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[The Crypto Guy]

First snow storm in years for our area and it looks like it going to be a big one, plan ahead and stay safe!

National Weather Service just put out their early Winter Storm Watch which has the Westchester Area/NYC area expected to get anywhere from 10-16 inches of snow, more the closer to the coast you are.

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[GoAwayGiannone]

SO excited. Its about time we got a ton of snow, and it really helps make it feel like Christmas time when that happens

 

[Bob Richards]

Me before a snowfall: I'm excited for snow and how wonderful it makes Christmastime look.

Me, navel deep in hell frost and shoveling: If I just died right here no one would know for several days.

 

[bl02]

Ugh. Man hockey can’t come soon enough

 

[Cmox]

Oh man, we used to have epic winter storm threads here.

 

[ecemleafs]

not working wed night so this is sort of exciting. definitely not gonna be playing hockey thurs morn if we get a foot of snow overnight, but w/e.

 

[will1066]

Just like this snowstorm, the conditions are right for Buch to produce big.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Oh man, we used to have epic winter storm threads here.

I’m trying to bring back the tradition

 

[FIRE DRURY]

I f***ing love snow. Especially blizzards.

Any of you bastards remember the Blizzard in ‘93? That was epic. The great thing about that blizzard was the fact that the asshole public school systems in Nassau county didn’t believe in snow days.

There was 2 feet of frozen snow on the ground and all we got was like, a 2 hour delay.

 

[will1066]

I f***ing love snow. Especially blizzards.

Any of you bastards remember the Blizzard in ‘93? That was epic. The great thing about that blizzard was the fact that the asshole public school systems in Nassau county didn’t believe in snow days.

There was 2 feet of frozen snow on the ground and all we got was like, a 2 hour delay.

How about '96?

 

[FIRE DRURY]

How about '96?

I remember the one in ‘93 more for some reason.

If we’re lucky maybe the ancient @bobbop or @Ghost of jas can tell us about the blizzard of 1888. I hear that dropped like 50” of snow.

 

[NYR94]

How about '96?

'96 was big. I remember being in high school and having a delayed opening, sitting in homeroom for like half an hour, then going home having not gone to a single real class after they announced an early dismissal. Such a waste.

But I remember '93 being bad as well. I remember that I always froze my butt off waiting at the bus stop in the freezing cold as a blizzard raged because they almost never completely canceled school.

 

[ecemleafs]

How about '96?

world class blizzard

 

[ecemleafs]

'96 was big. I remember being in high school and having a delayed opening, sitting in homeroom for like half an hour, then going home having not gone to a single real class after they announced an early dismissal. Such a waste.

But I remember '93 being bad as well. I remember that I always froze my butt off waiting at the bus stop in the freezing cold as a blizzard raged because they almost never completely canceled school.

my cousin's christening was that day. whole family drove to it. snowing like crazy on the way home. my dad had to keep pulling off the highway to wipe the snow build up off the windshield. my uncle drove back with us and was snowed in at my house for days.

 

[Ruggs225]

I f***ing love snow. Especially blizzards.

Any of you bastards remember the Blizzard in ‘93? That was epic. The great thing about that blizzard was the fact that the asshole public school systems in Nassau county didn’t believe in snow days.

There was 2 feet of frozen snow on the ground and all we got was like, a 2 hour delay.

i remember the frozen i storm around 1999or 2000. Where it was a ton of snow and then like a day of rain. We had no school for 2 days

i do remember some other big storms in the 90’s . Me and my friends would make bank shoveling. And we were only like 10-13years old. Just walked the 5 or 5 blocks around the neighborhood shoveling driveways

 

[Ruggs225]

Oh man, we used to have epic winter storm threads here.

The thundersnow thread was amazing

 

[NYSPORTS]

Kids are excited school might be canceled yet they are already at home

 

[CTRanger]

The early February blizzard in ‘13 was epic. Winter storm NEMO I believe. Most snow in 24 hours in CT on record. Anywhere from 24”-36”. We got something like 32” where we are in Fairfield County. It was over my boys and my dogs heads! We got 14” either a couple days before or after also, can’t remember. Legendary

 

[broadwayblue]

So weather.com is saying 8 to 12 inches in NYC. This says 36"?

 

[RangerBlues]

I dont care if your boiler spouted wings and flew away. Im staying home.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

So weather.com is saying 8 to 12 inches in NYC. This says 36"?

What is showing 36 inches? Nothing is showing anywhere near that high.

 

[NYSPORTS]

The early February blizzard in ‘13 was epic. Winter storm NEMO I believe. Most snow in 24 hours in CT on record. Anywhere from 24”-36”. We got something like 32” where we are in Fairfield County. It was over my boys and my dogs heads! We got 14” either a couple days before or after also, can’t remember. Legendary

+1

Snowblower worked very hard. Drifts were crazy too. Some grass showed in some areas with drifts just short of the house gutters. Couldn’t walk through it.

Both exciting and overwhelming. Happy i put replaced a deck with a patio this time.

 

[Irishguy42]

Guess I need to buy a new shovel after work tomorrow, since the one I had before I moved was busted...

 

[bobbop]

Having lived in some real winter wonderlands (Syracuse, Denver, Minneapolis) since leaving New York I can tell you that what makes snow much, much worse in New York is the warmer temperatures that turn snow into slush so quickly. It’s a completely different experience.

BTW...your upcoming blizzard is a light dusting in the Arizona mountains right now. Enjoy!

 

[broadwayblue]

What is showing 36 inches? Nothing is showing anywhere near that high.

The second image in this thread says 30" next to StormMax.