message to the primitives in the northeastern states

[njpines]

yep, this is nothing. Still snowing but it's not sticking to the roads; they're just wet. No problems driving at all.

[Carl]

Finally snowing here,just a nuisance storm at this point.

[franksolich]

Aw, rats.

At least from the weather map available around here, it looks as if the sparkling old dude in Maryland is out of peril now, and the LynneSin primitive in Delaware can unobstructively rush out to buy doughnuts for dinner.

<<<still holding out hope, though, that Ms. Vanderbilt-Astor in northern New Jersey, Atman in eastern Connecticut, and the Bostonian Drunkard in southernmost New Hampshire are having problems, lots of problems.

[Fourwinds]

Gonna be 70 and sunny  here in Colorado 

[GOP Congress]

The weather "calamity" was a complete SUCCESS for the left.

The ENTIRE REASON for this calamity was to specificallys shut down commerce, which helps the democrats, whose entire existance depends on the continual deprecation of capitalism and freedom of commerce in general. To that end, they succeeded.

THIS is what our gutless GOP leadership should be lamblasting, but of course they aren't. DeBlasio won a huge coup.

[redwhit]

The weather "calamity" was a complete SUCCESS for the left.

The ENTIRE REASON for this calamity was to specificallys shut down commerce, which helps the democrats, whose entire existance depends on the continual deprecation of capitalism and freedom of commerce in general. To that end, they succeeded.

THIS is what our gutless GOP leadership should be lamblasting, but of course they aren't. DeBlasio won a huge coup.

You're onto something here.  Granted, it's still snowing to beat the band up here in the Boston area, hard enough that the plows can't keep up so people staying off the roads is a good idea.  What worries me is that we are now so coddled that we need the government to tell us what common sense should dictate: it's dangerous to head out and may create bigger problems so stay home.  No, we can't make that determination for ourselves, we need the government to tell us how to live.

That's more than a little pathetic.  What's worse is that it doesn't seem to bother many others.

[GOBUCKS]

New York's nut mayor shut down the city, and the apocalyptic storm didn't happen.

He and his forecasters are the experts preaching to the us about apocalyptic global warming.

[Zathras]

Meanwhile, here in cali, it's in the 60's and I'm wearing shorts and sandals. 

[franksolich]

Aw, shucks.

As of 4:00 p.m., the latest weather map shows only Atman and the Bostonian Drunkard with any possibility of the least little inconvenience.

Ms. Vanderbilt-Astor in northern New Jersey looks home free now.

[GOP Congress]

You're onto something here.  Granted, it's still snowing to beat the band up here in the Boston area, hard enough that the plows can't keep up so people staying off the roads is a good idea.  What worries me is that we are now so coddled that we need the government to tell us what common sense should dictate: it's dangerous to head out and may create bigger problems so stay home.  No, we can't make that determination for ourselves, we need the government to tell us how to live.

That's more than a little pathetic.  What's worse is that it doesn't seem to bother many others.

I've been onto this nonsense for decades. The entire premise of the left is to disrupt the status quo and create chaos. The left is like the criminal element, the right is like the police who RESPOND to the criminal element. The Left strikes first, and instead of averting the threat, our gutless GOP "leadership" acquiesces, much like DeBlasio orders his cops not to arrest the criminals.

Obamacare, amnesty, global warming. ALL junk science passed, either incrementally or through bulk force, that demands equal strength response, but the bottom line is we are being manipulated.

This was a run of the mill storm that was MASTERFULLY orchestrated by the liberals to SHUT DOWN COMMERCE. Billions of billions of dollars were lost, and make no mistake: whenver the Left can prevent private companies from making money, THEY WIN. It's that simple.

This is why I had created Ban the GOP in the past, as predicting what the left will do is like predicting what happens when you drop a glass onto a rock...it breaks. No "onto something" about it, it's just normal human nature.

[zeitgeist]

Aw, rats.

At least from the weather map available around here, it looks as if the sparkling old dude in Maryland is out of peril now, and the LynneSin primitive in Delaware can unobstructively rush out to buy doughnuts for dinner.

<<<still holding out hope, though, that Ms. Vanderbilt-Astor in northern New Jersey, Atman in eastern Connecticut, and the Bostonian Drunkard in southernmost New Hampshire are having problems, lots of problems.

Got a pretty good dusting on the coast, a bit less inland. 



Wee Willy is in the 2 foot range.  Great for making snow forts and sledding.  Minor inconvenience at this point for those with a bit of common sense.  DUmmies on the other hand will be greatly inconvenienced.  (Particularly those with four wheel drive vehicles). I am pretty sure there is a special 'stupid' tow rate for four wheel drive luxury vehicles stuck in snow banks.   If not there certainly should be.

[thundley4]

       

[JohnnyReb]

 

[zeitgeist]

New York's nut mayor shut down the city, and the apocalyptic storm didn't happen.

He and his forecasters are the experts preaching to the us about apocalyptic global warming.

That hockey puck should be beaten like a Detroit Redwing enforcer. Fresh from the DUmp we have this hidden gem:
 
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10026142098

brentspeak (17,245 posts)

Blizzard forecast in parts of northeast turning out to be a huge bust forecast
 
An embarrassingly colossal mistake (though parts of New England should get some major snow). As acknowledged by the NOAA meteorologist whose twitter postings played a large part in sounding warning alarms about the so-called "blizzard".

This could also be said of Algore and Global Warming.  "Colossal Mistake"   

[zeitgeist]

And here is yet another DU horror story:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/1018716202

Coach should get a kick out of this thread.   

magical thyme (9,826 posts)

you won't read it in the msm, but we're getting hammered here in Maine
 
 
Check yer maps. Snowmaggedon went east of NYC and Bahstahn. What's North-East of NYC Bahstahn? We are.

Of course, the msm doesn't care about Maine. I think, like Hawaii, they think we're furriners. Like an outpost of Canada, or something. Ayup.

Anyway, NOAA had predicted 2-4" overnight, and weather.com predicted 5-8 overnight. I stepped out at 8am and it was a minimum of 8". Actually, it was well over my boots, but from the drifting it's hard to say how much really. I'd guess somewhere from 8-12".

In the hour I spent down in the barn, a couple more inches came down, but the snowfall also strengthened in that hour. The wind is steady in the high trees now, with gusts lower down. In the house, I hear periodic howling. One gust early this am shook the whole house.

The ponies are hunkered in the northeast corner of the aisle. It's an "L" shaped aisle, so that corner is really protected for them.

Ha!ha! I called out at work. Their headquarters are in Bahstahn and I was surprised to have a human answer. I expected a machine. Apparently some of them spent the night there. They actually had the gall to send out an email yesterday telling everybody that the financial industry was included in the exceptions to the travel ban. They said if anybody was stopped on their way to work, we were to show them our work badges and tell them -- and I'm really not making this up -- "the mutual fund industry depends on our getting to work."   

When I was leaving last night, my fave co-worker quietly said to "drive safely." I whispered that "I'm not coming in tomorrow." He immediately said he isn't either. His wife is sick, his special needs child is sick. He wasn't risking getting trapped at work, losing power at home and having his sick wife bundle up his sick child and head out into the blizzard trying to get to her mother's house. I said if I get trapped, lose power and my back-up heat doesn't kick on, my animals will die. It's very cold out right now and supposed to be bitter cold tonight -- single digits or maybe below, I don't remember which.

What pissed *everybody* off there is that they have alternatives. There are 3 call centers and 1 of them is not in the path of the storm. They could have directed the calls to that center and put on a recording about experiencing high call volume due to the storm. They could have set up skeleton crews of volunteers, some of whom live within walking distance, and paid them a bonus or put volunteers up in a hotel. But noooo...they expect us to literally risk our lives and the lives of a families. 

A farm and two ponies!!  My, my, what a tale.

magical thyme (9,826 posts)

5. I ventured out about an hour ago to finish setting up the ponies
 
Delivered an extra bucket of water and warm mash to nosh down on, as a distraction while I dragged the loaded manure tubs out the door. Had a helluva time opening the back barn door. The front door looks worse.

I managed to drag the tubs to the manure pile. Snow was consistently up to my knees -- so somewhere between 16 and 20". But I have no idea how deep it was under my feet. At some point I'll measure my driveway, since that was plowed to the ground. But not until later today.

Anyway, Maizie was covered in 1/2" of snow first thing this morning, which I'd brushed off of her. She was blanketed in more snow, so I brushed it off and this time managed to get the rain sheet on her. The lining will wick out any moisture left in her coat, and then she'll stay dry.

I thought Dahli had been snuggling on me all the time because she was lonely. I figured once Maizie came, she'd forget about me. Turns out she just missed *me* and our "games."  She's all over me more than before, and is clearly jealous of any attention I give to Maizie. Oh well...now I get loved on by 2 ponies. 

Off to the night barn ( or is that Night Train?)  'course down in the counties the drink of preference is Coffee Brandy. 

magical thyme (9,826 posts)

24. so I headed out with the pups to do night barn

The snow piled back up against the door, so I could barely get it open. We followed our earlier tracks along the back of the house. And then they stopped. It didn't look like anybody had walked past the back of the house. The tracks behind the garden were gone. Down the hill, gone. The trench I'd dug dragging 2 loads of manure was barely a ripple along the top of the snow.

I headed into the garage to get a scoop of grain for Maizie. There was a drift against the garage door. When I opened the door, the snow poured into the garage. I couldn't close the door again.

Where I'd cleared snow from the gate was drifted back up again, worse than before. I could barely get the gate open.

Where I'd cleared snow from the back door of the barn was filled back in again. I headed back to get my shovel so I could get in the barn, and realized I was missing a dog. I called for Jake, but didn't see him until I was at the top of the hill. He was huddled in the bare spot next the house, lol. Never made it past the original tracks. So I took him back in.

After watering and feeding the horses -- I left them with a huge pile of hay -- I shoveled out the back door again, then I shoveled out the garage until I could close that door, then I shoveled out the front door again.  There's no point in trying to clear any more since it just drifts back over.

The snow ranges from about 16" in the driveway to mid-thigh behind my garden and in the pasture. There are a couple bare spots by the house. There are/were 3'+ drifts in front of the front doors, the garage and the shed.

I just checked weather.com says 5-8" more tonight. Then 2 clear days. Then 3-5" on Friday. Then 2 clear days. Then 8-12" on Monday. Winter has officially arrived.   

[franksolich]

Well, damn.

As of 1:00 a.m., the weather map shows that both Atman and the Bostonian Drunkard are home free now.

It doesn't appear a single primitive--or rather, a single PoP (primitive of prominence)--was the least bit bothered by the storm; only the lowly lumpenunterprimitiven, who don't count anyway.