Snowmageddon!

[LongBlade]

Power is out at the Staggerwing Longhouse  :(

I'll probably chill (humor! Ar-Ar!) for now since my iPad is down to 80% and it's all I have for now. I truly hope its back soon. Be safe all!

(BTW, if any of you are shopping for tablets, do not skimp on the 4G option. One power outage is all you need to realize it was worth it. The personal hotspot feature alone is too cool for school.)

Sorry to hear that. Stay warm.

[MetalDog]

Good to know your wife is ok Tent.  Sorry about the car.

Not my wife it was W8taminute's wife. 

Glad she is ok W8T, the car can be replaced she can't.

My bad.  Both of you :(  The sentiment still remains though :)

[TheCommandTent]

Power is out at the Staggerwing Longhouse  :(

I'll probably chill (humor! Ar-Ar!) for now since my iPad is down to 80% and it's all I have for now. I truly hope its back soon. Be safe all!

(BTW, if any of you are shopping for tablets, do not skimp on the 4G option. One power outage is all you need to realize it was worth it. The personal hotspot feature alone is too cool for school.)

That sucks Stagger, I hope you have a non-electric source of heat or at least a generator if it gets to bad.  I hope they had extra electrical crews staged and ready to tackle these outages like they do around here.

[Centurion40]

I got to work at home today however my poor wife had to go into the office and on her way home got into an accident.  I had to go to the police station to pick her up as her car was not driveable and had to be towed away.  She's fine and so is the other guy but she's kind of depressed about what happened.

Sorry to hear that. Glad she's OK.

What LB said.

[Centurion40]

Power is out at the Staggerwing Longhouse  :(

I'll probably chill (humor! Ar-Ar!) for now since my iPad is down to 80% and it's all I have for now. I truly hope its back soon. Be safe all!

(BTW, if any of you are shopping for tablets, do not skimp on the 4G option. One power outage is all you need to realize it was worth it. The personal hotspot feature alone is too cool for school.)

Sorry to hear that. Stay warm.

Again, what LB said.

[Centurion40]

Looks like we've had a significant snowfall, but less than a foot.  It's hard to really tell for sure.  The winds are starting to pick up, and the snow is not supposed to stop until midday Sunday.  :o :(

[MikeGER]

+1 stay save Grogs

its reported that my granddad said from his observations that heavy snow on the eastcoast (news made it in the local newspapers here, there where no TV at that time) lead to a 'snow event' here in Germany about 4 weeks later... so we may get snow again  in mid-March and the winter is not over here yet...       

[mirth]

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident, W8t. Glad she's ok.

We have somewhere between 24-30 inches of snow in Portland. It's hard to know the exact amount with all the blowing and drifting. The wind is very strong with gusts of 55mph. Fortunately the power is on and there have been few outages overall in the state. The snow is dry and light so there hasn't been much trouble with downed trees and power lines.

This storm has certainly lived up to the hype.

[TheCommandTent]

We didn't get nearly as much as they said we would in my area (not that I'm complaining) with the wind blow and drifting the snow it is hard to tell exactly but we got some where in the 7-9 inch range.

Hope the rest of you guys stay safe and report in when you can. 

I think it is still snowing in parts of New England so they aren't out of the woods yet.  The rest of us still have the high winds to worry about as well.

I just want to list all the grogs who were affected so we make sure we get an update from them all when they are able.

JH -
Gus -
mirth - checked in, has power, windy
Centurion40 - checked in, has power, still snowing, windy
Staggerwing -
W8taminute -
Tuna - checked in, has power


If I missed anyone let me know.

[MetalDog]

Tuna has power.  He just posted in the Computer Wargaming section.

[MetalDog]

Stagger posted last night that he had no power.  Not sure if that's still the case.

[Staggerwing]

Hey guys! Power came back on around 10 and went out again an hour later. Still not back and CL&P wont give any estimates. they keep saying 'Call back in two hours' That's three x 2 hours now. I have about 24-30 inches min. Took about 45 minutes just to shovel as far as the car, which is a giant white lump with a bit of one fender showing. I have to take a breather because exertion in cold air is not my particular forte. If I can shovel the car out maybe I can jump start my blower. No luck with the generator though.

Luckily I had plugged in the iDevices last night so they got a brief charge. I'll check back in later.

[W8taminute]

^Glad to hear you got your power back Stag.  Now you can stay warm and game on!  :)


Thanks for the kind words guys.  Mrs. W8t is doing ok. 


Fortunately we did not lose power although 400k + lost power in the Cape and Island regions.  I have not been outside yet to assess the snowfall but they say our area got 28".  The travel ban is still in effect.  Anyone caught driving on any road will be subject up to 1 year in jail and a $500 fine.

[Longdan]

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?sta=KBOS&state=MA

At least it is not very cold and warmer temperatures will come in from behind.
I have never, ever envied eastcoasters and their snow.  Stay safe and if you
are patient wait for the snow to melt.

[mirth]

Snow tapered off for a couple hours but has picked up again and is heavy at the moment. Intermittent white out conditions. The official snowfall total for Portland at about 9am was 29 inches.