The 2010-2011 Winter Snow Report Thread

Hehehe, I'll be passing through Yorkshire here shortly on my way to London on the train 

Hope Boston (that is where you fly, isn't it?) is cleared out for you in time!

Hope Boston (that is where you fly, isn't it?) is cleared out for you in time!

Thanks! 

(Yup, Boston it is. I don't go until tomorrow, so fingers crossed all will be OK  )

I'm crossing my fingers that newark is more functional tomorrow afternoon.  This is my 4th rebooking since my original flight was cancelled on the 22nd!

I'm crossing my fingers that newark is more functional tomorrow afternoon.  This is my 4th rebooking since my original flight was cancelled on the 22nd!

Good luck!!! You've had horrible luck!!!

Good luck to all trying to get somewhere!  I know it's been a crappy craptastic season for holiday travellers this year - some not even managing to get where they wanted to be for Christmas. 

There was extra drama with DH's family this year, because BIL's girlfriend's sister & hubby (& 3 small children under 5 years) were all trying to get from where they live near Washington DC (they work for a British concern abroad) to spend it with their family in Belfast.  And it seems like they pulled out all the stops to get there, by Boxing Day - even though they were supposed to get there before Christmas.  After 3 or 4 different configurations of cancelled flights, they spent about $17,000 upfront outlay to finally get to Belfast.  Expect they'll get refunded quite a bit of that, but wowser!    I think I would have called it quits long before that, but that's determination to get 'home for the holidays' - I guess. 

It caused drama in DH's family, because there was a lot of hullabaloo over whether BIL (and possibly 'SIL' - girlfriend) were going to make it to DH's parents for Christmas or not this year - as the family trying to get to Belfast had to stay in London overnight & so were going to stay with BIL/SIL that night (who live in north London).

And of course, Christmas would be a tragedy in DH's family if BIL isn't there. 

I love my BIL dearly - he's just fab, but I do recognise the family includes other important members in addition to him. 

I have been so concentrated on getting E here (NYC) that I totally missed the news about the big east coast blizzard. 

We made it down to MD just fine to visit with my parents, but coming back on Sunday was an absolute nightmare.  The train itself was only about 10 minutes late.  We got increasingly nervous with each stop though because there were a few extra inches of snow each time. 
 
We got to Penn Station just after 9pm and tried to get a cab.  We were carrying an immense amount of bags, including 2 that I couldn’t pick up.  After about 45 minutes of waiting in line in the windy and snow filled street the cabs stopped coming and we had to use the subway.  It takes three different lines to get to my area.  The half of the walk from the subway was ok.  I lead us in front of large apartment buildings that were well plowed.  Once we got to the avenue we need the streets were unplowed and the 20 inches of snow was making it almost impossible to pull the rolling luggage and the really heavy bag.  We got lucky here and a cab picked us up to take us the remaining two blocks.  I bet it would have taken us an hour to get everything thru the snow without him.  By the time we got back to my apartment it was almost 11:30 pm. 

As we had been gone for three days there wasn’t any food in my apartment.  The next morning we went to the supermarket and I prepared E for the worse, I’ve seen totally emptied shelves with far less snow on the ground.  We lucked out and the only thing we couldn’t get was milk.  Also, I got a snow day from work. 

If you take out the bit of getting from Penn Station to the Upper East Side, the snow wasn’t that bad.  I do feel really awful for everyone whose travel has been interrupted though. 

It was up to 56F in Boston on Saturday!! But still a lot of filthy slushy snow left around. Possible storm next weekend 

We have snow this morning! Only happens once a year if we are lucky. I'll take it!

It warmed up a bunch so all the snow melted, but then it got really cold so the runoff from the snow has frozen so we just have ice everywhere. Lovely

J called me earlier and said it was snowing pretty heavily earlier today up in northern Scotland

Heavy snow also forecast this weekend up there as well

Snow showers forecast here in New England where I currently am

Just don't want any of it to mess up my return home to Scotland on Monday!

Well I didn't know this was coming but it's absolutely pelting it down here in Derby. 

Looks like we might have had a little patchy dusting overnight, or maybe it's just a really hard frost.  Weather forecasters said there will be snow about today, but they couldn't really predict where it would go & where it wouldn't go.

Looks like we might have had a little patchy dusting overnight, or maybe it's just a really hard frost.  Weather forecasters said there will be snow about today, but they couldn't really predict where it would go & where it wouldn't go.

Leeds can have it.  No need to share!

Leeds can have it.  No need to share!

No no!  After you, York!

No no!  After you, York!

No really.  I insist.  You have it.  No need for thanks.