Snowmageddon!

[mirth]

We managed to wake up to close to two inches of snow and a school cancellation this morning. It's already melted on the streets, but if that's any indication of how well the forecasts are working, y'all are in for more than expected.

The forecast here all week was for a "plowable" snow. They were right about that at least!  ::)

[LongBlade]

There's already been a 19-vehicle crash on I-295 just north of Portland. No serious injuries reported, thankfully. I don't envy the people who went into work this morning and are now going to fight their way back home. I was out briefly this morning and the roads were awful.

Glad it's nothing too serious. Sheesh. Who wants to go to work and then get trapped there with two feet of snow? That's crazy.

[mirth]

Yeah, I'm seeing the upside to the work from home thing.

[DoctorQuest]

Yeah, I'm seeing the upside to the work from home thing.

I work a lot of weird hours on weekends (IT) and being able to do it from home is great. I work one or two days from home during the normal biz week. I always work from home on snow days. Why risk my car and self on bad roads if I don't have to?

I hope all you folks in the NE get through this OK. We've had our share of storms in the Great Plains but we dodged a bullet on this one.

[mirth]

I drove in all kinds of crazy weather when I was younger, but I avoid it now. Too much risk, too much stress.

[Centurion40]

Can you get away early mirth?

I can see on our weather radars that mirth's snow is seeping up the Bay of Fundy coast, like an evil finger.

[Staggerwing]

I just got home from a half day at work. The snow was already coming down by 7am. Now it's a thick and lovely Mud SlushPuppy outside. I'm glad to be watching it from my own windows and not from my office. I really, really hope my POS snowblower has at least one or two rounds of clearing left in it for tomorrow...

I'll have to say an incantation to whatever Nordic deity that the power company calls on for help, just in case.

Can you get away early mirth?

I can see on our weather radars that mirth's snow is seeping up the Bay of Fundy coast, like an evil finger.

Get away from where? He works from home...

[Centurion40]

Good for him!  I never realized that.

[Staggerwing]

He said so in this very thread!  ;D

[Centurion40]

Yeah, but I can't read!

[Staggerwing]

Yeah, but I can't read!

When you're done fixing the ceiling light you're supposed to turn your bifocals back over the right way.

[mirth]

It's ramping up now. Heavier snow, more wind to blow it around. At least 8" on the ground here.

[Centurion40]

Thanks for taking the first hit!

[mirth]

Thanks for taking the first hit!

I'll try to dissipate it for you guys ;)

[bayonetbrant]

I saw Graeme's post on FB that they'd closed the XL Soccer World in Saco for the entire weekend.  That said, I suspect Graeme and Mark'll still be in there this weekend watching some footie on the telly, since they get all the channels there.