The Coffee House

[Warhorse]

Good morning all you hosers, I feel sorry for all of you in the storms path. Slept late today, so I'm on my second cup of java, it's -5* F here. Staying in today is my plan for the day, although it is "supposed" to get up to a balmy 23*F.

 

[NancyMoranG]

Good luck Limr and anyone else!
I was thinking of a backpack with supplies also but Pgriz beat me. I was in the Boston area fro blizzard of '78. We were newly weds in a very old building and we swore the building was moving in the wind!
I know a few us our members in Boston area too...stay safe!
Nancy

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers! It is raining here. A light shower was pelting the Cook and I when we retrieved the paper. I'd call it a six inch rain ... that's where a drop hits every six inches. Mid 70's and showers ... I guess I can join the crappy weather club. I just finish brewing a pot o' coffee, a carafe of peach passion tea and a bottle of hummingbird nectar ... so I'm set for the day.

 

[Designer]

.. we swore the building was moving in the wind!

Yup, buildings move. Tall ones sway in the wind.

 

[limr32 1]

Well, I'm on campus and my students are writing their diagnostic essays. When I got to school, I got the official text message notification my school is now doing. We're closing at noon - just enough time to finish my class. It will still be tricky to get off campus, but at least it will happen before any real snow is on the ground, when there's still plenty of daylight, and before there's too much early rush hour traffic. Keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be too bad.

 

[Gary A.]

Okay Leo ... you got it licked!

 

[Gary A.]

I attended a Chinese funeral on Saturday. It was all very interesting. Monks chanting, burning stuff, special foods, facing away for the entombment ... all very interesting, sad but interesting.

 

[limr32 1]

Okay Leo ... you got it licked!

Yup, here's hoping!

Now I just hope that Buzz gets out early, too. He's probably on his way to class right now. He's got two back-to-back classes ending a little after 5, so I'm hoping he gets out early. He's a very good driver and I'm not worried about him being able to handle himself. As always, I worry much more about the countless idiots who don't know how to handle their cars in bad weather.

 

[bribrius]

Okay Leo ... you got it licked!

Yup, here's hoping!

Now I just hope that Buzz gets out early, too. He's probably on his way to class right now. He's got two back-to-back classes ending a little after 5, so I'm hoping he gets out early. He's a very good driver and I'm not worried about him being able to handle himself. As always, I worry much more about the countless idiots who don't know how to handle their cars in bad weather.

i love this kind of stuff. Going to go out and plow a little and maybe drive around and take some pics. Already have the generator ready to go, assuming we will lose power again we usually do. Blowing wind, could get some nice 3 or 4 foot drifts.

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE MONDAY IN SOUTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND BY EARLY TUESDAY FOR COASTAL MAINE. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOW
WILL WIND DOWN LATE TUESDAY...BUT LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS..IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS COMBINED WITH WINDS WILL LEAD TO BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS. IF YOU ARE STRANDED OUTDOORS IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING.

* WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...8 TO 17 ABOVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

 

[bribrius]

i usually end up pulling someone back on the road that went off. Might want to pack up some extra tow straps.

 

[limr32 1]

I'm home. Snow hasn't really started yet. There have been intermittent showers, enough to put a maybe 1/2 inch layer on the driveway, though the roads are still all clear. They've been laying down a ton of salt and pre-treat. And Buzz is on his way home. His school closed at 1pm.

Going to have a cup of coffee and then set about making sure there's wood in the house and the tank is hooked up to the grill properly.

I'm so glad I got my hand-crank burr grinder!! Don't have to worry about pre-grinding the coffee.

 

[pgriz]

Leonore, next after checking the wood, water, and znow sombie (yes, it's spelled that way) countermeasures, hopefully you have the camera all loaded and ready to go. Because a "disaster" needs documentation. Plus, you might get to put it on a T-shirt as in "I survived the great storm of January 27, 2015!", or some such.

 

[sm4him]

I'm home. Snow hasn't really started yet. There have been intermittent showers, enough to put a maybe 1/2 inch layer on the driveway, though the roads are still all clear. They've been laying down a ton of salt and pre-treat. And Buzz is on his way home. His school closed at 1pm.

Going to have a cup of coffee and then set about making sure there's wood in the house and the tank is hooked up to the grill properly.

I'm so glad I got my hand-crank burr grinder!! Don't have to worry about pre-grinding the coffee.

A 1/2-inch?!?!?! We'd already be freaking out down here!!

Seriously, I hope that this storm provides the snow you want, without loss of electricity, and I certainly hope it doesn't do damage anywhere that results in loss of property or lives! And I hope that somebody goes to check on all the old people…

 

[bribrius]

Leonore, next after checking the wood, water, and znow sombie (yes, it's spelled that way) countermeasures, hopefully you have the camera all loaded and ready to go. Because a "disaster" needs documentation. Plus, you might get to put it on a T-shirt as in "I survived the great storm of January 27, 2015!", or some such.

"documentation" yep. love these kinds of things.

 

[tirediron]

Mainly sunny, high of 52 (11C)... going to be a rough one in Victoria too!