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Oh, well, there's always French toast
By adamg on Sun, 01/07/2024 - 11:30am
Update, 12 p.m. Now snowing in Roslindale.
Here in the highlands along the Hyde Park frontier, we have just enough of a dusting to almost be pretty. But as Doctahdooley shows us, that's not reason to let all those French toast fixin's go to waste.
Rob Adams reported at 8:15 a.m.:
Zero inches here in Eastie.
But, no, he didn't let his bread, milk and eggs go to waste, either:
But it's another story outside 128.
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Reporting from the Cambridge
Reporting from the Cambridge/Somerville border near Davis Square: also a bust here. I didn't even bother throwing salt down.
No need for French toast today...
... we already had a three chocolate panetone from Tony's Market slated for breakfast.
They'll do it every time
But do all the people who rushed out to buy enormous quantities of "bread and milk" and toilet paper and bananas feel foolish for their eternal overreaction? Oh no. They'll do it every time.
Lizard brain phenomenon
This is the phenomenon when lizards are out in the hot sun, and will do anything to find shade. Same with snowstorms - people find comfort in panic, and transfer that panic into purchases they think they need, but end up shorting out someone else.
And yes, any snowstorm brings out the panic in any New Englander.
So?
The complaining about people "freaking out" over snowstorms has grown to be an order of magnitude worse than any freaking out. At best it's no longer cute and original. Maybe just let it go.
There's visible snow
There's visible snow accumulation on the ground and rooftops in Brighton, with slush on the street outside my house.
There were visible space
There were visible space savers on my neighboring street when I left for work this morning.
Wind, rain, and a little
Wind, rain, and a little sleet last night in Dorchester - mid 30s.
Today at noon has actually turned to flurries.
I don't know how much reflects the algorithms and models the forecasters use, but the last couple of years for Boston/coastal/south the result has frequently been "less than what they said, and a few hours later".
It's Happening!
While I like waking up to fresh snow and the changes it brings, the snow kicking off around noon for daytime snow watching isn't bad either.
I'm sorry for everyone who has to travel in this, but it is really pretty. I have missed snowy winters, and will enjoy this thoroughly until Tuesday's rainy slop fest.
Not bad in West Roxbury
We have an inch or so of waterlogged, heavy-to-shovel snow where I live. The weather forecasters oversold the storm here in Boston, although from what I hear, west of the city has a lot more than we do.
Sage advice: if you're cleaning up later in the Boston area, use caution - even though it might look like an inch or two, it is very heavy to lift because of all of the rain. UPDATE: the snow has gotten much lighter, but there is more of it (maybe 2 inches).
We may have an inch and a half just west in Nonantum
Also, its definitely gotten more serious in the past hour or so. I shoved about half an inch of slush off the driveway around 11.
Snow in Dorchester
After looking like it was just going to be rain, it's been snowing in Dorchester for a while now. My hopes of not having to shovel have been dashed.
Forecasters said rain/snow line was unpredictable
All the predictions I've read made clear that there was a great deal of uncertainty about where the rain/snow line would be and therefore how much Boston would get. There was plenty of rain overnight - had the snow line moved further east it would have been several inches of snow.
Allston Village checking in
About 2 inches at 3:45pm.
Arlington
3"-4"