Here Comes NEMO!

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by honeychile

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

Thank you for the laugh, honeychile!

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

[Tulip86]

Stay safe everyone!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by AGDee

It's pretty much over for us, cheerfulgreek.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[Sciencewoman]

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.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Add me to the "I hate you" list

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.

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

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.

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.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

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.

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?

[aggieAXO]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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.

lol
Hilarious!

Stay safe, aephi alum.

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

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by aggieAXO

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

lol
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.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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?

It hit the entire northeast.....

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

It hit the entire northeast.....

Yikes!

[cheerfulgreek]

So far this year, we've gotten more snow than normal. I mean, that's what they said on the news.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

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.

LOL..exactly!

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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?

Absolutely. But we didn't name it then, either. Schools were closed for a week. I had a big school project due on the first snow day, which I was staying up late to finish. We were so sure it was going to be a snow day, I asked my mom if I could go to bed. She said I'd better get it done, just in case. It was very bad...the roads were closed for a few days, and some people died because ambulances couldn't get to them. We did not lose power, though. My father-in-law took his snowmobile to Meijer to get food. There were employees who were stuck there and they remained open.

Here's a link to more info:
http://blogs.woodtv.com/2013/01/26/t...zzard-of-1978/

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Absolutely. But we didn't name it then, either. Schools were closed for a week. I had a big school project due on the first snow day, which I was staying up late to finish. We were so sure it was going to be a snow day, I asked my mom if I could go to bed. She said I'd better get it done, just in case. It was very bad...the roads were closed for a few days, and some people died because ambulances couldn't get to them. We did not lose power, though. My father-in-law took his snowmobile to Meijer to get food. There were employees who were stuck there and they remained open.

Here's a link to more info:
http://blogs.woodtv.com/2013/01/26/t...zzard-of-1978/

Thanks for posting this, and thank you for the link. I'm going to read it now. I had no idea...

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks for posting this, and thank you for the link. I'm going to read it now. I had no idea...

Looks like the Great Lakes storm of 78 and the one that hit New York were two separate storms, two weeks apart. That, I didn't know! I always thought the Blizzard of 78 was one big storm.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/pa...045623,00.html