Blizzard Nemo - NE Snowstorm 2013

It's prep and power outage time, share your updates, pictures, and techniques here.

Boston needs 18.5" of snow to break into the top ten snowstorms of all time, and this one is scheduled to deliver up to 24".

Be sure everything is charged, yes it's too late to buy batteries, and make sure you've got a battery-powered radio set to your local news station ready to go..

Wow. You guys stay safe up there.

Let it snow, let it snow....let it snow! !
Be safe guys and girls, don't take unnecessary risks. Don't go out unless you have to.

I think NJ is mostly OK at least the parts lower than say NYC, etc....we might only get ~ 4-6" in the Princeton area for example....but, north of us, it looks to build rapidly.

StarHalo said:

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Be sure everything is charged, yes it's too late to buy batteries...

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I think there are many people on CPF that have something like, oh a pelican full of batteries here, a crate of SF123s over there..

Food is stocked, shovels and tires are ready. Looking forward to it. Now if only I had some deep cycle batteries and inverters that I could hook my internet modem and router up too.

I've got lots of lights and batteries, food, drink, cell phone, portable radio, a full tank of gas and new snow tires...

But darn, I forgot to buy a plastic shovel for the trunk of my car. It's -14C (or 7F), so it'll have to wait until the temps rise and the snow is cleared tomorrow.

I'll be plowing snow in my pickup. I needed an extra yellow beacon. After checking them out, I'm using my Eagtac D25LC2 on slow strobe. I put it in a yellow Inova traffic wand an strap it to a roof rack in a niteize universal flashlight holster. My set up works great and I didn't need to buy a $100 - 200 beacon. Bring it on ...

Ready. Solid 12-18" on the way here. Been snowing since 7am... An hour north of NYC.

Jealous! I love snow but hardly ever get any good amounts here in Ft Wayne, IN. Even when we do get a somewhat decent snow, they make a huge deal out of it. And it always ends up being about half of what they predicted anyway. Pathetic.

24"?!?! Stay safe!!

The state of Massachusetts has banned road travel after 4PM.

Snowfall totals this hour: Bronx, NY: 2.3"
New Haven, CT: 2"
Bridgeport, CT: 2.8"
Darien, CT: 3.8"

Anyone check out home depot in mass. To see what batteries got sold out first.
when I was a kid we depended on a flashlight with two d batteries, heavy duty type.
that was it!

Go Medway. Do not eat yellow snow!

4,779 households without power Long Island, NY, 5,000 in MA state.

Snowfall totals this hour: Youngstown, NY: 12.1"
Stratford, CT: 9.5"
Gorham, ME: 9"
Norwalk, CT: 6"
Long Island, NY: 6.5"

59mph wind gust recorded at Nantucket, MA

4740 flights cancelled total due to the storm.

Rhode Island bans road travel as of 5PM.

Almost 5" on the ground here in New Canaan, CT. Up to 24" expected. Looks like i renewed my earlier life addiction to Flashlights at about the right time. New Fenix PD-32 arrived this afternoon in a plastic bag-covered package from Amazon/UPS. Was just out clearing the cars off with my Fenix TK-35...it's snowing like crazy. Have about 14 RCR123A and 8 BRC 18650 3000mAh batteries charged, and about 24 NiMH AA cells for LED Lanterns, police scanners and other lights ready to go.

Stopped in local True Value for more Ice Melt and they were selling large reflector flashlights with 6V lantern batteries for $16.99- labeled 7 hours run time...the little LED lantern lights next to them get 70 Hours on 4 AAs......all their 'D' batteries were wiped out first.

pwscott said:

New Fenix PD-32 arrived this afternoon in a plastic bag-covered package from Amazon/UPS.

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Awesome timing!

61,000 households without power in RI state
40,000 in MA state
30,000 in CT state

A snow band in Eastern CT is dropping snow at a rate of 5" per hour.

Snowfall totals this hour: Lisbon, CT: 13"
East Setauket, MA: 13"
Lockport, NY: 14"
Woonsocket, RI: 12"

Wind gusts this hour: Nantucket, MA: 69 mph
Boston, Logan Airport, MA: 60 mph

Downtown Boston:

350,000 households without power in New England region

Snowfall totals this hour: Manchester, CT: 18.5"
Eastford, CT: 17"
Staffordville, CT: 16"
Belmont, MA: 14"

Wind Gusts this hour: Bedford, MA: 79 mph
Boston, Logan Airport, MA: 76 mph
Nantucket, MA: 74 mph

Water over the seawall at Weymouth, MA, homes flooded.

Nemo is developing an eye:

Over 600,000 households without power in New England region

Snowfall totals this hour: Hamden, CT: 26"
Long Island, NY: 22.4"
Randolph, MA: 21.7"
Thomaston, CT: 20"

Storm surge approaching 4' in Boston; surge topped out at 4.57' during Hurricane Sandy.

Pilgrim nuclear reactor in Plymouth, MA declares an "Unusual Event"; an automatic shutdown due to loss of off-site power.

Nemo officially meets criteria for a blizzard (35+ mph winds, 1/4mi vis. for 3 hrs), although meteorologists are tossing around the term "blizzicane".

FDNY firefighters just delivered a baby in Brooklyn.

Daybreak here, 14" in my front yard. Lights are still on, lots of snow to move, but we certainly missed the worst of it. Good luck to everyone north and east of me !!!

645,083 households without power at peak of storm this morning, 400,000+ without power currently.

Snowfall totals: Milford, CT: 38" (2nd largest snowfall all-time)
Portland, ME: 29.3" (1st largest snowfall all-time)
Boston, Logan Airport, NY: 24.9" (5th largest snowfall all-time)
Providence, RI 17": (4th largest snowfall all-time)

Travel ban will remain in place in CT state.

The National Guard delivered a baby in Worcester, MA.

City lights through the storm: