Here Comes NEMO!
 

I'm all settled in, watching the snow start, as I'm in the projected 30"+ area. There seems to be a ton of hype for this storm. I wasn't alive to remember the blizzard of 78, but I'm mostly just going to be annoyed and cold if I lose power again. I'll also be annoyed at lack of water and ability to flush toilets. Time to bundle up and get ready to shovel snow half my height later today and tomorrow (I knew I should have remembered to get snowblower fixed). My Sigma Kappa crest cross stitch is ready to go by flashlight.

Anyone else ready for Nemo?

I'm in the 30+ area too! But I don't have much to get ready for. The best place to be during a blizzard is your dorm with a dining hall on the first floor, so you never have to set foot outside. Also it doesn't suck too bad that said dorm is in a city, so you don't have to shovel your driveway or clean off your car.

When did they start naming winter storms? And why?

Stay safe and warm, folks.

I think this is the first year, though "Nemo" doesn't exactly inspire blizzard like fear.... Maybe they are going for Disney themed names....?

Seriously! I thought that maybe the movie was being re-released.

Seems to me that tags like "blizzard of '78" worked just fine, but they didn't ask me.

I know it's wrong, but I'm jealous of not being in an area with a lot of snow.

The weather channel did it.

The Weather Channel announced Tuesday that they planned to start naming winter storms, similar to how the National Weather Service names tropical systems. Why?


"-Naming a storm raises awareness.
-Attaching a name makes it much easier to follow a weather system’s progress.
-A storm with a name takes on a personality all its own, which adds to awareness.
-In today’s social media world, a name makes it much easier to reference in communication.
-A named storm is easier to remember and refer to in the future."

They are actually all mythical names.. gods, goddesses, etc.

Very funny article about it here:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...rm-named-nemo/

Best of luck to everyone in the affected areas, stay warm and safe!

Also, for chuckles click here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/survivi...nding-nemo-gif

Me too!

Storm of '13 doesn't quite seem... scary. It comes off as a story my grandmother would have told.

Says the girl who has seen one or two flakes this year, but has snow tires on her car.

Mandatory road closings in MA declared by Governor Patrick. All non emergency personnel must be off all public roads by 4pm. Nemo is gettin' real. (Though so far I have maybe 1")

Let's trade, y'all can come check out the snow from my house (which loses power like it's the house's job), and I'll go lounge somewhere warm!

Just remember this when I am complaining in June-September about how it's still 97* at midnight in Dallas.

To me that is insane:). It is a beautiful day here in Austin, Texas-going to be in the low 70s-nice day for a jog on the trail:). Stay safe people of the north!

I think we're only getting 2-4 inches of it. I can live with that. :)

My mom was to fly to Puerto Rico with a layover at JFK...today. Womp womp. She's now leaving tomorrow, flying direct to San Juan.

ETA: I had to laugh at the some of the first storms named this year--"Draco" and "Luna". I wondered if we would get Harry, Ron, Hermoine, Snape, etc. :)

This storm is also being referred to as Charlotte. Apparently another station (I forget which) has also taken it upon themselves to name winter storms. Of course, Nemo seems to be the more popular name.. for obvious reasons..

I hate you. :p

The roads here are a mess. There are lines around the block to get gasoline. But I've got bagels, fresh fruit, and most importantly, gin. I'm all set :)

AEPhi alum, you went to WPI, right? are you still in this area?

Nope, MIT. Which is closed. MIT NEVER closes.

I live in Connecticut now, but I'm down on Long Island right now as my mother is in the hospital. Both CT and LI are getting slammed, but Boston is supposed to get REALLY slammed.

Stay safe, everyone.

I know. I just went out to my truck to get something I forgot and it is beautiful weather here in Dallas. I'll go running on the Katy Trail tonight.

And, definately, all GCers in the storm area, be safe!

I'm still "knocking on wood" though, because the meteorologist here will say one thing, and then the weather will change to something totally different.

I hate aggieAXO, right now. :p
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Hilarious!

Stay safe, aephi alum.

It's pretty much over for us, cheerfulgreek.

Stay safe everyone!!

I was smart enough to move to TX from NJ two months ago. It's 70 degrees and sunny here in Houston!

All my family and friends in NH, MA, RI, PA, NY, and NJ hate me right now :D

Stay warm (and safe), GCers! I know what it's like to deal with those New England storms!

I think they got the name from We Don't NEMO snow!

I want to be on the storm naming committee.

People keep asking on the news what "thunder snow is". This makes me think they are idiots, what does it sound like?

However, I just saw that we're projected for a few hours of 3-7" of snow an hour. WTF?! 7" an hour? that's insane. I always thought like 1-2" an hour was heavy snow.... *cranking heat in anticipation of power loss*

That is the difference between a snow storm and a blizzard.. that, plus the wind. When you consider that a tenth of an inch of rain = one inch of snow (roughly), that's less than an inch of rain an hour. And you easily get that during a rainy nor'easter, right? I hope you don't lose power!

Add me to the "I hate you" list :p

I'm starting to think my in laws had the right idea when they moved to Florida!

Here in NYC, they're trying to make it "business as usual." My office technically closed early but we're all nerds who stayed to finish our reports (MAJOR deadline coming up soon).

I think that by the time we wake up in the morning, the snow will have stopped falling and it'll just be a regular Saturday.

Thank you for the laugh, honeychile!

On a softer note, sending prayers to all affected family, GCers and friends in New England.

Stay safe everyone!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

It was a beautiful sunny snow day here...with about a foot of snow in the driveway left from the deluge that ended at dawn. My husband was a conference and I told him he needed to get the mail and the snowblower out when he got home, because we were literally trapped. My dog loves the snow. We've made trenches for him in the backyard and he likes to run through them.

I just can't see anyone in Michigan naming a snowstorm with a human name. Not going to happen. And I did live through the Blizzard of 78...we had to dig a cave in front of the front door to let our dog out.

Haha, you and everyone else!

My cousin's wife just sent me a pic of her back deck in Coventry, RI. Already over a foot of snow, and they still have so much more to go.. blizzard conditions until 5am, and snow all day tomorrow. Crazy.

Same here in NE Ohio. However, someone did make the comment that we do in fact name storms that drop 2+ feet of snow: WINTER.

I was born in 1983 so I wasn't around to see that on the news, but I saw the Blizzard of 78' on the History Channel a couple of years ago, and I thought it just hit New York. It got Michigan, too?

That's ok-you can get me back this summer when it is 110 degrees here and no one will want to go outside:D.

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Nah, aggie you have it so good. I mean, as long as it's not "humid hot", I love the heat. It just feels SO good. :)

It hit the entire northeast.....