Buffalo, Albany and Boston are gonna be hit by Marcus!

[In_The_Wind]

Stay warm and safe!

[Renew Deal]

1. "Marcus" is a made up name by the Weather Channel.

It is one of their products. It is not supported by NOAA and should not be used.

[hlthe2b]

2. I have to agree with you... It is a tactic to up the hype, hysteria and gain ratings...

I realize this has been a serious year for snow storms and especially along the route of this current storm. I wish all the best.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Wow! Well the televised reports are calling this storm Marcus.

http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/next-winter-storm-northeast-great-lakes

[magical thyme]

7. meh. they started naming winter storms a couple years ago.

yes, it's a pr stunt. no, it doesn't hurt anything.

worst case, people adopt it, the other channels start using the names. so what.

fact is that this has been a wierd year for storms. it's not the total snowfall or even the size of the storms. it's the way they've all been jammed into a few weeks, instead of spread out. normally, we'd have a bunch in december, then a short january thaw that shrinks the piles, then get hit hard in february and march.

instead, we had 2 feet in november, warm weather through december and january, until the last week of january. now january temperatures with nonstop february storm systems. it makes it much harder to deal with when you can't finish digging out from one storm before the next one hits.

[LiberalElite]

9. The storm naming is one of the reasons

I stopped watching TWC and looking at its website.

[we can do it]

4. Who the hell is Marcus and why is he mad?

[In_The_Wind]

5. I wish I knew.

[magical thyme]

6. mercifully, so far the cold front is keeping me in the 1-3" area for tonight/tomorrow

we got about 1" last night. Tiny little flakes coming and going all day not amounting to anything.

I'm going to finish a couple more chores then take a break. If I'm up to it, I'm thinking I can scoop the driveway in an easy hour later today. then tomorrow morning, do it again.

As long as the cold front holds, anyway. every storm up until this one, we were supposed to just get dustings, and then the cold front gave way and we got creamed. fingers crossed that the slower moving front will stay stalled off-shore and to our south. this really getting old....

[In_The_Wind]

8. When I noticed the shift in the storm's path I smiled a little smile for you.

Come in from the cold for a hot cup of broth from time to time.

[KMOD]

10. Oh goodie!

I'm in the 12-18 zone.

[In_The_Wind]

11. Unless something changes we're in the 8 to 12" zone.

We already bought tickets for the next power ball lottery.
I wanna be where it's warmer than this in the winter.

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[magical thyme]

12. Ya smiled too soon, ITW....it's ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!

Once again, it looks like TWC is underguessing the snow for my area.

Somewhere around 3pm I looked out the window and noticed it was now coming down steady. Slow but steady.

Just brought the horses some water and hay, and picked up the barn. It was a little warmer than I expected out. And the total since I headed out: ~1" down in ~1 hour. If this continues through the night and tomorrow am, no way we'll be the 3-5" they're predicting.

Note to self: never, never, never think you're out of the woods. Because you're not. Ever.

[In_The_Wind]

13. Oh Crap!

Meanwhile ....
It started snowing around 2PM. Our street is missing again!

Oh, and I'm getting yelled at by DUers cause the weather guys are calling this storm Marcus.

[magical thyme]

14. I see you bought a powerball ticket...

please think of me when you win. I'm a cheap date...just toss a spare mill my way and I'll be yer friend forever and you can call the winter storms whatever you want!

[In_The_Wind]

15. You got it!

Oh, and you can hire help to muck out the stalls. [img][/img]

Lets see now [img][/img] The next storm name should start with a N. [img][/img]