It's an interesting day in the North East

[JAFO78]

Its times like this I am so glad we moved to FL. They are getting their butts kicked back in MN & Dakotas with heavy snow and winds, I'll bet that this weather is headed to you in the NE.

Please stay safe, We here at CAP Talk don't want to lose anyone.   

[NIN]

Spoke to a co-worker in NH -- usual story -- no power, etc. 

Then he mentions that some towns near him may not get power until Christmas.   YIKES.

Geeez, where is that guy at? 

Most of the places around here are predicted to get power back in the next couple days.  They lost a LOT of trees, which effectively wiped out large sections of the grid.

But I haven't yet heard that there are places that would be waiting past about Friday for juice.

[jimmydeanno]

So it's Monday, still no power (for me anyway).  Many of the schools and other larger buildings have been converted into shelters for people who need assistance. Many schools in the state are closed today because of that.

News reports indicate that the assessment was over 400,000 NH residents were without power at the peak and as of this morning that number is down around 200,000.

Tons of people are having their pipes freeze and burst.

Fortunately they restored power to major commercial areas so people can get food, a hot meal, go shopping (keeps you out of the cold) and other routine things.

I wonder when they'll start putting us in FEMA trailers... 

[JoeTomasone]

Spoke to a co-worker in NH -- usual story -- no power, etc. 

Then he mentions that some towns near him may not get power until Christmas.   YIKES.

Geeez, where is that guy at? 

Not sure -- somewhere close to Nashua, I would imagine, since our office is just south of there in MA.

[MIKE]

Moderanger is fully operational.  Got my power back yesterday and just got my internets, cable and phone back.

Now to go buy a generator, and an air card... 

[AvroArrow]

I'm from Oakland, now living in KC and I hate the snow, ice, and cold weather altogether 

[SarDragon]

AAAWWWWWWWW... 

[jimmydeanno]

This morning there are still aproximately 55,000 without power.  Now we're down to the number of people who didn't have power in the ice storm of 1998.

However, it is snowing today, so that'll slow progress a bit for the crews. There's already about 3 inches on the ground at my house and as the day progresses it's supposed to switch to an ice/snow mix.  Fun. 

I would suspect almost everyone will have power by Friday or Saturday.

[BillB]

Lost power yesterday for about 2 minutes. Guess to many people turned on their air conditioners

[JAFO78]

Lost power yesterday for about 2 minutes. Guess to many people turned on their air conditioners

[PORed]

It is going to be nuts up here in Maine on Sunday (tomorrow) night, I am getting weather reports on 12-18 inches of snow and 40-50 kt winds. PaulR and I are at the same unit, we might have to break out the MREs and Generators for this one, being I think we are going to get snowed in at work.

[JAFO78]

Hey you gentleman stay safe and keep us posted. 

And didn't someone say Global Warming? Yea right. 

[jimmydeanno]

If it's any consolation, I got 18 inches yesterday and about 6 more already today...  so it's coming your way 

Time to put the snow shoes into the 24 hour pack

[notaNCO forever]

 I got 7 inches of snow yesterday and about 4 inches today so far. Fun to drive in.

[jimmydeanno]

Oh, this is good.  Pulled this from the Mount Washington Observatory website:

Current Weather Conditions:

Temperature: -10.2F
Wind Speed: 93.4 mph (sustained)
Wind Gusts: 105.9 mph
Wind Chill: -53.5F

It's a good thing it isn't cold yet!

[PaulR]

Yep... this global warming is kicking my butt!  It was 12F yesterday and I got close to two feet of snow at my house.  This is the first white Christmas I have seen in a long time.  Dont get me wrong... it gets cold up here in Maine, but it is not usually this bad until about Jan/Feb.

[SarDragon]

Yep... this global warming is kicking my butt!  It was 12F yesterday and I got close to two feet of snow at my house.  This is the first white Christmas I have seen in a long time.  Dont get me wrong... it gets cold up here in Maine, but it is not usually this bad until about Jan/Feb.

Where you at in Maine? Pawtland?

There usta be a weather guesser at one of the Pawtland stations back in the early '70s whose favorite forecast in the winter was "partly cloudy". I have shoveled anywhere from two to twenty-four inches of his freaking "partly cloudy" during four winters in Brunswick.

[EMT-83]

We got about 14 inches of "partly cloudy" this weekend here in CT. Perfect timing on the new snowblower, which came out of the box last Friday!