[SamAdams76]

The naming of the winter storms is ridiculous and I take no part in that nonsense.

I'm in Chelmsford, MA tonight and it's one degree and snowing. No big deal. It what normally happens around here in January. We might get 10 inches but it's so light I can push it off my driveway with a broom. I got the fireplace going and it's toasty warm here. I have a generator gassed up and ready to fire up just in case the lights go out.

I've lived in New England almost 50 years and never once has a storm kept me indoors for more than a couple days. All these morons watching the "special reports" on the TV, getting all alarmed and making panicked runs to the supermarket for milk and bread. I have enough food in my house to last at least a month and that's always been the case. Like I said, no storm, not even the blizzard of 1978, kept me snowbound more than a couple days. As for the current one, I'll be out and about in the morning.

[plainshame]

Amen,the press makes a big deal of nothing 24/7 because they have no news but a little snowfall in an area of the country that normally has it.The blizzard of 78 never stopped me in the least either even with the national guard all over the roads.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’m more southern but we have some snow like this all the time. Worst is how people go to stores as you said. I don’t get it. Lived through several actual blizzards here, none has ever made us pack in for more than a couple days. All of us have plenty provisions for that. Even the great winter of ‘09-’10 - record single fall of 33” in 1 day and so on - and great icy winter of ‘93-’94 did not keep us down for long.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“We might get 10 inches but it’s so light I can push it off my driveway with a broom.”

You have a heck of a broom! I would need my Ariens snowblower for 10 inches!

[virgil]

Sun, Mon and Tues are going to be cold here in s.e. Wisconsin. Right now the forecast says that Monday’s high will be -10 F.

[LostInBayport]

I'm in Chelmsford, MA tonight and it's one degree and snowing. No big deal. It what normally happens around here in January. We might get 10 inches but it's so light I can push it off my driveway with a broom.

I'm further west but I've been out a few times this afternoon and evening shoveling a few inches of snow every time. By standards of winters past, this is no big deal but I've already been told that some state offices are going to be closed tomorrow. Whatever happened to hardy New Englanders? Now we get close to a foot of snow with below zero temperatures and it is the Apocalypse. (Apocalypse being defined as paid day home for state workers)

[the OlLine Rebel]

I just remembered - Snowmageddon! What happened to that? Now it’s Snowzilla! Was there also a snowcopolypse?

Ridiculous. Just 4 years ago they didn’t come up with all this name and nickname hooplah, and that was 1 of the biggest ever.

[redgolum]

My little sister was the result of the ‘78 storm hitting Nebraska. I came from the blizzard of 1974.

Another one of those Midwestern traditions that I suspect is worldwide. When the snow hits, you find ways to pass the time.