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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST WILLINTENSIFY TONIGHT AND MOVE NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARDTHROUGH THURSDAY.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

 

 

Borough Office Safe

Thought I'd share something funny. When the former secretary, Joanne Keifer left, I asked her to provide to us the combination to the safe in the office. She unfortunately didn't have the combination - and had told me that she hadn't used the safe in years, and forgot it. In any event, through the help of the Police Chief, we obtained the combination of the safe from the manufacturer.

Well, Chief Achenbach and I met this morning at the Borough Office and opened the safe. Neither of us knew what to expect. Could it be important papers that have been missing for centuries? Could there be thousands of dollars in forgotten cash? The secret to world peace? The tension was mounting as I dialed in the last of the numbers. Next step - flip the lever and open the door . . . . .

Let's just say that I now know how Geraldo Rivera felt.

I hope everyone's having a good weekend! :-)

Northampton County Council Supports Rt. 33 Interchange

According to an article in the Express Times, Northampton County Council granted their approval last night of the Route 33 / Main Street interchange.

Faith in local zoning convinced Northampton County Council to endorse the construction of an interchange at Route 33 and Tatamy Road in Palmer Township.

You can read the entire article here.

Have a great weekend everyone!

More Snow Coming!

Yes, that's right folks - our friends at the National Weather Service have issued a Winter Storm Watch for our area beginning tomorrow evening continuing through Tuesday evening for, according to the forecasters, 4 to 8 inches of snow.

Please remember to abide by any Snow Emergency rules that may be placed into effect during the upcoming snow storm and remove your cars from the Snow Emergency Routes.

Get your milk, bread and eggs!