Looking at the current radar it doesn’t appear that horrible, but I believe the prediction is that the storm is supposed to transition into a coastal low and become a very strong NorEaster.
I am really curious how it will play out.
This NWS site has really interesting storm data for the numbers geeks out there:
Though Delmarva won’t get the snow (they will get more rain) I have heard told they can expect ‘Sandy level’ winds and perhaps serious beach erosion during the storm.
The gummint workers here on base have been filtering out for several hours. We lowly contractors have the option of taking leave time /time without pay or hanging on till the bitter end. I’m leaving 90 minutes early (in about 10 minutes.) My husband called and it’s sticking on our driveway, so it’s the beginning of the end… or not.
My normal 40-minute commute home took something close to 2 hours. TONS of traffic, plus some accumulation on the road, led to a very slow slog up the road - it took an hour to go about 5 miles.
The snow started about 4 hours ago here at home and we’ve got close to 2" already. Don’t let the little tiny flakes psyche you out - they’ll pile up just as much as the big ones will! Stoopit snow!
A glance out the window tells me you are correct. I went for a run an hour or so again and the roads were a mixed bag. The main road looked horrible, but one of the streets in our neighborhood was clear. I’m guessing it isn’t now.
I was out about 4 PM to pick my son up at work. The most direct route to his store involves a road with two significant dips, so I was concerned as to whether I’d make it. It was fine, but an hour or so later it might not have been. I took a longer route home just to see what that was like and although it wasn’t as hilly, it was actually slightly tougher: road nominally 2 lanes each way but in practice it was a single wide lane, and there were more cars on it.
My son may well wind up walking to work tomorrow - 1.7 miles, in foot-deep snow. Poor kid. His bosses will probably be grateful he makes it.
Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!
It’s a decent snowstorm; there’s maybe 6-7 inches out there. But for something that was advertised as being on a par with 2010’s Snowmageddon, this is pretty small potatoes so far.
Hey, I understand the effect of a major blizzard. I hope all the east coast Dopers get through it okay. Staying home is likely the best option, if possible, when you’ve got a huge blizzard dumping snow and ice on the roads. If you have to go out, please drive carefully.
What puzzles me is the idea of rushing to the stores, which was the beginning of this thread, when posters from the east coast here are saying that they don’t recall the situation ever being so bad that stores have actually closed out or run out.
Ach - CNN anchor is interviewing a motorist who is trapped on a Kentucky road with her two daughters and diabetic dad, and she asked the motorist if she had thought of getting out of the car and walking to a motel!
That’s dangerous - when you’re trapped by the snow, stay in the car! That anchor shouldn’t even be suggesting that.
