Frankenstorm NEMO!

[Napoleon54]

Guess it's time for another frankenstorm/ snowpocalypse! And its name is Nemo!? Looks like we don't need to find this Nemo because it's gonna find us.

here's coverage at accuweather.com (Blizzard to Bury New England at Week's End), and some images I stole from there:





I'm in the Northern end of that pretty dark blue 24+" section. Woo hooo!!! Bring it, Nemo!!

And, true to style, weather.com is a bit more sensational with headlines such as "ALERT: Historic Crippling Blizzard Ahead!" and "Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms

[Markel]

I heard that Boston has already cancelled school on Friday.

[Xstatic1]

Napoleon, you're in New Hampshire?

hope everyone here living in the northeast will be safe the next couple of days!

[Napoleon54]

Napoleon, you're in New Hampshire?

Yup yup, I'm 5 miles from the coast, so right in the crosshairs. (but I'm originally from upstate NY, as Nickel constantly reminds me ) We got about an inch overnight but it seems to have stopped for now. I'm psyched, I love snow.

[Xstatic1]

Yup yup, I'm 5 miles from the coast, so right in the crosshairs. (but I'm originally from upstate NY, as Nickel constantly reminds me ) We got about an inch overnight but it seems to have stopped for now. I'm psyched, I love snow.

got any snow pics resulting from the NEMO storm?

[nickel]

got any snow pics resulting from the NEMO storm?

[renovation]

we had about 5-6 inchs of snow here

[Napoleon54]

We had quite a bit of drifting, blowing snow. I only had 18-20" here, but surrounding areas were >24".

Here's the drift on my deck, it was nearly to my arm pits. Funny that my first priority in digging out yesterday was to feed the poor damn birds.





Here you can see that ~2" of snow as been blown sideways INTO the bird feeder. This happened Friday night. Super weird.





Here's a view of my driveway. The snowbank at the end is about 5' tall and the ones along the sides are around 3' tall.




I took a drive through downtown Portsmouth last night and they really got hammered. That's kinda the opposite of how it usually happens... Portsmouth is right on the coast and they hardly get any accumulation due to the warmth of the ocean. The sidewalks hadn't been plowed so people were walking in the street. At one point I turned a corner and nearly ran over two middle-aged women. Snowbanks were piled 6-7' high, some of the streets weren't plowed yet. I went down one that was just a pair of tire ruts with snow scraping the undercarriage. Kinda weird that they haven't cleaned up faster, seeing that the snow stopped around mid-day yesterday. Maybe I have higher expectations from growing up in lake effect country in upstate NY. Overall I don't think Nemo was a very big deal (at least not here). I grew up getting this kind of stuff a couple times a month, if not once a week.

[Xstatic1]

we had about 5-6 inchs of snow here

that's not so bad, right?

[Xstatic1]

better than ....

[Xstatic1]

We had quite a bit of drifting, blowing snow. I only had 18-20" here, but surrounding areas were >24".

Here's the drift on my deck, it was nearly to my arm pits. Funny that my first priority in digging out yesterday was to feed the poor damn birds.





Here you can see that ~2" of snow as been blown sideways INTO the bird feeder. This happened Friday night. Super weird.





Here's a view of my driveway. The snowbank at the end is about 5' tall and the ones along the sides are around 3' tall.




I took a drive through downtown Portsmouth last night and they really got hammered. That's kinda the opposite of how it usually happens... Portsmouth is right on the coast and they hardly get any accumulation due to the warmth of the ocean. The sidewalks hadn't been plowed so people were walking in the street. At one point I turned a corner and nearly ran over two middle-aged women. Snowbanks were piled 6-7' high, some of the streets weren't plowed yet. I went down one that was just a pair of tire ruts with snow scraping the undercarriage. Kinda weird that they haven't cleaned up faster, seeing that the snow stopped around mid-day yesterday. Maybe I have higher expectations from growing up in lake effect country in upstate NY. Overall I don't think Nemo was a very big deal (at least not here). I grew up getting this kind of stuff a couple times a month, if not once a week.

cool pics, Napoleon! thank you for sharing!

18-20" is a lot of snow!

i had perused through Nemo pics on weather.com....and in some cases, you have them beat! hope it all starts melting soon! (unless you don't want it too )


(i'm a certified snow/blizzard wuss)

[Napoleon54]

The forecast has us in the 40s all week so looks like it's all gonna melt away. Boooo, nooooo!!!! I actually like the snow... I think it's super pretty, and I love the changing of the seasons.

It's sad for me to think that it's almost maple syrup season and I haven't yet found any trees to tap! The land all around my apt is heavily wooded. When I moved in I thought for sure that there'd be some maples, but if so I haven't found them yet. Better start looking more closely I guess. Or ask the landlord, which I'd have to do anyway before drilling holes in 'em and sucking out their blood.

[gwilks98]

Not sure if it's from Nemo, but I thought of you guys:
http://imgur.com/gallery/twm6Ht2

[nickel]

The forecast has us in the 40s all week so looks like it's all gonna melt away. Boooo, nooooo!!!! I actually like the snow... I think it's super pretty, and I love the changing of the seasons.

It's sad for me to think that it's almost maple syrup season and I haven't yet found any trees to tap! The land all around my apt is heavily wooded. When I moved in I thought for sure that there'd be some maples, but if so I haven't found them yet. Better start looking more closely I guess. Or ask the landlord, which I'd have to do anyway before drilling holes in 'em and sucking out their blood.

Nothing like REAL maple syrup. It's all I've ever had or will have.. yummy, maple goodness. My family used to make maple syrup, aka boil sap. Now we just sell the sap.

[Xstatic1]

The forecast has us in the 40s all week so looks like it's all gonna melt away. Boooo, nooooo!!!! I actually like the snow... I think it's super pretty, and I love the changing of the seasons.

It's sad for me to think that it's almost maple syrup season and I haven't yet found any trees to tap! The land all around my apt is heavily wooded. When I moved in I thought for sure that there'd be some maples, but if so I haven't found them yet. Better start looking more closely I guess. Or ask the landlord, which I'd have to do anyway before drilling holes in 'em and sucking out their blood.

Nothing like REAL maple syrup. It's all I've ever had or will have.. yummy, maple goodness. My family used to make maple syrup, aka boil sap. Now we just sell the sap.

okay, you two. color me curious and i suppose i can always google/wiki it...but here are my Qs: if you're gettin' it from a tree (i'm assuming a maple tree), you have to tap it to get the syrup, correct? how do you know when it's ready for tapping (is there a ripeness factor to take into consideration)?

also, how does the sap come into the picture? and how long should one boil it?

[nickel]

okay, you two. color me curious and i suppose i can always google/wiki it...but here are my Qs: if you're gettin' it from a tree (i'm assuming a maple tree), you have to tap it to get the syrup, correct? how do you know when it's ready for tapping (is there a ripeness factor to take into consideration)?

also, how does the sap come into the picture? and how long should one boil it?

Yes, you tap the tree to get the sap which is collected and then boiled for a certain amount of time to boil off enough water whereby the maple sugar syrup remains.
the maple trees are ready to be tapped just before they bud. when they start to bud the season is over. that time here is when it starts to stay above freezing in the time just before Spring. the best weather for the sap to run is when it is above freezing during the day, but still goes below 32C at night. when the weather turns so that the temps stay up all day and night then it won't be long before the trees start to bud and that's the end of it. It's a short season, and can be very short if the weather warms up too fast.

[Napoleon54]

Yes, you tap the tree to get the sap which is collected and then boiled for a certain amount of time to boil off enough water whereby the maple sugar syrup remains.
the maple trees are ready to be tapped just before they bud. when they start to bud the season is over. that time here is when it starts to stay above freezing in the time just before Spring. the best weather for the sap to run is when it is above freezing during the day, but still goes below 32C at night. when the weather turns so that the temps stay up all day and night then it won't be long before the trees start to bud and that's the end of it. It's a short season, and can be very short if the weather warms up too fast.

Yup yup yup! When the weather is right, cycling between below freezing nights and above freezing days, just drill a hole a few inches deep and the sap runs out like a faucet. It's really thin and watery, nothing like pine sap if that's what yer thinkin. Tap a spout (tap) in the hole, attach your bucket or tubing, and let 'er flow. When the sap's running good you can get maybe 1-2 gallons a day per tap. Then you boil it. It takes around 30-40 gallons of sap to get a gallon of syrup, so it's a lot LOT of boiling.

Nickel, you sound like a real pro! I'm super small scale, just 4 buckets, but that gives me about a gallon or two of syrup and that's enough for me! Here's a couple pics from my old yard.

[nickel]

Well, I never did the boiling, but I watched a lot. Ever have warm sap when it's between sap and syrup consistency? It's spectacular. We used to sneak in and get some from the boiler vat before it was syrup and then drawn off. I wonder if anyone bottles that half way stuff. It would make a great warm drink, like a hot chocolate does, only maple flavored. Maybe it would be too costly to do as maple syrup is liquid gold @ $38-40/gal here and I know, that's cheap!

[Markel]

I wonder if anyone bottles that half way stuff

I know my grandfather used to boil down sap to create maple syrup. I also remember him complaining that if he wanted to sell it "they" required him to boil it down longer than he preferred (he said the flavor wasn't as good when boiled to the "regulation" point).

[Xstatic1]

Yes, you tap the tree to get the sap which is collected and then boiled for a certain amount of time to boil off enough water whereby the maple sugar syrup remains.
the maple trees are ready to be tapped just before they bud. when they start to bud the season is over. that time here is when it starts to stay above freezing in the time just before Spring. the best weather for the sap to run is when it is above freezing during the day, but still goes below 32C at night. when the weather turns so that the temps stay up all day and night then it won't be long before the trees start to bud and that's the end of it. It's a short season, and can be very short if the weather warms up too fast.

no wonder the best maple syrup is from the northeast / New England.

[Xstatic1]

Yup yup yup! When the weather is right, cycling between below freezing nights and above freezing days, just drill a hole a few inches deep and the sap runs out like a faucet. It's really thin and watery, nothing like pine sap if that's what yer thinkin. Tap a spout (tap) in the hole, attach your bucket or tubing, and let 'er flow. When the sap's running good you can get maybe 1-2 gallons a day per tap. Then you boil it. It takes around 30-40 gallons of sap to get a gallon of syrup, so it's a lot LOT of boiling.

Nickel, you sound like a real pro! I'm super small scale, just 4 buckets, but that gives me about a gallon or two of syrup and that's enough for me! Here's a couple pics from my old yard.

no wonder maple syrup is pricey, but oh sooo good.

[Xstatic1]

Yup yup yup! When the weather is right, cycling between below freezing nights and above freezing days, just drill a hole a few inches deep and the sap runs out like a faucet. It's really thin and watery, nothing like pine sap if that's what yer thinkin. Tap a spout (tap) in the hole, attach your bucket or tubing, and let 'er flow. When the sap's running good you can get maybe 1-2 gallons a day per tap. Then you boil it. It takes around 30-40 gallons of sap to get a gallon of syrup, so it's a lot LOT of boiling.

Nickel, you sound like a real pro! I'm super small scale, just 4 buckets, but that gives me about a gallon or two of syrup and that's enough for me! Here's a couple pics from my old yard.

no wonder pure maple syrup is pricey, but oh sooo good.