Comments on: A Noreaster and a Return to Blogging http://www.whereproject.org/node/201 Life in Place. Life in the Network. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:05:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim Lindgren http://www.whereproject.org/node/201/comment-page-1#comment-53 Tim Lindgren Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:33:14 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=201#comment-53 <p>According to the weatherman, this storm was comparable to the storm of '78, but with a few important differences: </p><ul><li>there was less warning in '78; we've been hearing about this storm for a few days. </li><li>there were several nasty high tides in '78 that did quite a bit of damage; this time around we only had one bad one. </li><li>the snow was wetter in '78; this storm was cold enough to keep the snow light. <br /></li></ul><p>However, this storm had it's own remarkable qualities: <br /></p><ul><li>28-foot waves reported along the coast<br /></li><li>6-8 foot drifts in downtown Boston</li><li>20-30 inches of snow throughout Eastern MA, with a few towns getting three feet. </li></ul><p>Things have calmed down now and we're beginning the task of shovelling out. It's going to stay cold this week, so it looks like I'll be able to get some cross-country skiing in before it melts. <br /></p> According to the weatherman, this storm was comparable to the storm of ’78, but with a few important differences:

  • there was less warning in ’78; we’ve been hearing about this storm for a few days.
  • there were several nasty high tides in ’78 that did quite a bit of damage; this time around we only had one bad one.
  • the snow was wetter in ’78; this storm was cold enough to keep the snow light.

However, this storm had it’s own remarkable qualities:

  • 28-foot waves reported along the coast
  • 6-8 foot drifts in downtown Boston
  • 20-30 inches of snow throughout Eastern MA, with a few towns getting three feet.

Things have calmed down now and we’re beginning the task of shovelling out. It’s going to stay cold this week, so it looks like I’ll be able to get some cross-country skiing in before it melts.

]]> By: Pica http://www.whereproject.org/node/201/comment-page-1#comment-52 Pica Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:14:06 +0000 http://www.wanderingswede.com/sites-wanderingswede-wordpress/?p=201#comment-52 <p>When I lived in Boston, all winter weather was measured by "The Blizzard of Seventy-Eight." I missed this -- I was in my first year of college in England -- but so many people went into so much detail about what it was like that it was almost as though I'd lived through it.</p><p>Sounds like this storm might be giving it a little competition, though. We have nothing so exciting here: just more damn fog.<br /></p><br /> When I lived in Boston, all winter weather was measured by "The Blizzard of Seventy-Eight." I missed this — I was in my first year of college in England — but so many people went into so much detail about what it was like that it was almost as though I’d lived through it.

Sounds like this storm might be giving it a little competition, though. We have nothing so exciting here: just more damn fog.

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