Big ol' Nor'easter has stalled out over Boston

[WilliamPitt]

Forecast went from an inch to more than a foot overnight. Snowing at a rate of an inch an hour right now.

Thus...

[boston bean]

1. yeah it sucks. any idea when it's suppose to stop

haven't caught a recent weather report.

[WilliamPitt]

2. Noon

Boston is into the 8-14 inches bubble.

[boston bean]

3. It is coming down like a bugger, that's for sure.

Thanks for the info, Will!

[In_The_Wind]

4. no poo!

I purchased tickets to see Oz today! fornicate me [img][/img]

[magical thyme]

5. better Mass than Maine

that is all. We're cold, grey and not a flake in sight.

[RILib]

7. better Mass than RI :-)

An inch or so here.

[talkingmime]

6. That can't be good. The beltways will be a mess.

On the other hand, they're a mess on a good day.

[WilliamPitt]

8. Beltways?

[talkingmime]

9. I-495 and I-128 - okay, they're only half beltways. You'd need a REALLY long bridge to complete them

[WilliamPitt]

10. :-)

Not a term I hear used around here.

[talkingmime]

11. Which term?

[WilliamPitt]

13. "Beltways"

[talkingmime]

15. Ah. Understood. I grew up near DC and "the beltway" was universally understood.

We referred to the "inner loop" (clockwise from the air) and "outer loop" (counter-clockwise) and everyone knew what that meant. They turned, I think 198, not sure, into the "Inter-county connector" rather than calling it the "outer beltway" like 495 in Boston. If any city in the world needed an outer beltway it was DC. Their 495 is about as disfunctional as disfunctional gets, especially at the seven turns near the Morman Disney Land castle. I'm glad I don't have to drive there very often. It's a multi-car pile-up waiting to happen - and that's on a good day.

[WilliamPitt]

17. Yeah, I think DC when I hear that.

128/95 is maybe the worst highway in America.

[talkingmime]

18. Rt 3 out of Nashua is a close second.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Thanks for the info.

Are the buses running on time? Or is this another snow in?

[WilliamPitt]

14. The storm hit right at the beginning of rush hour.

The plows had to back off because the streets got flooded with commuters driving to work. I live on a street that's a fire lane, so we always get plowed first, and they haven't been by since 7am.

Ergo, the buses are running, but I imagine they're struggling like everything else. The T is doing fine.

[talkingmime]

16. Yeah, but at least MA has the right kind of plows. Those double bladed things work great!

I like when they fly in formation with one using a cow-catcher format and the flanking trucks using a double-sweep. They can knock out a 4-lane highway in short order, and at nearly highway speeds!

[In_The_Wind]

20. It's been snowing in New Paltz since before dawn.

[magical thyme]

19. should be blowing out soon. getting big gusts up here in Maine

with glimpses of yellow sky showing through.

[WilliamPitt]

21. They're now saying it won't end in Boston until 2pm

Mess.