Surviving the "Bomb"

showcrop · Jan 4, 2018

They are calling this storm a "bomb cyclone", I think because the barometric pressure dropped so low so quickly. So far we have around a foot of snow, which is not a big deal, but the wind is gusting pretty strongly up around 30 MPH. My barometer is the lowest I have ever seen at 28.8. I haven't been out because I am sick, but I'll see in the morning how much snow I have to move. Unless the power goes out, and then I will have to go out and start the generator and plug it in.

Adirondack case guy · Jan 4, 2018

Looks like the snow is not the problem, Seams that there are unusually high storm surges in coastal communities, that are flooding those areas. The incoming cold will be the 1-2 punch in those areas turning water into ice.
Loren

Greg K · Jan 4, 2018

It's just another winter storm that they
are trying to sensationalize. No different
from "snowmageddon" or any other storm they
blow out of proportion. They have been
doing it once a winter for the last 5
years.

showcrop · Jan 4, 2018

(quoted from post at 17:21:17 01/04/18) It's just another winter storm that they
are trying to sensationalize. No different
from "snowmageddon" or any other storm they
blow out of proportion. They have been
doing it once a winter for the last 5
years.

Here it seems like five times per winter for the last fifteen years, LOL. Most of the times the storms do fizzle but this one is running over

rrlund · Jan 4, 2018

Aw geez! What hurricane name are they giving this one? groan

Philip d · Jan 4, 2018

Pretty much what we're getting here now only
stronger winds.

Crazy Horse · Jan 4, 2018

Greg ...... sounds like you've survived several of these yourself. Where do you live?

DeltaRed · Jan 4, 2018

Where is this? here in western Colorado we are having the warmest,dryest winter ever. Like the winter that never happened...Just watch-come mid Jan/Feb'March,April..... we get hammered

TimnSEVA · Jan 4, 2018

Not much different than any other snow storm here. 6" and some gusty winds but never lost power. Lose power during thunderstorms quite frequently. My wife works at a hospital near Norfolk VA. She got a hotel room last night as she
had to be there at 6:30am this morning and the weather guessers called for white out conditions. Spent $100 bucks. She said she could have drove the 20 miles with no problem but better to be safe. When a certain cable channel started
naming winter storms the hype got out of control. All for ratings I guess.

Traditional Farmer · Jan 4, 2018

Might have been a good idea,I was going to ODU in Norfolk in 1972 when they got a foot of snow shut the whole place down for about a week.

Greg K · Jan 4, 2018

In the midwest/west where we have all the same storms but not the oceans. Have you ever wondered why there can be equally strong storms in areas that are lesser populated and they don't give names and stop to wonder why? Why doesn't Minneapolis have any bad weather like this? Montana? Omaha? The broadcasting companies need to maintain relevance and keep people engaged so they come up with the catchy sounding names for a storm that will affect millions of people who will then pay more attention causing their viewership to stay high. On this site there are constant referrals to " the winter of ??" However in this case the discussion is about things that have actually physically happened not a prediction of something that may happen. Several years ago we had 24" of snow with 50 mph winds that plugged up everything and I myself couldn't leave home for 5 days, every time that winter we got 1" of snow the wind blew and drifted in all the roads because the ditches were already full of snow so the only spot for it was where it had been plowed out of. That was the last one. Remember in 83 where it didn't get above 0 for 3 weeks and at one time had close to -100 wind chills? Granted they were no snowmageddon or hurricane bomb or another attention garnering name. I don't watch much tv for this reason, it is all a push to dramatize everything, used to hunt coyotes with a guy who would try to imitate that stupid stuff while hunting, never saw anyone trying to look so dumb.

Now this is in no way to mean that the storm won't be bad but 12" of snow is 12" of snow wherever you are, even if it is in the middle of nowhere or on the coast. Sorry if you are offended, just calling it like I see it.

Al Baker(pumpman) · Jan 4, 2018

Why is it any storm to hit the eastern part of this country is such a big deal? Cold, high winds and snow are just a classic sign of winter here. Why all the fuss?? Almost every day we are getting 1-12 inches more snow. Get an extra gallon of milk and a loaf of bread, put another log on the fire. Everything will be ok . Al

db4600 · Jan 4, 2018

Ditto!!
Three years ago the Midwest was battling weekly snow that ended up in dead loss for several of the plains herdsman. Not a peep. We had snow drifts 6? tall on our road shoulders. Nothing said. That same year if anything east of Chicago had a normal snow event it was headlines. BS. Pull up your pants and deal with it like the rest of the tough minded folk west of the Mississippi and northern plains neighbors.

Shovel your walk? Try getting out to the herd or deal with troublesome waterers. Here?s to the tough minded folk and jeers to our ego-centric eastern media!

RBoots · Jan 4, 2018

No kidding Al, they have to give a name to every storm front that comes through, and make a "winter weather advisory" every time it may snow. Who the heck cares, it's gonna snow, or it's not, no one is gonna change that. If you can't get up in time to adjust your schedule some, or can't deal with snow, you need to get it together. I hate hearing things like, "Winter Storm 2018 is here!", with a suspected snowfall of 1". Big deal. It won't hurt anything.

Doug Wi · Jan 4, 2018

I remember a few years back the Maryland area got a 20" snowstorm and another 20" one was predicted on its heels. Made national news. Had a young lady reporter out interviewing a farmer. They were set up with the cow herd in the background that was stuggleing to move in the deep snow. She was almost breathless when she asked the farmer "you have had 20" of snow and another 20" predicted , what are you going to do?" He simply replied " we are going to deal with it". That's the way life is you have deal with comes your way. stay warm

db4600 · Jan 4, 2018

Touch?!
I went to work and shoveled snow to build on a house only to come back and shovel more snow the next day so we could try again many times in the 80?s and 90?s. Can?t say it was completely smart, but we did it.

Frozen barn cleaners, stuck silo unloaded, and piled snow can get to be a daily ritual that we just learn to deal with.

Northvale PA · Jan 4, 2018

So, I am from Baltimore. Yes, hyping these storms is what weather people resort too since their lives are very boring. I have 4 wheel drive, good
tires and stay home till all the crazy people are done crashing their cars. Snow is just work on a farm. I now have a 7? snowblower so don?t
worry about heavy snows anymore.

jeffcat · Jan 4, 2018

Well they named it Grayson . Oh WOW. How about if we go out on a pub crawl??

rlp in Co. · Jan 4, 2018

A while back, maybe 2001 we had the worst snow storm that I have ever seen. The snow was so deep on the east and west roads that the snow plows could not go thru. Finally the county brought out a big snow blower and two big frontend loaders. The snow blower had a Detroit Diesel v12 engine. My neighbor lost around 50 head of cattle because it was about 2 weeks before he could get to them. The county would get some of the roads open and they would be drifted shut that nite. They finally got some of the main roads open and I went to town for groceries. When I came home that nite I only got about half way home and the road was drifted shut and the road drifted shut behind me so I had to sleep in the car till the road grader came by the next morning. There was a guy they found dead in his car up by Grover from the exhaust fumes. I made sure that my tail pipe was downwind.

paul · Jan 5, 2018

10 years ago wife would have that channel on for hours as background noise, keep an eye on the weather. Turn it on before or after work to see where we were at.

I don't even remember the last time we turned it on now, only sensationalism and only on the east coast. They show movies and stuff when there is 'real' weather going on outside.

Paul

Traditional Farmer · Jan 5, 2018

The problem in places like Norfolk is any amount of snow is a big problem because they rarely get any snow so they have almost no snow removable equipment.Where I'm located in Virginia near the Blue Ridge Mts
the highway dept has lots of snow removal equipment and hire private pushers as well so getting a foot or 18" of snow is no big deal.Plus in Virginia cities and counties are totally
separate enities and the state hiway dept pushes the snow in the counties but the cities have to do their own snow removable.

Fawteen · Jan 5, 2018

I hear what you're saying, but trust me, I'd rather they'd just shut the h*ll up rather than blathering 24/7 about every cloud that passes by.

"It's January in Maine and it's going to snow. Dear God what WILL we do?"

What a bunch of horse hockey.

BarnyardEngineering · Jan 5, 2018

Three factors at play here:

1. 24 hour news cycle. You've got to cover SOMETHING to fill the time. Even the local stations around here have FIVE HOURS of local news every day now. Two full hours 5-7AM, 30 minutes at noon, another hour and a half at 5PM, another 30 minutes at 7PM, and 30 more minutes at 11PM.

2. People are not paying attention. If you don't repeat it over and over and over, most people will not get the message because they have their noses buried in their phones. Then they cry "WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL US?" when they get caught with their pants down.

3. Commercial. Snowstorms are good for grocery stores and gas stations. Clears out the old bread, milk and eggs.

My question is this: How much French Toast can you possibly eat, and why do you only eat French Toast during snowstorms?

Bret4207 · Jan 5, 2018

(quoted from post at 09:26:40 01/05/18) Three factors at play here:

My question is this: How much French Toast can you possibly eat, and why do you only eat French Toast during snowstorms?

Well, what else are you going to do with stake bread?!! And to answer your question, I can eat a LOT of it! :lol:

Traditional Farmer · Jan 5, 2018

Well all I can say is next week the weather folks here are calling for the cold snap to be over and it'll hit 60 a couple days so all you Yanks that are so proud of being able to handle severe cold and snow so well have it and be proud of yourself,meanwhile I'll be enjoying some fit for human weather and working on some hay equipment while you guys move snow and burn lots of fuel doing it.
As the gal in the restaurant says.ENJOY, the miserable weather!(LOL)

rrlund · Jan 5, 2018

I just heard Mike Hoffman comment on it on AgDay. He just threw up his hands. He said it's been a common term among meteorologists for years to mean a storm that expands fast. He said the main stream media got ahold of it and used it on this storm. He said the term is nothing new,just the media using it is.

Wheres Waldo · Jan 5, 2018

I had to laugh. The Winter of '83. I'd been working framing houses and light commercial for 3 years with no layoffs and decided that a new car would be a treat for my new family. Bought an '84 Topaz and before I had the payment book, the entire job shut down. That was the last time I bought a new car. Two daughters age 5 and 3 in a '72 Suburban, before car seats were required. That 'sub' was referred to as a 'road locomotive'. Wife preferred driving it as she felt safer, and it NEVER got stuck--no four wheel drive-just weight and not being dumb.

495man · Jan 5, 2018

The bomb was a bomb, had strong winds and it was messy for a bit, nothing a car couldn't drive through.

It went above freezing and changed to rain. I have less snow AFTER the storm than before it.

I've been through far worse that had far less hype.

The Famous Grouse · Jan 5, 2018

Everything weather event on the US East Coast has to be a big trauma/crying game. This thing happens on the East Coast and it's a "Bomb Cyclone from Hell". If it happened to the central or northern tier states it'd be called "a windy Thursday with some snow" and life would go on. On the East Coast, it's "we all gonna die..."

Last night on the news, a pretty little weather girl was broadcasting live from a pile of dirty snow in New York, where she carefully explained that the snow all had to be piled in huge mountains or it would--and I quote--"Freeze on the roads." No...

Grouse

showcrop · Jan 5, 2018

(quoted from post at 14:47:19 01/05/18) Everything weather event on the US East Coast has to be a big trauma/crying game. This thing happens on the East Coast and it's a "Bomb Cyclone from Hell". If it happened to the central or northern tier states it'd be called "a windy Thursday with some snow" and life would go on. On the East Coast, it's "we all gonna die..."

Last night on the news, a pretty little weather girl was broadcasting live from a pile of dirty snow in New York, where she carefully explained that the snow all had to be piled in huge mountains or it would--and I quote--"Freeze on the roads." No...

Grouse

Actually she has the part about freezing on the roads right. The part about huge piles is the same in Boston. They can't dump it in the river due to anti-poluition regs, so, rather than send the trucks hauling it on a three hour round trip haul to a legal place to dump it, They take it to a nearby city owned vacant lot and pile it high. They have been doing it for years.

2510Paul · Jan 5, 2018

Fake weather. Weather reporters around here in WI are smirking at the word "Bomb" and pointing out it is just a usual old winter storm.

Paul

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