Winter Storm Watch Thurs. 12/11/08-Fri. 12/12/08 (Scranton, Wilkes-Barre: Valentine's day, house, buying)

[SteelCityRising]

I just thought I'd give we NEPA folks a heads-up that the National Weather Service has just issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Poconos and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre effective Thursday morning through Friday. As of right now the variables of this coastal storm are hard to pinpoint, but the "potential" exists for some heavy snow and significant icing. As someone who has a final exam down in Wilkes-Barre on Friday afternoon, I'm doing a bit of a happy dance right now!

If the storm comes a bit closer to the coast, then we'll get mostly just plain rain or a small accumulation of snow/ice. If the storm goes further off the coast, then we'll get very little. If the storm stays on target, then we'll get the first "widespread" major snow storm of the season (the other events thus far have been elevation-dependent).

Crank up those snowblowers and get ready to make that hot cocoa!

[rockky]

Scrappy-crappy timing. X-ray scheduled for late Thursday afternoon. Then I was going to head to the southern DE beach on Friday morning to do some major home remodeling work.

If I can just make it out to 476...I should be OK....right?!?

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by rockky

Scrappy-crappy timing. X-ray scheduled for late Thursday afternoon. Then I was going to head to the southern DE beach on Friday morning to do some major home remodeling work.

If I can just make it out to 476...I should be OK....right?!?

Let me take you back to Valentine's Day 2007, a day that was supposed to be filled with love but was instead filled with CNN flooding viewers with images of THOUSANDS of motorists stranded on area Interstates due to the severe underfunding and under preparedness of PennDOT in dealing with only a moderate snowfall of a little over a foot to a foot-and-a-half. I wouldn't risk it, rockky. Your life is too precious for that! On the plus side though it's supposed to be warm enough south of the Poconos for mainly rain, so if you CAN battle I-476 to the Lehigh Valley or so, then perhaps you can "dodge the bullet."

[rockky]

I was afraid you'd take me back there, Scran. sigh Wasn't that more on 80 and 81? There was half a foot of ice on the roads.

I was still in mid state DE at that time. Frankly, I probably didn't even know exactly where the mess was happening. It was only a couple of weeks later when we came up to NEPA to start house hunting. There were still wind chills well below zero that weekend. Winds had to be 50-60 miles an hour.

........and, still....we came.

[Jungle George]

Originally Posted by rockky

Scrappy-crappy timing. X-ray scheduled for late Thursday afternoon. Then I was going to head to the southern DE beach on Friday morning to do some major home remodeling work.

If I can just make it out to 476...I should be OK....right?!?

If y'all start heading south now, you'll be here by tomorrow night!! I'll have the rum punch ready!! It's supposed to be 84 tomorrow & Thursday....c'mon down!!!

I don't miss that snow/ice crap one bit!!! (but ask me the next time a hurricane's on our doorstep!!)

[memoriesbre]

If the storm comes I am staying home. I don't drive in snow, so somebody else will have to make the popcorn!

[littlebunnie69]

I hate the snow and my children are praying for the snow. you can't win !

[InfectedMushroom]

I hope we get tons of snow!! I don't mind driving in the snow too much, I just take my time. Also, i got a new camera recently and I want to take some snow pictures.

[Jungle George]

December 8 6:00 PM

It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9

We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in
The whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!


December 12

The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My neighbor tells me not to worry-we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on
Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.


December 14

Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't
realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.


December 15

20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants
A wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.


December 16

Ice storm this morning. Fell on my a$$ on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very
cruel.


December 17

Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but
stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe
I'm freezing to death in my own living room.


December 20

Electricity is back on, but had another 14 inches of the damm stuff last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damm snowplow came by twice.
Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.


December 22

Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white crap fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to pee. By the time I got undressed, peed and dressed again. I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the a-hole is lying.


December 23

Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think she's lying.


December 24

6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a b!*tch who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by his ****s and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas Carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damm snowplow.


December 25

Merry ****ing Christmas! 20 more inches of the damm slop tonight - Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a ***ing idiot. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her butt into the microwave.


December 26

Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.


December 27

Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.


December 28

Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The B***H is driving me crazy!!!


December 29

10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?


December 30

Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing me for a million dollars, not only for the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ***. The wife went home to her mother.
Nine more inches predicted.


December 31

I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.


January 8

Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?

[EnyaGirl]

Seriously not looking forward to this storm. My husband is away in North Carolina, and I have strep throat . On top of that, we just bought a (used) snowblower from my boss, but I have no idea how to use the damn thing...let alone get it up and running.