Boy, I am feeling old. I cannot quickly recall any of these.
http://news.discovery.com/history/snowstorms-history-winter-weather-110209.html
http://news.discovery.com/history/snowstorms-history-winter-weather-110209.html
Big Storms
- Thread starter bobpbx
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I remember Storms 1, 2 and 4, especially #2. My friends and I refer to #2 as the snow bowl as we went to a friends house at 11am to watch the eagles games. Just a light snow at 11, but by 4PM we had nearly 2 feet on the ground and still snowing heavy. We had a 10 mile ride home down 295 which was supposed to be closed, like all roads were declared to be in NJ that day. I had a 4x4 pickup and did not have too much of a problem, but there were a few cars driving on 295 that could not get off because the jug handles had not been used and were too deep in snow for them to get out!
Storm #1 my son got chicken pox and the drug store stayed open for me to get there for his prescriptions.
Storm #2 my neighbors had planned a big party for family, but since the snow kept them all home the whole neighbor hood went over (why let all that food go to waste
).
The others I also can't recall.
Storm #2 my neighbors had planned a big party for family, but since the snow kept them all home the whole neighbor hood went over (why let all that food go to waste
).The others I also can't recall.
I remembered a couple photos on my hardrive, and the the date matches #4 in 2003. My neighbors A-frame and a shot from my window at a car in my driveway.
I never knew chicken pox was still around. I am approaching 57, and at 60 plan to get the shingles vaccine.
i remember these. the 60 and 61 snowed us into our row home and my dad had to climb out the kitchen window.
but wasn't there a storm in 65 or 66 on Christmas eve?? it was our first year in jersey and we walked to my aunt and uncles in woodstream and spent the night.
but wasn't there a storm in 65 or 66 on Christmas eve?? it was our first year in jersey and we walked to my aunt and uncles in woodstream and spent the night.
I think I remember walking to midnight Mass in a lot of snow (10" sticks in my mind). Then we went hoping cars
. 65 or 66 would be about right.Bob, the chicken pox vaccine must have come along later because every kid on our street had them within about a 2 week period in 93. My parents (both deceased now) told me I never got them as a kid, so I've also considered the shingles vaccine. I got pneumonia from the flu this year so I guess I also need the vaccine for that next year too. Fun getting older, isn't it. My hikes for the last month have been "truck hikes".
Piker, I'm quite certain (though not absolutely positive) that you don't need the shingles vaccine unless you've had chicken pox, because early chicken pox is what causes them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_zoster
Some links to historic Jersey winter storms, some good pictures in some of them. I recall the '79 storm. My son was 2 and the snow was over his head.
http://davep1nj.tripod.com/davesweathersitedeluxe/id5.html
http://nsidc.org/snow/blizzard/snowfall.html
http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/
http://wintercenter.homestead.com/photoindex.html
http://davep1nj.tripod.com/davesweathersitedeluxe/id5.html
http://nsidc.org/snow/blizzard/snowfall.html
http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/
http://wintercenter.homestead.com/photoindex.html
Does anyone remember the Ash Wednesday N/easter of 1962? Destroyed much of NJ's boardwalks, including major damage to ACs steel pier and cut through LBI in at least two places. No snow in the shore area but major rain. It stalled off the coast and lasted several high tides. It blew sea life normally found in warmer waters on the beaches, like sea horses. Presumably they were riding the gulf stream.
Skip the vaccine and start shopping assisted living facilities.
Wow, ....57.
I hope I can still go to the bathroom unassisted at that age .
Yep, saw quite a few house roofs floating in the Atlantic.
That's the one that put the Destroyer on the beach along LBI
http://www.strathmere.net/1962.html
http://www.lbiviews.com/About_LBI.htm/History/march_1962_storm.htm
Thanks, I'll certainly check that out. I got the flu shot in October and still got the flu in January, so with my luck I'd end up with shigles from the vaccine
Greg
Skip the vaccine and start shopping assisted living facilities.
Wow, ....57.
I hope I can still go to the bathroom unassisted at that age .
My brother Tom and I are having our canoes fitted with those big sand wheels disabled people use on the beach, so we can reach the water
Well the next "storm of the Century" may have to wait for awhile. We have a serious February thaw coming.... and we deserve it!
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NWS Philadelphia, PA
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. West wind between 6 and 14 mph.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
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NWS Philadelphia, PA
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. West wind between 6 and 14 mph.
Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind between 3 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.