East Coast Roll Call 6.0 Get Your Stoke On!

[crank54]

Our plan is to arrive in WV Tuesday night after the worst has hit (Monday night is when it going to be worst). Ski Wednesday and Thursday.

Someone else from this thread, was considering getting at Snowshoe tonight. He has no way of surrounding the path Sandy, so his best beat was now.

Right on, if I end up down there I'll hit you up and we can make some turns Wed or Thurs.

My biggest concern right now is ground clearance with my car. AWD and Blizzaks don't matter if roads are unplowed with 3' of heavy snow + branches + who knows what else on the roads. Kinda wish I still had my Tacoma.

[BigDaddy]

Thanks BD, im gonna make it part of my collection not to mention i have that song from the end stuck in my head. I just may take you up on that offer.

PM me your address and I'll put it in the mail... you certainly deserve this years "ski-shirt" for your awesome pumpkin pies, early set up help and some great bacon.

[MadPatSki]

Right on, if I end up down there I'll hit you up and we can make some turns Wed or Thurs.

My biggest concern right now is ground clearance with my car. AWD and Blizzaks don't matter if roads are unplowed with 3' of heavy snow + branches + who knows what else on the roads. Kinda wish I still had my Tacoma.

Yeah, I hear ya.

Hoping the stuff that needs to fall is clear by the time we get there Tuesday night. Rain/snow starts tonight, high wind and heavy winds pick up tomorrow night. From everything I've read in the last 3 days, access is easier and more important into Canaan Valley. If there isn't much snow and the road are fine, we could end up at Snowshoe.

I have a car. Not sure if the Sentra with Ontario plate will stop in CNY and if we change vehicule? I've driven up to Shames in a couple inches of fresh snow on a rental escort with 4-seasons tires, anyway, that is why arriving Tuesday would seem to be safer for clearer WV roads.

[lynchdogger]

Not sure what exactly you are asking or telling me here, or if those were supposed to be complete sentences , but if you're asking about catching a ride with me, hit me up tomorrow or early Tuesday and we'll see how things look.

Sorry about that crank. I become incoherent with lack of sleep - please see earlier post regarding the snoring wife and missing 3.5 hrs of sleep this morning! Better now after a nap. Anyway, yes a ride might be welcomed if you have room. Sorry my Pathfinder is not ready for prime time right now - needs suspension work. Otherwise I would offer to drive. Catch up soon. Thanks.

[skier1991]

Hey all!

Longtime lurker here...looking to stormchase this snowicane and would prefer to not drive alone. Anybody have an extra spot and willing to stop in the Upper Valley?

THINK SNOW

[icelanticskier]

I'll help you with this one, EW...

wow! a change of heart i see! ignore/off? nice.

properties are buttoned up as good as can be expected. now, do i stay down here and get stranded? or get outta here tonight and get stranded at home?

hmmmmmmm

joke: what do you say to a sketchy looking jamaican with a small bag getting out of his nissan maxima in your jamaican tenants driveway?




































answer: absolutely nothing

productive mr fix it day today, rain held off all day too.

be safe everyone!

rogjgblovemeblog

[lemmycaution]

Wind just started up in Brooklyn. Good luck all.

[JerseyDave]

up too early myself. gotta hop on the bike and ride the 25 miles back to newmarket from the gals house in maine, then hop in the car to meet drew for lunch/beers in boston on my way to hurricane relief on cape cod.

the mtb ride n-con involves 2 climbs in the 1st 7 miles that are about 1500 vert each, all grinding up, hard to chat if not impossible, but oh so fun. the downs are redonk! then the real fun begins...........

looks like wv is gonna get pounded!

time to saddle up!!!

rog

That sounds fun. On the one speed with a 36:20...as long as it's not silly granny gear smoking climbs. It's rifle season in VT, not so in NH? Would drive over Tuesday for a ride. Trailwork ends tomorrow for the season, interview for winter work is next monday, I could likely make that. Love to get a tour around there...heard great things for years about trials there.

[Moeghoul]

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
457 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...

.THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW AND A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS.

WVZ035>038-046-047-290500-
/O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0004.121029T0600Z-121031T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KRLX.BZ.W.0001.121029T1600Z-121031T2000Z/
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...
MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE ...COWEN...
MARLINTON...ELKINS
457 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 4 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 4 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...BEST CHANCES ACROSS HIGH TERRAIN...BUT CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT IN THE VALLEYS.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 2000
FEET...TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE 3000 FEET.

* WINDS...INCREASING ON MONDAY WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SOME
OF THE HIGHEST RIDGES COULD GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS
HIGH TERRAIN...WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING SUNDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY MONDAY. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. LOWER ELEVATIONS MAY
STRUGGLE TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. BEST CHANCES FOR CHANGING TO
SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WOULD BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES OR FLUCTUATIONS. SNOW LOADING...OR THE
WEIGHT OF THE SNOW...MAY CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...INCLUDING
COLLAPSING ROOFS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WOULD LEAD TO
REDUCED VISIBILITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.



TASTY!!!!!! Hope everyone's battened down and in full pucker mode if yer in the storm zone.

[Jonathan S.]

Did everyone else abandon the idea?

My problem is that I need both power and powder: can't leave the family behind until I'm sure the power is going to stay on here, and down there I'm concerned that the powder is going to become rain saturated at the end of the storm.
Looks like the former could be reasonably assured by the end of Tuesday, then I drive down there Wednesday, after which the rain might mix in on Thursday once I'm ready to ski -- oops!
I'm concerned that showing up in WV with MA plates & ski gear might be like, oh, sort of similar to, maybe, heading over to Aleppo to road bike ... ok, so that analogy could use some refinement, but you get the idea.
BTW, maybe this has already been posted, but this is the most detailed I've seen:
http://www.wsaz.com/blogs/brandonsbl...176162291.html
... with bottomline summary (confirmed with a 3:30 update):
*****
"Every place from Beckley up to Davis, WV (2500' elevation) should be preparing for a possible shut down. The number of lines down out that way could rival that of the June 29th derecho event, though structure damage is not going to be as much of an issue. Gas up the generator, and have more handy. The bulls-eyes for this event are in the Canaan Valley, Pickens, and Snowshoe areas of West Virginia. Those higher peaks face the expected wind flow just like they always do for lake-effect snows, and given their elevation they will get below freezing and keep the slop more fluffy. The only question mark is how close the low gets to Canaan... Too close, and you're rain, even up there."

[Jonathan S.]

Here is a forecast mainly focused on the snow that may fall: http://www.skisoutheast.com/video-forecast.php

I love how his circle of the areas with damaging winds seems to miss our house by about 10 miles...

[Jonathan S.]

One final thought (before bringing inside the remaining toddler toys from the yard that could become threatening projectiles with high winds): this evening on the drive home from visiting Grandma in upstate NY we saw at least seven tree service trucks with midwestern plates. Our neighborhood's transformer was finally replaced last November (after six days w/o power) by a midwestern crew, so nice to see the troops getting into position ahead of time.

[Yeah!]

Jonathan, we saw a crew from New Brunswick as we were driving back from the Wicked Ride of the East today. They'd been driving about 11 hours so far and still had a ways to go as they were on their way to NY. Damn.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

If you ever drive through Western New Brunswick, don't bother stopping, but if you must, there is Potato World. Also, if you're lucky, you might see a fat guy in fatigues riding his bike in circles in his driveway. [/WESTERNNEWBRUNSWICKGUIDEBOOK]

[icelanticskier]

That sounds fun. On the one speed with a 36:20...as long as it's not silly granny gear smoking climbs. It's rifle season in VT, not so in NH? Would drive over Tuesday for a ride. Trailwork ends tomorrow for the season, interview for winter work is next monday, I could likely make that. Love to get a tour around there...heard great things for years about trials there.

the climbs are long and steep. i ride my single 34:20 up those (pussy i know). been riding there since 95' and there's still stuff i haven't ridden. old and new. let's keep an eye on weather. don't know hunting status here, i just wear some orange and hope i don't get shot. worked ok so far

hunting season. talked to my dad tonight in east haven vt. he and his english springer, lilly, have shot 42 woodcock and 4 partridge so far this season with 2 weeks left to go. fillin up the freezer fer sure.

ah, back home now from the cape cod quick hit. nice quiet roads tonight.

rogbbblllllllooooooooggggggggg

[JerseyDave]

the climbs are long and steep. i ride my single 34:20 up those (pussy i know). been riding there since 95' and there's still stuff i haven't ridden. old and new. let's keep an eye on weather. don't know hunting status here, i just wear some orange and hope i don't get shot. worked ok so far

hunting season. talked to my dad tonight in east haven vt. he and his english springer, lilly, have shot 42 woodcock and 4 partridge so far this season with 2 weeks left to go. fillin up the freezer fer sure.

ah, back home now from the cape cod quick hit. nice quiet roads tonight.

rogbbblllllllooooooooggggggggg

Not really into riding where folks are trying to hunt. Bow season is quiet enough to sneak out for mid-day rides but once rifle starts I try and stay away. We have all year to ride, they have a few weeks to hunt. Plus, there are enough spots that don't get hunted with rifle to keep riding if the weather permits.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

My problem is that I need both power and powder: can't leave the family behind until I'm sure the power is going to stay on here, and down there I'm concerned that the powder is going to become rain saturated at the end of the storm....

I'm concerned that showing up in WV with MA plates & ski gear might be like, oh, sort of similar to, maybe, heading over to Aleppo to road bike ... ok, so that analogy could use some refinement, but you get the idea.

Let me help out. I believe what you are trying to say is that you are torn between a) the lust for early season turns, b) the natural (and highly reasonable) desire to ensure the safety of your family and property, c) a reluctance to drive through one shitstorm into a potentially more dangerous one, d) facing the reality that you will be entering someone else's disaster area for the selfish purpose of recreation and, finally, e) putting yourself in harm's way and possibly adding to the burden of the emergency services folks in WV.

Sorry to be a wet blanket but that is the way I see it. Maybe a better analogy would have been traveling to Vermont to go whitewater boating immediately after Irene.

[Jonathan S.]

Sorry to be a wet blanket but that is the way I see it. Maybe a better analogy would have been traveling to Vermont to go whitewater boating immediately after Irene.

Exactly!
(Although item "b" in your list will be easily resolved one way other another by the end of tomorrow.)
Meanwhile, awoke this morning to: a very pleasant day outside! But looking at the radar map, won't last for long...

[I've seen black diamonds!]

I wanted to post: "Mr. Multiglisse hates skiing."

But, instead, I decided to post about wanting to post it because everything he wrote is correct, even if he does hate skiing.

Good luck everybody.

[icelanticskier]

Not really into riding where folks are trying to hunt. Bow season is quiet enough to sneak out for mid-day rides but once rifle starts I try and stay away. We have all year to ride, they have a few weeks to hunt. Plus, there are enough spots that don't get hunted with rifle to keep riding if the weather permits.

i hear ya. looks like it's muzzle loader season starting nov 3rd. less of a concern there, but still risky i guess. trails could be a mess after all the wind too, but i'd still be game if the weather's nice. seems we'd have a good time riding together on our simple speeds. it'll happen eventually.

kt! how was circumburke?

rog

[Mr. Multiglisse]

ISBD, I surely love skiing but not that much. For about 10 seconds I considered joining MadPat on his epic adventure but then the risk management side of my brain kicked in. It will be a hell of a TR if he pulls it off.

Words to live by: it'll shine when it shines. I can wait.

[MadPatSki]

ISBD, I surely love skiing but not that much. For about 10 seconds I considered joining MadPat on his epic adventure but then the risk management side of my brain kicked in.

Other that lost Mount Antoine in Mattawa, Ontario???? Who knew? Playing it safe, but I'll add the avy gear in my stuff. New York State tonight, drive around the West side of Sandy. We'll see when we do. Who knows, we might end skiing in Colorado.

[DoWork]

Hey if we lose power and it looks like the shop's grid will be down for a while I'm in. Otherwise my production schedule adherence is currently dependent on the cracking of whips and such.

If I can sneak away for a few days though, I'm down and my gear is packed and waiting by the door. I know others who are on the same page so at this point we really need to see how she pans out. I'd say it's not looking awesome for a road trip right now with 10" of rain between here and there though fwiw. VT last year taught me a lot in regards to post flood travel and getting turned around or stopped altogether in an unfamiliar area can change everything.

It does make me think of ISBD and Naton abandoning their vehicle and skinning to TC and I for the goods I think two seasons ago though where there's a will there's always a way.

[DoWork]

Oh and the footprint of this is enormous. Eye is down by Delaware and a block island buoy is recording 17+ footers and 113mph winds. Even the outskirts of this storm are packing a massive punch so be careful if you're trying to juke the edge. Bridge overpasses might be a good idea in a big band if you're on the hwy.

[Mr. Multiglisse]

...Even the outskirts of this storm are packing a massive punch so be careful if you're trying to juke the edge.

What edge?



More like that here:
http://gizmodo.com/5955575/hurricane...-updating-live