PING: New Yorkers (Brrrr!)

I've been reading this morning about the awful weather up there.
Doesn't Baha live pretty much where the worst of it is? Two feet of
snow, freezing temperatures and downed power lines sounds very
dangerous. I hope everyone is okay, and that it really isn't as bad as
the report I read is making it out to sound like. It sounds downright
scary.
Sherry

jmcquown...

John called and said Buffalo got hit hard which means Rochester where he
grew up probably also got it. Since he moved his mother to an assisted
living facility in NW Arkansas he still has to pay the utility bills to keep
the pipes from freezing (or to keep the hardwood floor from buckling given
temperature fluctuations between hot and cold) so he's not happy about that.

Aren't we glad to be in the southern U.S. about now! As it is it's cold
here, but it's supposed to sneak into the 70's tomorrow.

I never saw the little kitty cat again from last night :( I hope she'll
come back around. The kibble is still out there.

Mishi...

Baha and Randy live out that way - I heard it was quite nasty for a
while there. Snow rates of 4" per hour at times. We missed that storm,
thank god (goddess!)

Mishi and crew

Randy...

I live about 60 miles southeast of Buffalo and we didn't get any of it. It was
bad in Buffalo. As of this morning there are still approximately 20,000 without
electricity and it may be a few more days before some of them get it restored.
Most of the Buffalo area was under a state of emergency yesterday and declared
a disaster area. Many roads were inpassable with all the trees and branches
down. It is snowing heavly at this moment here. It is starting to accumulate

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

I know what you mean! I feel the same way about New England, which is
where I'm from originally. Although when I did live there, I always
had either oil or gas heat, so if the power lines were down, you
could at least get heat! Where I live now, I have electric heat - so,
no power, no heat.

But it also doesn't go below freezing around here, and even in the
coldest part of the year, you can get by with sweaters or maybe wrap
a blanket around you if you're sensitive to cold (I'm not). Then
again, we don't get blizzards either, but we do get some nasty
rainstorms in the winter that can cause power outages.

Purrs for the folks in Buffalo and surroundings!

John F. Eldredge...

The cold air reached all the way south to Nashville, Tennessee.
Thursday night got all of the way down to freezing, the first time it
has done so this season, and we had our first frost. The high
temperature on Friday was about 30 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the
high on Wednesday had been. Today is bright, clear, and cool, but not
as chilly as yesterday had been.

but I don't believe we are suppose to get much. The problem with it is with
most of the leaves still on the trees the heavy wet snow causes the branches to
break and knock down power lines.

tension_on_the_wire...

I am *SOOOOO* glad I moved away from Canada.
18 years ago, now, and I still shudder when I remember
the winter!!

Kreisleriana...

Huh? It's sunny and mild here.

OH!! You mean UPSTATE! ;)

(Seriously, big purrs to the Northland)

Theresa

Make Levees, Not War