… might be even bigger (in some areas) than the historic Blizzard of 1947. I was born in the immediate aftermath of that blizzard, and my mother recalled that our doctor, who drove Mom & Dad to the hospital, drove very slowly, but that he went through every red light because he feared that he wouldn’t have enough traction to get his Chevy going again if he stopped. She said that they never saw another car on the road during their slow drive to the hospital.
Anyway, here is some archival footage of The Blizzard of 1947, in NYC. If you want to see a lot of cars from the '40s, they are on full display–under heaps of snow:
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Been watching the news about it, the TV is about as close to that as I want to get, we have the cold here today 21° windchill 9° right now, but I can see the dirt on the ground… Send 6" our way NO ice though, still have clean up from that mess, but y’all can keep the other 18" + some of y’all will be getting…
Hope all y’all stay safe in it and more importantly stay warm!!!
… until it’s time to start the snowblower.
I’m praying that my Toro gas-powered snowblower will start, because the snow is far too deep for the battery-powered blower that I use for smaller snow accumulations. The “official” snow depth for my town is currently 16 inches, but I think that it may be stopping soon.
I have a medical appointment tomorrow, and I hope that I don’t have to cancel it.
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Right now a weatherman on scene in NY (forgot what part), he was next to a small tree in waste high snow, didn’t see if that was a drift or how deep it was…
Our dr office would have called a day or two ago to get us to come in before the snow hit… Just happened during our ice storm, even my very hard to get in to neurologist (every 6 months) called me in a few days early… Y’all just wouldn’t go 4 months a year if that was your case… lol
Stay safe out there! It’s days like this that make me glad I put those new Michelin CrossClimates on last fall. I’m just staying put with a hot coffee until the plows finish their first pass.
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My area is expected to get 8-12 inches. I already have 2’ piled in the front lawn. Then 1-3 more on Wednesday. This weekend temps are expected to ready 40. Then possibly another 9-10 inches on next Monday into Tuesday. In my area the storm is expected to wind down by around 6.
The Cape, RI and CT are really getting hit. NYC isn’t doing much better.
Stay safe and stay IN if possible!
We have a foot of sunshine with more coming down…and I never have to shovel rain!
I do not miss snow.
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Our snow fall this morning was pretty, but the ground looks the same as it did a few days ago when it was mid 70’s…
Still hadn’t figured out where the snow goes when it is cold enough to stick, yet it just disappears 1/2" from the ground, it is like a portal to another world just sucks it all up… 
Like it plays a game of now you see me now you don’t… 
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The good news is that the Toro started, and it ran like a champ… until the extremely wet snow froze in the discharge chute, and blocked any further discharge. No amount of digging/hacking with tools in that confined space did much to help, and I even resorted to using an old blow dryer, which only helped to a very small extent.
The other good news is that the bulk of my work was done before the ice jam formed, and I was able to finish the edges with the battery-powered machine. So, I should be able to get to my medical appointment tomorrow.
At least some people are having fun with the snow before they remove it.
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Wifey laughed also and said it almost looks like Shrek
