Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms (MAJOR WEATHER EVENT!)

[freshwest]

101. I can't imagine what it is like. It's one thing where I live, several floors up. The winds howl, the

rain pelts my windows, I see the snow coming down. I am so grateful to be inside and warm, and doesn't leak. We have gales in the northwest, but where I live, the light company comes for us first, as we are many in a small area.

Most of our power is under the ground, so it's not like people in houses with so many spots for the power to go out. The main lines may go out, but the crews are out there in it putting it up again. Where I lived through hurricanes, at one time the power went the night the hurricane hit, in a city of millions.

I couldn't sleep from the noise of the 'power pots' on the poles in the back yard. One by one, they arc'd and buzzed until every single one was broken and it took weeks to get the power back on. This is what happened in Sandy.

Fortunately my house didn't flood but flood waters had come up and traveled under and behind the house before. Anything near the beach had been evacuated long in advance, but I was living in a state where we expected that to happen.

Not that Northeasterners are uninformed or ill-prepared, but with so many people there, it must be almost impossible to find dry land closeby by driving. And the cold. That's what gets to me.

Good luck all, especially those who have not been able to repair yet. You guys are not getting a break on any of this.