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New York City mayor: 'Don't underestimate this storm'

I for one find Obama's unwillingness or inability to stop the snow to be a sign of his limp-wristed libtard weakness. Ted Cruz would just send the snow to ISIS.
 
We're going to get pounded here in New England. They're forecasting 60+ mph winds and 2+ feet of snow. I hate winter.

I miss those nor'easters! Lucky dog!

There will be a brief baby boom nine months after this and crime will come to a standstill during the storm. It's not all bad.
 
Of course - the internet says so.....

Yes. the interviews with people on the streets of NYC were all made up.
 
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My snowblower blew a belt on Saturday...I have it jerry rigged for tomorrow. I may been in some deep doo doo tomorrow.
 
We're going to get pounded here in New England. They're forecasting 60+ mph winds and 2+ feet of snow. I hate winter.

Heard about the winds this am...those will be the killer, stay safe.

We get high winds alot here....and with tons of evergreens, they hold the wind...and the snow. They come down alot. We have branches on our trees as big as your trees back east, lol. Those suckers come down all over. By this time most winters, like this yr, we've had so much wind that (most) anything weak has already come down. It thins things out every year.

Good luck, combined with a heavy snow load, stuff will be coming down and collapsing. My family is all in NY & NJ, & PA...but single family homes without huge trees for the most part. They just need to be prepared for the power to go out.
 
I miss those nor'easters! Lucky dog!

There will be a brief baby boom nine months after this and crime will come to a standstill during the storm. It's not all bad.

Ack, I'll send our nor'easter your way! I love snow most of the time, but these big storms are a pain in the ass for so many reasons. LMAO about the baby boom, you are SO right! Sadly my husband is away on business....otherwise I'd be following the lead of the others.
 
everything of yours is insured? Why, that's awesome!!!

But if you ever lose your house in a natural disaster, the insurance will help you get back in a home, but not in the days immediatelly following the disaster.

Mine actually has some sort of transitional living coverage for that. If my house were to burn, I could make out like a bandit. I could just shop til I dropped while they built my new house back. (in theory)
 
We're going to get pounded here in New England. They're forecasting 60+ mph winds and 2+ feet of snow. I hate winter.

Hang in there Tres. This is what makes us New Englanders! We get four awesome seasons and get to see everything that comes with them. My checklist for the day looks like this:

Food - Check
Gas - Check
Generator Fired Up - Check
Snow Blower - Not so much...but it is jerry rigged for the next 36 hours
Alcohol - Check
Firewood - Check
Puzzle - Check

Ready to go. I look forward to this every year!
 
Heard about the winds this am...those will be the killer, stay safe.

We get high winds alot here....and with tons of evergreens, they hold the wind...and the snow. They come down alot. We have branches on our trees as big as your trees back east, lol. Those suckers come down all over. By this time most winters, like this yr, we've had so much wind that (most) anything weak has already come down. It thins things out every year.

Good luck, combined with a heavy snow load, stuff will be coming down and collapsing. My family is all in NY & NJ, & PA...but single family homes without huge trees for the most part. They just need to be prepared for the power to go out.

That's what worries me Lursa (the power going out). My husband is away too. Hopefully my kids are mature enough to help me.

Yes you did have big trees out your way. Most of our evergreens here in NH do well in the snow; it's the smaller leaf trees that suffer. We had a big storm over Thanksgiving and our birch trees got pummeled.

I know you had to have family in NJ by virtue of you referring to the beach area of NJ as "the shore" in an early post.:lol: That's a total NJ thing!
 
Hang in there Tres. This is what makes us New Englanders! We get four awesome seasons and get to see everything that comes with them. My checklist for the day looks like this:

Food - Check
Gas - Check
Generator Fired Up - Check
Snow Blower - Not so much...but it is jerry rigged for the next 36 hours
Alcohol - Check
Firewood - Check
Puzzle - Check

Ready to go. I look forward to this every year!

:lol: You got the necessities down! I'm making sure I take a shower as late as possible tonight assuming it may be my last for a few days.;)

When my kids get home from school, it's out to the log piles for them to bring as much wood to the deck as they can. I also have to go to the basement and get all of the lanterns upstairs and ready.

We are hardy New Englanders so you're right - we'll make it through this!
 
My snowblower blew a belt on Saturday...I have it jerry rigged for tomorrow. I may been in some deep doo doo tomorrow.

My husband plows our 300+ foot long driveway with the 4 wheeler which has a plow on the front but he's away and won't be able to fly back in until well after it's all over. I can't do it, and the kids will break the damn thing. I need my next door neighbor to take pity on me. He has a snow blower.
 
I'm hoping that this year is the one year my power doesn't go out during the Big Storm of the Year.

Pray for me.

You and me both. I'm in Suffolk and we're looking at a couple feet. I keep telling myself I should get off the stick and replace my damn snowblower - engine died a couple of years ago. Shoveling the driveway and sidewalk is going to suck.
 
My husband plows our 300+ foot long driveway with the 4 wheeler which has a plow on the front but he's away and won't be able to fly back in until well after it's all over. I can't do it, and the kids will break the damn thing. I need my next door neighbor to take pity on me. He has a snow blower.

I typically help out two of my neighbors who have a similar situation. I am telling ya, this one is going to be fun.
 
Didn't human beings survive for tens of thousands of years before anyone even knew what electricity was?
 
Mine actually has some sort of transitional living coverage for that. If my house were to burn, I could make out like a bandit. I could just shop til I dropped while they built my new house back. (in theory)

In order to take advantage of that benefit, you would have to be able to access some transitional living space, and that's not certain when you're not the only one whose home has been destroyed in a natural disaster.
 
Didn't human beings survive for tens of thousands of years before anyone even knew what electricity was?

Yeah, but historically almost every dwelling had a place where you could light a fire for warmth. This is not so much the case anymore - and many dwellings have been built dependant on electric heat and do not have a fireplace.
 
You and me both. I'm in Suffolk and we're looking at a couple feet. I keep telling myself I should get off the stick and replace my damn snowblower - engine died a couple of years ago. Shoveling the driveway and sidewalk is going to suck.

Good luck. Surprisingly, this time it looks like NYC and east of there will get it worse than us upstaters. Usually, it's the opposite (though with noreasters, that's how it works because they come from the ocean)
 
Yeah, but historically almost every dwelling had a place where you could light a fire for warmth. This is not so much the case anymore - and many dwellings have been built dependant on electric heat and do not have a fireplace.

That isn't such a great idea in places where it gets really cold and there are outages periodically.

We used to live in a rural area in the Sierra, back in the old days, and depended on the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for electricity. Yep, that was a government agency, and about as reliable as you imagine it was. Power would regularly go out for a week or so, usually during the winter. We'd light the Coleman lantern, fire up the wood stove, and be just fine. Since we didn't have a TV or a phone, we didn't miss those when the power went out.


And, we'd go out and join the rest of the tribe hunting mammoth....
 
In order to take advantage of that benefit, you would have to be able to access some transitional living space, and that's not certain when you're not the only one whose home has been destroyed in a natural disaster.

As long as it isn't "Race Weekend" there are always hotel rooms available in my area.
 
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