YIKES! 100 mil hit by Texas-to-Maine Snow Storm

[3113]

The Groundhog said there's be six more weeks of winter and, boy-hey-howdy, he wasn't kidding:

A major winter storm with heavy snow, ice and a wintry mix reached from the central Plains to the Midwest and Northeast spanning through Wednesday....By the time the storm has ended, it will have directly affected more than two dozen states and at least 100 million people with snow and/or ice.

And from another source:

Almost a million homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast on Wednesday afternoon following severe snow and ice storms overnight, according to local power companies. The hardest-hit state was Pennsylvania with more than 720,000 customers out.

Other affected states were Maryland, Arkansas, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, New York and Ohio.....Throughout the United States, 2,767 flights were canceled on Wednesday, FlightAware said.

As in the movie Groundhog Day, I'm sure it seems like this long, hard winter is never going to end...but it will! Stay strong, frozen Litizens!

 

[sr71plt]

NBC tonight cited 151 million affected. I guess after about 50 million, it don't matter much anymore.

 

[PennLady]

I put this in the other thread, but will take it out:

Doing okay here, although we were leery this morning. Power went out around 6:30-6:45am. I think a transformer blew -- we heard a loud noise, and saw what looked like lightning but was likely arcing around the transformer. Power came back on between 9-9:30am, so for us, it was really nothing.

According to PECO, they have 587k customers without power, down from 617k earlier today. My neighbor works for PECO, a lineman of some kind, I think, and I'm sure he's pulling a lot of hours today.

Trees, bushes, etc., were weighted down with snow and ice. When it started melting and falling to the ground it sounded like Rice Krispies outside. We have lots of branches, mostly small, on the ground. We have four cedar trees (I think) in the back, they were probably twelve feet tall, now about half of that and I don't think they'll just be springing back when this is all gone.

Also water leaking in around a basement window, but that's not too bad. Hopefully the freeze tonight will stop it for a while, since the sump pump appears to be not working properly. We've been emptying it every hour or so just to be safe.

There were tons of downed branches, lots of blocked or impassable roads, etc., according to the radio this morning. The kids of course had a snow day once the power went out; the original plan was a late start. I'm kind of banking on a late start tomorrow due to road conditions.

I also think there's a storm coming through this weekend, but I believe predictions of its severity have already been revised back.

I don't think I've seen my lawn in two weeks.

 

[3113]

NBC tonight cited 151 million affected. I guess after about 50 million, it don't matter much anymore.

I'm waiting for our AH-members to get out the bike and start pedaling to power up the wi-fi and let us know that they're all right...

 

[3113]

I also think there's a storm coming through this weekend, but I believe predictions of its severity have already been revised back.

Thanks for checking in! Stay safe.

 

[sr71plt]

My daughter lives on top of a mountain. She is not amused. My son recently moved into a house with a driveway twice as long as at the former house (both in this snow belt, though). He's less than amused.

I haven't had to shovel at all yet this year.

 

[RjThoughts]

We had about 9 inches - queue the teenage boy giggles - here. It wasn't as heavy as I thought it could have been, so shoveling this crap wasn't that bad.

 

[PennLady]

My daughter lives on top of a mountain. She is not amused. My son recently moved into a house with a driveway twice as long as at the former house (both in this snow belt, though). He's less than amused.

I haven't had to shovel at all yet this year.

When we were looking at houses in this area, we rejected one in large part because the driveway was long, although it was flat and straight, and all I could think was, I don't want to shovel that in the winter. We rejected another because it was at the bottom of a hill, and the driveway also sloped down to the house, and again I didn't want to deal with getting out of there in the winter.

This is not to say it isn't a fair bit of work to clear off the driveway we have, but it's better than those two.

 

[sr71plt]

Mine is long (through a wooded lot with tall azaleas underneath), curved, steep, and empties into a hilly street with blind curves in both directions. I'm glad it doesn't snow much here (usually). Also, fortunately, I'm of an age just to say "I'm not going out" most of the time.

 

[Handley_Page]

I put this in the other thread, but will take it out:

I don't think I've seen my lawn in two weeks.

Similar problems in the Somerset Levels, but for a month!

 

[TxRad]

Snow and sleet mixed. 28 degrees with a wind chill of 11.

A great way to start the day.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

We got about 6 inches of snow here. Took my brother, father, and me around 2 hours to shovel the driveway. I was going to go into work for the afternoon, but once I was finished I curled up on the couch and vegged out for an hour before getting lunch, and then vegged out some more before taking a nap before dinner. Such a long day and I barely did anything for most of it.

 

[Handley_Page]

I've put my feet up and snoozed on the Sofa, WHEN i WASN'T WATCHING A FILM.

 

[JackLuis]

It's just misty rain here in La La Land. Thank GOD!

I read an article about the new Pacific High that is blocking the rain from California. The bad news is that it is causing the jet stream to dip further south and put snow on the east.

Most meteorologists expect that the new high is due to the loss of arctic ice and we can expect this kind of weather pattern to become the new normal.

 

[Acktion]

O-okay-y. We actually got a little snow. (Just enough to cover the dead grass)

Have to admit when I saw Texas listed, I was thinking "Yeah, right. Amarillo maybe. It never snows this far South." But it has, which just kind of underscores just how much it must suck to the NE.

 

[sr71plt]

You still with us, PennLady? The news is saying that PA was the worst hit and a lot are still without electricity there.

 

[PennLady]

You still with us, PennLady? The news is saying that PA was the worst hit and a lot are still without electricity there.

I'm good, thanks. We thought we might lose power again last night, had a couple of flickers, but we were okay. Kids had school today after a 2-hr delay, and two of the elementary schools were closed because they still had no power. Our power company, PECO, still has something like 350-450k out of power, I think, or at least last I checked.

It's pretty messy, though. Saw plenty of downed branches and even trees just in my little area when I drove around today.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

Yep - Snow day in Dallas. About 4 to 6 inches accumulation here. Unfortunately snow here brings out the crazy drivers. Think I'll stay inside today.

 

[RjThoughts]

Yep - Snow day in Dallas. About 4 to 6 inches accumulation here. Unfortunately snow here brings out the crazy drivers. Think I'll stay inside today.

My niece lives in the Austin area. Whenever there's snow or ice there, she stays home, because, as she puts it, every fucking yahoo with a 4-wheel drive vehicle thinks they can drive the speed limit.

 

[feistyphoenix]

8" in central Indiana. Ice under the snow from some rain we got beforehand.

I'm not even attempting to go out.

 

[PennLady]

8" in central Indiana. Ice under the snow from some rain we got beforehand.

I'm not even attempting to go out.

I'm not aiming to go out any more than I have to although the roads aren't too bad at the moment. Which is to say, in the day time, with the sun out, and not so much ice. I do need to go to the dentist in a couple of hours (grumble grumble) which was not originally planned; the last couple of days I've felt something which is probably a dental problem. Because lately I have that kind of bad luck with my teeth.