True, it doesn’t look like this as we post, around 8:30 on Christmas night, but there’s a blizzard warning in effect for our area from 6 a.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service is predicting accumulations of 11 to 16 inches and wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour.
The weather is sure to mess up travel plans for millions of people on the east coast, but provide snuggly indoor conditions for those who just have to stay home with their Christmas loot and leftovers. Provided the weatherman is right, send us your snow photos tomorrow and let us know about road, airport and supermarket conditions.
Oy.
Driving was not bad, at all, *IF* one is careful & alert. (Of course I drive a 4-wheel wheel Jeep, si I have an advange. Went to Brookdale Shop-Rite and did not have 4 things the wife wanted, so we then boogied up to West Orange S.R. Both could NOT more crowded IF they were giving it all away for free.
I found Blmfd. Ave VERY slippery and icing up fast. Had to go to Staples, too.
FINALLY home & having a nice hot bowel ofChicken & Matzoh Ball soup. Yummy.
It’s gonna get ALOT worse, B-4 it gets better, out there. Be Safe.
It’s so beautiful out there. Mother Nature is putting on a great show. I love it. All of my day after Christmas tidying is done and I just finished the last of my delicious pumpkin soup. The fire is roaring, tree lights are on and I plan to cuddle up with a good book. Enjoy everyone!
Very slippery in Montclair. They were salting and sanding in Essex Fells early this afternoon, but I still haven’t seen hide nor hair of our intrepid crews. Budget?
One observation. I got my first 4 wheel drive going on 26 years ago, and long long ago learned that ice is the great equalizer. Often 4X4 newbies are often the first ones in the ditch, to slide through a top sign, or rear end someone. Returning from an errand earlier, very slowly and carefully in our SUV that has every traction aid known to man, and very conscious of the conditions, I was basically tailgated across town by some nimrod in a white Escalade that was blowing his horn presumably to encourage me and the other drivers to get moving. The moral of the story when you’re driving in these conditions is: “watch out for the other guy,” you know, the one that thinks the laws of physics don’t apply to him until he’s exchanging insurance information with the poor guy he ran into.