Anyone getting snow today?

[RedheadWriter]

Well....as per the usual after a New England storm ends, the messy cleanup begins in RI. I just love getting out of a toasty bed to finish shoveling....I was out there until 1030 last night to get a head start.
The RI DOT is in deep doo doo this morning. TRaffic in much of the state on the MAJOR roads was held up for HOURS. I have one friend whose normal commute is a half hour take 4 and a half hours to get home. He saw people run out of gas on the highway after being stuck indefinitely and then just abandon their cars.
Highways were not touched and people were just so desperate to get home that they turned 95 (both south and north) through Providence from a 4 lane highway to a 6 lane highway! People were calling into the news stations reporting loads of fender benders and accidents and saying people were getting crazy.
Children were released from school at 1230 and were still on buses at 7 at night because no traffic could get through.
Any other horror stories? My mom and I heard CT and Boston were prety bad, too.
Now we just need to get ready for the NEXT one this weekend!

[TikiGoddess]

Here in central CT we ended up with 12 in of snow! Vernon, CT got 13" of snow and set a record for December.

My hubby was outside clearing the driveway for 2 1/2 hrs last night, poor guy. The kids are all excited and we'll be going down to Grandma's house this weekend for some major sledding.

Kathy

[RedSoxFan]

My sister lives in Chepachet, RI and works at the Woman/Infants Hospital. What normally is a 1/2 drive to/from work turned into a 3.5 hr drive home in the storm. It took her DH 3 hrs to get to the hospital just to pick her up.

[CanadianWDWFan]

I hope everyone survived their snow day.

Well the 4 inches we were promised never arrived. But tomorrow is another story, we are being told that we could get up to 10 inches. But I'll believe it when I see it.

[snowflakegirl]

I had a 90 minute delay where I work, but I only delayed when I left my apartment by about forty minutes... Which was good. Took me about half an hour to clear off and dig out my car from under the 10+ inches sitting on top of and all around it. Then driving in, some of the roads were just slushy, some were pretty much dry, but some looked like they hadn't been touched since right after it stopped snowing last night. One small stretch of my drive which usually takes me about ten minutes to get through ... Actually took me forty minutes today!

And now we're getting more this weekend.

Welcome to winter!

[RedheadWriter]

What a huge mess is happening right outside of my door! I hoope that everyone stays safe today as this storm passes on through. WEe got quite a bit of snow that has since turned to sleet/rain. They are predicting some flooding around here as there will no where for the water to go with catch basins covered.

[TikiGoddess]

We received some extra snow last night but now it looks like it's sleeting -- and the wind is blowing somethin' fierce. It's supposed to turn over to rain later but unfortunately my concert this afternoon has been moved to next week.

Ah, well, it's a great day to get the house cleaned and ready for the holidays. My cards are done, the presents are almost wrapped... guess it's a movie afternoon curled up on the couch!

Kathy

[SBETigg]

Sorry about the concert reschedule, Kathy. We got about six more inches late last night and it's a mix of ice and snow, now sleet. Yuck. But the good news is that it held off long enough that we could go ahead with my grandfather's 90th birthday celebration, and it was fabulous. It was at a Middle Eastern place and he got up to dance with the belly dancers.

[RedheadWriter]

Sherri-How cool about your grandfather!
Kathy-Sorry about the concert.
My afternoon will be spent cleaning and watchign the Pats game. God bless the fans who are there in this weather!
It's all rain here, by the way.
Stay safe and warm, friends!
Rachel

[SgtTigger]

Nope no snow.............

but it is 30 degrees cooler today than yesterday.....


I also have a ton of leaves on my lawn..... but they are brown......

[iDisney]

My mother and myself had to call off of work today because our driveway is covered in 14 inches of snow! (I took a yardstick out to check.) It is clear up to the rear bumper of my Aztek. You can hardly tell that there is a car underneath! The good news is that according to the weather channel:

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN RURAL AREAS. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EVENING AS WINDS DIMINISH.

Yay! I can hardly wait!

[Tink&Goofy]

Nope, no snow. Just rain, rain, rain! Oh, and wind too. Believe me, we don't need any more rain - people are still trying to recover from the flooding less than 2 weeks ago.

[Ed]

No snow here, either. In fact, I just finished a little outdoor chore.

70 degrees and sunny.

Gotta love Florida!

[SBETigg]

No snow here, either. In fact, I just finished a little outdoor chore.

70 degrees and sunny.

Gotta love Florida!

Ed, you lucky guy. That sounds fantastic right about now. Go ahead, rub it in.

Rachel, I'm really surprised to see the stadium so packed. You can't keep the Pats fans down. Yay, go Patriots. But it looks better here than it does over at the Bills game.

[Ed]

Go ahead, rub it in.

That's okay. You'll probably get the last laugh next hurricane season.

[SBETigg]

That's okay. You'll probably get the last laugh next hurricane season.

Oh, no, I couldn't even laugh about that. Scary stuff. But I am glad you're having nice weather. And I guess we're getting a good old-fashioned white Christmas (if I'm trying to find a bright side). It's raining over the snow now, which is never pretty, but we're safe and we have electricity so

[RedheadWriter]

Sherri-Talk about die-hard fans at that game! My friend went to the new Bass Pro Shop that opened near Gillette stadium on Saturday. He said there wasn't a hotel room vacant anywhere near Foxboro because people were staying over so as not to miss the game! God bless them they all looked cold, but our boys did well and won! I was sipping my brandy watching the game and trying to warm up from shoveling and I kept looking at the crowd wondering how cold their bums were.
It rained lik ethe dickens here and I tell you, this snow/slush was what I call "heart attack" snow, so heavy to lift !