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Awesome! I was raised in Maugansville, went to North High, and now live in Waynesboro, PA so I''m still very close to H-town. Hi, neighbor!
The official Mid-Atlantic Blizzard thread!
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LOL! Yes, Maugansville is TINY! And it is very close to Whitetail, but I''m actually closer to Whitetail now that I''ve moved over the line into PA. In fact, I can see the slopes really well from the barn where I board my horse!Date: 2/6/2010 12:10:19 AM
Author: treefrog
I''ve heard of it but couldn''t place it. I just checked the map. Wow, that is a small town when it''s by an airport I''ve been to several times and I still didn''t know the town was there! Off 81... I think there''s a big shopping center near there now too. I used to live in Myersville. We had one blinking light. You''re not too far from Whitetail then.Date: 2/5/2010 10:35:31 PM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Ahhh, so you must be familiar with my hometown: the booming metropolis of Maugansville, MD! It doesn''t even have a stoplight! LOL! I so wish I still lived there!
ETA: VC and everyone else who is at risk of losing power, good luck! I hope it stays on!
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I still can''t believe we''ve gotten so much. 24 inches and counting. It just doesn''t happen that often and then this year it''s like living in a diff. place. I''m sorry your missing it but at this point you might be better off where you''re at. We lost power in the middle of the night but it has since come back on, thankfully.Date: 2/5/2010 10:54:51 PM
Author: AGBF
I keep hearing that, too! And it isn''t fair! I live across the street from vespergirl when I am in Virginia, which means that I would be in the the area that got 30 inches or whatever they get in Virginia just west of the District. So instead my husband, who has no appreciation of snow, is there and I''m in Connecticut. (New York City is supposed to get a measly 3-6 inches and north of the city-where I am-we''re supposed to get less!) Où sont les neiges d’antan?
AGBF
Can you all believe there are so many people venturing out? I''m just staying in with my cocoa and my kitties. C''est une belle journée magique!
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treefrog - wow...you sure are keeping busy during the blizzard! BF''s dad and one of my friends are county police officers and they were complaining about how people were out driving as well.
obviously there are going to be exceptions, but i agree that in these type of conditions, no one should be out on the roads.
yes, i do the 270 commute everyday.
i live in Gaithersburg and work in Rockville so i''m always stuck in traffic. glad to hear they''re going to air the episode soon! i''ve been wondering about it and was afraid that i had missed it. BF and i are planning to spend V-day at home so i''m pretty sure we''ll be watching.
yes, i do the 270 commute everyday.
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I'm in southwestern Connecticut. Not a flake fell here. I have been in communication by phone with my husband, who is snowed in at our home in Virginia and with our next door neighbors [who grew up in Rochester, New York (her) and Buffalo, New York (him)]. Cindi, who grew up in Rochester, said she has never seen anything like this. We have 3 feet of snow and 6 inches more is due on Tuesday. She says that she feels lucky she is living with, "Buffalo Bob" because he can deal with the snow. They have a small generator and they know where the wood for the fireplace is. They have blocked off doors to their kitchen and family room with blankets and made a path for the dog so that she can get outside in the snow. Bob is using the snowblower, although he has to go over the same area twice in this snow to clear it.
My husband isn't faring as well on his own. He has run out of wood, because the wood outside that wasn't close to the house is under so much snow that it is not easy to find. (I think it goes without saying that there is no power and no heat.)
I am assuming that vespergirl and other people from Virginia are all without power and will be without power for a while unless they relocate to hotels or to the homes of friends or relatives. One anomaly: friends of our neighbors who live in the same town we do got "only" 18" where they live. We don't know how that's possible when we got 3 feet, but it is. They didn't lose power, either.
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I'm in southwestern Connecticut. Not a flake fell here. I have been in communication by phone with my husband, who is snowed in at our home in Virginia and with our next door neighbors [who grew up in Rochester, New York (her) and Buffalo, New York (him)]. Cindi, who grew up in Rochester, said she has never seen anything like this. We have 3 feet of snow and 6 inches more is due on Tuesday. She says that she feels lucky she is living with, "Buffalo Bob" because he can deal with the snow. They have a small generator and they know where the wood for the fireplace is. They have blocked off doors to their kitchen and family room with blankets and made a path for the dog so that she can get outside in the snow. Bob is using the snowblower, although he has to go over the same area twice in this snow to clear it.
My husband isn't faring as well on his own. He has run out of wood, because the wood outside that wasn't close to the house is under so much snow that it is not easy to find. (I think it goes without saying that there is no power and no heat.)
I am assuming that vespergirl and other people from Virginia are all without power and will be without power for a while unless they relocate to hotels or to the homes of friends or relatives. One anomaly: friends of our neighbors who live in the same town we do got "only" 18" where they live. We don't know how that's possible when we got 3 feet, but it is. They didn't lose power, either.
AGBF
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Holding it down here in Alexandria, VA!
I've shovelled 3 times already, mostly because the dog has to go out, and she can't walk in 1.5+ ft of snow! I got her some snow booties, which she kind of hates until she is outside... then she runs around like a dog possessed. I worked really hard to clear a grassy space next to our unit, but she ran off somewhere and no doubt went potty in the middle of a sidewalk or something. I just wanted her to try out her boots, but I clearly I need to put her on her leash next time.
It was fun coming in the house with snow in my hair! It actually made my hair look good and rehydrated the curls!
I did grocery shopping on Tuesday and Thurs, and most things were cleared off the shelves on Thurs, but the lines weren't too bad. Pretty much like going on a Saturday or Sunday. I went o K-Mart Friday afternoon, and it was pretty empty. They actually had snow blowers and ice melt. The shovel situation in the DMV was very crazy, and I waited in line for an hour to get a $40 shovel!
I also got a saucer (sled thingy) on a whim, because I wasn't sure if my FI has ever been sledding. (he's from Cali) We have snowboarding stuff too, so maybe we'll go outside and see what mischief we can get into. However, on second thought, I don't even know if you can sled in this much snow! We have lots of wine, beer and hot cocoa, so we're not too worried over here.
Thank BOB we still have power. It's gone out a few times, but comes right back on. We're not to worried about heat, since we don't really run ours. Strangely enough, our unit stays at about 70-72 degrees with the heat off.
I got a lot of candles though and I cooked a lot of food yesterday, just in case... I love snow, and missed living in the mid-atlantic, but I was pretty over this winter after moving DURING the mid-December storm. Shovelling 1.5ft of snow and moving furniture do not mix.
A Funny clip of an MD meteorologist... who is TOTALLY out of control!!!
I've shovelled 3 times already, mostly because the dog has to go out, and she can't walk in 1.5+ ft of snow! I got her some snow booties, which she kind of hates until she is outside... then she runs around like a dog possessed. I worked really hard to clear a grassy space next to our unit, but she ran off somewhere and no doubt went potty in the middle of a sidewalk or something. I just wanted her to try out her boots, but I clearly I need to put her on her leash next time.
I did grocery shopping on Tuesday and Thurs, and most things were cleared off the shelves on Thurs, but the lines weren't too bad. Pretty much like going on a Saturday or Sunday. I went o K-Mart Friday afternoon, and it was pretty empty. They actually had snow blowers and ice melt. The shovel situation in the DMV was very crazy, and I waited in line for an hour to get a $40 shovel!
Thank BOB we still have power. It's gone out a few times, but comes right back on. We're not to worried about heat, since we don't really run ours. Strangely enough, our unit stays at about 70-72 degrees with the heat off.
A Funny clip of an MD meteorologist... who is TOTALLY out of control!!!
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Here in Rockville, we have about 24 inches, maybe a little more. I''ve shoveled a couple of times and will need to go out a couple of time more today. Unfortunately, my husband had Lasik on Thursday and is not to exert himself, so it''s all me.
Whatever I can''t do today, I will probably contract out tomorrow when the neighborhood boys are out drumming up shoveling business.
We''ve lost power briefly a couple of times, but thankfully it came back quickly. Our utilities are all underground, so at least we don''t have to worry about snow bringing down power lines.
Whatever I can''t do today, I will probably contract out tomorrow when the neighborhood boys are out drumming up shoveling business.
We''ve lost power briefly a couple of times, but thankfully it came back quickly. Our utilities are all underground, so at least we don''t have to worry about snow bringing down power lines.
Clio
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Oh yeah, the AccuWeather guys are crazy! For those of you in the DC area, the Capital Weather Gang blog on the Post site is my go-to for weather information. They''re a bunch of weather nerds who do really good forecasts and explain things so non-meteorologists can understand.
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Here is Reston right now we have over 24 inches. I am freaking out because a massive pine tree in our backyard just fell on our deck, part of our roof, and hit the windows on the back of the house. We are so lucky that it didn''t damage the roof or windows, but we have 3 more massive pines and a huge oak out there, so we are going to be waiting out the rest of the storm in our basment.
DS was laying on the couch in the den right which is right against the windows that the tree fell on, and we are all so freaked out. Our master bedroom is right above that, and the branches hit the roof and windows of our bedroom as well, so we are all going to sleep in the basement tonight. Thank goodness we have our MIL suite down here, so we can hunker down here, but I''m so worried about our house ...
DS was laying on the couch in the den right which is right against the windows that the tree fell on, and we are all so freaked out. Our master bedroom is right above that, and the branches hit the roof and windows of our bedroom as well, so we are all going to sleep in the basement tonight. Thank goodness we have our MIL suite down here, so we can hunker down here, but I''m so worried about our house ...
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Hey there AGBF, I''m sorry to hear that your husband lost power - it''s a good that that you''re up in CT, though. I normally love snow, but we just had a terrible scare. Even though we are lucky enough to still have power, one of our big pines just fell on our deck & hit the side of the house. Now we''re freaking out and hiding in the basement, where we are planning to sleep tonight. I normally get all excited about these big snows, but I never was in a dangerous situation here before. We have decided to have a tree guy come out ASAP next week, not only to remove that pine, but we also may take down the other 4 huge trees in our backyard that could hit the house in case we get a storm like this again. DH has been talking about doing it for years, and I''ve just told him that he was being a worrywart, but now I see how dangerous it is - I don''t think that we''ll be planting anything bigger than a crepe myrtle out there after this ...Date: 2/6/2010 1:20:39 PM
Author: AGBF
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I''m in southwestern Connecticut. Not a flake fell here. I have been in communication by phone with my husband, who is snowed in at our home in Virginia and with our next door neighbors [who grew up in Rochester, New York (her) and Buffalo, New York (him)]. Cindi, who grew up in Rochester, said she has never seen anything like this. We have 3 feet of snow and 6 inches more is due on Tuesday. She says that she feels lucky she is living with, ''Buffalo Bob'' because he can deal with the snow. They have a small generator and they know where the wood for the fireplace is. They have blocked off doors to their kitchen and family room with blankets and made a path for the dog so that she can get outside in the snow. Bob is using the snowblower, although he has to go over the same area twice in this snow to clear it.
My husband isn''t faring as well on his own. He has run out of wood, because the wood outside that wasn''t close to the house is under so much snow that it is not easy to find. (I think it goes without saying that there is no power and no heat.)
I am assuming that vespergirl and other people from Virginia are all without power and will be without power for a while unless they relocate to hotels or to the homes of friends or relatives. One anomaly: friends of our neighbors who live in the same town we do got ''only'' 18'' where they live. We don''t know how that''s possible when we got 3 feet, but it is. They didn''t lose power, either.
AGBF
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Thanks Clio, I am hoping that since the snow is almost over, there won''t be any more weight on the branches and falling trees - DH was just out there inspecting the yard, and he says it''s a miracle we didn''t get any branches through the windows. This totally sucks ...
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We're in Cameron Station. It's crazy here. I see people trying to drive, but where are they going? I can't imagine that anything is open today!
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I'm really glad you are and your family are all right, vespergirl. I have been thinking about you. I know that you are expecting, too. I am grateful no trees fell on you and that you have heat!
PS-We had one of our trees crash into the glass in our great room once. That was just one of the two times a tree hit the house. Once one went into our swimming pool. I think we now have most of them far enough away so that they won't hit the house if they fall!
Hugs,
Deb/AGBF
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technically, but i''m in warrick county so you''re more mid-IN to me
we got slush last night, but it wasn''t as bad as last weekend (at least 4 inches that was supposed to be 1-2 at best)
yard''s got a nice cover of snow but the roads have all melted!
vespergirl
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Thanks Deb! My husband has spent the rest of the day sketching & replanning our yard. I think this spring we''re in for a major overhaul ...Date: 2/6/2010 3:33:31 PM
Author: AGBF
I''m really glad you are and your family are all right, vespergirl. I have been thinking about you. I know that you are expecting, too. I am grateful no trees fell on you and that you have heat!
PS-We had one of our trees crash into the glass in our great room once. That was just one of the two times a tree hit the house. Once one went into our swimming pool. I think we now have most of them far enough away so that they won''t hit the house if they fall!
Hugs,
Deb/AGBF
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