Anyone else on the east coast?

[Tab]

I'm north of Boston. Wind is howling, snow's a-blowing. Windchill -9 degrees. I debated gonig out to do an initial snowblow of the driveway but it's just too nasty out. Can't get my generator started. God only knows why I still have power (I SHOULD NOT TYPE THESE WORDS) but I don't expect that to continue. Nasty-ass stuff out there.

[blueknight]

1. try to stay safe!

hope you guys get through this ok!

[boston bean]

2. I am in MA, southern Norfolk County...

Just woke up too.

Couldn't get the storm doors open without a lot of pushing.

It's still snowing, there is A LOT of SNOW. Wind is still going strong.

When is this suppose to end?

[Tab]

3. It looks like it's going to run into late Saturday afternoon

I'm in southeast NH, about 40 min above Boston. I just went outside, drifts were nasty, but wind had stopped. However, a few minutes ago wind picked up again and is howling.

Not a good night to be homeless or up in the mountains. And I think most of the highways are effectively closed.

[Maine-ah]

4. hey Tab...

midcoast Maine here. stay safe, and I hope you manage to get the generator going!

[Tab]

5. Aren't you supposed to get whacked too?

Or are you just far enough north?

[Maine-ah]

7. fully whacked.

still being whacked, lol....crazy shit out there. I posted a pic in another post of mine (in the lounge) I'm an hour and a half north of Portland - I don't have snow totals yet, but Gorham (Portland area) has recorded 31 inches. I think we have at least that and it's not supposed to stop until late afternoon around here.

[In_The_Wind]

6. I'm west of you, over where NY, Ct & Mass converge south of Albany.

omg, hate it that your generator won't start.

We plugged in the battery charger just to be sure our genny won't let us down.

I haven't taken the dog out yet. It's deep, over a foot.

[krispos42]

8. On in Fairfield County, CT

I just managed to snowblow 3-4' deep snow from the garage to the street, only to realize that the street itself had 2' of snow on it.

So I'm not going to be volunteering at the EOC anytime soon.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I'm in NE NY, snowed pretty steadily for about 24 hours

I had to dig out an area so my dog could go out, twice, but the last time I looked out, I saw a plow! Yay! They tend to overlook us, off the beaten path...

No power outage here *knock on wood*, but know a lot are out. It's the biggest story on the local (Albany) news, so we're glued to the weather. Hoping that everyone else is safe out there!

[pipi_k]

11. In one of the hilltowns

just east of the Berkshires in W Mass...

we have at least 21"

My two German Shepherds had a real hard time trying to walk through the snow in their yard this AM for their morning pee.

[NewJeffCT]

12. My town is 80% out of power

but, we're luckily in the 20%. I need to go out & start clearing the driveway soon, but I keep putting it off.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Just north of NYC - the sun is now out, and it's above freezing. . .

It's digging-out day today. Thank goodness the storm was not as bad as I had feared for my region. No power problems, either.

[sarge43]

14. Central NH here

Mostly light snow now. Looks like Big McLargeHuge will gone from here by this afternoon. So far no power outage, but the day ain't over. We have o/a 8 inches of snow. May activate snow blower and shovel in a couple of hours.

Temp: 15F
Wind Chill: minus 4F
Winds: 10 to 15mph, gusts to 33mph.

[GoCubsGo]

15. I'm sorry, y'all.

Been there done that numerous times back up in Chicago, although I don't remember us ever losing power, regardless of how bad it was. I hope you won't even need the generator, Tab. Keeping my fingers crossed that you and everyone else here keeps their power.

We got dumped on from the southern part of the storm on Thursday. Fortunately, it came as rain. If it was snow, we'd be buried, too. Stay safe and warm, everyone.

[bigwillq]

16. New Haven County, CT

About 2 feet, maybe more, of snow. Power stayed on throughout.
Road still hasn't been plowed and neither has my driveway, although I did dig the car out.
Making grilled cheese and french fries now, going to take a little nap and then get back out there to shovel some more.

[Blaukraut]

17. Also north of Boston.

Snow is tapering off now, and we have 2+ feet, not counting the drifts. We never lost power, thankfully. Shoveling is going to be a pain, provided we make it out the door. It's jammed by a rather large snowdrift.

[jpak]

18. Still a blizzard here in Maine at noon Sat.

Wind blew the snow out of my driveway - woo hoo!

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. 3:13pm in

Downeast Maine and it's still coming down. I'm taking pics and video http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022340893 Will be updating the pics at 5pm and again in the morning.

[magical thyme]

20. I live right near Maine-ah...

The blowing seems to be slowing, but it's still snowing. No idea how much has come down. My front door now has a drift across is that runs diagonally from 6' high down to about 3 or 4'.

I can only get out my back door, which now keeps freezing shut. I've had to blow dry it twice to pull it open since I first broke out.

My older doggie collapsed on our way in from my 1st trip down to the barn. He's ok now, but gave me a real scare. An hour later I took a 2nd trip down and the path along the driveway was completely covered...you couldn't even tell I'd been there an hour earlier. Now I have a little path cleared that seems to be holding, from the back door to the side of the house with a strip of grass peeking out, so the pups can get out to pee and poop without getting bogged down in the snow.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Glad your pup is ok!

[Tab]

21. Just drove an hour up I93 in NH

Roads "clear", sorta, but drifts everywhere and wind blowing; few cars on the Interstate. Huge snowpiles from plowing, hard to see around corners, etc. Still kinda slippery, speed limit reduced to 45 (although I understand in Mass and Conn the Interstates were actually closed altogether). Slow going, but you can do it.

I think it'll be easier once the wind stops blowing drifts all over. At my house we got at least 2 feet of snow, but the wind blew drifts up to 3 feet on top of one of my cars. Wind is still biting and nasty, still very dangerous to be out unprotected.

[Xipe Totec]

23. I'm not dead yet.

South Shore.