Snow Patrol Just How Much Snow Has Massachusetts Gotten Lately?

[sheshe2]

Gov. Charlie Baker briefed the media on the latest snowpocalypse and drove home just how much white stuff the commonwealth has gotten lately with this little nugget: Mass. plows have already moved enough snow this winter to fill the 1.9 million-square-foot Gillette Stadium 90 times. It's like some sort of Super Bowl of snowfalls.
· Our Snow Patrol archive [Curbed Boston]

http://boston.curbed.com/archives/2015/02/just-how-much-snow-has-massachusetts-gotten-lately.php

Boston looking for ideas on snow disposal



So far, to clear away the snow that’s been dumped on Boston by the latest storms, workers have utilized special snow-melting machines that vaporize the white powder and reduce it to water at a rate of 400 tons per hour.

Officials have also been stockpiling snow at five “snow farms,” which are essentially vacant lots. Walsh has also contacted state environmental leaders about dumping snow into the harbor, if necessary, as yet another storm approaches Thursday.
Discuss: What should be done with the snow?

With few other options, McGilpin said anyone with an innovative idea, product, or approach should get in touch.

Walsh’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, which describes itself as a civic innovation group under the mayor’s administration, forms partnerships with residents, educators, and entrepreneurs, seeking to solve common problems and improve city life and services.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/10/what-will-with-all-snow-boston-looking-for-suggestions/o5fAM4PHPlXnVC3OH6PmHJ/story.html?hootPostID=482002bbab7aa64a24aa96e5ad6841f7

New storms coming Saturday-Sunday. Up to a foot. It has been frigid here. The snow is not melting. Roofs are collapsing.

More Snow On The Way For New England



BOSTON (AP) — Just as southern New England residents finished digging out from the latest storm, forecasters say more snow is on the way.

The region, which has already had record snowfall, saw a dusting of snow Wednesday and can expect more light snowfall Thursday just in time for the evening commute, according to the National Weather Service.

The snow should taper off early Friday morning, bringing Cape Cod up to 4 inches and around 2 inches elsewhere in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut.

Forecasters are watching a more potent storm that could dump higher amounts over the Valentine's Day weekend. The weather service says it's too early to say how much that might ultimately bring, but the Saturday to Sunday storm could bring "plowable snow."







Winter Weather
Water floods a street on the coast in Scituate, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. A storm packing blizzard conditions spun up the East Coast early Tuesday, pounding parts of coastal New Jersey northward through Maine with high winds and heavy snow. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/snow-new-england_n_6660276.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. 12-18" more due by Sunday evening.

I hate winter here.

[DonViejo]

2. If the storm doesn't move north like currently predicted...

2 ft will drop throughout New England. High winds, up to 70 MPH are in the forecast. I suspect Pat Robertson will announce "it's God's punishment, New England states were the first to allow gay marriage."

[sheshe2]

4. Gay marraige did this!

Damn them to hell ...

Good old Pattie, stupid old ugly man.

Hey Don, you and yours stay safe. I am going to hunker down once again, I have been lucky. The storms have come on days off for the most part. The driving is ugly, you can't see shit coming out on the side roads. I came close to being clipped twice now.

[DonViejo]

5. They're talking about electricity probably going to be knocked out...

we've got a great supply of wood to help keep us warm. I'm ready for Spring!

[sheshe2]

6. Power out....

Damn. I have a very good down comforter and that is it. I will under it and come out in the spring.

However, we will be lucky if all this melts by then. Then, lucky us we will have flooding.

[PADemD]

3. Too bad it couldn't be shipped to CA.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. I love it how Lord Baker goes on about the record snow

and calls for help from other states to plow... and fires the head of the MBTA because of the problems due to the same record snow.

He's a nasty piece of work, very nasty.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. He's clearly in over his head, and not just snow.

Notice how he dances around every important question that he's asked?

I predict he won't run again, even if he survives his first term.

[MADem]

9. So sick of this crap!! On the "bright" side, the 24 inches expected, downgraded to 18, is now "12+"

Blizzard Warning for Massachusetts
Active for next 1 day, 14 hours · National Weather Service
This alert has been updated.
Posted 6 minutes ago
Winter Storm will bring blizzard conditions to Eastern Massachusetts this weekend and heavy snow farther inland.

Blizzard Warning now in effect from 7 pm Saturday to 1 pm EST Sunday.

Locations: East coastal Massachusetts.
Hazard types: blizzard conditions, including heavy snow, poor visibilities, and strong to damaging winds.
Accumulations: snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches, except 8 to 10 inches on the Outer Cape and Nantucket. Snow drifts of several feet deep can also be expected.
Timing: Saturday evening into Sunday.
Impacts: travel will become nearly impossible and potentially life threatening due to Whiteout conditions and bitterly cold wind chills. Conditions will remain dangerous for travel well into Sunday due to blowing and drifting snow, reduced visibility and dangerously cold wind chills. Power outages can be expected in some locations due to very strong winds.
Winds: north 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 75 mph.
Visibilities: one quarter mile or less at times.
Temperatures: around 20.

I am reminded of this old joke by "author unknown" that has been published all over the internet (I remember it way back when as an office xerox) --time to pull it out again:

December 8: 6:00 P.M. It started to snow. The first snowfall
of the season. The wife and I took our cocktails and sat for
hours by the window watching the huge snowflakes drift down
from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic.
We felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9: We awoke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white
snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic
sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the whole world?
Moving here was the best idea I have ever had! Shoveled for
the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both
our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow
came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the
driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!

December 12: The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a
disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry. We will
definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would
be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter,
that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that is
possible. Bob is such a nice man. I'm glad he's our neighbor.

December 14: Snow, lovely snow! Eight degrees last night.
The temperature dropped to minus twenty. The cold makes
everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I
warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is
the life! The snowplow came back in the afternoon and buried
everything again. I didn't realize that I would have to do
quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in
shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so much.

December 15: 20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a
4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and two extra
snow shovels. Stocked the freezer too. The wife wants a wood
stove in case the electricity goes out. I think she is silly.
After all, we aren't in Alaska.

December 16: Ice storm this morning. Fell on my rear on the
ice in the driveway while I was trying to put down salt. Hurt
like hell. The wife laughed for an hour. I think she's very cruel.

December 17: Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go
anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the
blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and
try not to irritate her. I guess I should have bought a wood stove,
but I won't admit that to her. God, I hate it when she is right.
Can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20: Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the
damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Damn
snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel,
but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they are
lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying
a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March.
I think they're lying. Bob says I will have to shovel or the city
will bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13
more inches of the white stuff fell today, and it's so cold it
probably won't melt until August. Took me 45 minutes to get all
dressed to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time
I got undressed, peed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel.
I tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of
the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think he's lying.

December 23: Only 2" of snow today. And, it warmed up to 0.
The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning.
What is she.....nuts??? Why didn't she tell me to do that a month
ago. She said she did, but I think she's lying.

December 24: 6". Snow packed so hard by the snowplow, I broke
the shovel. I thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch
the SOB who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow
by his family jewels. I know he hides around the corner and waits
for me to finish shoveling and than he comes down the street at a
100 miles and hour and throws snow all over where I have just shoveled!
Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas Carols with her and
open our presents, but I was busy watching for the darn snowplow.

December 25: Merry Christmas! 20 more inches of the darned slop
tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil.
God, I hate the snow. Then, the snowplow driver came by and asked
for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife
says I have bad attitude. I think she's an idiot. If I have to
watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to kill her.

December 26: Still snowed in. Why the heck did I ever move here?
It was all her idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27: Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze.

December 28: Warmed up to above-50. Still snowed in. The wife is
driving me crazy!!!!!

December 29: 10 more inches of snow. Bob says I have to shovel the
roof or it will collapse. That's the silliest thing I have ever heard.
How dumb does he think I am?????

December 30: Roof caved in. The snowplow driver is suing me for a
million dollars for the bump on his head. The wife went home to
her mother. 9" predicted.

December 31: Set fire to what was left of the house. No more
shoveling.


Author Unknown

[sheshe2]

10. Yup, only a foot on top of feet and feet and feet and feet and feet...

We are so lucky here. Yikes!

December 22: Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13
more inches of the white stuff fell today, and it's so cold it
probably won't melt until August. Took me 45 minutes to get all
dressed to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time
I got undressed, peed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel.
I tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of
the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think he's lying.

Lol~ It probably won't melt to August. I have been asking everyone at work to take bets when we see the last of this.

And this

Took me 45 minutes to get all
dressed to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time
I got undressed, peed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel.



And~

I am sick of this crap as well, enough is truly enough. I hope the mall stays closed. Snort, hell no we have to open for the two or three idiots that feel the need to shop.

Stay safe MADem and warm, dammit it has been cold.

I pray we do not lose power this time, I have hurricane lamps and an awesome down comforter...that is about it.

[pipi_k]

11. Enough to seriously piss off

the happy little bluebirds!

[JDDavis]

12. Another flurry to a couple inches tomorrow and...

Perhaps a mix of rain and snow up to a foot next Sunday AGAIN!

http://www.necn.com/weather/?zipCode=02201

[sheshe2]

13. All I can say at this point is....

[JDDavis]

14. Boston officially at 102" for the winter

We need to get to over 108" in Boston to make a new record there. (Pray for just another 6" by May)

But several other New England Communities, on the South Shore, Cape, Islands, RI, CT, all have new records.