Blizzard 2026 - How's things in your area?
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Just got inside, I wanted to get things partly blown off before the snow got high enough to top the box on the tractor mounted blower (18"). Well over a foot built up and hellacious winds, although they cooperated pretty well and I didn't get too much snow in the face. Should only get a few inches more per the forecast.
Zoom lecture today - hate that
. I'd cancel, but I have an exam on Thursday. Painting trim today too, so a great one. 
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Yeah, they would appreciate that. I'm keeping that trick up my sleeve for my last semester
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My last class before graduating from Auburn was Wetlands Ecology, all seniors & grad students. We didnt have a single test, just a report and field trips. The last day, when we were supposed to take a final the professors walked in, said what a great class we were and we all get A's, have a great summer.
Right at 20" here at the moment. Not the biggest snow total, but it's wet. It sticks to everything, the shovel, the plow, my clothes. Great for making snowballs and snowmen. Underwhelming wind, not impressed. Good news is i had a meeting tonight that got cancelled. Came home from snowsledding and ice fishing for work and met this shit show. 
Right at 20" here at the moment. Not the biggest snow total, but it's wet. It sticks to everything, the shovel, the plow, my clothes. Great for making snowballs and snowmen. Underwhelming wind, not impressed. Good news is i had a meeting tonight that got cancelled. Came home from snowsledding and ice fishing for work and met this shit show.
We are super light and fluffy inland. It has been dumping, I'm interested to see where we end up.
Wyatt Russo
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South shore of Long Island where I live has some massive snow drifts +/-3’, roads are brutal but I’d say we have at least 1.5’ of snowfall so far
Steve Sanford
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All~
I hesitate to report - as we are pretty much north of this storm. I left my Mom's on Long Island yesterday and most of the 230 miles home were dry (or dryish). We got about an inch last night here at the farm (on top of accumulations since late-December). Poor Susan had to sweep the decks clear this morning whilst I "manned" the Communications Center.....
Friends on Long Island are reporting 20 to 24 inches on the ground with prodigious winds. One reported 60 mph - right next to the Mighty Atlantic. Lots of the snow is horizontal - but anything on the ground is buried deep.
Stay warm and safe!
SJS
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We're on the coast, I wish it was five degrees colder to make the fluffy stuff. I think the worst will be digging out the mailbox. This wet stuff is like semi frozen mashed potatoes, in a five foot deep pile the town plow left. The neighbors 12 year old is due this afternoon for shovel duty. He was game in the last one when it was the dry fluffy light variety. That was about 18", today appears headed for 24". He's gonna be tested. I hope he can do it, it's nice having a young guy pitching in.
jode hillman
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18"...... no power since 5 AM but plenty of wood for the stove and generator can run the necessities. Good news is it will melt fast. Not like the stuff we had for the last month!
Jay K
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Real bad here in NJ. I am in the north, off the water. 20" of snow here. Last night I woke up to go to the bathroom and it was a real deal blizzard outside. Whiteout conditions, 60 mph winds, and drifting snow. The coastal areas from Long Beach Island to Sandy Hook I'm being told got crushed. They had wind gusts to 80mph, widespread power outages, 24"+ of snow, with coastal flooding to top it off. This was a real one for us.
Thankfully, it seems that wherever you clear the snow today it's melting and going to bare pavement quick.
Thankfully, it seems that wherever you clear the snow today it's melting and going to bare pavement quick.
Maybe 6" of snow here in central Maine. Steady wind at 25+, which has shifted from NE this morning to due north right now. Surprised to see no reports of big waves or coastal flooding. I bet the Cape and LI north shore are getting pounded.
Just checked the NERACOOS "Mariner's Dashboard" buoy data. A lot of stations not reporting data, but the biggest winds I saw were 45 knots gusting 55 at Matinicus Rock out off of Penobscot Bay. 24' waves at Jeffrey's Ledge. https://mariners.neracoos.org/
jode hillman
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They're estimating our restoration of power not until Thursday afternoon! Good thing my little Homestead is pretty much self-sufficient
I'm all dug out, and the youngster came through for stairs, decks and breezeways. The snowfall prediction was close, the end of the world power loss prediction was BS. We never got a blip and I live in the woods. Two of my sisters live in RI, they got over 30" and it's still coming. No bueno.
Ended up with 18", or so, not less for sure. This time of year I expect it to disappear pretty quickly, but our forecasted temps don't seem to be in agreement with that opinion. Sun has a lot of heat in it so I'm hoping it will burn off to at least get things livable.
Beaver would like a good place to shit, he decided the top of the big snow blown piles have the best footing.