this storm looks epic

major jay · January 11, 2011, 05:55:19 PM

Is anyone here from Boston?

lester1/2jr · January 11, 2011, 05:59:00 PM

me

Mr. DS · January 11, 2011, 08:45:40 PM

I'm in New England. Currently waiting for the storm to arrive. They're building it up but the snow accumulation totals keep varying. I guess we'll see tomorrow. I'm in the 10-12 range.

Jack · January 12, 2011, 07:33:07 AM

It'll be a winter wonderland

The Burgomaster · January 12, 2011, 09:33:48 AM

I live in Billerica, Mass (northwest of Boston). It's still snowing like a bastard here. We probably have about 13 inches right now and they are predicting 15 - 20 inches in my area before it's all over. My office delayed opening until 11:00, but I already told my boss it will probably be at least noon before I get there (if at all). My office is in Nashua, New Hampsire and I don't think the snow is nearly as bad there.

Flick James · January 12, 2011, 10:28:36 AM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 12, 2011, 09:33:48 AM
I live in Billerica, Mass (northwest of Boston). It's still snowing like a bastard here. We probably have about 13 inches right now and they are predicting 15 - 20 inches in my area before it's all over. My office delayed opening until 11:00, but I already told my boss it will probably be at least noon before I get there (if at all). My office is in Nashua, New Hampsire and I don't think the snow is nearly as bad there.

Haha. I was watching Outside Providence recently and they use that eupemism "like a bastard" or "as a bastard" all through that movie. That's gotta be a NE thing. It just cracks me up. I might try to introduce it in the southwest.

"It's hot as a bastard today."

lester1/2jr · January 12, 2011, 11:01:32 AM

I live just outside Boston and there is a ton of very wet heavy snow. If you grab a handfull of it it's already a snowball.

Mr. DS · January 12, 2011, 10:09:14 PM

The storm went through odd phases here in RI. Heavy slushy stuff in the AM, fluffy white stuff around lunch and then a coat of sleet to go on top. I got stuck in a snowbank for about 20 minutes until the plow guy in our neighborhood yanked my car out.

The Burgomaster · January 13, 2011, 07:26:01 AM

Quote from: Flick James on January 12, 2011, 10:28:36 AM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 12, 2011, 09:33:48 AM
I live in Billerica, Mass (northwest of Boston). It's still snowing like a bastard here. We probably have about 13 inches right now and they are predicting 15 - 20 inches in my area before it's all over. My office delayed opening until 11:00, but I already told my boss it will probably be at least noon before I get there (if at all). My office is in Nashua, New Hampsire and I don't think the snow is nearly as bad there.

Haha. I was watching Outside Providence recently and they use that eupemism "like a bastard" or "as a bastard" all through that movie. That's gotta be a NE thing. It just cracks me up. I might try to introduce it in the southwest.

"It's hot as a bastard today."

It's one of my most frequently used phrases. "Hot as a bastard," "Sick as a bastard," "Tired as a bastard," you can use this phrase in many circumstances. I never realized it was a NE thing. I have been saying it for as long as I can remember. I think I got it from my father's side of the family (the Italian side).

indianasmith · January 13, 2011, 07:27:50 AM

We got 4 inches of snow down here in Texas, and it shut down our schools for a day and a half . . . I can't imagine what a FOOT of the white stuff would do!

Jack · January 13, 2011, 07:32:44 AM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on January 12, 2011, 09:33:48 AM
My office delayed opening until 11:00, but I already told my boss it will probably be at least noon before I get there (if at all).

I always go straight for the "Probably won't be able to get in at all."

I live a ways outside of town and as far as anybody at work knows, snow plows almost never make it out this far.

lester1/2jr · January 13, 2011, 02:39:37 PM

I was in the office when it hit and was worried I wouldn't be able to get home to my wife and kids. Then I remembered I not only don't have a job but no wife or kids either.

The Burgomaster · January 13, 2011, 09:40:39 PM

Final tally - we ended up with about two feet. My town was one of the towns in the "pivot point" of the storm, according to Channel 7 news.