NEW Winter Storm on East Coast: Live Updates

[elleng]

first: Thousands Without Power in North Carolina.

http://www.nytimes.com/live/winter-storm-jonas/?

[mcar]

1. My son lives in DC

He's hunkered down. Thanks for this link, elleng.

[elleng]

6. You're welcome.

I lived in DC for 20+ years, and in Silver Spring (suburb) now, and well hunkered down. HOPING the power doesn't go down!

[mcar]

9. That's the big concern

Stay warm and safe.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

2. Thank you so much for this. I'm in the D.C. area and this was incredibly helpful.

[elleng]

5. Good. So am I,

visiting in Silver Spring.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. That's where I live!! Be careful out there!

[elleng]

12. PLANNING to be careful,

NOT going out until things clear up, Stalwart!

[Kingofalldems]

3. Just shoveled my driveway and sidewalk--

for the first of many times. Snow is fluffy and light, not difficult to shovel, so there's that.

Montgomery County, Md.

[elleng]

4. I'm in MontCo too,

visiting a friend, and the community (and kids, probably) will shovel tomorrow, so not thinking about it!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. Shovel every few hours or so. Getting ready to go out and shovel a bit more.

So far, the snow feels light and fluffy.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Bulletin: Giant has run out of Twinkies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/why-a-looming-storm-makes-us-think-we-can-eat-all-the-junk-food-we-want/2016/01/22/89a0a188-c063-11e5-83d4-42e3bceea902_story.html?tid=sm_tw

?uuid=tDTVbMCWEeWUQ3B0w2RUBQ

[rug]

18. This has now taken a serious turn.

[Quayblue]

11. wishing everyone well and be safe!!

I'm an hour outside NYC but we're not expecting much here.

I do remember 2011 and 2012 winter storms. I'm from Michigan and have never seen snow like that, so I'm cautious even though it's been predicted we won't get much.

Thanks!!

[kwassa]

13. Snowzilla!

courtesy of the Capital Weather Gang

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We hereby name this winter storm ‘Snowzilla’

By Angela Fritz January 22 at 11:20 AM

We’ve thought about it long and hard this morning and although Make Winter Great Again has the most votes — and is certainly hilarious — it doesn’t make for a good name, or a good hashtag. So we’re going with the runner up: #Snowzilla!

Snowzilla makes so much sense to us because of its perfect nod to this “Godzilla” El Nino. And quite frankly, this could be a Godzilla-sized winter storm.

[elleng]

14. Yup, seen the creature (on-line, NOT outside yet!)

[cwydro]

15. It's been nasty here today.

Our local power guy is our neighbor. Thank goodness, because we've lost power twice.

He and the guys were here cutting trees a few hours ago.

Our geese, chickens, ducks, and other critters are all good.

Been a rough day here on the farm.

[Samantha]

16. I am in College Park, MD, about 15 miles outside DC, near UMD

I got as prepared as I could for this: got a kerosene heater, stocked up on food, batteries, etc. But the most wonderful thing happened: I heard someone shoveling outside my house, and there was my neighbor! He cleaned from the porch, down the sidewalk and the walk in front of the house. He said when I got up tomorrow morning, I would not even see that he had shoveled.

I have great neighbors here.

Sam

[elleng]

17. GREAT, Sam!

Kids will probably come by here, in Silver Spring, some time, but having such neighbors is terrific!

[Kingofalldems]

19. Just got in from shovel #2.

It is nasty out there.

About 6 inches so far.

[wellstone dem]

20. Best Wishes from Minnesota

Light and fluffy is good, but it will make it worse when the winds start.

It the snow gets heavy, take it easy, heart attacks are often the largest fatality.