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Northeast Readies For Snowstorm

By Roger Petterson Associated Press Writer

Sunday, March 4, 2001; 8:12 a.m. EST

Authorities in the Northeast readied salt trucks and imposed emergency regulations Sunday in anticipation of a powerful winter storm that could paralyze the region with more than a foot of snow.

Winter storm watches were in effect from Virginia beginning Sunday and extending into Wednesday for the New England states, the National Weather Service said.

"I wouldn't have travel plans," said NWS forecaster Mike Evans. "If this thing pans out, it may be practically impossible to go anywhere."

A weather system that was spreading rain and thunderstorms across the Gulf Coast states on Saturday was headed for the North Carolina coast, where it could turn into a major nor'easter on Sunday, the weather service said.

Forecasters expected the storm to intensify and bring up to 2 feet of snow across southeastern Pennsylvania where more than 60,000 tons of salt and 400 trucks were on standby Sunday.

Philadelphia officials declared a snow emergency beginning at 3 p.m., barring residents from parking on snow emergency routes. In nearby Malvern, police declared a snow emergency to go into effect at noon.

"The crews are resting up because once they start, they won't stop until the snow subsides," said spokesman Charles Metzger.

Hardware store owner Art D'Armiento in North Brunswick, N.J., ran out of snow shovels Saturday morning and picked up another shipment, but 15 minutes later he was sold out again.

"People were fighting over them," he said.

Lightning from one of the system's thunderstorms apparently caused a fire that killed five people early Saturday in Montgomery, Ala., a city fire inspector said.

Heavy rain was falling in Georgia when a National Guard plane crashed early Saturday, killing all 21 people on board.

"In the way it's evolving and predictions of how it's coming together, we haven't seen anything like this since 1966," said Louis W. Uccellini, director of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction at the Commerce Department in Washington. That January storm was blamed for 165 deaths along the East Coast.

"I'm sick of it," said Stanley Kitten Hayward, 63, in the packed Home Depot store in Philadelphia. "I want to go south."

At Karns Quality Foods in Cumberland County, Pa., milk cartons were being hauled off the shelves so quickly on Saturday that workers could barely keep up.

"There hasn't been a break yet," Jeff Haft, 15, said as he and co-worker Grant Lawrence, 16, restocked the milk shelves. "And when we get done with this, the eggs are empty, so we've got to restock them. It's a vicious cycle."

New Jersey authorities were most concerned about high wind causing coastal flooding and started urging voluntary evacuations, warning that barrier islands could be cut off from the mainland. A weather service bulletin Saturday warned residents to take such precautions.

"I'm trying to figure out whether I should take my kids off the island or leave them here," said Julie Oldham, the Long Beach Island shelter coordinator. "It'll be an adventure, that's for sure."

The New York State Emergency Management Office was on alert and other state agencies had been notified, said emergency management spokesman Dennis Michalski.

"Everyone is standing by to see which direction it goes," said Dean Pagani, spokesman for Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland.

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UGH...I'm tired of this :(

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001

Answers

Hope you will all be OK. I'm worried about my Mom and Dad in PA, too. You guys are going to get clobbered.....

Oh well, it will be Spring soon -- hang in there!

-- (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), March 04, 2001.

We were just starting to see patches of bare grass from all the piled up stuff...now this. One good thing though...it will melt a heck of alot faster, cause it is March..yeeeeesssssss!

Always the optimist :)

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Shut up, Peg.

-- (Married@with.children), March 04, 2001.

LOL..married with children, you wavehound..{snicker}

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Ain't gonna happen.

Just looked at the satellite maps. The moisture has already moved off into the Atlantic, while cold front from the North is going West toward Chicago.

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

cyber weather,

Who are you calling "Ain't Gonna Happen"?

If you think I'm Ain't...you're dead wrong.

The email is real...not that I can actually prove anything to you, but if you want to talk about it..feel free :)

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

What I am saying is that this big storm that they predicted "ain't gonna happen". Get it?

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

Duh...sorry.

BTW...according to the weather channel, it is gonna happen. And where I live we will be getting about 2 feet of snow.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Fuhgedabouddit, cyber. She's too dense to understand.

Haven't you seen our show?

-- (married@with.children), March 04, 2001.

The Weather Channel is wrong, looking at old data rather than current. The mainstream media likes to spread fear so that people will panic and go buy a lot of crap from the stores. Boston has already closed schools for tomorrow, ha! The Pennsylvania area may get several inches, but no way 2 feet. Not even a foot.

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

Hey, married with children...twas an innocent mistake on my part...I said, "sorry" :)

cyber,

The satellite maps may show the moisture off the coast, but it's going to wrap back in, classic nor'easter style. And the low/cold front coming down from Canada heading toward Chicago is going to start heading east and further south.

Progress of the Nor'easter check out this link.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

cyber,

I guess we'll see, right?

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Yeah, we'll see. But I can assure you the major disaster that the media is predicting and the chicken shits are panicking about ain't gonna happen. People are dumb. They just want an excuse to close everything down so they won't have to go to work tomorrow.

I have a much better source of data than yours, direct from satellites. Sorry, I won't post the link though because I don't want every stupid motherfucker in the country bogging it down with traffic. It helps if you understand the way weather works too. Get a book, educate yourself, and learn to think for yourself instead of believing the media.

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

Too bad you won't post the link, but like I said, "We'll see".

See ya later.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

(psssssst, hey cyber...let's let her spend her money and sit in her basement all night waiting for that two feet of snow the media is predicting.)

Like I said, she's dense. Moreover, she's dumb.

Hey Peg! Wanna make a bet? You admit to being stupid when you get closer to 1 foot and we will if you get 2. Is that a deal?

-- (married@with.children), March 04, 2001.

Spend! Spend! Spend! Let's get that stockmarket back up there folks! Cain't get back in on 2004 w/o it!

-- Porky (Porky@in.cellblockD), March 04, 2001.

married,

First, I won't be sitting in my basement waiting for the two feet of snow, seeing how it's going to snow until late Tuesday sometime.

Hey Peg! Wanna make a bet? You admit to being stupid when you get closer to 1 foot and we will if you get 2. Is that a deal?

Second, you also can speak for cyber?...anyway, sure, I'll take that bet. You'll have to wait until Wednesday for the results though!

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Deal.

Except I shouldn't have spoken for cyber.

-- (married@with.children), March 04, 2001.

married with children = will continue farming at home?

-- (lurker@still.here), March 04, 2001.

"seeing how it's going to snow until late Tuesday sometime"

Peg,

You're dreaming. None of the states in the Northeast where they have predicted this tremendous precipitation... the "biggest storm in 50 years" is going to get more than a few inches, nothing more than normal weather for this time of year. Not before Tuesday anyway, can't see much farther ahead than that. I'll bet any amount of money or anything you like.

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

Nothing more than a few inches???...normal weather???...Then all the meterologists have gone mad...cause they're saying 18-36" covering the area I live in.

I'll bet any amount of money or anything you like.

NO money...How about you get to email me with your real identity?

I should have said the same to married.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

"Then all the meterologists have gone mad"

That is essentially correct in this case. Like those networks who tried to predict the election before it happened, the media attention makes these people do stupid things. They jumped the gun on this one because they like all the attention they get when they predict something disastrous and sensational. In other words, they are idiot fools.

Some areas of the Northeast may get a couple of inches of rain, possibly light snow over the next day or so. By Tuesday morning it is likely to be clear and sunny, so instead of buying rock salt and propane heaters I would recommend some sunscreen and a good pair of shades. Enjoy it, pring is just around the corner!

As for mailing you, I will do so if you get over a foot of snow between now and Wednesday morning. What state are you in, and what do I get if I'm right? :)

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

I live in Massachusetts.

What will you get?...good question, all I can think of is, I have to admit that I was taken in by the lying evil media :)

OK?

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 04, 2001.

Okie doke.

In this case I don't think it was a "lying evil" media, just a very stupid one, looking for some sensational news. Now that it has been hyped out of proportion the meteorologists may be having a hard time admitting their foolishness, especially while retailers are enjoying the panic buying sales.

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 04, 2001.

State of Emergency declared in New Jersey. All buses cancelled by NJ transit. All non-essential travel banned. So cyber, being a bit of an egotist here? This storm is not just about accumulation; it is about the winds, beach erosion, flooding...get it?

It costs a lot of money to have the state in emergency mode, and I do not buy your story that everyone is just looking for a day off. I make no money sitting home-I would much rather be in work. I suspect many also feel this way.

Hows about you make that bet as to the total storm damage and not accumulation. I win if it is over a billion dollars. If under, you win bragging rights.

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), March 04, 2001.

Cyber weather, it sems a bit of a stretch to think there is a conspiracy to sell extra milk and bread. Once again, we're getting an early warning that we Could get a storm that Could be difficult for the elderly, and animals, and such. I lived in a neighborhood that was snowed in for five days w/out power or heat, with an elderly pop. and it was tough on some people.

-- KoFE (your@town.USSA), March 05, 2001.

Massachusetts has declared a state of emergency. We are under blizzard warnings. The Mass. Emergency Management Assoc. opened yesterday. They expect 40-75 mile an hour winds on the coast and an atronomical high tide tomorrow morning. There will be severe coastal flooding and errosion.

There's a light snow falling now 7:50 AM EST with about 2" on the ground. It's going to pick up in intensity later today and continue into late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

Make that 'astronomical' high tide :)

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

FWIW

It's cold down here too. Opening night and it will be 40 when the kids take the field at 8:00 tonight.

Yeehaw.....

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), March 05, 2001.

Hey, I live in NE and it is just barely missing us. But yesterday they had scrolls all over the tv for TODAY. Duh?

So far a lil bit, NOT what they predicted, but we werent supposed to get it all anyway, Peg was/is :-)

Keep warm girl, hey, (looks around) we need a fire. :-) hint hint

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

I hope we don't need these at all :)

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

Yey!!!!!! I sure hope those are "YANKEE" candles the um, Buttercream ones, yeah dose are the 'stuff'.

Ahhhh, thanks peg, warming hands now....Oh baby...it IS cold outside.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

Instead of posting what your weather is like, you post candles. If you spent as much time studying as you do looking at pictures you might have something intelligent to talk about.

The post before that you said "Massachusetts has declared a state of emergency. We are under blizzard warnings. "

You are so dumb you don't realize a "state of emergency" can be declared---when there's no emergency. Also, "blizzard warnings" are just that---warnings. We get dozens of "warnings" a year and only once in a blue moon does anything ever happen. So far, NOTHING has ever happened in my area short of the usual winter weather with the worst of it being an ice storm once. Not one person died.

The deal I made with you was:

You admit to being stupid when you get closer to 1 foot and we will if you get 2.

You agreed to that in your next post so quit trying to weasel out of it now. (Altho that's what I expected from an idiot.)

-- (married@with.chilren), March 05, 2001.

Instead of posting what your weather is like, you post candles. If you spent as much time studying as you do looking at pictures you might have something intelligent to talk about

DEAR Married, yeah right:

You are quite a piece of work. IF YOU CAN READ and its obvious you CANT, you'd see I requested a pic of those candles IDIOT. And just exactly WHO do you think you are to tell people they have nothing intelligent to talk about? FWIW, Yankee Candles ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

Aint that right peg? Now, we shall go on down to the basement, w/our heinkens and our Yankee's and ENJOY the snow.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

cyber we've been talking to two idiots on this thead. Like attracts like and sumer and Peg should form an idiots anonymous group.

I'm still waiting Peg.

(Taps foot impatiently on sumers brain-dead head)

-- (married@with.children), March 05, 2001.

SO is working in DC and has something like a 25 mile drive to the office. There were apparently warnings there also; it looks like the storm moved north, but not before some folks cleaned off store shelves.

It's hard for me to imagine, as here in Texas the Spring rains have lifted, the sun is shining and I wore a T-shirt outside yesterday. It's colder today, but still sunny. The trees that bloom are all in bloom now and the winter weeds are getting a bit of competition from spring grasses.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), March 05, 2001.

cool, do you do 'spankings' too?

enquiring brain dead minds wanna know and I'm sure we can ACCOMODATE you with volunteers :-)

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

married,

You're rude.

The storm is in it's developing stages. It won't hit us until later this afternoon. That's when 30 to 40 mph winds and gusts up to 60 mph, snow up to 3-4 inches an hour will strike. Hence, the warnings.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

I live in the dark purple area in Mass. and this map is just through midnight.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

You're right, I am rude. I might even be rude tomorrow, but one thing's for sure...you'll still be stupid.

Look at that url, idiot--and listen to cyber.

It's amazing you can find your way out of bed in the morning.

Talking to a moron on the Internet is a waste of my time. I'll expect to see your admission that you're stupid on Wednesday.

-- (married@with.children), March 05, 2001.

Even Rush Limbaugh is now talking about how the emotional media totally overreacted and blew this thing way out of proportion.

-- hee hee (people @ are. sheeple), March 05, 2001.

http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010305/10/news-east-coast-storm

National Guard Ready for Snowstorm

Updated 10:38 AM ET March 5, 2001

By CAROLINE BYRNE, Associated Press Writer

Hundreds of airline flights into and out of the Northeast were canceled Monday and more than a million kids got the day off from school as a nor'easter that threatened to be the worst in years blasted the region with snow and ice.

Winter storm watches were in effect from West Virginia to Maine, with 2 feet of snow likely in some inland areas and even 3 feet possible in parts of upstate New York, western Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.

"This storm will rank up in the top 10 of March storms," said weather service meteorologist Greg DeVoir.

The heaviest snowfall was expected Tuesday, with blizzard or near- blizzard conditions, but flakes started appearing Sunday and by Monday morning a foot or more had already collected in parts of upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania. Elsewhere in the region, sleet and freezing rain coated sidewalks and highways.

People had heeded the storm forecasts during the weekend and cleaned out hardware store supplies of snow shovels and supermarket stocks of bread and milk.

"I've had numerous customers take two carts of stuff, like they're going to get snowed in for the weekend, like we're back in 'Little House on the Prairie' times," said Joe Jancsarics, manager at Redner's Warehouse Market in Trexlertown, Pa.

Children were told to stay home from school Monday in districts scattered from West Virginia to Maine, including the 1.1 million students of the New York City school system and some 62,000 in Boston.

Nonessential government workers were told to stay home in Connecticut, New York City's suburban counties, Massachusetts and New Jersey.

"This is a matter of public safety," said New Jersey's acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco. "This is about warning people, protecting people."

"The problem is not getting to work. It's getting home from work," said DiFrancesco's spokesman, Tom Wilson.

Airlines canceled hundreds of flights at the New York metropolitan area's LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark airports, and more than 300 flights were called off at Boston's Logan Airport.

Some travelers found themselves stranded at airports.

"I've been here so long it seems like years," said Joshua McKinley, 21, who was among the weary travelers who spent the night on cots at LaGuardia.

McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey closed for the day, officials said.

Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland banned tractor-trailer rigs from state highways to avoid wrecks that in past storms paralyzed highways and impeded cleanup efforts, and in Massachusetts all bus service between Cape Cod and Boston was canceled.

Northeasterly wind whistling in off the ocean was expected to create shoreline flooding. Tides of 7 to 9 feet above normal were possible along the New Jersey shore, where residents of barrier islands were urged to evacuate.

At Ocean Grove, N.J., 10-foot waves crashed against the end of the town's fishing pier after Monday morning's high tide, when the surf washed much of the way across some 200 yards of newly replenished beach.

"I come here every day with the dog, and I've never seen it come up this far," said Bill Kearsley, 46, as he walked his Labrador retriever, Sand Pebbles.

The New Jersey National Guard deployed 200 troops and was prepared to call in 10,000 reservists. Coast Guard aircraft ships and aircraft were in position in case of emergencies at sea, said Lt. Michael Bolz in Boston.

Utilities had emergency crews on standby. PECO Energy, which serves 425,000 customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, planned to have employees working 12- to 16-hour shifts Monday if the storm caused outages, said spokesman Michael Wood.

"Typically what happens with a nor'easter is you get swirling wind. It just knocks the trees, especially weaker ones, over," Wood said.

Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.Va., canceled live racing Sunday because jockeys refused to ride.

"The jockeys couldn't even see across the track because it was snowing so hard," said Lenora Beaumont, a receptionist at the track.

---

On the Net:

National Weather Service: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

Weather Service warnings:

http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/nationalwarnings.html

-- (Always@be.prepared), March 05, 2001.

Sorry to dissapoint you Peg, but it's over. If it ain't sunny there yet, it will be soon. Break out the sunscreen and shades!

-- media farce of the century (cyber@weather.report), March 05, 2001.

Does this remind anyone else of y2k? Peg and "always" post urls to bad information to justify their beliefs.

What do you want to bet Peg and consumer will be saying "it'll happen any day now, any day" for the next week. Har, har!

Then, everytime the temp dips below 32 they will be saying 'it's because of that noreaster!' Har, har.

Some people are so stupid they never learn.

We're wasting our time, cyber tho it's kinda fun watching them freak out though. I wonder what their next "disaster" will be?

-- (married@with.children), March 05, 2001.

cyber,

Post the link to your info. or stick a sock in it.

married,

You are a waste of my time.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 05, 2001.

We're wasting our time, cyber tho it's kinda fun watching them freak out though. I wonder what their next "disaster" will be?

Hee hee, Excuse me, but I wouldnt hold my breath to the above, Peg and I WILL still be a partyin in da basement while you argue with yourself there L.

Got it? Good, I thought so ;-)

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

Here you go, Bat

Since you're batshit crazy, I have a site that you and confuser would be more at home at...GICC.

cyber already told you why he or she wasn't going to post that link. I swear you are so dumb you need basic reading comprehension lessons. I would suggest you quit playing on the Internet and go back to school but I know you're too dumb to do that. Since I know you won't, at least save yourself some embarassment and do what I told you to do in my first post.

"Shut up, Peg."

-- (married@with.children), March 05, 2001.

Have you ever noticed that you can insult "sumer" and she just keeps coming back with even more inane posts?

It just proves that she's as dumb as a post...

-- guess who (yadda@yadda.yadda), March 05, 2001.

Hey guess who! It's me, Just@hanging.around. I got an idea that I need some help with. It involves having some fun with some software but I can't say anything more about it here. If you want to, contact me at justhanging@post.com

-- (married@with.children), March 05, 2001.

to the two of you who enjoy picking on woman-

How come neither of you took me up on my wager of total storm damages?

-- FutureShock (gray@matter.think), March 05, 2001.

FS,

Are you talking to me???

I'm confused. There appears to be some trolls here who are picking on women, but I am certainly not one of them.

I have conversed with Peg as honestly as I could, and my intention was not to "pick" on her. Yet, you were speaking to me when you offered your wager.

What's up with that?

-- (cyber@weather.report), March 05, 2001.

Have you ever noticed that you can insult "sumer"

Yep I've noticed, looks like she finally got some thick skin.

Good for her.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 05, 2001.

Oh and BTW, NE ohio is just now gettin 7 inches :-)

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 06, 2001.

sumer, hubby must not be too good if you can still type while you're doin that!

-- (7inches@that's.puny), March 06, 2001.

Hey sumer, and to all my friends in the east, hope you manage well with the storms and my best wishes are with you all and your families as well. I've been thinking about ya!! As Pieter would say (paraphrased, regards from the sunny southwest!!).

-- Aunt Bee (Aunt__Bee@hotmail.com), March 06, 2001.

For "married@with.children".....

Blizzard of '01 Pelts Northeastern United States

BOSTON (Reuters) - A relentless snow storm pummeled parts of the northeastern United States Tuesday, burying the region in snow, sleet and ice, threatening seaside communities and stranding thousands of travelers.

States of emergency were declared in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and the governors urged workers to stay home. Schools from Connecticut to Maine were closed for a second day.

The nor'easter forced airlines to cancel hundreds of flights at New York City's three metropolitan airports, at Boston's Logan International Airport and smaller airfields in New England.

----- END SNIP -----

While the snowfall totals were considerably less than were originally predicted for NYC and Boston, the sleet, freezing rain, resulting ice, and gale-force winds (coupled with "astronomical high tides", causing coastal flooding) are the real hazards. Oh, and, just as an FYI, my family lives near Milford, PA. They continue to get CLOBBERED with snow -- 2+ feet -- made worse by strong winds. And the Northeast is due for more come the weekend.

You were saying.......?

-- (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), March 06, 2001.

Sheesh, is every idiot on the board going to chime in here?

Trish, I talked to a buddy in PA late last night and he had 7 inches-- no ice. I'm sure you could find a little patch of ice somewhere, at some moment of the day but that would make you a knit-picking knitpicker.

The bet was and still is closer to 1 foot and we will if you get 2.

Your bet is just plain stupid, FS.

-- (married@with.children), March 06, 2001.

Two can play your pathetic little game--even the garbage media admits it was a lot to do about nothing! (Go ahead now idiots. Start screaming--yeah but! yeah but!)

Har, har.

You still have until tomorrow to make your admission, Peg.

MARCH 06, 07:11 EST

Storm Fear Prevails in New England

By J.M. HIRSCH Associated Press Writer

Motorists move past jacknifed tractor trailer AP/Warren Westura [28K] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------

RYE, N.H. (AP) — Despite the direst of predictions, the East Coast largely rode out a snowy March nor'easter although New Englanders watched a strengthening blizzard and feared the worst was yet to come.

From Connecticut to Maine, shelters were set up, schools were closed, flights were canceled and offices shuttered Tuesday as an unofficial holiday for many people stretched into a second day.

More than 20 inches piled up early Tuesday in Keene, in southwestern New Hampshire, according to the National Weather Service. Half of it fell during a three-hour period overnight. Glastonbury, Conn., reported over 13 inches by dawn.

Chipping away at early snow AP/Sue Beyer [18K] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Dispatcher Al Rule said road crews were out all night, but had a tough fight. ``Some are winning the cause, and some aren't,'' he said. ``You go through with a plow, and 10 minutes later, it's all covered again.''

By sunrise Tuesday, several communities in central and western Massachusetts had well over a foot of snow, while Boston had just a few inches of slush. Some 23,000 people were without power.

Forecasters had grappled with conflicting computer models before predicting that southern New England would get clobbered. ``I believe all hell is going to break free,'' said Everett Jordan, a Rye public works manager.

The region braced for wind gusts up to 50 mph and snow accumulations in New Hampshire of more than 30 inches. Massachusetts feared up to 2 1/2 feet of snow and Maine braced for up to 3 feet.

Cleaning up AP/David J. Rogowski [22K] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ``I've already made beef stew, spaghetti and chicken soup,'' said Virginia Meuse, who lives on a tiny peninsula north of Boston. ``Now all we can do is just ride it out.''

Flood warnings and winter storm warnings mixed late Monday. The wind- whipped Atlantic Ocean began splashing over seawalls along New Hampshire's seacoast Tuesday morning nearly two hours before high tide.

``The combination of astronomically high tides, and steady 50-mile-an- hour winds is a combination that can cause severe beach erosion and structural damage,'' said the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency's Peter Judge.

A state of emergency was declared in Massachusetts and the National Guard was to be deployed early Tuesday along coastal areas to sandbag the area or evacuate residents, if needed.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Like Massachusetts, neighboring Connecticut ordered all nonessential state employees to stay home Tuesday and continued a tractor-trailer ban for all highways. Schools also were closed.

``I hope for the best,'' Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland said. ``My goal is to get through the next 48 hours with as little damage as possible and certainly keeping our community safe.''

State police reported more than 200 accidents on Connecticut's highways Monday. One person was killed in a crash on snow-slick Interstate 95 near Milford. In Binghamton, N.Y., a motorist was killed Sunday.

Ninety percent of flights at Massachusetts' Logan International Airport and Connecticut's Bradley International Airport were canceled Monday. Manchester Airport in New Hampshire was shut down.

Plowing snow AP/Marc Schultz [26K] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- New Hampshire's Legislature, state Supreme Court and other courts canceled Tuesday's schedules and state officials shut down all but essential offices.

Maine began staffing its Emergency Management Agency offices — the first time they were opened for a snowstorm since the so-called ``Storm of the Century'' in 1993. Back then, Portland, Maine, recorded 18.6 inches.

Using words such as ``monster'' and ``massive,'' TV forecasters convinced some officials Monday to err on the side of caution and close municipal offices, cancel classes and close stores.

But by late Monday, some residents in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were more inconvenienced by preparations for the ``big storm'' than the weather itself.

``It's a lot of hype over nothing,'' said Barbara Gibboni, a manager at the Fudge Kitchen in Ocean City, N.J.

``Two feet in two days, what's the big deal?'' asked Jeff Beamon of Syracuse, N.Y.

Airlines canceled hundreds of flights in the New York metropolitan area and about 125 flights from Philadelphia International Airport were canceled. Icy slush met most motorists.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge activated the Emergency Operations Center on Sunday night. At midday Monday, not a single county had requested assistance.

``You'll hear no complaints whatsoever from us. We're well aware of what Mother Nature is capable of doing, and we're very happy to experience a lesser version of it,'' said John Comey of the state's Emergency Management Agency.

Angry e-mail and phone calls began coming in to WCAU-TV in Philadelphia when the snowstorm turned out to be far less overwhelming than expected. ``We didn't make this up. Models from all over the world were agreeing,'' said forecaster Glenn Schwartz.

``The reality is for most of the East, the ingredients just didn't come together to produce the type of storm that many were claiming,'' said Ken Reeves, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather in State College, Pa.

Beverly Levy, a spokeswoman for Southern New England Telecommunications Inc., said the biggest problem Monday was network congestion.

``Where normally people would be using the phones for one or two minute calls, we have people at home logging on to the Internet and staying online all day,'' she said.

APnews

-- (married@with.children), March 06, 2001.

Well, dude (have to wonder how you know my name is "Trish" -- screaming clue there), I didn't get my info from "the garbage media". I actually spoke to my parents yesterday (GASP!! First-hand report!!) who looked out at their front yard to see the snow!!!

Frankly, it was almost 70 here yesterday, so I don't care one way or the other (except the concern for my family and friends back East). But the personal attacks are absurd; you can well make your point without calling someone a moron or an idiot.

And if you can't, then you have no point to make.

-- (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), March 06, 2001.

Gasp! Snow in New England in the wintertime! OHMYGOD!! What a revelation.

Sheeple bought the media hype--again!

Including you. Read the article you posted. OF COURSE THEY HAD SNOW! I never said they wouldn't. I agreed with cyber that the media was overreacting, satellite reports showed it was overblown and Peg is too dumb to look for responsible reporting. She was helping to spread the FUD on the Internet!

As far as proving my point without calling people names--My point is being made crystal clear. I am proving you people are idiots.

-- (married@with.children), March 06, 2001.

Just dropped in here, but I shouldn't be surprised - only on this forum can people get into a knock-down, drag-out, furious pissing match over the weather.

-- Bemused (and_amazed@you.people), March 06, 2001.

For my area, this winter "storm" was WAY overblown. Granted, the news channels we get in New Jersey are mainly PHilly and NYC..and those areas did get a tad bit more snow than us..but the way people were talking around here, you'd think the Blizzard to end all Blizzards was approaching. My kids were depressed going to school this morning with an inch of snow on the ground. It's just a plain old every day winter wind and rain..

Soon we'll be seeing things like "THUNDERSTORM 2003!! SHOULD YOU BE CONCERNED? TUNE IN TONIGHT!" and by 2005 we'll see "RAIN MAY 2005 ARE YOU PREPARED? NEWS AT 11:00!!!" The whole concept of giving a title to a weather condition and covering it round the clock has gotten very very very silly.

-- kritter (kritter@adelphia.net), March 06, 2001.

You stated we are idiots, then WHY hang out? Oh lemme guess, perhaps you like 'us' idiots?

Or....just maybe your an idiot too and you need somewhere to belong.

Coward.

FWIW I've bout had it with the nonsense myself. The attack was unjustified and rude.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 06, 2001.

Taking a break from shoveling...21 inches and counting.

It's still snowing and we are expecting another 3-6" before it's over.

So what do you have to say for yourself, married?

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 06, 2001.

It's all because of that damn butterfly flapping in Burma.

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), March 06, 2001.

Listen up, married...I DON'T LIE!!!

And I don't live in Boston...I live north and west of Boston in Middlesex County/Merrimack River Valley.

Link

Storm Still Pounding New England Coast

High Tides May Cause Coastal Flooding

BOSTON, 3:12 p.m. EST March 6, 2001 -- Snow and freezing rain will continue to fall Tuesday for much of the WCVB viewing area, NewsCenter 5 Meteorologist David Brown said.

Occasional bursts of snow, heavy at times, will continue to the north of Massachusetts into coastal New Hampshire and coastal Maine. Brown said that the snow will begin to pinwheel down into Massachusetts, as an area of low pressure that is to the south of Nantucket, Mass., begins to tilt back to the west.

"We will see some bursts of light to moderate snow fall," Brown said.

Mostly rain and some sleet is expected to fall over Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

"The closer you are to the coast, the better chance you have of getting more snow during the afternoon," Brown said. "The rain snow line is beginning to tilt toward the Cape."

Brown said that as of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, 8-10 inches of snow fell in the Boston area, 13 inches in Millis, Mass., and 16 inches in Hopkinton, Mass. Towns in the Merrimack Valley area received 18-26 inches of snow.

The snow is expected to change to flurries by Wednesday morning.

Emergency officials are worried about coastal flooding and beach erosion due to high winds and an astronomically high tide.

Schools were canceled throughout the state, and some residents along coastal areas were evacuated.

"The snow we can handle it's the flooding that concerns us," Revere Mayor Tom Ambrosino said.

The storm led to Gov. Paul Cellucci to continue the state of emergency Tuesday, and he ordered nonessential employees to stay home. Town parking remained in effect throughout the area.

The weather service expects more snow late Thursday and early Friday, with the chance of snow throughout the weekend.

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 06, 2001.

And in case you didn't bother to look at the link I provided...

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 06, 2001.

Peg...give it up. Most of the time, I LOVE the Weather Channel, but this time they FUCKED UP. No matter how you spin it, moderate snows in March and coastal flooding ain't the "storm of the half-century".

Lars, I read the fractal revolution. A nice essay. Thanks. More than I expected from your ilk. ;)

-- (@ .), March 06, 2001.

So all the idoits should Go and shovel out for Peg then, after all, um, 21 inches aint shit, right?

Passes the shovel, while watching the snow STILL fall.

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 06, 2001.

Hey Peg! Wanna make a bet? You admit to being stupid when you get closer to 1 foot and we will if you get 2. Is that a deal?

I WIN!

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), March 07, 2001.

Sits in corner LMAO, Peg, you GO GIRL...

taps foot waitin for the LOSERS to appear, welllllll?????????????

-- sumer (shh@aol.con), March 07, 2001.

-- guess who (yadda@yadda.yadda), March 07, 2001.

euwwww. it stinks in here. lets clear out. whew!

-- (some@body.farted), March 07, 2001.