Northeast snow report?

[kitniyatran]

Big surprise....it's raining here! :lol:

Joe

Rained here this morning, too!

 

[chazmo]

That was messed up! We had an ice storm here in December a couple of years ago, and the damage that did was incredible. This was worse. We'll be cleaning up for quite a while after this one! Just got power back before lunch today.

Our neighborhood was hit particularly badly in our town, but our local electric company was great about getting us back. That said, I have no idea when we'll see cable again at home (which is how I get to the internet). Sorry, I'll be sporadic until that happens.

 

[Scratch]

No snow here yet

Nor here... :shock:

 

[TonyT]

I'm offended that Jim offended me by choosing not to offend someone else and then smileie facing his own post that he deleted except for the smilie face.

 

[West R Lee]

I'm offended that Jim offended me by choosing not to offend someone else and then smileie facing his own post that he deleted except for the smilie face.

No offense! :lol:

West

 

[adorshki]

I'm offended that Jim offended me by choosing not to offend someone else and then smileie facing his own post that he deleted except for the smilie face.

No offense! :lol:
West

I've heard the best offense is a good defense, and that good fences make good neighbors, but I'm on de fence 'bout 'dat.

 

[twocorgis]

Power just back on this morning, about 6 AM. Lost a beautiful red maple in the front of our house, whole thing will have to come down. She almost took my power service, but I was able to just clip that bit off yesterday...while the power grid was down, of course.

I spent the past week at a forest fire school in mid Long Island...closed early Saturday due to the storm...we had a good bit of rain and some wind, but nothing earth shattering...expected the next morning to find our cars covered with snow...not! Drive east to Orient Point ferry was unremarkable, looked like it had rained the night before. Was about a mile outside (north) of New London before even saw snow on the ground. Nothing that imprssive up the I-395 corridor until I crossed the Mass. line, and then trees were bending over. Worst was just south of Worcester, MA. Then really nothing up I-190 to home...when I got off the highway though, whoa! Things around here are looking like the ice storm of December 2008.

Snow accumulation? People are saying 15" and I haven't seen it. 6" to 8" I would gather, but really wet and heavy, snow blower just barely would move it. Today's work, sadly, will be to make the red maple safe...will throw up some images later.

We were lucky, this is our only damage, sadly we lost a tree we planted in 1999 (which was good size then...)

Glad you're all OK, and got power back Bill.

Shame about that grand old tree though; I like maples and oaks the best. I'm trying to change the native tree landscape here in the neighborhood to more of them after the fall of the locusts during Irene. We added a pin oak in the back yard to replace a catalba tree that we hated, and a paper bark maple in the front to replace a birch that died. Two more of the locusts came out from a neighboring yard today. still a few more to go!

Good luck up there. It looks like there's going to be a lot of folks that might go a week without power. That sucks hugely. :shock:

 

[West R Lee]

Seriously, I do hope you guys get your power restored soon, being without electricity is a real drag.

I wonder what could be causing this record breaking early snow? Could it be glo.....ah, nevermind. :wink:

West

 

[fronobulax]

I'm offended that Jim offended me by choosing not to offend someone else and then smileie facing his own post that he deleted except for the smilie face.

Don't blame Jim. I moderated him and, all things considered, he's been a good sport about it.

 

[killdeer43]

Could it be glo.....ah, nevermind. :wink:
West

Actually, it's clim......

Joe

 

[West R Lee]

I'm offended that Jim offended me by choosing not to offend someone else and then smileie facing his own post that he deleted except for the smilie face.

Don't blame Jim. I moderated him and, all things considered, he's been a good sport about it.

Just trying to keep you guys on your toes Frono, your best interest is at heart. Imagine how bored you'd be around here without me? What would you do? :wink:

West

 

[Frosty]

My little corner of New England saw 14" of snow with drifts to 20" or so. Electrons
ceased flowing right away - Saturday at 5:00pm and have not yet returned (using
public WiFi now). Thanks to the mild temps the house hasn't fallen below 50 degrees
yet. Burning wood in the fireplace and melting snow on the gas stove. Until a neighbor
fired up his generator Sunday night, all was beautifully quiet. The night sky on Sunday
was fabulous! Clear skies, no light pollution and a crescent moon. Pinpoint stars against
the black sky.

As others have reported... much damage. Deciduous trees were taken by surprise and
we completely lost two pears and a dogwood. I seriously pruned a couple of broken
maples yesterday... we'll see. Sad about the loss of those flowering beauties, but all
in all I consider us very fortunate. Dinner by candlelight and evenings by the fire.
Not too bad!

 

[TonyT]

Now I'm offended because Jim gets moderated and I never do. Apparently "dumb" is not against the rules.

Edited: Because I don't want anyone to feel left out. :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

Burning wood in the fireplace
melting snow on the gas stove.
The night sky on Sunday was fabulous!
Clear skies, no light pollution and a crescent moon.
Pinpoint stars against the black sky.
Dinner by candlelight and evenings by the fire.

Sounds a lot like heaven to me.
Add an acoustic guitar or two and the picture is complete.

Thanks for those great images,
Joe

*I took the liberty of rearranging your post Frosty, just to display your inner poet. :wink:

 

[adorshki]

Now I'm offended because Jim gets moderated and I never do. Apparently "dumb" is not against the rules.
Edited: Because I don't want anyone to feel left out. :wink:

I still wonder why you use green to moderate when usually a moderation is to slow things down?
There, is it my turn yet? :lol:

 

[West R Lee]

Now I'm offended because Jim gets moderated and I never do. Apparently "dumb" is not against the rules.
Edited: Because I don't want anyone to feel left out. :wink:

I still wonder why you use green to moderate when usually a moderation is to slow things down?
There, is it my turn yet? :lol:

Al....you and Tony, can we please keep things on topic here!

How are you Yanks holding up? Power is still out in some places I hear? You guys can come stay a week or so here until they get power back on line. I've got guitars for 8. :wink:

Oh, and Tony, congratulations on the moderation.......it's a big step. Now I don't feel so alone.

West

 

[mad dog]

What a wild week. All day in truck Saturday, in a snowstorm. Home safe, lucky to not be roadkill, and the power goes out. It's still not on. Ecce caveman.

MD

 

[chazmo]

Now I'm offended because Jim gets moderated and I never do. Apparently "dumb" is not against the rules.
Edited: Because I don't want anyone to feel left out. :wink:

I still wonder why you use green to moderate when usually a moderation is to slow things down?
There, is it my turn yet? :lol:

Al....you and Tony, can we please keep things on topic here!

How are you Yanks holding up? Power is still out in some places I hear? You guys can come stay a week or so here until they get power back on line. I've got guitars for 8. :wink:

Oh, and Tony, congratulations on the moderation.......it's a big step. Now I don't feel so alone.

West

It's pretty hairy here, Jim. Lots of power still out around Massachusetts and the tree damage is remarkable in many areas. The big power companies are getting their teeth kicked in by consumers.

The good news is that the weather has just been barely below freezing at night, so I don't think there's too much risk of busted pipes and damaged heating systems once power gets restored. That said, people quickly realize how dependent on power we are around here when this kind of thing happens.

 

[fronobulax]

I have been corresponding with an employee at the Guild plant. A response to a recent email was:

Thanks for inquiring about service for your Hamer USA or Ovation USA guitar. I'm out of the office but I expect to return as soon as power is restored to Northwest Connecticut.

I guess the factory doesn't use water power as a backup :wink:

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I guess the factory doesn't use water power as a backup :wink:

They can't, the flume is filled with lacquer!