2005-01-05

Oy...

Nothing left to bitch about. Smoking ban has worked in my favor with respect to dining in restaurants. This is excellent. I would like to write a letter to the Mass Legislature and Governor Romney to say thank you for enacting a statewide ban on smoking :)

Caught up on loads of sleep last night. Went to bed at midnight and woke up at...0815! I was in a rush to get to work on time.

It will be raining, sleeting and snowing tomorrow.

From the NWS:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
951 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005

.A LONG DURATION WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE BRUNT OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

ANOTHER AREA OF WIDESPREAD SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF THE INTERIOR...WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING LATER THURSDAY.

LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY HEADING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WILL WEAKEN
AS IT HEADS INTO SOUTHERN CANADA THURSDAY...WHILE A SECONDARY LOW
PRESSURE CENTER FORMS SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND AND TRACKS TO NANTUCKET
THURSDAY EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

MAZ002>008-010-014-015-026-061028-
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-
NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX COUNTY MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...BEVERLY...BOSTON...BROOKLINE...
CAMBRIDGE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM...GLOUCESTER...GREENFIELD...
LAWRENCE...LEOMINSTER...LOWELL...LYNN...NEWBURYPORT...NEWTON...
NORTHAMPTON...SOMERVILLE AND WALTHAM
951 PM EST WED JAN 5 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY...

A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO OVERSPREAD NORTHERN AND EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS BY DAYBREAK. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MUCH OF THURSDAY...ENDING AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND FREEZING
RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME ICING
POSSIBLE AT THE END OF THE EVENT.

THIS COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION DURING THIS WINTER STORM EVENT.

$$
OK edited out all the NWS stuff as not many would recognize or understand the stuff they put out. Point is its going to freaking snow and freezing rain/sleet do all kinds of stuff here tomorrow. :)

2 comments:

Phillip McKnight said...

Smoking is a disgusting habit. The chances of Texas following suit and banning it has about as much chance as frost in Hades but thankfully local ordinances are making it more and more difficult for the chimneys among us.

Chris said...

No worries mate,

Localities will follow suit and hopefully in our lifetimes we will see the end of public smoking. I wonder if places like Austin or San Antonio will ban it soon. Those places are really cool. Well Texas in general is a cool place, it just gets hot! Ashley's grandma lives in Waco part of her dads side of the family lives there.