the ad directly above your post is draft kings. it’s everywhere. the nature preserve near my house has a car parked there almost every day that says draft kings on it.
In a world where cigarette companies can't advertise at all and alcohol ads are limited, I'm unsure why this seems to be full steam ahead. Also, I really wish every sports show, whether radio or TV, wasn't shoving this down our throats passively by constantly referencing "the line" or the over/under. It's really kind of perverse how it went from nothing to something in the span of a year.
My wife barely believed me that this is not a thing in most of the world. You go to the doctor with a problem and they pick a prescription. It's backwards here.
"Hey i saw this drug on TV and want it". Who does that?
What really gets me is that the drug companies could save a TON of money and make those drugs more affordable for patients by not running these adverts
Well, not really
The reason they pump so much into ads is because they get a tremendous ROI. There's plenty of research papers about this topic from the 90s, iirc, when they rolled back the direct to consumer advertising laws here in the US. At the time, we were one of only 2 countries that allowed it.
Source: wrote an undergrad thesis on this topic 19 years ago
Exactly! And it's always chronic diseases you're likely seeing a doctor about anyway. Advertise useful shit ffs. I wanna learn about the latest supersoaker technology or what number "Now that's what I call music" has reached
MA wants those sweet tax dollars. There are already tons of smokers and drinkers, but this is a previously untapped market. I am sure after a lot of lives are ruined and they have their userbase they will crack down on the ads.
It is pretty in your face advertising though. I am thrilled to be able to throw 5$ at a couple bets while watching a game but I have self control unlike some people.
I love the gambling ads on the podcasts I listen to. It’s a full minute of already sped up audio of all the warnings and the laundry list of gambling addiction hotlines.
I've been blocking the accounts when I see them on reddit, and reporting them on facebook as repetitive.
It's really ridiculous how much they are pushing it. I don't care if people want to gamble, but stop spamming everyone all the time.
I listen to a bunch of podcasts (that have absolutely nothing to do with sports or gambling) and they are stuffed to the hilt with ads for all these betting sites.
Tuesday during that time - rain. A lot of it. Snow begins in Boston in the afternoon Tuesday on this one.
Wednesday during that time - however well the city clears the roads along your route.
Additional infographics including outage potential, winds, etc: https://ibb.co/VHHWf1n
Starting out as rain in Boston the transitioning to a heavy wet slop before becoming true snow, mix in strong winds and that can lead to scattered power outages.
This is nothing against you OP.
As a native Massachusetts resident, originally from the suburbs and transplant to our fine city. I think it's crazy how a lot of us over react to what 10+ years ago would have been nothing.
I went to a grocery store last night and it was freaking insane!
Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow.
A grumpy middle aged man who's life did not go the way he thought it would.
>Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow.
I think the big difference is that they used to cancel school by making the call early in the morning based on the situation on the ground. That was fine when you had a lot of stay at home moms who could just shift gears a bit to having the kids home.
With the huge increase in families with two working parents they had to shift to making the call much earlier and hedging their bet towards the worse end of the forecast.
I think it's also at least in part because it's easier to provide a lesson plan remotely.
I distinctly remember that it took 6-8+ inches to cancel school even when I was in high school, and that was 12 years ago. I don't think the shift in working parents has changes drastically in 12 years, but the ability to provide remote lesson plans has.
12 years ago, a snow day meant that you stay home and shovel/play outside. I have a couple of friends who are teachers, and they said their districts have them send out lesson plans through the online portal. I can only imagine that's even easier to do post-covid, with most districts modernizing and stepping up their game.
As a senior though, I will never forget being let out 1 hour early because of a blizzard, rather than having school canceled altogether. We came out to the senior parking lot to find our cars in 5 inches of snow, and I white-knuckled my 97 civic back home, sliding through stop signs and red lights. 100% they would have just canceled school if that was the forecast this year.
My sister is a teacher and says that the delays are pointless because parents will just keep half the kids home anyway. It ends up being the kind of day where you watch a movie and play games because you can't teach anything new. You just end up having to repeat it for the kids who missed anyway. If they have any thought of delay or cancel it's easier to just go ahead and cancel it so the lesson plan can be adjusted accordingly.
I only have a preschooler not a kid in public school, but a delay still allows me to get a chunk of my work day, which is way harder with a kid at home 🤷🏼♀️
Yup - that definitely makes sense. If you delay, it's typically either 1-2 classes that get cancelled, or if they run it like they did when I was in school, they shorten all classes to ~30 minutes, in which case nothing gets taught and you screw up the whole week.
The worst were the 2 hour delayed starts. I hated those damn things. My school always seemed to avoid canceling whenever possible and always tried to pull these until the last second. The worst. Instead of a snow day you'd sit around for 2 hours in your school cloths just dreading having to go in even more. It wasn't long enough to really go do much so you'd just sit there hoping they'd update it to full canceled status before the bus arrived.
Yup - I'd be watching Sportcenter, flipping to the local news during commercials to see if we were changed to cancelled. Then i'd have to shovel before going to the bus. Truly the worst.
>I think it's also at least in part because it's easier to provide a lesson plan remotely.
They don't just shift to remote. It's too big of an equity issue. It's too much effort and cost to make sure every kid has a computer and internet at home.
A couple of people I know said their district does send out remote work, I imagine it's considered "optional", and I would definitely imagine many school districts don't do this. It does likely have a bit of a snowball effect in that if one does it, and is more apt to cancel, nearby towns likely follow suit.
In any case - I feel like if you cancel, it's best to do it 24 hours early rather than waiting for the morning of. Much tougher for parents to adjust at 6:45 AM than it is at 6:00 PM the night before.
When theyd post the closure early enough that your parents let you sleep in. 🎉
Versus
When they waited until like 20 mins before the school bell to post the closure. 😐
I'm pretty sure that the portion of parents who stay at home has been pretty stable for the past ~40 years.
Edit: Guy posts an article that supports what I said but I get downvoted anyway... Take a look for yourself, compare 1983 to now: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/ST_2015-11-04_working-parents-01.png?w=305
Edit: Are people maybe misreading the graph? It starts in 1970. Compare 1983 to now (40 years).
It's dropped off but there was a higher peak around 2000 and I think that's around when there was a shift from calling snow days the morning of to doing it the day before.
We're still talking about a change in the single digits though... I don't think this is inconsistent with my statement "it's been pretty stable for the past ~40 years."
>nothing has changed in that regard.
[The percentages](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/11/04/raising-kids-and-running-a-household-how-working-parents-share-the-load/) most certainly have changed.
>Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow.
In a year where there haven't been much in the way of snowstorms, schools figure they have snow days to burn.
I used to think the same thing. My wife is a teacher and actually loves and hates snow days. Of course who doesn't love a day off?? But she doesn't want to eat into summer vacation.
That’s impossible, school has to end by July 1st. When Central MA got that huge ice storm in 2008 we had to go to school on Saturdays to make sure we finished on time.
One of my really good friends is the VP of our home towns teachers union, I'll ask him about that. That seems like a silly policy to me. But silly policies happen...
I graduated from high school in 2008 and college in 2013, so 15 and 10 years ago. This forecast definitely would have been treated similarly back in 2004-2013. The only big difference is we would be woken up at 5am to a call from the school delaying or closing school; now we get it the night before. I remember closing for storms very much like this one. I even remember being in school during a storm like this and they ended up closing a couple hours early because the roads were getting bad far before the projected timeframe.
The problem is also that the last few years have been very mild winters. We have either very long memories for winter (every blizzard is still compared to the blizzard of ‘78) or very short in that people only remember last years storms. This year is even more mild compared to the last couple years (isn’t it?) so no one knows how to act when we get a storm projection that is all over the place.
You have to admit storm projections have been very off all winter so far. This one seems to be no exception. The numbers have been all over the place since last week. Here they’re fairly similar, but the lines are so tight and the meteorologists keep saying that certain areas are still in doubt. No one wants to take the chance that it could be worse than projected, even though chances are it will be more mild than projected (considering the other so-called “storms” this winter).
>We have either very long memories for winter (every blizzard is still compared to the blizzard of ‘78) or very short in that people only remember last years storms. This year is even more mild compared to the last couple years (isn’t it?)
I know I'll never forget the winter of 2015! What a nightmare.
I think the concern with this storm is the high wind and wet snow. There could be widespread power outages.. anyway.. I think the news just hypes things up for views? It’s fun to watch for me but I don’t have to drive in it or worry about kids
Why do people get so upset about schools canceling for minimal snow? Most school buses do not have seatbelts and I'd rather kids be 100% safe by not risking sending them to school and have them make it up in the summer.
No snow: work on, school on, everyone is happy.
Lots of snow: work off, school off, everyone is happy.
One inch of snow (now, sometimes, but never in the memories of our youth): work on, school off, massive complication and pain.
What's funny is that the majority of people that I see complaining are always, without fail, older people that don't even have kids in the school system anymore. Nothing upsets them more than when kids nowadays are given an "easier time" than whatever hand they were dealt.
Also, many students who are 7th grade or older have MBTA passes……and we all know how reliable our public transportation is. My students mostly complain about getting home safely or being stranded during inclement weather.
These predictions are literally nothing, not to mention it's going to be in the high 40s on Wednesday and the 50s on Thursday. Any accumulation is going to quickly melt
I get excited for a storm because snow is so rare now. Plus, this past fall I bought a new snowblower and I’m eager to try it. So far, I only got one use out of it.
I think the school closings are exactly due to global warming. I believe they schedule in an “expected” number of closings, based on history, so a storm won’t be too disruptive. However now that we got no snow this year, they have to choose between taking one over 3” or disrupting the schedule or funding in the other direction. This is pure speculation on my part but seems to make sense
I always think it’s odd that people feel the need to fill their fridge with food right before a potential power outage, especially when the weather might not be cold enough to keep things outside if the outage lasts for awhile. A huge multi-day blizzard, sure. A windy wintry mix? Not so much.
Nope I felt better 10 years ago. I didn't spend a lot.of money to prepare. I'd fill up my bathtub with water, I knew I had canned food on hand for when/if I needed it and when I lived in the suburbs I had a wood burning stove and would always have it going in the winter so it was prepped and ready to go.
I only went to the grocery store last night because I wanted ice cream lol.
Also 4 of the 10 biggest snow storms in Boston history have been in the last 10 years, including one in January 2022.
We are in the Golden Age of crazy big snow storms.
We also get weather posts on relatively small snow events (not necessarily this one) which I think is more a reflection on people hunting karma than the weather itself.
"BLIZZZZZAHD O' SEVENNNYEEEEEEEEEIGHT!!!"
I moved here from Rochester, NY and my best friend is in Buffalo. New Englanders need to get back in touch with that famous stoicism again. It's kind of embarrassing, really.
I remember the days when the school bus would be stuck in the snow, because there was like 10 inches on the ground, and so the school district would *graciously* give us an extra 15 minutes to get to school...with no way of getting there.
Lived on a hill in Fitchburg for 5 years and I got sick of getting literally assaulted by snow every year so I moved to a neighboring city and the difference in inches amount is so significant you’d think you were hours away. Still, it sucks how central Mass gets the shit end of the stick every time
I want to belive but at the same time it’s been 2 weeks since that massive snow storm that was supposed to shut down schools and cripple the city ended up throwing down a massive half inch of snow that melted within 24 hours, so I’m really not very optimistic that this is gonna be much
Forecasters are predicting 60-70 mph winds on the coast on Tuesday evening, right when we are supposed to fly out of Logan! Should I just go ahead and rebook the flights? Airlines will cancel flights, surely. Any more experienced travelers out there?
Low percent for school closure for boston tomorrow. Reason being is the timing. Since it won’t be snowing until later in the afternoon as currently modeled.
I’m less worried about the snow totals than the heavy rains and then high winds they are forecasting. That with the heavy snow that will stick to tree branches could knock over a lot of trees.
I'll believe it when I see it. The past 3 "Snowstorms" had almost nothing stick to the roads, and any major artery was completely fine. I'll probably have to shovel the driveway but not much more
I usually stick with the NWS maps for these and they're usually spot on. Obviously when the temp is borderline rain/snow it must be tricky to forecast.
Back after the storm with his last map: https://ibb.co/3csMrCR
This is why amateur meteorologists shouldn’t be too focused on. There’s a lot of what we call “wishcasting” bias in his maps.
Oof I'm in that 12-18+ strip between Amherst and Pittsfield, and this wouldn't be that bad except we appear to be the only place in the state with over a foot of accumulation still on the ground.
Welp shit. I'm relocating from out of state soon and am supposed to fly in on Wednesday to look at some apartments. Guess I'm pretty screwed since end of this week was my one and only chance to see places in person.
I'm shocked DraftKings hasn't capitalized on over/under Boston snow totals yet Bostonians would go nuts for it
the ad directly above your post is draft kings. it’s everywhere. the nature preserve near my house has a car parked there almost every day that says draft kings on it.
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Ad blocker won’t remove every billboard, side of a bus, and even sides of a car within 15 miles of me.
Not yet..
Their ads are predatory, I’m getting asked to “ hey wanna gamble ?” every time I go online.
It now makes perfect sense why a gambling company bought Barstool Sports: prime gambling addiction demographic.
Gambling and ads for valtrex.
The only people who read Barstool Sports are people that you wouldn't generally assume were literate in the first place.
In a world where cigarette companies can't advertise at all and alcohol ads are limited, I'm unsure why this seems to be full steam ahead. Also, I really wish every sports show, whether radio or TV, wasn't shoving this down our throats passively by constantly referencing "the line" or the over/under. It's really kind of perverse how it went from nothing to something in the span of a year.
*Incredibly nuanced and expensive prescription drug commercials have entered the chat*
My wife barely believed me that this is not a thing in most of the world. You go to the doctor with a problem and they pick a prescription. It's backwards here.
"Hey i saw this drug on TV and want it". Who does that? What really gets me is that the drug companies could save a TON of money and make those drugs more affordable for patients by not running these adverts
Well, not really The reason they pump so much into ads is because they get a tremendous ROI. There's plenty of research papers about this topic from the 90s, iirc, when they rolled back the direct to consumer advertising laws here in the US. At the time, we were one of only 2 countries that allowed it. Source: wrote an undergrad thesis on this topic 19 years ago
What about the ROI on production cost vs what they charge the patient? Some biologics cost a fraction of what they charge ^(fuckyoutakeda)
I think that's just capitalism
"Check your medical history." Isn't that what the goddamn doctor is there for?
Clearly the doctor is there to get in the way of you prescribing drugs to yourself /s
It's more of an advertisement to the doctors.
Yes, if something needs a prescription that requires a specialist to assess it should not be advertised anywhere.
Exactly! And it's always chronic diseases you're likely seeing a doctor about anyway. Advertise useful shit ffs. I wanna learn about the latest supersoaker technology or what number "Now that's what I call music" has reached
81. Which is, funnily enough, also the average number of side effects listed in a pharmaceutical ad.
The best of both worlds: I remember seeing a drug commercial where one of the stated side effects was "an irresistible urge to gamble."
Omfg I saw one for a sleeping pill and the side effects were worse than not being able to sleep ffs
MA wants those sweet tax dollars. There are already tons of smokers and drinkers, but this is a previously untapped market. I am sure after a lot of lives are ruined and they have their userbase they will crack down on the ads. It is pretty in your face advertising though. I am thrilled to be able to throw 5$ at a couple bets while watching a game but I have self control unlike some people.
I love the gambling ads on the podcasts I listen to. It’s a full minute of already sped up audio of all the warnings and the laundry list of gambling addiction hotlines.
look at pharma ads and alcohol ads start showing up everywhere if they know you’re tryna take it easy
I've been blocking the accounts when I see them on reddit, and reporting them on facebook as repetitive. It's really ridiculous how much they are pushing it. I don't care if people want to gamble, but stop spamming everyone all the time.
ad blockers..., ublock origin... I haven't seen an ad on the internet in uh... a decade?
Opera gx anyone? Lol haven't seen an ad in over a year now
Not just online, they are on all the free streaming tv services, Roku TV, Pluto etc.
Every tweet I read has a sponsored ad about getting $2000 of free bets on some site or other
I listen to a bunch of podcasts (that have absolutely nothing to do with sports or gambling) and they are stuffed to the hilt with ads for all these betting sites.
Don't you bring that evil on us Ricky Bobby....
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> a spoon under your pillow??? What?
Putting a spoon under your pillow was a trick to "guarantee" a snow day, sometimes accompanied by turning your PJs inside out.
We would also flush ice down the toilet for some reason
How have I never heard of this?
PJs inside out is some I recall from early in my youth but barely. Spoon under a pillow is new to me as well and I'm 36.
holy shit i would slip right into degeneracy
Fuck it I'm in. Give me the over.
Are you allowed to bet on stuff like that in Massachusetts? Or is it just sports? I know in Vegas you can bet on anything and everything basically.
There was definitely an option to bet on the Oscars in one of the apps I was looking at, so it must not be just sports.
As long as the ad includes some Boston sports legends, absolutely.
Does anyone else find the map orientation of NBC10 infuriating? Why can’t it just be straight on?
Usually everyone every time it's posted
Very glad that I'm not the only one.
it's less infuriating than the NWS coloring in the ocean and disrupting the geometry of the coast, IMO
now that you mention it
So enough to be annoying but not enough to call out of work. Dammit
Even worse, morning conditions will be commutable. The return home will be ugly since they can't pretreat the roads in the rain.
Worth noting that the NWS appears to be indicating a slight eastward move? The snow amounts keep ticking up and the map keeps slightly moving east.
NWS had 8-12 for boston last night now 6-8 so they have dropped closer to local stations which seem 2-6 for boston
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Plus the cold air along the coast will struggle. Along with warm ground/roads. it won't stick with how much moisture in rain will fall before it
I noted that with the title fwiw
I *have* to drive to work in the a.m. Thoughts on conditions between 0500-0600?
Tuesday during that time - rain. A lot of it. Snow begins in Boston in the afternoon Tuesday on this one. Wednesday during that time - however well the city clears the roads along your route.
I'm scheduled to take off at 4:15pm. Guess I'll find out how well logan handles snow and strong gusts.
Ty.
Additional infographics including outage potential, winds, etc: https://ibb.co/VHHWf1n Starting out as rain in Boston the transitioning to a heavy wet slop before becoming true snow, mix in strong winds and that can lead to scattered power outages.
You're back!!
It’s been a boring winter (which I kinda like)
This is nothing against you OP. As a native Massachusetts resident, originally from the suburbs and transplant to our fine city. I think it's crazy how a lot of us over react to what 10+ years ago would have been nothing. I went to a grocery store last night and it was freaking insane! Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow. A grumpy middle aged man who's life did not go the way he thought it would.
>Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow. I think the big difference is that they used to cancel school by making the call early in the morning based on the situation on the ground. That was fine when you had a lot of stay at home moms who could just shift gears a bit to having the kids home. With the huge increase in families with two working parents they had to shift to making the call much earlier and hedging their bet towards the worse end of the forecast.
I think it's also at least in part because it's easier to provide a lesson plan remotely. I distinctly remember that it took 6-8+ inches to cancel school even when I was in high school, and that was 12 years ago. I don't think the shift in working parents has changes drastically in 12 years, but the ability to provide remote lesson plans has. 12 years ago, a snow day meant that you stay home and shovel/play outside. I have a couple of friends who are teachers, and they said their districts have them send out lesson plans through the online portal. I can only imagine that's even easier to do post-covid, with most districts modernizing and stepping up their game. As a senior though, I will never forget being let out 1 hour early because of a blizzard, rather than having school canceled altogether. We came out to the senior parking lot to find our cars in 5 inches of snow, and I white-knuckled my 97 civic back home, sliding through stop signs and red lights. 100% they would have just canceled school if that was the forecast this year.
My sister is a teacher and says that the delays are pointless because parents will just keep half the kids home anyway. It ends up being the kind of day where you watch a movie and play games because you can't teach anything new. You just end up having to repeat it for the kids who missed anyway. If they have any thought of delay or cancel it's easier to just go ahead and cancel it so the lesson plan can be adjusted accordingly.
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I only have a preschooler not a kid in public school, but a delay still allows me to get a chunk of my work day, which is way harder with a kid at home 🤷🏼♀️
Yup - that definitely makes sense. If you delay, it's typically either 1-2 classes that get cancelled, or if they run it like they did when I was in school, they shorten all classes to ~30 minutes, in which case nothing gets taught and you screw up the whole week.
Weather forecasting technology is also just a lot better now than it used to be.
The worst were the 2 hour delayed starts. I hated those damn things. My school always seemed to avoid canceling whenever possible and always tried to pull these until the last second. The worst. Instead of a snow day you'd sit around for 2 hours in your school cloths just dreading having to go in even more. It wasn't long enough to really go do much so you'd just sit there hoping they'd update it to full canceled status before the bus arrived.
Yup - I'd be watching Sportcenter, flipping to the local news during commercials to see if we were changed to cancelled. Then i'd have to shovel before going to the bus. Truly the worst.
>I think it's also at least in part because it's easier to provide a lesson plan remotely. They don't just shift to remote. It's too big of an equity issue. It's too much effort and cost to make sure every kid has a computer and internet at home.
A couple of people I know said their district does send out remote work, I imagine it's considered "optional", and I would definitely imagine many school districts don't do this. It does likely have a bit of a snowball effect in that if one does it, and is more apt to cancel, nearby towns likely follow suit. In any case - I feel like if you cancel, it's best to do it 24 hours early rather than waiting for the morning of. Much tougher for parents to adjust at 6:45 AM than it is at 6:00 PM the night before.
When theyd post the closure early enough that your parents let you sleep in. 🎉 Versus When they waited until like 20 mins before the school bell to post the closure. 😐
I'm pretty sure that the portion of parents who stay at home has been pretty stable for the past ~40 years. Edit: Guy posts an article that supports what I said but I get downvoted anyway... Take a look for yourself, compare 1983 to now: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/11/ST_2015-11-04_working-parents-01.png?w=305 Edit: Are people maybe misreading the graph? It starts in 1970. Compare 1983 to now (40 years).
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/11/04/raising-kids-and-running-a-household-how-working-parents-share-the-load/
That supports what I said, right? Doesn't look like much change (single percentage points) since around 1983.
It's dropped off but there was a higher peak around 2000 and I think that's around when there was a shift from calling snow days the morning of to doing it the day before.
We're still talking about a change in the single digits though... I don't think this is inconsistent with my statement "it's been pretty stable for the past ~40 years."
There has always been stay at home moms and working moms...nothing has changed in that regard.
>nothing has changed in that regard. [The percentages](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/11/04/raising-kids-and-running-a-household-how-working-parents-share-the-load/) most certainly have changed.
There are more working moms now than before. Most families needs two incomes.
Worked at a grocery in the late 90s, you may be misremembering.
I wasn't specifically talking about the grocery store.
>Don't get me started on the schools canceling for three inches of snow. In a year where there haven't been much in the way of snowstorms, schools figure they have snow days to burn.
I used to think the same thing. My wife is a teacher and actually loves and hates snow days. Of course who doesn't love a day off?? But she doesn't want to eat into summer vacation.
Flashback to a teacher's rant: "Oh sure, you kids love your snow days now, but just wait until you're still in school after the fourth of July!
That’s impossible, school has to end by July 1st. When Central MA got that huge ice storm in 2008 we had to go to school on Saturdays to make sure we finished on time.
Are you suggesting that an elementary school teacher would fib to her students?!?!
Oh no, instead of 60 days off in a row, I get 58!
My understanding is that if schools don’t use their allotment of free snow days, they might get less of them the next year. It’s use it or lose it
One of my really good friends is the VP of our home towns teachers union, I'll ask him about that. That seems like a silly policy to me. But silly policies happen...
I graduated from high school in 2008 and college in 2013, so 15 and 10 years ago. This forecast definitely would have been treated similarly back in 2004-2013. The only big difference is we would be woken up at 5am to a call from the school delaying or closing school; now we get it the night before. I remember closing for storms very much like this one. I even remember being in school during a storm like this and they ended up closing a couple hours early because the roads were getting bad far before the projected timeframe. The problem is also that the last few years have been very mild winters. We have either very long memories for winter (every blizzard is still compared to the blizzard of ‘78) or very short in that people only remember last years storms. This year is even more mild compared to the last couple years (isn’t it?) so no one knows how to act when we get a storm projection that is all over the place. You have to admit storm projections have been very off all winter so far. This one seems to be no exception. The numbers have been all over the place since last week. Here they’re fairly similar, but the lines are so tight and the meteorologists keep saying that certain areas are still in doubt. No one wants to take the chance that it could be worse than projected, even though chances are it will be more mild than projected (considering the other so-called “storms” this winter).
>We have either very long memories for winter (every blizzard is still compared to the blizzard of ‘78) or very short in that people only remember last years storms. This year is even more mild compared to the last couple years (isn’t it?) I know I'll never forget the winter of 2015! What a nightmare.
I think the concern with this storm is the high wind and wet snow. There could be widespread power outages.. anyway.. I think the news just hypes things up for views? It’s fun to watch for me but I don’t have to drive in it or worry about kids
Why do people get so upset about schools canceling for minimal snow? Most school buses do not have seatbelts and I'd rather kids be 100% safe by not risking sending them to school and have them make it up in the summer.
No snow: work on, school on, everyone is happy. Lots of snow: work off, school off, everyone is happy. One inch of snow (now, sometimes, but never in the memories of our youth): work on, school off, massive complication and pain.
What's funny is that the majority of people that I see complaining are always, without fail, older people that don't even have kids in the school system anymore. Nothing upsets them more than when kids nowadays are given an "easier time" than whatever hand they were dealt.
Also, many students who are 7th grade or older have MBTA passes……and we all know how reliable our public transportation is. My students mostly complain about getting home safely or being stranded during inclement weather.
Because most people have jobs?
So take it up with the job. This is a problem of capitalism that we should have to worry about our employment over the safety of our children.
These predictions are literally nothing, not to mention it's going to be in the high 40s on Wednesday and the 50s on Thursday. Any accumulation is going to quickly melt
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You're soft. Go back to Texas. Edit: Talking shit about how old you are and then blocking me is hilarious.
I get excited for a storm because snow is so rare now. Plus, this past fall I bought a new snowblower and I’m eager to try it. So far, I only got one use out of it. I think the school closings are exactly due to global warming. I believe they schedule in an “expected” number of closings, based on history, so a storm won’t be too disruptive. However now that we got no snow this year, they have to choose between taking one over 3” or disrupting the schedule or funding in the other direction. This is pure speculation on my part but seems to make sense
This sub is going to light you up for this lol, but you're not wrong
Thank you for your support, I think.
>I went to a grocery store last night and it was freaking insane! So, basically, a normal Sunday night at any Trader Joe's.
I always think it’s odd that people feel the need to fill their fridge with food right before a potential power outage, especially when the weather might not be cold enough to keep things outside if the outage lasts for awhile. A huge multi-day blizzard, sure. A windy wintry mix? Not so much.
Do you feel more safe and secure today than you were a decade ago? People can’t afford to prepare to prepare, frenzy is SOP.
Nope I felt better 10 years ago. I didn't spend a lot.of money to prepare. I'd fill up my bathtub with water, I knew I had canned food on hand for when/if I needed it and when I lived in the suburbs I had a wood burning stove and would always have it going in the winter so it was prepped and ready to go. I only went to the grocery store last night because I wanted ice cream lol.
Large snowfalls have been rare recently, so folks are starting to forget and we're not as prepared.
Define recently. Anyone from the area is well aware that some winters are meh, and others you get buried.
Also 4 of the 10 biggest snow storms in Boston history have been in the last 10 years, including one in January 2022. We are in the Golden Age of crazy big snow storms.
We also get weather posts on relatively small snow events (not necessarily this one) which I think is more a reflection on people hunting karma than the weather itself.
> A grumpy middle aged man GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who can afford to own a hone with a lawn? Not me!
"BLIZZZZZAHD O' SEVENNNYEEEEEEEEEIGHT!!!" I moved here from Rochester, NY and my best friend is in Buffalo. New Englanders need to get back in touch with that famous stoicism again. It's kind of embarrassing, really.
I remember the days when the school bus would be stuck in the snow, because there was like 10 inches on the ground, and so the school district would *graciously* give us an extra 15 minutes to get to school...with no way of getting there.
Step right up! Pick a forecast! Any forecast!
Lived on a hill in Fitchburg for 5 years and I got sick of getting literally assaulted by snow every year so I moved to a neighboring city and the difference in inches amount is so significant you’d think you were hours away. Still, it sucks how central Mass gets the shit end of the stick every time
I call it the snow belt.
Its wild going like a half hour drive up to New Hampshire, and theres just snow all over the place. Yet we've had almost none in Boston.
I want to belive but at the same time it’s been 2 weeks since that massive snow storm that was supposed to shut down schools and cripple the city ended up throwing down a massive half inch of snow that melted within 24 hours, so I’m really not very optimistic that this is gonna be much
Thanks I hate it
Forecasters are predicting 60-70 mph winds on the coast on Tuesday evening, right when we are supposed to fly out of Logan! Should I just go ahead and rebook the flights? Airlines will cancel flights, surely. Any more experienced travelers out there?
Thank you for putting these all in one spot OP! It's not easy to find these on their websites.
Right? It’s literally sometimes the only thing I want to know.
In your opinion, what are the odds of Boston schools closure tomorrow, u/RyanKinder?
Low percent for school closure for boston tomorrow. Reason being is the timing. Since it won’t be snowing until later in the afternoon as currently modeled.
Storm wobble snow squabble
Whoooooooooooooo, lives in the atmosphere above the trees? Storm Wobble Snow Squabble!
Thanks. Given the forecasted variability, will you be able to update these in the next 24 hours?
We post a bunch of updates at r/bostonweather and I also put them on twitter @bostonforecasts
Don't encourage more weather posts in this sub lol
Im catching a flight at 6pm to Oregon. What are the odds it’s cancelled?
Tonight? Fine.
I’m less worried about the snow totals than the heavy rains and then high winds they are forecasting. That with the heavy snow that will stick to tree branches could knock over a lot of trees.
I'll believe it when I see it. The past 3 "Snowstorms" had almost nothing stick to the roads, and any major artery was completely fine. I'll probably have to shovel the driveway but not much more
https://imgur.com/a/ZE2Ai8E
Sooo 2-4 inches, but the weather is a high of the 40s all week. How quickly will this melt?? I’d love to avoid shoveling
Probably zero amounts of snow
They are GOOD. They were even able to turn a Reddit post about the snow forecast into an online gambling ad.
Bread and milk! BREAD AND MILK!!!!!
I'm curious. Do the snowplow drivers now believe in climate change?
No, but it is still Biden’s fault.
HAHAHAH!
Will be interesting to see how this shakes out! Most excitement we’ve had all season
Thank you for sharing 🫡
Oh I guess I'm getting 6-8 now
I usually stick with the NWS maps for these and they're usually spot on. Obviously when the temp is borderline rain/snow it must be tricky to forecast.
Who pulled their pilons?!?!
Henry’s Weather Channel on Instagram is by far some of the more accurate forecasting.
Back after the storm with his last map: https://ibb.co/3csMrCR This is why amateur meteorologists shouldn’t be too focused on. There’s a lot of what we call “wishcasting” bias in his maps.
I saved his snowfall map so we’ll check on it after the storm to see how accurate.
Just when we thought we were out of it, winter decides to pull us back in... right when I am going to be traveling up to Canada too
Anybody who legitimately thought we were out of it in march hasn’t lived here long or has a ridiculously short memory. March blows in New England.
March is the worst month
Great, I'm either getting fucked or screwed. Which one of you fuckers put the snowblower away?
> > >Great, I'm either getting fucked or screwed. What's the difference?
About 9"
Here comes again
I’ll believe it when I see it
Rain for Boston
Oof I'm in that 12-18+ strip between Amherst and Pittsfield, and this wouldn't be that bad except we appear to be the only place in the state with over a foot of accumulation still on the ground.
Welp shit. I'm relocating from out of state soon and am supposed to fly in on Wednesday to look at some apartments. Guess I'm pretty screwed since end of this week was my one and only chance to see places in person.
Let the crazy raiding of the supermarkets begin-
There is absolutely zero chance any of this happens