SNOWGASM!!!!!
Delaware Liberal will be providing complete coverage of the End of the World, er ah, the Blizzard of 2010, or ah, Snowpocalypse II: The Return, or as I like to call it …..
It looks like Sussex County will be completely destroyed. Look at these totals from the various computer models for Georgetown, DE:
43 inches??? Over 4 feet of snow? Nah, not possible, right? Here are the predicted totals for the region from Philly Weather, along with the posted watches and warnings map:
Tomorrow, I will be updating this post throughout the day, and our Delaware Liberal band of misfits will be on Twitter, because we are always on Twitter, so we might as well talk about the Snowgasm on Twitter.
DD
Unstable Isotope
LiberalGeek
XStryker
Nemski .
You can also follow Del_Editor for the very latest from the News Journal. And Governor Markell has himself Tweeted that we all should follow DEStormInfo on Twitter. You can also follow all the Snowgasm events at the hashtag #delsnow.
Here are some other useful links:
Philadelphia Weather Blog
WDEL
KYW
Delaware Online / News Journal
Weather Channel
NOAA / National Weather Service
Weather Underground
Here are some pictures from a Seaford supermarket from our friend ‘thatsElbert.’ (Via Twitter)
Comment by anon on 4 February 2010 at 8:01 pm:
DelDem-I hit both the Costco and Acme on the way home from work ( a pre-planned visit from earlier in the week) and it was a zoo in both places!
Comment by Jason330 on 4 February 2010 at 8:03 pm:
AWESOME! Bread + Milk + Eggs = French Toast
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 4 February 2010 at 8:16 pm:
I’m sending my husband to the store tomorrow during the day since he’s off. Luckily we don’t need eggs or bread!
Comment by Delaware Dem on 4 February 2010 at 8:19 pm:
I am going to the store very early (hopefully the liquor store is open before 9 am). Then I am working from home the rest of the day.
Comment by Another Mike on 4 February 2010 at 8:52 pm:
Forget it, bitches, I bought every gallon of milk in Brandywine Hundred. How will we all survive?
Comment by MJ on 4 February 2010 at 8:55 pm:
I don’t tweet (what is the past-tense of tweet?) but I will post on-line here and on my blog how Rehoboth and the rest of the Cape Region is waiting for Dennis Quaid to come and rescue us (quick – who can name the movie?).
Comment by John Tobin on 4 February 2010 at 8:56 pm:
Yo Another Mike,
Did you buy up all the powdered milk ,too?
Did you at least leave some soy milk or Rice Dream?
Comment by Brooke on 4 February 2010 at 9:01 pm:
We’re all ready. May play hob with driving to Philly tomorrow evening to watch dance classes though, lol.
I lived in the snow belt in Buffalo. Snow doesn’t scare me, but Delaware drivers and general preparedness does, lol.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 4 February 2010 at 9:05 pm:
Day After Tomorrow, MJ. I would be more worried about the massive tsunami like storm surge
Comment by anon on 4 February 2010 at 9:20 pm:
Don’t forget to check on the older folks in your family and your neighborhood before and during the storm. Offer to pick up some groceries for them tomorrow, ask them if they have their medicines, make sure their heat is on, and shovel for them if you can.
Comment by cassandra_m on 4 February 2010 at 9:22 pm:
Have heard that flights are being canceled now — so if you are planning to escape this snowpocalypse, you might not be able to get out.
I’m on Twitter as CTMinDE but I’m not especially good at it.
Make sure you charge up camera batteries so you can share pictures!
Comment by anon on 4 February 2010 at 9:22 pm:
Ist anon again–just got back from the liquor store
Comment by cassandra_m on 4 February 2010 at 9:24 pm:
1st anon — I avoided the milk and bread rush in favor of dinner at Kooma and a wine raid at Veritas. Unfortunately, will have to go to the store for a couple of elderly neighbors in the AM, tho.
Comment by MJ on 4 February 2010 at 9:27 pm:
We’re the only full-time owners in our development, but it looks like a few others are already down here, so it might be interesting. Already planning menus, too (tomorrow night, corn flake breaded tilapia with pasta, Saturday night – chicken stir fry). And I have plenty of chicken soup and matzo balls in the freezer.
DD – I’m about 7 blocks from the beach – the canal will save me from any storm surge.
Comment by Jason330 on 4 February 2010 at 9:56 pm:
I wish my neighbors were gay.
Comment by MJ on 4 February 2010 at 10:02 pm:
Jason – how do you know they aren’t?
Comment by Jason330 on 4 February 2010 at 10:07 pm:
They aren’t MJ gay, so what’s the point?
Comment by MJ on 4 February 2010 at 10:18 pm:
Thank you. I’ll make up another batch of soup and send it you and a few others. It’s the best chicken soup in the DelMarVa.
Comment by a.price on 4 February 2010 at 11:12 pm:
i live in the 15th floor. i shall be watching the devastation from my castle in the sky mwahahahahaha
Comment by Miscreant on 4 February 2010 at 11:36 pm:
2 generators
1 solar panel
1 wood stove
1 pellet stove (w/battery back-up)
1 gorgeous wife
1 case of whiskey
Bring it.
Comment by Dave M. on 5 February 2010 at 3:10 am:
At least the snow covering will make the groundhogs safer.
Comment by pandora on 5 February 2010 at 6:55 am:
I’m off to the store this morning, and am embarrassed to admit that I actually need milk and eggs.
Comment by Frank on 5 February 2010 at 7:54 am:
Sacrificing bread and milk causes the Delaware Gods to make the snow go away.
I’m told that in Virginia Beach, on those rare occasions when a big snow is predicted (9 inches last weekend almost all gone by Tuesday), the local custom is to buy all the Dinty Moore.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 5 February 2010 at 8:17 am:
Dinty Moore Beef Stew. Mmmmm that sounds good. I am making Lasagna today, and pizza tomorrow.
I have just come from the Super G on Concord Pike and it is well stocked and not that busy yet. I suppose the schools are closed, since there were some Moms there with kids in tow.
Comment by pandora on 5 February 2010 at 8:33 am:
I just got back from the Trolley Square Acme. It was pretty empty when I got there – and amazingly well stocked – but it was getting crowded as I was checking out.
My kids are in school, but the District told parents to be prepared for an early dismissal.
Okay, I have food, alcohol and a stack of seasoned wood. I’m ready!
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 8:40 am:
The high amount of snow we have received this winter is obviously connected to the global warming.I’m willing to bet one of you geniuses in here can explain why. Pandora?
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 5 February 2010 at 8:50 am:
Oh great, another genius who doesn’t know the difference between weather and climate.
The high snowfall this year is related to the strong El Nino, which brings higher than normal precipitation to the U.S. in general. The long cold spell in Dec./Jan. was caused by an unusual Arctic Oscillation.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 5 February 2010 at 8:51 am:
BTW, I can’t wait for FBH to tell us he didn’t mean what what he wrote.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 5 February 2010 at 8:54 am:
Fighting Blue Hen: the consequence of global warming is climate change, not that everyplace everywhere gets hot. Climate change means stronger El Ninos, different weather patterns, more precipitation. Only stone cold idiots say when they see a lot of snow: “hehehehe, those stupid liberals were wrong about global warming.”
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:04 am:
UI i mean everything i write.You people just misquote and twist like the cheaters and liars that you are.
UI i studied climatology at the U of D.
Dr John R Mather was the head of the department.He was also the Delaware state climatologist.
Comment by rhubard on 5 February 2010 at 9:08 am:
“i studied climatology at the U of D.”
And pretty clearly didn’t learn much.
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:11 am:
Hey i’m not the one connecting short term weather patterns to climate change.You people are the ones doing that.
Comment by pandora on 5 February 2010 at 9:14 am:
Then you should know that global encompasses more than your backyard.
Geez, it’s like people who only consider an active hurricane season one that only counts the number of hurricanes that hit American cities.
Comment by Brooke on 5 February 2010 at 9:21 am:
You’d have learned more about climate studying with Cotton Mather than with John Mather.
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:27 am:
Pandora nobody said it didn’t. i just thought it would be funny to hear explanations about how it does.
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:30 am:
DR John Mather one of the top in his field in the day.
Comment by Brooke on 5 February 2010 at 9:31 am:
I apologize for that crack. Inappropriate and not funny.
And I regretted it before you responded but didn’t make it back in time to edit. I’m sorry.
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:37 am:
Excuse me pandora ,but the libs are the ones who used the New Orleans hurricane as the final answer on global warming.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 5 February 2010 at 9:40 am:
Well, now that we have heard from the climate change deniers, we can move on to storm stories and updates.
Comment by donviti on 5 February 2010 at 9:45 am:
I hope John Atkins doesn’t get snowed in with a bottle of Whiskey and his wife.
Comment by donviti on 5 February 2010 at 9:47 am:
Is it called Global Warming or Climate Change? UI, Dl’s main contributor, can you tell me?
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 9:50 am:
As usual just like clock work.Delaware Dem please tell me what statement i made that would lead you to believe that i don’t believe that the climate changes.
Comment by pandora on 5 February 2010 at 9:58 am:
Spoke with friends and family in Fenwick – no snow yet! They say Harris Teeter is packed.
Comment by MJ on 5 February 2010 at 10:36 am:
clear and actually a little bit of sun right now.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 5 February 2010 at 10:45 am:
Please back this assertion with evidence. Show me where a DL contributor has said Hurricane Katrina is the final answer on global warming.
DV,
I don’t know if the scientific community really agrees on what to call it – I’ve seen both climate change and AGW (anthropogenic global warming).
Comment by Mark H on 5 February 2010 at 10:48 am:
Peanut M&M’s–check
Popcorn–check
Lost and 24 on DVR–check
I’m good
Comment by V on 5 February 2010 at 10:51 am:
Tomorrow is my birthday *sigh*. Thanks for the present Mother Nature.
Comment by Brooke on 5 February 2010 at 10:55 am:
So, I called school in Philly to ask whether classes tonight are still on. The office a) doesn’t know, b) doesn’t know when they’ll know, c) doesn’t know what their school number is, when it’s reported on the radio, d) rather resents being asked.
I hope we have 4 feet of snow by 4 pm. Today will not be a good day for them if I get there.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 5 February 2010 at 10:59 am:
F*cking Blue Hen, tell me, if you are not denying climate change, then what is your point? You either accept the scientific consensus, or you deny it. And yes, I don’t recall ever saying Katrina was “the final nail in the coffin” that proves global warming. I think increasingly devastating hurricanes are evidence of a symptom of climate change, but no more than droughts or any other change in a weather pattern.
Comment by Delaware Dem on 5 February 2010 at 11:00 am:
Brooke, it is Philly, the city. They hardly ever shut down.
Comment by MJ on 5 February 2010 at 11:03 am:
For the Washington DC Metro area –
Status – The Federal Government will be open in the morning operating under an unscheduled leave policy with a planned 4 hour early dismissal.
Employees reporting for work should be dismissed by their agencies 4 hours earlier than their normal departure time from work.
This is my agency at work. They actually announced the liberal leave yesterday afternoon around 2:00 PM.
Comment by Joanne Christian on 5 February 2010 at 11:12 am:
Snow coming? Well there goes the satellite, here in the swamps of Townsend. See you in the Spring–but if someone does a flyover, please drop chocolate–for the sake of my family. Thank you.
Comment by pandora on 5 February 2010 at 11:21 am:
FYI
Brandywine School District has just posted on their website that schools will be dismissed at their normal times today. All after school activities were canceled last night.
LOL! As I was typing this I got a call from BSD informing me of the same thing. This district is really on top of things!
Appoquinimink has a message on its website to check back later in the day.
Red Clay and Christina (via website) are dismissing early.
Colonial… I couldn’t find any message about closings or the weather.
Comment by Brooke on 5 February 2010 at 11:21 am:
If it was a city school, I’d be with you, DD. It’s a private school and they close in clear weather for utterly random reasons. *I* know they won’t be there tonight. THEY know they won’t be there tonight. They just like to toy with us. Why not? They already have the tuition money.
When any Philly sports team wins, or even plays a big game, they close due to confetti.
Comment by liberalgeek on 5 February 2010 at 11:49 am:
Just across the wire, Sussex County libraries close at 5PM.
Comment by Jason330 on 5 February 2010 at 11:59 am:
It is a chilly 67 degrees in the bathroom right now. That means climate change is a liberal hoax. Viva coal burning power plants. Spending the day in my underwear is a GAWD GIVEN RIGHT. Look it up.
Comment by fightingbluehen on 5 February 2010 at 12:00 pm:
Good one geek. ha ha
Comment by V on 5 February 2010 at 12:08 pm:
my friend in Baltimore says it’s already snowing, so we’re on our way.
Comment by anon on 5 February 2010 at 12:16 pm:
New Castle County Libraries closing at 5 today and will remain closed both Saturday and Sunday according to the County’s facebook page….
Comment by MJ on 5 February 2010 at 12:57 pm:
Here’s a link to schools closings in the state – http://schoolclosings.delaware.gov/
Latest forecast for LSD is anywhere from 14-20 inches of snow by tomorrow night. That’s for the Georgetown-Milford area.
Comment by liberalgeek on 5 February 2010 at 1:25 pm:
FBH, I’m guessing you didn’t know that there were libraries in Sussex?
Seriously, I’m on the Sussex press release list, and that had just come across…
Comment by MJ on 5 February 2010 at 1:41 pm:
Not sure if anyone here has seen this, but it’s great – http://www.accuweather.com/video-on-demand.asp?video=1671939093
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Comment by Miscreant on 5 February 2010 at 7:33 pm:
Over an inch here in Sussex already. Plenty of whiskey and ammo left. Come on down!
Comment by Frank on 5 February 2010 at 8:06 pm:
Wind and rain in Virginia Beach.
Gosh, I miss Delaware. But not, however, my snow shovel.
Comment by MJ on 5 February 2010 at 8:16 pm:
Snow is steady and moderate right now. We probably have an inch on the ground. Just started sticking to the parking lot about an hour ago.