Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 02/10/2010 2:03:49 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It's the second big winter storm to hit the East Coast in less than a week, with forecasts calling for 12 to 18 inches of snow, gusty winds and freezing temperatures. Conditions were expected to deteriorate throughout the day.
"You may be able to get to work in Baltimore, New York City or Boston," the AccuWeather service said. "Traveling home, however, could prove impossible."
In Washington, D.C., where the federal government has been closed for the week as the city digs itself out from Saturday's snowstorm, drivers are being told to stay home.
Washington's Metrorail service remained confined to underground operations after the weekend's storm, while Metrobus service was suspended.
To deal with all the extra snow, the Virginia Department of Transportation brought in more than 200 extra pieces of equipment from as far away as Lynchburg, adding to the more than 2,000 trucks currently on the roads.
"Motorists are urged to stay off the road, as whiteout and blizzard conditions are expected to last into the evening," the state agency said in a release.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Minnesotans for G-Warming Present 'Frozen Wasteland' - The Who
They are hoping Obama hears THEM!
Good pictures of the Capitol.
All I have to do is look outside my living room windows and get a similar picture. It is still snowing hard in my area. Tomorrow shall yield a lot of back pain at best.
In central PA we have snow levels up the wazoo, and our wazoos tend to ride high. Looks like around 18 inches and still piling on. Haven’t seen anything this bad since that mess in ‘96.
I say give able bodied homeless a shovel and tell them to sell their services to the public shoveling sidewalks and driveways.
We live on a snow emergency route, which is always kept plowed. It's been hours since I've heard a plow go by, and even longer for a personal vehicle. When I was outside, two snowmobiles zipped past the house. I never knew anyone around here even owned them - there's seldom enough snow to use them!
Philly suburbs here. We did some shoveling earlier. The snow is moist and heavy, and overnight cold looks like it will result in it freezing together in solid chunks. Digging out tomorrow will be ugly. The moist snow is also sticking to evergreen tree branches despite the wind, which worries me.
I also shoved about two feet of snow off my car, as I didn’t like the idea of that much weight on the roof of it.
We were supposed to have at least a foot of snow, in Boston, by now. Nothing but rain. Yippee!!
The local Minneapolis lib screech station (former Airhead America) is claiming that the Washington blizzards are due to Global Warming. I didn’t listen long enough to hear the obligatory “Bush’s Fault”.
Screech. They must be drinking lots of screech to still believe that stuff.
I think I heard ‘em right — 58 inches in MD?
Pinging others on this thread.
The storm that went thru here yesterday is yet to arrive in the East....be about due for the weekend.
From Accuweather:
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Seasonal snowfall records have fallen by the way side from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Washington, D.C., with the latest storm that continues to lash portions of the Northeast and southern New England with heavy snow and strong, gusty winds. This second blizzard is less than a week, will depart heading through Wednesday night, but through the early morning hours, there can still be snow falling at the rate of at least an inch an hour along the coast from New York City to southeast Massachusetts. Storm total snow accumulations from this latest storm will range from 12-24 inches, along and just to the north and west of I-95 from New York City to Washington, D.C. Even as the storm exits, snow showers will linger Wednesday night and early Thursday across parts of Ohio, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Accumulations will generally be light, but roads can be slick through the day on Thursday. Hazardous and nearly impossible travel can be expected from northern Virginia northeastward through southern New England through Thursday with blowing and drifting snow continuing. After the blizzard exits, there will be a much-needed break from the snow, but not much melting is expected through the weekend with temperatures staying below average.
A new storm system will move across Texas late Wednesday night into Thursday. It will be cold enough to snow along the northern edge of this precipitation, generally along and just to the north of the I-20 corridor.
Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:22 PM
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Folks, travel only if you absolutely have to. This is a serious winter 
The region from south-central Pennsylvania and north-central Pennsylvania to southern Connecticut has been getting the worst of it. Throughout this area, there will be 12 to 18 inches of wind-driven snow. From about York County in Pennsylvania to central New Jersey, snowfall totals will reach a whopping 18 to 24 inches.
The large populous of New York and its surroundings missed the last storm, but they're right in the thick of this one. The current forecast for the city is 12 to 18 inches with blizzard conditions at times especially on Long Island.
We were warned here in Michigan, but A) it was obviously not gonna be all that bad, and B) it has to hit 18” before I’ll shovel. :’)
Northwest Storm Train Bringing Rain, Mountain Snow, High Winds
2/10/2010 5:15 PM
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Following a stretch of dry and fairly tranquil weather in the Northwest, a storm train is under way. Rain, mountain snow, and high winds will impact the area through the rest of the week. Slow traffic and
Rain and gusty winds will pelt coastal areas through the I-5 corridor of Washington and Oregon through Thursday.
Snow will spread into the northern Rockies, while snow continues to fall over the Cascades.
Following slick and dangerous travel over the major mountain passes through the Cascades Wednesday night, snow levels will rise to around 4,000 feet through the rest of the week. This means passes will mostly be wet or slushy with the upcoming storms.
Winds will really ramp up during the day on Thursday, reaching 60-70 mph at some of the beaches of Oregon. There could be some areas of damage, including downed trees or sporadic power outages.
That 58” has to be an accumulation amt from the earlier storms.
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