[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by gmdealerguy

I just got home. Figured I would leave at 1:00 to stay ahead of anything. Snow seems to be picking up now. Parkway, for now, was fine..... But there were a lot of cars on it so I guess people are leaving early.
On another note, an email was sent to all the dealers from the owner and second in command reminding us employees that tomorrow is a regular work day and we are open...... Any employees who don't come in will use a sick day or vacation day. Nice, huh? One is in California on vacation and the other is in Texas on vacation at his other home. Wtf.

Even though I know they are a car dealership and that industry is notorious for such lunacy (my wife used to work for one until she realized how they treat women), I'm actually surprised because many businesses I know never close are. For example, I have a friend who works for a law firm in White Plains that is like that yet today they just closed and will be closed tomorrow. Also, in Westchester at least, buses are going to stop running at 8pm and will not run again until Wednesday morning.

[7express]

It's been coming down in Trumbull most of the day starting at 8 or so. In the morning it was just little flurries but was consistent enough that by 10:30 when I left work, there was ground & windshields of cars covered. Roads were fine, people panicking like usual. Starting to come down harder now in the last half hour or so. Usually I go help my uncle with some work Monday night's, but looks like I should pass on that tonight, huh Cam??

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Henry10

@ Cambium:

You wanted snow? You got snow. And you thought winter was over, just because there wasn't much snow till Jan 15. Now, in a couple of weeks we'll get up to Buffalo's numbers. Nice jinx!!

lol. I should wave the white flag more often? I still say Early Spring coming. But I'm probably wrong about that too.

The precip shield isn't moving. Bunker down, this is steady snow now. Will pick up as we move into the evening.

NYC reporting Heavy snow now.

[clutchrider]

Blizzards cause power outages in many ways, falling branches, extreme cold, and wind. When things ice up and metal becomes a little more brittle in the cold it can break more easily. Not necessarily the wires, but connectors or other materials used to hang up said lines.

Was out for our sons checkup appt. around 12. Roads in North Haven/WFD were coated and a little slick. after the appointment they were wet and somewhat slushy. Coming down again now, heavier than before with some wind now. Work is done for the day and there is a magnum of Cab with my name on it.

[mikelizard860]

Originally Posted by gmdealerguy

I just got home. Figured I would leave at 1:00 to stay ahead of anything. Snow seems to be picking up now. Parkway, for now, was fine..... But there were a lot of cars on it so I guess people are leaving early.
On another note, an email was sent to all the dealers from the owner and second in command reminding us employees that tomorrow is a regular work day and we are open...... Any employees who don't come in will use a sick day or vacation day. Nice, huh? One is in California on vacation and the other is in Texas on vacation at his other home. Wtf.

Disgusting.

The owner is a multi millionaire "job creator". He gets to abuse you.
Make sure you vote republican so we can lower his taxes. lol The 1 percenters needs more money.

The auto industry really attracts people of low moral character. You see it in the way many of them stiff customers.

Who buys a car in a 2-3 foot blizzard? LOL!

[jp03]

Originally Posted by ctwhitechin

when I lived in CT I couldn't believe Metlife made me come into work Tuesday the day after Sandy swept through. The big whigs don't care really.

Good luck up there, I'm not missing that at all...be safe

You miss it!

[Cambium]

All those times it rained over 2" & we said "imagine if it was all snow"... well..... here we go.

Latest qpf & snow forecast. Over 2 inches of liquid all snow! Anyone know how much precip was in the last blizzard?

National Weather Service Forecast Office - Upton, NY

[WouldLoveTo]

Originally Posted by mels

WouldLoveTo- I obsessively make sure my gloves are clipped together whenever not in use after losing 1 pricey ski glove. It broke my heart! I feel for you, that really stinks.

I normally do, partly because I have so many riding gloves that I can't find pairs if I keep them separate! It was a Cloudveil from 10 years ago so you get it. I can't imagine where it went to. I walked outside, put it on the passenger seat, drove to work and opened that door again to get my laptop off the floor. I did stop at the store on the way home but I've already retraced all my steps. I'm going to check with the stores lost and found (even though I know I didn't open that door there and I think it noticed it gone before that) so my only two options are a squirrel/bird took it from the driveway, or someone at work put it on my car and I drove off with it unsecured… but the office is in a quiet area and I went back and looked on the streets. Come to think of it, I drove back in to put some salt on the walk before I went to the office, and I would've seen it sitting on the driveway then if I had dropped it. I ripped that entire drawer apart already on the off chance I had only taken one of them. I really don't want to buy another pair so soon because things have a way of turning up - like my headphones that sat for two weeks in a rarely used jacket that I walked to work in recently, but I just can't figure out what happened with this. Logically, it should've been sitting in one of the driveways.

GM - I feel for you! My place rarely closes too, though I remember them shutting own early once last year. I'm anxious to see what they do tomorrow. I have plenty of work for my other jobs to keep me busy at home.

Flakes are bigger now. Plows are aimlessly driving around (not kidding)

[clutchrider]

Coming down steadily in WFD.

[MrGompers]

Originally Posted by Mike 75

I watched Haney this morning and he was way lower. Which meteorologist was this?

I think his name is Mark Dixon. They still have the snow totals up on their (WFSB) website. They also forecast 17" for Block Island RI. (not shown in the picture) that would have to be some kind of record for Block Island.