The Snowpocalypse Will Be Photographed

[liz_marcs]

I'm not dead! I swear!

I've just been in-over-my-head busy. (Plus, I had one of those birthdays, the kind that has a number that I'd just as soon forget. So I've been trying very, very hard to do it.)

This weekend has been of the unfun kind. You know...shoveling, freezing, warming up after the shoveling, and then back out to shovel some more. Out of the past 38 hours, I've spend 6 hours shoveling.

I refuse to go out again. I don't care if the snow drifts enough to bury my car. I have no dry clothes left.

Some of you may doubt that New England is in the grip of a Snowpocalypse. I am here to provide photographic proof that we are seriously f@*#%!

This photo below pretty much sums up my weekend:



For more of the horror show, pickspam can be found under the cut:



The Charles River Lakes Region does look pretty in a snowstorm. Hard to appreciate it when you're out in the middle of said storm, though.







It goes without saying that traveling was either difficult or impossible, depending on your mode of transportation.

The main roads were slippery but passable, provided you could deal with plows...



The side streets, on the other hand, were a lost cause, as this car found out. The driver couldn't get enough traction to reach the top of an incline. Ultimately, he had to back down the main drag.



Other back roads saw no traffic at all.



I didn't see a single train pull into the Commuter Rail stop all day.





These next two photos pretty much sum up the futility of it all.





On a good note, at least the fire hydrants are being kept clear by...someone. Can't tell you who. I've yet to see buildings & grounds leave their snow plows.



Despite my pissy mood, I had to admit that some scenes looked distinctly 'Tis the Season...

















Seeing these over-burdened wires, however, makes me worry that I'll be losing power at some point.



It goes without saying that no one is going to be enjoying these parks anytime soon. I know it's hard to judge just from these photos, but you're looking at a snow build-up of 18 to 24 inches.





This is the Women's Studies building at Brandeis University. See the warrior woman on the banner? I know exactly how she feels.



I am woman, hear me RAWR! See that snowbank next to my car? Yes, I am responsible for creating it. Six hours shoveling over a 38-hour period. Six. Hours.



Here's my car from another angle.




I have one final reason why there's no way I'm going back out there to shovel again (aside from no dry clothes).

A broken shovel...



Heaven help me, I am exhausted...

Comments

[poptartodoom.livejournal.com]

I love snow, but I would rather enjoy it from indoors. Those pictures are beautiful, but wow that's a lot of snow!

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

*nods glumly*

You're not joking.

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

YOW. I can't imagine. I've just cowered under blankets for a good part of the day.

I wouldn't try to shovel no matter what; it's a wind chill of -25 out there, so, um, no.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

The temperatures here are fluctuating all over the place. It's gone from the low 20s, up to the mid-30s, back to the low 20s.

Mother Nature is seriously PMS-ing. I figure a Goddess-sized Midol might help.

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

Eek. Here the weather report has called for a high of 2 degrees, which has been optimistic, and since it's now dark, I'm thinking ... not so much.

Can this all just go away?

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Then I won't complain so much about the temperature fluctuations. *grins*

Because the only thing that could make things worse right now is for the whole thing to freeze over.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

The problem is getting it to Her in a timely fashion.

See, what I found more astonishing was us going from ice storm to 60-degree weather to three days of snow inside of ten days. *boggles*

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be in the 40s on Tuesday, with another snow storm on Christmas Eve. Boggling doesn't even begin to cover it.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

Ye gods, do I know. My looming-over-everything worry is that we've already passed some kind of climatic tipping point, and from here on out it just gets more and more extreme and chaotic and unpredictable. : (

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

My friends are visting from Boston this week. As one of them told me when we were making dinner plans today, "We picked the right week to be out of town!"

(No comments about my local forecast, to avoid thrown objects.)

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Yes, they did pick the right week to be out of town. Especially since we're getting another storm on Wednesday.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Stay safe out there...

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Going out to take these photos is arguably not the brightest thing I've ever done. *grins*

It's pretty, but it's much prettier when you're inside.

[phyr-nyt.livejournal.com]

wow... you have more snow then buffalo. you poor soul.
*sends hugs, warm mitten and socks. along with someone else to shovel out your car*

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Yes. I need slaves to shovel out my car again. *shakes fist at snow plows*

I fear trying to get into work tomorrow...

[itsabigrock.livejournal.com]

Holy mackeroons! This is just going on from coast to coast.

Corvallis (where I live) seems to be the only spot in Western Oregon where it isn't snowing right now. We are apparently having a banana belt front this week and just having rain. Lots and lots of rain.

Also? Before broken your shovel must have been the cutest shovel ever!

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Actually, it was a big ol' metal shovel. I can't believe it broke. *weeps*

And count your blessings for getting rain. Because this storm is a straight-up bitch. It's been snowing non-stop since Friday afternoon.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

I'm getting lots of mockage over at my LJ for saying there's lots of snow. Apparently it's not REALLY a blizzard, as a blizzard entails more than four feet of snow... or... something... yeah.

It seems like a lot of snow to my very chilled California fingers and toes. *grin*

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

It's still snowing.

And the damn plows just blocked my driveway...again.

[kurukami.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. It's still snowing up here, too.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Looks like Waltham got harder hit than West Hartford. We've got maybe 9-12" total accumulation. And a neighbor saw us shoveling out our plow-berg and came and snowblew our whole driveway for us, declining my offer of hot cocoa or tea-with-brandy. Holiday spirit, I guess... it was very nice.

I have made my traditional latkes and am not going ANYWHERE until tomorrow.

you should have a hot bath.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I've got crockpot beef stew a-waiting for me.

*stares out window*

And despite my vow, I just might have to go back out there again. The plow-berg is looking pretty awful right now. *shakes fist*

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Mmm, crockpot beef stew. I am seriously going to have to pick up some seitan chunks and see what I can do with them, because I have been CRAVING beef stew lately, and I feed vegetarians.

damn that plow-berg!

[4thdixiechick.livejournal.com]

OK, I haven't totaled the hours I spent shoveling, but I'm probably a little under your 6 hours [that I should've spent grading]. And I'm fine with most of it, but the heavy stuff from the plow drives me crazy. Ugh.

Your pics are lovely, however.

I'm going to have hot chocolate now.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I suspect that despite my vow, I'm going to have to go back out there because the plows just left a snow berm at the edge of my driveway. *weeps*

Time to put the clothes on a radiator...

[4thdixiechick.livejournal.com]

crap- the plow just went by here again, too!

I guess we're both up for some non-fun right now...

[shakatany.livejournal.com]

I'll be going up to Needham in January for my annual b'day bash. I recall a couple of years ago it was in the 70s on my birthday on the 9th and was rather warm last year too with no snow. I have a feeling that will not be the case this January.

I loved the pics of the snow encrusted trees though - beautiful.

Shakatany

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

I know there's a lot of snow out there (oh, do I know!), but, wow, you broke your shovel!

It's so much easier to enjoy it all indoors with nowhere to go. Too bad modern life doesn't actually stop long for snow.

[huzzlewhat.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wow. I've been feeling a bit sorry for myself at our 12 inches (although I'm convinced it's more) — it doesn't look so bad right about now. Although the -17 degree temperatures is just insane.

Kudos to you for your persistence in shoveling. You shoveled until your shovel died — that's dedication!

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

Hey, that kind of looks like the view outside my window! We've had some very unusual weather here..snow, wind chill factors, actual blizzard conditions. And it's still snowing.
We're just not used to it here, unlike you hardy easterners. People are still going outside carrying their umbrellas! I call that optimistic.
Your snow shovel gave its all for you. May it rest in pieces...

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

You got it much worse than we did. Aaron escaped Boston in the nick of time.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Wow, MA. looks like Wisconsin. Not sure if that's a good thing...

[fiareynne.livejournal.com]

Why you gotta send your Snowpocalypse northward? Maine was doing just fine until tonight.

[fishsanwitt]

You have more snow than we do!

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

LJ just ate my comment *pout*
Thanks for sharing the photos, beautiful and awe inspiring (you shoveled HOW much? Shovel death is rare indeed.)

Great to 'hear' from you. Merry Christmas and best wishes for any further snow.

*Sends you hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps*

[fluffybkitty.livejournal.com]

On a good note, at least the fire hydrants are being kept clear by...someone. Can't tell you who. - Probably dogs.

Your pictures are awesome and they're making me wish for snow... safe in the knowledge that we never get more than a few inches at a time. That's a lot of snow you've got there.

[omegar.livejournal.com]

I hate snow. Combines my two least favourate things, cold and cold.

I can only hope you are safe, and warm!

[iyalode.livejournal.com]

I love the pictures, Liz. To be honest, snow is something of a mystery to me. I mean, I look at it and I know the fun/troubles is causes, but the day to day living with snow? Totally eludes me.

I'd send you pictures of Sydney but 'blue sky/sun' x 100 is very boring. But warm omg!

Brings back memories

[first-spike.livejournal.com]

Great photos. I really like the ones of the trees.

Y'know, whenever I get a bit wistful and nostalgic and wonder whether moving back to Canada would be a good idea, I just have to remember... [FX: dissolve] getting up to shovel out the driveway, having breakfast, getting out again to clear what the plow dumped across the end of the drive, then having to race after the schoolbus as it sailed past, wheels locked... [dissolve back]

One winter in New Brunswick, the total snowfall was around 180 inches, although the most I remember in one burst was about 20.

Here, it only takes an inch to cause chaos. Or five degrees of frost. *sigh!*

Take care, and have a good holiday despite it all.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Oh - it is beautiful - but I can see that it might be a touch too much of a good thing. Especially if you need to go shopping and so on!

[eponin10.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

I will admit to missing the occasional snowstorm, but I've been in NC for 12 years and our one and only snowstorm was 11 years ago. I'm fairly certain I don't want to have to deal with them on a regular basis, if for no other reason than the fact that NC doesn't have enough plows, and NO ONE here can handle driving in flurries, much less an actual storm.

[billiebog.livejournal.com]

The pictures are great and make the storm personal. Thanks for going to the trouble to post these for us.

BB

[othercat.livejournal.com]

It's pretty cold here too!


Lots of rain.


And cloudy!

It's really cloudy....

Yeah, I should stop before you start throwing roof daggers at me.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

This, this is why the husband will have to drag me kicking and screaming to live in New England! I'll take my hot, muggy homeland that is completely paralyzed by a half inch of ice once every 4 or 5 years. We were all shivering uncontrollably in 34 degrees. It was 80 here on Saturday. That's my kind of winter no matter how pretty the snow.

You have my utmost sympathy for the snow shoveling. May it not be necessary again for a long time.

[married-n-mich.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing your pics and the efforts of your hard work. OY And there's more to come. Better hurry and buy another shovel *g*

Don't hit me!

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

RRR! GRAR!!!! LIZ BREAK SHOVEL! GRAR!

Just think, that's plenty of upper-body exercise for you. And slow-burn cardio. Turn it into a positive. =)