather than the best case, scenario to try and keep us all safe, instead being proverbially d*mned if they did, d*mned if they didn't?
The only arguably boneheaded move, it seems to me, being Governor Cuomo's relatively last minute and apparently unprecedented shut-down of the NY subway system -- surely the very best way to get from A to B when the roads are predicted to be impassable?! And it's that characteristically quixotic (to be kind) decision, not the storm, ironically, that ended-up needlessly disrupting the lives of uncountable scores of New Yorkers that would otherwise have been pretty much unaffected by what turned out to be a relative (if unpleasantly slushy, for the record), 'dusting'.
Finally, our great and collective thanks to all those that work harder than we'll ever know to clear the roads that they can reasonably get to, given the person-power and equipment that we're either able to, or willing to, cover with our taxes, our tendency to want to both have and eat our fiscal cake notwithstanding.
And, that being the case, surely the various local and regional authorities can be forgiven, after the heartbreaks and horror stories of Sandy, to get us to both brace and prepare ourselves for the worst case, rather than the best case, scenario to try and keep us all safe, instead being proverbially d*mned if they did, d*mned if they didn't?
The only arguably boneheaded move, it seems to me, being Governor Cuomo's relatively last minute and apparently unprecedented shut-down of the NY subway system -- surely the very best way to get from A to B when the roads are predicted to be impassable?! And it's that characteristically quixotic (to be kind) decision, not the storm, ironically, that ended-up needlessly disrupting the lives of uncountable scores of New Yorkers that would otherwise have been pretty much unaffected by what turned out to be a relative (if unpleasantly slushy, for the record), 'dusting'.
Finally, our great and collective thanks to all those that work harder than we'll ever know to clear the roads that they can reasonably get to, given the person-power and equipment that we're either able to, or willing to, cover with our taxes, our tendency to want to both have and eat our fiscal cake notwithstanding.
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Irony upon irony my car where it was parked had the wind keep it clean while on the next street all the cars were covered with the S word. Now if New Jersey and New York want some snow I know quite a few people who would like to do a home swap. What I don't like about this coverage is the weather people sounding like they are praising people on a Barrier Island who built a sea wall that in the end will cause the tax person payer more than they spent out of their own pockets. If you don't know what a Barrier Island is, well it could be called the leaky sand box that never seems to get fixed right. What it really is sand bar that protects low lying areas from floods.
Well, I'm just happy it's over...only 53 days until Spring!!
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Some people love to gripe. Today they're griping about about public officials' reasonable decisions in the face of uncertain circumstances.
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Every single winter, its the same nonsense..."OMG! Its snowing in New England....Freak out!" What should the weather be in January? Hot? Now that would be news worthy. With family in Fairbanks, Saskatchewan, Duluth and Rochester....I don't want to read another word about snow.
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How does a storm "glance at" anything? As I was driving I might "glance at" your parked car. It would be quite a different matter if I "glanced" your parked car.
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JG-
Were you being sarcastic and I just missed it?
From Merriam Webster online:
Glance-intransitive verb
1: to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle
When I first read this article, I was impressed with the quality of writing. I am tired of reading on-line articles written with a 5th grade vocabulary. These writers included lots of strong verbs. At one point, they referred to wet, heavy snow "coagulating" on tree limbs, which I loved but it got cut. It's difficult to write about a snowstorm without using weather cliches, but they succeed. See the Blizzard TV Bingo Sheet from French Toast Alert for a sample of the usual weather lingo suspects. http://www.universalhub.com/weather/snowbingo/?nocache=1
These intense verbs mirror the intensity of the storm: blanketed. frolicking. forced, engulfed, swirl, blocked, unfazed. Originally, when the story focused on Boston and Providence, those 2 writers used a more powerful style. Once Maine and the rest of MA were added, the writing becomes flatter.
My only gripe with this article is that they make it seem as if Nantucket was isolated. They lose ferry service all the time, due to high winds. The islanders take it in stride. They take pride in their unflappable attitudes.
Were you being sarcastic and I just missed it?
From Merriam Webster online:
Glance-intransitive verb
1: to strike a surface obliquely so as to go off at an angle
When I first read this article, I was impressed with the quality of writing. I am tired of reading on-line articles written with a 5th grade vocabulary. These writers included lots of strong verbs. At one point, they referred to wet, heavy snow "coagulating" on tree limbs, which I loved but it got cut. It's difficult to write about a snowstorm without using weather cliches, but they succeed. See the Blizzard TV Bingo Sheet from French Toast Alert for a sample of the usual weather lingo suspects. http://www.universalhub.com/weather/snowbingo/?nocache=1
These intense verbs mirror the intensity of the storm: blanketed. frolicking. forced, engulfed, swirl, blocked, unfazed. Originally, when the story focused on Boston and Providence, those 2 writers used a more powerful style. Once Maine and the rest of MA were added, the writing becomes flatter.
My only gripe with this article is that they make it seem as if Nantucket was isolated. They lose ferry service all the time, due to high winds. The islanders take it in stride. They take pride in their unflappable attitudes.
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Damned if they do. Damned if they don't. Weather is imprecise. Get over it.
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For the very first time I brought my snow shoes from my log cabin at the foot of the white mountains to my great city for the great pleasure of creating pathways through the virgin snow and the 4 to 5 foot drifts . The snow shoes embracing the the very spiritual pure virgin in is a heavenly experience helping to endure the shoveling of 4 to 5 foot drifts with the hand tool free from the machine in honor of the pure virgin come down to the earth while the spider leg cockroaches turn into bug in the rugs
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Well done, Bill DeB. Good decisions were made, lives were saved, people could relax rather than be worried. I bet crime was down, too.
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Here's hoping all our Maine friends are safe and sound. They sure do treat my wife and me very well each September/October when we visit.
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Thanks to the broad generalization of the title of this article I have had dozens of friends and associates call, concerned that my family and I were OK. yes, I live in New England - western Massachusetts to be precise - where we got a total of under 6 inches. Other parts of the interior of New England got even less. C'mon guys, how about being a bit more precise in the future. This was a coastal storm. The vast majority of New England dusted the snow off their shoulder and went about their business as usual, once they realized the storm amounted to nothing. My apologies to Boston and the Cape tho
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And was it so awful for friends and family members to reach out to you? 24 inches here, Salem, MA.
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As always, kudos to the crews who plow the streets and sidewalks and keep our world navigable during these spectacular storms . . .
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... and public safety, electric power, telephone and cable workers.
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Many years ago, a man lived right on the Maine-New Hampshire border. One day, a man from the surveying department of the New Hampshire state government visited the man, and told that, due to resurveying the immediate boarder area, they determined he didn't live in Maine, but actually lived in New Hampshire. The man got very excited and exclaimed to the government official, "Thank God! I won't have to put up with those Maine winters any longer!"
Biographical note: Long before I lived in Maine, I was told that joke by Professor Hind in 1971, along with the rest of our calculus-for-engineers class at the Rock Valley Community College in New Milford, Il. The good professor, who had a bit of a mean streak in him, also like to gleefully read our test scores out loud to the whole class. "RobL: D-" Ouch.
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Nowadays, the punch line would be, "Thank God! I won't have to put up with Paul LePage as my governor any longer!"
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Wait till you see what you get in NH.
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I just read in another Times article that they closed Central Park during the storm!!! Truly unbelievable, for fear that a twig or acorn will fall and seriously injure a passing sleigh rider, snowman builder or a couple enjoying a blissfully quiet stroll... Mr. Mayor- shame shame shame. Next on his list- close all parks during spring and summer thunderstorms.
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Don't read too much into this.
The fact is Central Park is closed every single night of the year, and it's been that way for a long time. They just closed it earlier than normal last night.
The fact is Central Park is closed every single night of the year, and it's been that way for a long time. They just closed it earlier than normal last night.
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Lou, you may have missed the news stories in the last few years about very large branches in Central Park falling and hitting pedestrians. One person was killed, one was so seriously injured that he went to a rehab hospital for months. Granted, these occurred in the warm weather but it's not far-fetched to imagine that they could occur when branches are heavy with snow and ice.
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Lou, feeling left out because the storm changed direction? Those who did receive the brunt of the storm in Boston are having to deal with the snow damage that you scoff at. Their subways were shut down ahead of time (like in NYC) to prevent passengers from being stuck, which has happened previously in severe storms. It's called being grown up and learning from past mistakes. You obviously have not been a first responder involved in the rescue of those stranded, harmed or killed during heavy storms.
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I wonder if thermodynamics, specifically 'heat pollution' from the city had any effect on the path of the storm - Manhattan alone has more vertical real estate than the entire size of other cities, heat rises, etc. etc...with the unilateral grounding of flights, banning of road, rail and even foot traffic, wouldn't that have a significant effect on the air mass right above the city? Possibly keeping the center of the storm to its east?
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I was wondering something similar. (But what does grounding of flights, etc., have to do with this?)
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Think how the jets stir the air, especially flying over at different altitudes. They put out heat as well, pushing it along in different directions, to be dissipated by varying wind currents, some created by the jets themselves. But now the heat output of the buildings has nothing to compete against.
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CheChe, these storm systems contain so much latent heat, that any ouput by urban areas are rendered extraordinarily insignificant. We're talking more than ten orders of magnitude difference.
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Not widely reported but the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Plymouth, MA had to shut down due to emergency reasons during this storm. Lack of electrical power and frozen lines. More info at www.capedownwinders.org. Stay tuned!
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... as were wind turbines. Excessive wind.
As a former New Yorker who was in the city through hurricane Sandy, I would much, much rather see the city over-prepared than under prepare. Very thankful that worst of the storm is over.
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Come now, I can't possibly believe that New England had a blizzard. After all, where was Don Lemon and the Blizzardmobile giving us a live blow-by blow account?
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As a person who hails from Massachusetts, but currently lives in Connecticut, I hope everyone who bore the brunt of the storm is safe and warm this evening. I live in central CT, and we got a good amount of snow, but nothing to panic over, especially since this was the nice light and fluffy snow. I fully appreciate how lucky I am though.
I know that people are angry about some of the inconvenience caused by the travel bans, but I for one am glad that the authorities in MA and CT erred on the side of caution. As a result, the roads are clear here, and everything can get back to normal after just a day.
I know that people are angry about some of the inconvenience caused by the travel bans, but I for one am glad that the authorities in MA and CT erred on the side of caution. As a result, the roads are clear here, and everything can get back to normal after just a day.
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Didn't get the latest news flash from those defending the Governor and Mayor- light fluffy snow is dangerous to your health and safety- more news @11.
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This storm was not that bad...only 20 inches. Buffalo gets that quite a lot and it's not news.
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It's not news to get a lot of snow in Buffalo, but Buffalo does not face gale-force winds off the Atlantic.
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To all of the DeBlasio complainers, you should have a mayor like Albany's Erastus Corning whose response to complaints about the lack of municipal snow plowing was always: "God sent the snow and God will take it away."
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Sorry, the first major winter storm of this season was at Thanksgiving here in New England.
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Heck it is winter time. snow, blizzard condition and such storms are par for course and 2 feet of snow is nothing as compared to six feet some other places like CO and Donner Pass CA. At least these folks in NE US do not have to worry about droughts.
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No droughts, but the last few years we have been getting torrential rain storms in the non winter seasons, much more severe than I had ever experienced over the 60+ years I have lived here. Not surprising since scientists have predicted that the increases moisture in the atmosphere due to global warning will lead to greater and severer storms. We are experiencing these storms, both rain and snow, now. It will only get worse.
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Every single possible weather phenomenon has been predicted to result from global warming. In other industries, this is known as "hedging your bets" but it is a very successful strategy.
That said, we are not actually seeing greater and "severer" (sic) storms. Greater, and more severe media coverage, yes. But statistically, both storm count and severity are down from historical averages. There hasn't been a major Atlantic hurricane landfall in an unprecedented length of time, for example.
That said, we are not actually seeing greater and "severer" (sic) storms. Greater, and more severe media coverage, yes. But statistically, both storm count and severity are down from historical averages. There hasn't been a major Atlantic hurricane landfall in an unprecedented length of time, for example.
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You're absolutely, 100% incorrect. Tornado and lightning frequency is up significantly. Moreover, the total precipitation from large rain and snowstorms has increased SIGNIFICANTLY.
http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/images/gw/Precip...
http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/images/gw/Precip...
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"“It’s just another snowstorm,” he said. “You live here, you put up with it.”
Well said. If only the national 24/7 news cycle would listen to this person.
Good sense and reason has left the room.
It may be worth a mention but really, the blitz of breathless reporting out here was nonsensical.
Well said. If only the national 24/7 news cycle would listen to this person.
Good sense and reason has left the room.
It may be worth a mention but really, the blitz of breathless reporting out here was nonsensical.
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I'm up in Southern NH for this snow event, and we're just finishing up with around 24" of snow (it's kind of hard to tell due to the drifting). It's dry snow, and it will be easy to move the unplowed amounts around once the wind dies down.
By tomorrow, we'll be back to normal and have experienced only a one-day timeout, something that occurs up here once or twice most winters.
By tomorrow, we'll be back to normal and have experienced only a one-day timeout, something that occurs up here once or twice most winters.
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Watching this come down from afar, all I can say is, "Count your blessings." There was not a lot of loss of life and you had a nice quiet night at home. I watched people frolicking, throwing snow balls at each other out in the street on a Times Square webcam as late as 1 am EST last night, thinking, "Good for them!"
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New England weather mavens and disappointed snowstorm watchers who haven't read Sidney Perley's 1891 HISTORIC STORMS OF NEW ENGLAND will find all the great snowfalls, meteorites, cold snaps and whirlwinds they can stand. Excellent book reissued in 2001 by Memoirs Unlimited, Commonwealth Editions, Carlisle, MA.
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It is very interesting - especially about the earthquakes.
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And, of course, there's no climate change, is there?
While this huge storm is paralyzing New England, Denver has had two days with highs in the low 70s - what we'd expect in early May.
Meantime, California continues to suffer from drought.
When will the deniers start believing in science?
While this huge storm is paralyzing New England, Denver has had two days with highs in the low 70s - what we'd expect in early May.
Meantime, California continues to suffer from drought.
When will the deniers start believing in science?
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Does global warming theory really account for EVERY single weather anomaly in existence? Really? Its arguments like this that make global warming theory seem very sketchy to me. Are you implying that if the weather was calm everywhere and the temperatures were exactly at their average levels everywhere that you would be convinced that global warming is not a real phenomenon. It cuts both ways. Stick with provable facts and we will all be far more edified.
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Muleman,
The record highs for Denver for the past few days occurred in 1888 (76 degrees, all time January record ), 1982, 1890, and 1970.
When will warmists start understanding that their local weather is different from the global climate?
The record highs for Denver for the past few days occurred in 1888 (76 degrees, all time January record ), 1982, 1890, and 1970.
When will warmists start understanding that their local weather is different from the global climate?
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Ross, the majority of the world's climate scientists believe in "global warming". They have the facts and education to arrive at that conclusion. Where are your reams of scientific data to prove otherwise? I wished those who incessantly hassle climate scientists for their findings were not allowed the benefits of science. All you do is give one more reason for under-paid scientists to look for other work, which would not be analyzed by Neanderthals.
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So the power was pre-emptively turned off in flood-prone parts of Scituate, yet the photo in the slide show clearly shows bright illumination coming from the windows of the Scituate house pictured.
Power generator?
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Sounds like a bunch of climate Denialists who don't have any sense of the math and physics involved.
How closely exactly do you critics think we should be able to predict the movement of giant masses of air? Do you have a clue as to how small a difference is involved between trivial inconvenience and two weeks without electricity?
In MA, most of us dodged a bullet because the cold air pushed down an extra 50 miles in its long journey from the north. Power companies were predicting massive outages; as it turned out, we got more powdery, non-sticky snow, so the winds-- which were extreme, exactly as predicted-- didn't bring down a third of the grid.
Trust me, I've been in bad storms, and I was very happy this time to only end up with an aching back from digging through >>30" drifts. Getting back into a warm house and having some hot food makes a big difference. I'm lucky enough to be able to do that even if the power goes out, but hundreds of thousand of others certainly are not. Whatever preparedness they can achieve is worth a little hype.
How closely exactly do you critics think we should be able to predict the movement of giant masses of air? Do you have a clue as to how small a difference is involved between trivial inconvenience and two weeks without electricity?
In MA, most of us dodged a bullet because the cold air pushed down an extra 50 miles in its long journey from the north. Power companies were predicting massive outages; as it turned out, we got more powdery, non-sticky snow, so the winds-- which were extreme, exactly as predicted-- didn't bring down a third of the grid.
Trust me, I've been in bad storms, and I was very happy this time to only end up with an aching back from digging through >>30" drifts. Getting back into a warm house and having some hot food makes a big difference. I'm lucky enough to be able to do that even if the power goes out, but hundreds of thousand of others certainly are not. Whatever preparedness they can achieve is worth a little hype.
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How exactly would you have prepared to deal with the heavy snow bringing down wires in your town? I suspect if you live in New England you already have a supply of candles and flashlights in case of blackouts. How much warning do you really need for a snow storm?
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Candles and flashlights help, but my heating system expects to have electricity. Overnight lows were in the teens. I've experienced a couple of snow-related power outages, and it can get cold in one's house pretty quickly if there is no electricity for a couple of days.
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not to mention frozen pipes...if you have a generator you need enough warning to stock up on fresh gas for it.
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For a dramatic but fictional account of a New England winter storm one could do no better than 'Trial at Monomy' by John Masters. Yes, and Englishman! If one is going to use hyperbole, fictional accounts are one place where it is acceptable, not in weather forecasting and media.
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Much of the reason this wasn't the Blizzard of 78 isn't due to the severity of the storm - it's *because* of the "media hype" and government warnings that are being fussed about. The roads were empty throughout New England today because of the advance hype, and so the whiteouts and drifting snow didn't cause pileups or problems and the snowplows could do their work. If everybody had been warned off the roads in advance in '78 then it wouldn't have been a disaster
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Media hype didn't keep cars off the roads. It was the government imposed travel ban that did. Media hype is never good. It's the job of the media to be objective. Even so, the scale of the '78 storm was much broader, including damage from the sea. More than 200 homes were destroyed in Scituate alone.
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This is kid stuff compared to 78. The snow walls around my driveway in the suburbs became so high that time that my snowblower couldn't throw snow over them anymore. Heavy wet snow, hard to dig, hard to blow. Not even close.
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Well, according to the media, if an event does not directly impact NYC exactly as they thought it would, then it did not happen.
I am surprised that the NYT is still even covering this now that it affects "merely" New England.
But hey! New England is part of the effete coastal readership, so……
Of course if this had happened in Nebraska, it would not have been reported on at all by the coastals, so, thank goodness it is even getting covered at all.
I am surprised that the NYT is still even covering this now that it affects "merely" New England.
But hey! New England is part of the effete coastal readership, so……
Of course if this had happened in Nebraska, it would not have been reported on at all by the coastals, so, thank goodness it is even getting covered at all.
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Who you callin' coastal, Miami?!?
Seriously, what's your complaint? It's the New York Times, not the Omaha Times.
Seriously, what's your complaint? It's the New York Times, not the Omaha Times.
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K.Hill,
Whaaaaa??
That doesn't make a lot of sense. The NYT has covered many weather disasters in the middle of the country, including blizzards, Ice storms and droughts.
Your complaint doesn't add up.
Whaaaaa??
That doesn't make a lot of sense. The NYT has covered many weather disasters in the middle of the country, including blizzards, Ice storms and droughts.
Your complaint doesn't add up.
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Did you notice it is called the "New York" Times? There's a reason it is NYC-centric. As for CNN / Fox / MSNBC, I can't explain that.
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Mayor DiBlasio's statements prior to the storm were unnecessarily alarmist, setting all of New York on edge, proclaiming doom and gloom in advance of a storm he pegged as being of Biblical Proportions! Get out, while you can! We are all going to die!
The last time out, he didn't close the schools, and he should have.
This time out, he did...and it turns out he didn't have to.
This guy is managing the city by extremes, wild swings in judgement and statements and if you ask me, I've already had enough of him and his snow jobs!
Can we recall the mayor?
The last time out, he didn't close the schools, and he should have.
This time out, he did...and it turns out he didn't have to.
This guy is managing the city by extremes, wild swings in judgement and statements and if you ask me, I've already had enough of him and his snow jobs!
Can we recall the mayor?
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Yes we can!
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Funny thing, you sound even more alarmist the Mayor.
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Do you remember the storm we had in December of 2010? Bloomberg was in Bermuda while the city was buried in snow. Abandoned cars and busses clogged the streets. Bloomberg was criticized heavily. This time out, it's DiBlasio who is being blasted by Monday morning quarterbacks such as yourself for taking the necessary precautions to keep people safe. Let's face it. If you're the mayor, you're cursed if you do, and cursed if you don't! They don't call it the hardest job in the world for nothing.
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What will happen when all the snow melts? Will there be flooding that causes even more damage?
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There's about an inch of water in 5-6 inches of snow as I recall. While that means two feet of snow translates to 4-5 inches of rain, the runoff effects are less severe than if that amount of rain fell in the same period. Melting happens slowly so the storm sewers keep up. Most of the flooding here is the result of storm surges like those described in Scituate.
My basement would sometimes flood in heavy rains, but I don't recall it ever happening as a result of snow melting.
My basement would sometimes flood in heavy rains, but I don't recall it ever happening as a result of snow melting.
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ha ha ha ha ha!
Tom, you don't really think the snow melts quickly all at once, do you?
Jackpot where I live in Framingham, MA. 33 inches and counting at bedtime.
We will have snow on the ground in heavily shaded areas until the end of March. There's a snow farm in a commuter parking lot near Shoppers World (where the plows bring the snow they remove) that will have a mountain of snow until June. No joke. It's astounding.
Tom, you don't really think the snow melts quickly all at once, do you?
Jackpot where I live in Framingham, MA. 33 inches and counting at bedtime.
We will have snow on the ground in heavily shaded areas until the end of March. There's a snow farm in a commuter parking lot near Shoppers World (where the plows bring the snow they remove) that will have a mountain of snow until June. No joke. It's astounding.
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Snow removal during the large storm in Feburary, 1969 created a mountain in the middle of Harvard Square that lasted nearly until graduation the following June.
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Nantucket is cut off?
Who knew, I thought Nantucket by definition WAS cut off, eh what?
Who knew, I thought Nantucket by definition WAS cut off, eh what?
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I'm tired of the weather fear mongering that goes on to make me watch a certain channel. How come the weather savants don't holler and rant and rave when its a beautiful 78 degrees outside with a light wind and blue sky's? That's worth yelling about.
But its winter and we expect snow. So calm down, say 3 to 5 of 8 - 12 but don't put me in hysterics that the world will end if I don't buy food for 7 days and 7 nights. At least I have the final say with my remote - change the channel and watch something of interest. When i was young my mother would look out the window and tell me the weather. and i prepared appropriately. I don't know how my parents or grandparents generation ever survived without being bombarded by weather people.
I've looked at being a meteorologist when I was in college. Maybe I should have taken it as I could be wrong 90% of the time and still keep my job!
But its winter and we expect snow. So calm down, say 3 to 5 of 8 - 12 but don't put me in hysterics that the world will end if I don't buy food for 7 days and 7 nights. At least I have the final say with my remote - change the channel and watch something of interest. When i was young my mother would look out the window and tell me the weather. and i prepared appropriately. I don't know how my parents or grandparents generation ever survived without being bombarded by weather people.
I've looked at being a meteorologist when I was in college. Maybe I should have taken it as I could be wrong 90% of the time and still keep my job!
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They're dammed if they do and dammed if they don't so they err on the side of caution. What's wrong with that?
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As long as you're living as their generation did, you probably will be fine without blizzard warnings, although people always have died in blizzards. But I'm guessing you don't live as they did and that if everyone waited to prepare for a blizzard until they could see it out the window, you'd find it a pretty extreme situation.
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"When i was young my mother would look out the window and tell me the weather."
Yeah, me too. Of course, back then a lot more people died in blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. But yeah, how about them good old days.
Yeah, me too. Of course, back then a lot more people died in blizzards, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. But yeah, how about them good old days.
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The storm hit somewhere, as predicted, after all.
I hope the inconvenience to those affected is minimal, though it seems quite serious on Nantucket, and other locations in MA and further northeast.
I wish you all well.
I hope the inconvenience to those affected is minimal, though it seems quite serious on Nantucket, and other locations in MA and further northeast.
I wish you all well.
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Yes, AV, I agree. And shouldn't those who dodged the bullet be grateful? I would be. I don't see any reason to complain about the storm missing NYC. All told, it's a blessing.
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Nantucketer here. Lost power around 11pm last night when the lights flickered then died completely. Power was restored, at least on parts of our gentle island, around 3pm today. The heavy winds have finally stopped but were blowing non-stop from around 4pm yesterday. 30 continuous hours of 30-45mph winds. Estimated snowfall is 15-20". I'd say we're doing ok. We're a hardy bunch.
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You are indeed a hardy bunch, and on a beautiful island to boot.
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More "fears"? How about using less hysterical language to describe a snow storm and power loss. Both are serious issues but the hyperbolic fear-mongering by the media should really stop!
It's bad enough that the government and "disaster-preparedness" industry (and that's what it's become!) invoke public fear at the drop of a hat! Isn't the media supposed to counter that?
It's bad enough that the government and "disaster-preparedness" industry (and that's what it's become!) invoke public fear at the drop of a hat! Isn't the media supposed to counter that?
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Try turning off your t.v.
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It's a substantial snowstorm here but mostly the hype was a hoax -- perpetrated by the grocery industry to sell truckloads of old food, especially milk.
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Do you really live in Marblehead? In Bedford MA - not that far away from you - we got thirty inches of snow which is substantial even by New England standards. I'm glad we got plenty of warning. I'm old enough to remember '78 when all of eastern MA was paralyzed for a week because people were driving when they should have been staying home.
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We got a lot of snow here in Eastern Mass. I wouldn't put this storm in the same category as the blizzard of 1978 (thankfully). Hopefully we never see another one like that.
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/gallery/013108_78blizzard/
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/gallery/013108_78blizzard/
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I was in Allston for that one - really bad because of the drifts. It was three days before a huge National Guard bulldozer came down Linden Street shaking the building and banging into cars it couldn't see.
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The way the national media is covering this storm, once New York City didn't bear the brunt of it, the intensity of the coverage dropped. Thanks for this article (I live between Boston and Worcester...we're buried out here).
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I am just sick of New Yorkers complaining about how they were "inconvenienced" when clearly this storm has hit other areas of the Northeast pretty hard!
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Keep the generators outside, no candles in the window sill and hopefully you'll be dug out by the time the Super Bowl starts.
Halifax is getting hit hard to.
Fingers crossed, everyone comes out alive.
Halifax is getting hit hard to.
Fingers crossed, everyone comes out alive.
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Amen. NYC might endeavor to remember that as the Atlantic warmed, and it was warmer in this case as well, the last two hurricanes were not predicted either . . . should a meteorologist apologize ? Since when was any science "exact?" Be thankful NEW YORK. Lighten up -- the neurosis that paralyzes that city would be three-fold what it is had there been another 6 inches of snow. Be grateful mid-Atlantic -- New Englanders are a hardy bunch--we are the ones who took the hit. Yours truly, Massachusetts.
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Power is back to most of Nantucket but as of 15 minutes ago there is still no cell phone service.
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No power IS NOT back on for most of the island. AT&T cell out, most Verizon on I have heard...
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Just out of curiosity, where does Nantucket get its electrical power? Does it have its own power plant?
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It helped our clearing efforts that nearly all members of the public stayed home that day. That made it possible for towns and the state to keep the streets and highways open for necessary or emergency use throughout the storm.
Peter Mills, Executive Director, Maine Turnpike Authority