Snowmageddapocalypse

By adamg on Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:07am

We don't get many urgent weather missives in the middle of the night. But at 3:35 a.m., the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning for coastal Massachusetts, including Boston, starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday: Snow accumulations of up to 24 inches, high winds, the whole nine yards.

Considerable blowing and drifting snow along with near white out conditions at times. Snowfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour is possible at times.

Last night, Harvey Leonard, who basically came in professionally with that blizzard (you know the one), was saying we might even set a Boston snowfall record (that blizzard accounted for 27.1 inches, there was a later storm that dropped 27.6, but who remembers that one?). And Ed Harding was wearing a sweater vest.

And that's why the French Toast Alert is at 5 Slices/Severe.

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Comments

Snow emergency for Boston?

By Lee
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:16am

The law abiding space saver folks probably want to know.

Huh?

By BostonDog
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:19am

Isn't that one from Dec 17th, 1987 still in effect?

We'll find out at 10:30

By adamg
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:51am

The mayor's having a press conference.

For all the Covid talk

By Hardy Har Har
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:15am

This is the first real test for the Wu administration.

Ridiculous statement.

By Notfromboston
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:21am

Ridiculous statement.

Not really

By WalkingTheDog
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:42am

Politicians receive a lot of attention for how they handle weather emergencies.

Ask people about Charlie Baker as an administrator

By Hardy Har Har
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:55am

See how fast the collapse of the T during the 2015 snowstorms comes up.

Not gonna lie.....

By Pete Nice
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:38am

I have cheated and have been using complete pancake mix from the Pearl Milling Co. recently with the family. It is actually very cheap and easy to make and clean up. Saves on milk, eggs, etc. You can add a little milk if needed, but this stuff is golden imo.

French toast is way better don't get me wrong, but I get a few boxes of the complete mix and it lasts a long time.

Nothing wrong with that

By cybah
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:10am

Nothing wrong with that.. I've been buying that stuff for years. Its good to have in an emergency cuz all it needs is water to make. (This was a staple at my camp as a kid cuz one box would last years)

I bought some French Toast bread today to make French Toast with tomorrow.

But if I make pancakes. I add a 1/4 tsp of vanilla, and a packet of sweet & low (sugar doesn't work). Gives it a nice taste.

Even if there is a snow

By Notfromboston
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:42am

Even if there is a snow emergency, I haven't seen them enforce no parking on snow emergency routes. Not once. So snow emergency is just an announcement for space savers.

Not sure where your data comes from

By lbb
Sat, 01/29/2022 - 2:25pm

I had the experience of a very expensive tow after parking on a so-called "snow emergency route" in the Fenway once. Learned my lesson and never let that happen again.

Top Ten Boston Snowstorms Until 2021

By Michael A. Burstein
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 9:54am

Snowfall - Boston - top snowstorms

1. February 17-19, 2003 (Mon-Wed)
27.5 inches

2. February 6-7, 1978
27.1 inches

3. February 24-27, 1969
26.3 inches

4. March 31-April 1, 1997
25.4 inches

5. February 8-9, 2013 (Fri-Sat)
24.9 inches

6. January 26-27, 2015
24.6 inches

7. February 7-10, 2015 (Sat-Tues)
23.1 inches

8. January 22-23, 2005 (Sun-Mon)
22.5 inches

9. January 20, 1978
21.4 inches

10. March 3, 1960
19.8 inches

Most of the list has been in

By redheadedjen
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 1:11pm

Most of the list has been in the last 20 years.

Wow, Mondays suck

By BostonDog
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 3:37pm

Most of these storms were on Sunday or Monday. It's not just my imagination.

1. February 17-19, 2003 (Mon)
2. February 6-7, 1978 (Sun)
3. February 24-27, 1969 (Mon)
4. March 31-April 1, 1997 (Mon)
5. February 8-9, 2013 (Fri)
6. January 26-27, 2015 (Mon)
7. February 7-10, 2015 (Sat)
8. January 22-23, 2005 (Sun-Mon)
9. January 20, 1978 (Fri)
10. March 3, 1960 (Thus)

And all but one started or continued through the weekend.

As a kid…

By Lee
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 4:28pm

Monday snow days were the best!

You’re wrong on the Blizzard of 1978

By Waquiot
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 5:07pm

It didn’t start on Sunday. It started on a Monday. I remember walking home from school that day, then no school for what I remember being weeks.

Formed on Sunday

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:01pm

But didn't set us up the bombogenesis until Monday.

I didn't live here yet but my husband has many stories! He was fifteen at the time.

It wasn’t snowing in Boston on Sunday

By Waquiot
Sat, 01/29/2022 - 12:26am

Some of the storms mentioned formed days beforehand, as well. The key time is when they struck the region. The point I’m making is that the Blizzard of 78 wasn’t an extension of the weekend. Surely your husband remembers leaving school that day.

Wasn't there a big storm

By Rob
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 5:35pm

Wasn't there a big storm January or February of '04?
I remember being at a "I'll know who really loved me by who shows up and stays to the end in this weather" funerals Saturday morning. Sleet turning to snow and cold. Came back from the cemetery & repast early afternoon and just managed to putt-putt our little car into the driveway at home as the storm strengthened. That was the last we went anywhere for three days. Plow contractor screwed us over, so the parking lot was impassable. Roads were okay, but most destinations were still digging out, too. I had a wake to go to the Monday evening (meeting a family member coming in from out of state) and took a chain of buses to get there and back.
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It must be one of those ones that gets deeper each time I tell the story (uphill, both ways), because I don't see it on the list here. I'll be terribly disappointed if it turns out to have been a modest foot at most.

May have been January '05

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:09pm

I had to postpone my sons birthday parties, so that was a big deal - would have been late January.

Late January '05 would fit

By Rob
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:32pm

Late January '05 would fit with what I remember.
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...and I'm really not 100% sure it was a super-deep storm. The main point I remember is the plow contractor screwed us and we couldn't get out of the parking lot. That didn't require 20".

...and I was (cue Bob Uecker

By Rob
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:52pm

...and I was (cue Bob Uecker voice) just a bit outside.

Just dug through the memorial card collection. Not January or February at all, and not 2004 or 2005. That person died December 4, 2003.
Googling the weather history, there was a major nor'easter from Saturday 12/6 through Monday 12/8. Left Boston about 17" of snow, and a lot more in other places (Peabody)

Link?

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:22pm

Where did this list come from?

EDIT: I found the link and this list as posted is out of date: https://www.boston.com/weather/local-news/2022/01/...

Feb. 18, 2003: 27.6 inches
Feb. 7, 1978: 27.1 inches
April 1, 1997: 25.4 inches
Feb. 9, 2013: 24.9 inches
Jan. 27, 2015: 24.4 inches
Feb. 17, 2003: 23.6 inches
Jan. 23, 2005: 22.5 inches
Jan. 28, 2015: 22.3 inches
Feb. 9, 2015: 22.2 inches
Jan. 21, 1978: 21.4 inches

That list looks a little odd,

By Rob
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:28pm

That list looks a little odd, too. separate 23" and 26" storms on Feb 17 & 18, 2003?

Hmmm

By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 7:48pm

Yeah, it seems to be missing earlier storms from the other list.

But the 2000s dominate for certain.

Bread & Milk - Vic Dibitetto

By John D
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:27am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU

Italian bread ...

By Dave
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:51am

Italian bread makes French toast that is far superior than when white bread is used. French bread is good, too.

There.
I've said it.

Most Delish

By cybah
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:52am

Most Delicious french toast I ever had was made with Challah (sp) bread.

Hands down the best damn french toast I ever had.

Sounds good.

By Dave
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:18am

Sounds good.

Gotta cut it thick though….

By Pete Nice
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:43am

Most Challah bread is thinly sliced and breaks apart easily. Cheryl Ann’s will cut it thick if you ask.

Supposed to cut challah yourself

By mg
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:48am

Only heathens get it pre-sliced!

Thickish slices - IF you're

By Rob
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 1:55pm

Thickish slices - IF you're slicing it.
Really, though, you're just supposed to pull it apart.

Is Cheryl-Anns open again?

By adamg
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 11:57am

That would be good news.

No still burnt out…

By Pete Nice
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 12:14pm

earlier this week anyway…

Blacker's in Newton is good

By redheadedjen
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 1:16pm

Blacker's in Newton is good too.

Baker's Best

By cybah
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 12:16pm

Ok I do have to admit I've never made it myself but have been tempted. And yeah it does..

I admit the only times I've ever had it was when Bakers Best catered breakfast at two companies I worked at. Its just that good.

"Challah bread"

By Turalura Lipschitz
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 2:20pm

is a tautology.

Challah is great

By DCA-BOS
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 8:49pm

But can’t believe no one has mentioned brioche. Stop and Shop and Whole Foods both sell great unsliced loaves of that buttery, eggy delight. Cut it nice and thick and sprinkle some powdered sugar on top before you serve it. And don’t forget a splash of vanilla extract in the egg mixture.