Winter Storm 'Harper'...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by mrerick

"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

... ...The people on the Weather Channel are running around in circles...

My neighborhood got maybe 8 inches of light fluffy snow, and 9ºF when I got up this morning. Forecast is a minus 3ºF tonight. I snow-blowered my driveway in case I had to go somewhere but everything [social] is cancelled.

I haven't seen any snow plows [NYS] this morning. Street out front is snow covered; I suppose the plow crews are on break.

Edit: A plow just went by. Breaks over!

[sheepherder]

Weather Channel reports five deaths attributable to the storm; they didn't say if it was the entire storm or just one state. Time lapse radar showed the storm traveling from Louisiana NorthEastward to the Boston area; sort of a 45º path. NYS still has bans on buses and tractor-trailers. Cold is moving in now.

Tornado damage along the route of the storm. 130mph winds. Roofs ripped off, trees uprooted. Scary stuff.

Oddly, the Weather Channel was off the air here from last night some time until the middle of this morning. "Channel Unavailable" was the message. Local problem I suppose.

Edit: Plows are still out.

[sheepherder]

6:00pm - The Weather Channel just had a 'breaking news' flash - Winter storm 'Indra' has been named and is progressing Eastward across the NorthWest US. More snow and freezing temps expected.

Welcome to 2019.

[sheepherder]

My yearly temp pic. It actually got colder, to -2ºF later in the early am, but I was in my skivvies and didn't want to turn on the lights...

...Although that may have been paranoia, as no cars went by in the short time I looked at the thermometer...

It's 12:30pm now and 9ºF. Sunny outside, no snow flurries, although we got 3" overnight. 'Harper' is gone, just the aftermath now.

When I snow-blowed yesterday, my hands got numb. When I came in and got warmed up my joints hurt. They still hurt today, and they crack when I flex my hand.

[HerrKaiser]

Aha but here in Bowling Green it is a balmy 7 degrees with bright sunshine! Although that will quickly change in the next few hours.