Got Snow?

OK - so have you had enough yet?

Have fun digging out. A few reminders:

1. The Snow Emergency is still in effect until further notice. Please keep your cars off the snow emergency routes - you risk being ticketed and towed.

2. Do not throw the snow into the street.

3. Give the plow a wide berth.

4. Yes, the plow WILL put snow at the end of your driveway - there's no way to avoid it. Don't dig your driveway clear until the roads are finished. If you're unsure, stop Frank and ask him. He won't bite. I promise.

5. If you're traveling today, please be safe. Slow down.

6. Finally, send me your snow pictures - I'll share them here with everyone.

Happy Shoveling! :-)

It's Official - Bread and Milk Alert in Full Force

Go get your bread, milk, eggs and toilet paper folks - because it's coming. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for our area:

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOONEST FRIDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TONOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST WILLINTENSIFY TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARDTHROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REACHES ITS STRONGESTPOINT, IT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD AND BACK ONTO LAND NEAR LONGISLAND, NEW YORK ON THURSDAY, AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGHFRIDAY.PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING, ANDCOULD START OUT AS EITHER RAIN OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW.HOWEVER, PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHTTONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF FRIDAY. THE HEAVIESTSNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH TOTALSNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNEDAREA. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN THE STORM WILL BE AT ITS STRONGEST ASWELL, WHICH WILL LEAD TO STRONG WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONGWINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AS WELL ASSCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.THE SNOW COULD BE A HEAVY, WET SNOW, SIMILAR TO THE LAST STORM,WHICH MAY HAVE AN EFFECT OF TREES AND BUILDING OVERHANGS. SHOVELINGSNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT WITH THIS STORM. ANYONE VENTURING OUT TOSHOVEL SNOW IS ADVISED TO USE CAUTION WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AND TAKEFREQUENT BREAKS.A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSOPOSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Another Major Bread and Milk Alert In the Offing ? ? ?

Well – our friends at Accuweather are predicting Doom and Gloom for later this week.  It looks like there’s another major snowstorm in the works.  To quote Accuweather.com, ” Hurricane-Like Storm Aims for Pennsylvania to Maine Thursday, Friday”.  It continues on to say “A powerful storm of historical proportions is aiming at much of the Northeast Thursday into Friday and will follow up to a foot and a half of snow through Wednesday over upstate New York and western New England.

This second storm will be nothing short of a monster. Even in light of the blizzards earlier this winter that targeted the southern mid-Atlantic, this may be the one that people remember the most this winter in parts of New England and the northern mid-Atlantic.

At its peak, the storm will deliver near hurricane-force wind gusts (74 mph) blinding snow falling at the rate of over an inch per hour. For some people in upstate New York and eastern and northern Pennsylvania, this may seem more like a "snow hurricane" rather than a blizzard.

Cities likely to be impacted by heavy snow for all or at least part of the storm include: New York City, Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Scranton, Allentown, Reading, Williamsport and Burlington.

You can access the entire article here à  http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=eastusnews