Who is in the path of this winter storm?

Yikes!!! Do you have permanent fear from that storm? I've been through a few bad blizzards and ice storms in NY, and one time my (Now ex) husband was driving just the 2 of us. He slid across 3 lanes of traffic and then across themiddle of the road and through 3 lanes on the wrong side. Luckily we slid into a parking lot and it took a lot for me to be ready to begin again. We had a few dangerous rides like that and hate it, feeling helpless. I pictured our kids at home, being orphans. 

Be safe, everyone!

I hope that is right. We had to be in Columbus this weekend and hope we don’t get stuck here if the roads are still bad Sunday morning. But the forecast here was better than where we came from at least. 

I'm in Annapolis, MD which is about 45 minutes away from Washington DC if there is no traffic and you are driving fast. I just checked weatherunderground.com and on that site they are predicting 30 inches of snow starting Saturday and ending Sunday!  We've had huge snowfalls like this before but that's a ton. We'll see if we get that much. Weatherunderground is usually fairly accurate. Luckily I went grocery shopping last week (I go every 2 weeks) so the cupboards are still full. I've got the ingredients to make chili and cornbread-seems like the perfect time to make it. 


Edit-Woops, big mistake by me. We are actually expecting 1-3 inches of snow, not 30 inches. DS pointed out that I was reading the weather report symbols incorrectly. That's a huge relief. My brain is a bit of mess today after a huge migraine yesterday-probably brought on by the pressure changes. It usually takes a day for my brain ability to fully recover. 

We're only supposed to get 3-6 (or 2-4, depending on whose forecast you use). That's more than enough for me. DS hasn't really driven in snow so he's staying at a friend's in town. Better to drive 5 minutes in the snow (to go to work) than the 30+ it would take from home.

Well, I just woke up to a Winter Storm Warning--ice with snow now expected and roads will be impassible with expected power lines and trees down. It begins at 1 p.m. and goes through 7 p.m. Sunday. Please stay AWAY!

Stay safe and good luck to everyone in the storm’s path.  Hope you can enjoy your snowday(s).

I am in northern New England and we we are not in the path, although we just had snow the last couple days.  Not a ton but we got 9 or so inches in my area over a couple of days.  The mountains got much more though.  

Our issue now is cold weather. We are in the negatives, so it makes it hard to enjoy the fresh snow we just got.

I'm in Central VA and we're expecting 6-10". In the December storm we got 14", but it was gone in 2 days and poured rain the rest of the week. This one is supposed to stick around a while.

I've got two of my kids back at school and the third is in Switzerland where they are also having record amounts of snow. There, however, they are used to it and it's manageable. She doesn't start back at school for a couple weeks.

I'm just thrilled to be all alone with my couch, my dogs and plenty of wine and fondue to see me through

I drove yesterday from NW Virginia to SE Virginia and all of the roads were either pretreated or were being pretreated (got stuck behind a truck at one point), so I suppose we will get something here. At least they’re more prepared this time around. I just hope the power stays on!

It took two friends 11.5 hours to do their usual 20 min/30 min drive home. Highway 44 was such a mess and they are still having problems today west of St. Louis.

                             

bare ground here, (SE Wis)  which is not normal this time of year, which is okay with me and yet leaves me waiting for the other shoe to drop.

  Highway 44 was crazy. I’m hoping the rain mixes in and helps melt down the snow pack. I’m another who doesn’t like snow at all, got scarred from to much snow when I lived in the Spokane area. Especially don’t like the yuck it leaves behind.

Getting ready here for round 2. It's supposed to be worse for us this time with lots of wind.

Northern New England here and we are expecting 12 - 18 inches in my area (we are in the middle range for accumulation) which is not really a huge deal - the nastiness is that we are supposed to have strong winds and single digit temperatures with windchill temperatures around -35 degrees.  We can really do without the wind.

Here in WNY, 10 inches is just another day in the life of Winter to us. We're supposedly in the path, but no one is panicking in any way. We figure it will be pretty much life as usual. Might make the power go off and that is inconvenient, but most of us shrug off anything less than 36 inches or so.

Now those of you in the path of ICE---that's another thing entirely. I hope it doesn't happen. There is simply no real dealing with ice!

I think I'm one of a very small breed. I actually enjoy winter. I love walking outside with my dog while the snow comes down. I don't mind the cold at all. I love a nice warm house and there is nothing like a toasty electric blanket at night.

Keep safe everyone.