Last night, I was using the hubcaps of this car to measure how deep the snow was getting.

[WilliamPitt]

Not so much anymore.



Still snowing, about 22 inches in Boston so far. By the time it's done, it'll be a Top 5 storm.

Not. Shoveling. Yet.

[tridim]

1. Sweet ski jump!

[freshwest]

34. Yup, see the powder around the window panes. Nice and clean.

[trumad]

2. High today in Orlando

75

[Fuddnik]

12. 77 in Tampa, so nyah.....

But a friend of mine flew up to Marblehead, Mass for her fathers funeral. Won't be back until next week. I hope they at least have power.

[Orrex]

3. You're gonna need bigger hubcaps.

[ReRe]

4. Remember this, Will...

...a little at a time. A little at a time. Please don't over do it! If you have kids in the neighborhood who knock on your door and ask to help with it for a fee, take them up on it. Take care in Boston!

[hootinholler]

5. So how many hubcaps deep is it?

Were they baby moons?

Are you using metric hubcaps or SAE?

I would think a yardstick to be easier, but to each his own. I know Bostonians have their, um, quirks, shall we say.

[Buzz Clik]

6. From what I've seen, the wind has been a big problem.

Lots of drifting.

[onyourleft]

7. Stay safe.

Shoveling is never a good thing.

How is Raven faring? She is south of me.

[WilliamPitt]

8. She got three feet

and ain't worried about a thing.

[livetohike]

9. Oh no....

I'll bet it's heavy and wet....watch your back.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Ayuh. No point in shovelling til it's over and the wind dies down. :^)

[WilliamPitt]

11. Here's a poor man's time lapse of the snowfall last night

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018299515

[countryjake]

54. Excellent documentation there, Will.

Your time record is better than anything I've seen on the tv!

Stay snug!

[NutmegYankee]

13. I'm at 32 inches here.

I can't get my storm doors open. I guess I'll wait till it stops snowing and hop out a window.

[MNBrewer]

15. oh YEAH, that would be tough!

Yikes. I'd hate the feeling of being trapped. Best wishes to you, too.

[NutmegYankee]

16. I'm taken it pretty well.

just enjoying my eggs and breakfast potatoes that I fried up and sipping the coffee. Waiting for the snow to finally end. It has been constantly snowing for over 24 straight.

[MNBrewer]

18. That's when I'd be glad if I had recently stocked the pantry hehe

and glad I purchased beer brewing ingredients earlier in the week.

[NutmegYankee]

25. I got my front door open. The snow is nearly waist high. And I'm 6ft tall.

I'd say a solid 32 inches.

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. And here I am in San Diego

We got white out conditions in the higher elevations and 7-9 inches in places...and a wicked hail storm overnight...for the flood reports to start.

The usual places will as soon as the melt starts

You watch yourselves for that too...

[jbnow]

53. There's something nice about that time when there is

nothing you can do... the snow is falling, roads are closed... stillness.
If you have the heat and food and company of a loved one or good book or just your thoughts and pen and paper...
whatever you have
That stillness is sweet and appreciated

Shoveling will happen, demands return
but now that stillness
Enjoy.

[ET Awful]

57. That's what I had to do.

I had to go out a window and shovel the door open .

Same with the gate to the back yard where my snowblower is.

[dixiegrrrrl]

58. Just realized what a problem that presents for the dogs....

[NutmegYankee]

59. It ain't fun for the humans to walk through either.

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. Yeah, but you don't have you dingy dangling in the snow.

( My dog told me to say that)

[MNBrewer]

14. Best wishes from MN!

[Junkdrawer]

17. Do you guys in Boston use chairs to "reserve" parking spots AFTER you dig out?

It's an old tradition here in Pittsburgh.

[WilliamPitt]

19. Yup

With my wife's pregnancy, however, we have nationalized a space in the driveway so she doesn't have to walk far from the car to the house. Won't be fighting that particular parking war this year.

[Junkdrawer]

20. How's her blood pressure? My wife has MS and during her pregnancy, she went preeclamptic...

Which meant she was bed-bound during her third trimester.

[WilliamPitt]

21. 100 over 60 every checkup.

= perfect.

[radiclib]

26. :)

[Junkdrawer]

29. Good. Toting 3 meals a day up stairs gets old.

Quickly.

[JaneyVee]

22. 12 inches here in NYC. Stay warm!

[Hissyspit]

23. It looks like where it was plowed last night needs to be completely plowed again.

[radiclib]

24. I was in Boston for the BLIZZARD OF '78

..and this is nothin'!
Well, OK, it's pretty big. At least Gov. Patrick had the sense to shut down the highways (seizing our Constitutional freedom in typical liberal fascist fashion, according to the radio gasbags) so they won't be littered with stranded vehicles this time.

[DainBramaged]

27. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA what car

stay safe and warm Mr. Pitt.

[GoCubsGo]

30. Thank you.

Thank you for making life in West Hellhole, South Carolina seem a little more pleasant today. If there is one thing I do not miss about living in more northern climes is snow. Especially when it comes down in feet, rather than inches.

[onlyadream]

31. 32" in central Long Island nt

[KatyaR]

32. As my favorite local weatherman, Gary England, would say:

"JUMP BACK, LORETTA!!!"

Hole-ee crap! I can't even imagine...

I miss the snow, we haven't had a good snowstorm in OKC for the past 2 years. Of course, the few years before that, we had really severe ice and snow storms which are unusual for us. Dangerous, but fun--that's what's winter should be about.

I'm there with you in spirit, sitting here with Weather Channel video running on my phone (I love listening to the weather reports when it's bad).

Stay safe!!!

[OKNancy]

68. LOL

(I love listening to the weather reports when it's bad).

I read this and laughed.... you are a true Okie!

[KatyaR]

70. I blame my 7th grade science teacher

who made us track the weather every day for a month. Then I got a ham radio license years ago, and many of those people are CRAZY storm chasers.

Besides, if you're a native Okie and live at the weather crossroads of the country, shouldn't you be interested in weather?

[OKNancy]

71. of course

the OK in my name means Oklahoma. I lived in the OKC area when Gary was just starting. He was a young man then.
I moved to Tulsa in 1977.

[Historic NY]

33. Just got my mess cleaned up....ended here before day break.

That old snowthrower did it job, but I'm more tired using it. I had a choice leave it in the back garage and climb threw the snow or cover it by the back step. I plugged it in and covered it with the BBQ grill cover, worked great. We had light snow but it piled up with drifiting here in the area 60 miles north of NY city. I'm glad I went out early the bright sun is making it thicken as it melts.

In other news were getting another 6 inches on Wed.

Does fried ground hog taste good?

[lonestarnot]

35. Brrrr.

[1StrongBlackMan]

37. Thinks for reminding me ...

of the primary reason I moved from Ohio to the desert Southwest.

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. You watch yourself.

.

Careful with the back

[Autumn Colors]

39. View from our front door

Southern Litchfield County, CT

[another_liberal]

40. Hope you remembered . . .

Hope you remembered to get extra beer and pretzels yesterday morning. Jeez!

[caseymoz]

41. Seems in recent winters

All the snow we should be getting in the Midwest has been accumulating and falling in the North East.

[krispos42]

42. Looks like a Honda Fit

I'll give you a buck if you can guess what my car is...

[2naSalit]

45. I don't know what kind of car that is

but the pile of snow on top of the garbage bin is telling! Let's see, all I can think of looking at the shape is something that's shaped like a PT Cruiser, but that's probably not what it is.

[krispos42]

47. I think it's a Fit..

...look at the slope of the windshield, and abrupt drop of the rear.

[2naSalit]

48. You may well be correct

I ain't never seen or heard o' them thangs yet. Up here is not many people land, we don't see many late models until they're old news! Notice the only thing I could imagine? And the slope in the back is what made me come to that conclusion, and that there looked to be a hood in the front. one that's mainly perpendicular to the windshield... but under all that snow, you only have so many clues to go with.

[krispos42]

49. LOL

Expect a lot of them in about 5 years.

[Beacool]

43. You guys got the most snow.

Where I'm at it wasn't as bad. I'm in NJ by Manhattan and there was plenty of snow, but not as much as you guys. In a little while i'm going to go and dig the car out of the snow. I'm looking at images on TV from Central Park and there are tons of kids sledding and some people even on skis (cross country).



Added pics, Hoboken, NJ

[2naSalit]

44. Goodness!

Looks like you got a bit of snow there. In my neck o' the woods, that's not an uncommon sight. But I can give out some empathy... no matter how often that happens, it's still a major task moving it out of the way.

Hopefully some neighbor kids will come along with a thrower/blower and help out.

Good luck, at least you still have Internet!

[Politicub]

46. Reminds me of the big snow we had in Atlanta two years ago

This city was shut down for a week and I couldn't leave my house by car. The news broadcast live from the greyhound bus station where a bunch of people were stranded.

It used to snow a lot when I was growing up. And just like I was excited about school closing, I was equally or more happy about the unexpected week off.

[MNBrewer]

50. One idea, if you can't get dug out

Saw this on Facebook.

[amandabeech]

51. And it doesn't use any electricity, either! n/t

[Beartracks]

67. And lots of ice for the drinks. n/t

[WilliamPitt]

52. Brilliant

[Beartracks]

66. Too cool! LOL I like the insulation...

... held in place between the studs with plastic sheeting and tape. "Just couldn't get the house finished before the snows came!"

=====================

[Cha]

55. Wow! I remember those

Snow storms when I use to live in New York up by the Adirondacks.. I didn't have a garage, either.

Enjoy the snow.. work will be here soon enough

Boston in The Great Blizzard of '78..



h/t She http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2332003

To "warm and toasty"

[valerief]

56. I'm in central Mass. I got 27 inches in one spot, 30 in another.

The snowplow snowbanks are higher, though.

Didn't lose my power, though. Now, I'm just hoping my front roof doesn't collapse. I was going to try raking it, but I was too pooped.

[Demo_Chris]

61. Wow! Has this been declared a disaster yet?

There are all kinds of people who could not possibly shovel that out of the way, let alone drive in that.

[MarianJack]

62. Hello from Winthrop, Maine!

I don't know exactly how much we got, but my wife, son and I spent much of the afternoon shoveling our 2 car driveway. Oh, our achin' backs!

PEACE!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

63. I guess you aren't in the market for one of these...

[Baitball Blogger]

64. My daughter said it was a mess.

People were out trying to dig their cars out, but the problem was that there was no place to put the snow so other cars just go buried deeper.

She said that rain is coming on Monday. It's going to be a mess.

[robinlynne]

65. wow!!!!!!!!

[malthaussen]

69. I remember the blizzard of '76.

Started work just before midnight, and it was clear as a bell. When it was time to go home, I walked to the parking lot -- and couldn't find my car. It was buried.

Compared to farther north, this one dropped only a relative dusting around Philly.

-- Mal