Please read the WINTER STORM WARNING for Northampton County below. Most of you know that I am from Alaska and therefore never let a little snow stop me from getting anywhere, but ice storms are different--and completely treacherous for driving. It is already extremely icy out there and only going to get worse later today after it is predicted to rain and then freeze over--they are saying on Channel 69 that everyone should try not to drive if possible and there have already been a couple of accidents.
Winter Storm Warning
Northampton (Pennsylvania)
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 553 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2011 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-181200- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110118T2100Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 553 AM EST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND THEN POSSIBLY ONE- TENTH TO THREE-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. * TIMING: ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN AND CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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Thanks Noel...now this is information we can all use. Keep it up.
Blessings,
David
drove 29 mi to rt100 area this morning. slow going, but not nearly the worst we've had. traction was good, no cars in ditches, not really that bad.
This post pretty much convinced me to stay home. Anybody have a report on 78 Eastbound?
I love U noel....but if U tell someone not to do something.they do it anyway.they think of a reason where they have to do otherwise...it may be bedtime and they only have 8 cigarettes.OH NO.I need cigarettes.and god forbid your girlfriend is an alcoholic.she will HAVE to go to a bar,and get drunk to make U carry her in the ice....tunsie
Tunsie's Winter Advisory Alert:
Ration your cigarettes rather than walking to the store today, due to hazardous walking conditions, and no carrying drunk girlfriend's home from bars until this storm passes!
Anon 8:22--glad to hear it, i think sometimes the highways are better than the neighborhood roads--my two roommates couldn't even get their cars out of their parking spaces this morning, and i had a hard time walking without slipping...i'm very worried for everyone's commute home, as the rain is supposed to freeze over and that means black ice...
I dont smoke cigs and i dont have a drunk girfriend anymore....I love noel......Tunsie
this morning at 5:44 a.m. there were already two accidents reported on Channel 69 and speed limits were reduced to 45 mph--i hope that everybody drives really slowly today if you must drive at all...
Isn't that a given.if the weather is inclement.U don't need to be a rocket scientist to drive extra carefully.but than again there R smart people out there,and nothing is gonna happen to them....I see crazy people,they dont know they're crazy....but I can see them coming a mile away,baby......TUNSIE
Easton city streets A OK. No problem getting to work today.
I have a unique situation - I live in PA and work in NJ, so I'm at the mercy of two forecasts - lol
Sometimes it's fine up here, and as soon as I hit Hackettstown, it's a nightmare. Other times - vice versa. Thank God for telecommuting.
hey Untouched Takaway, you think living in PA and working in NJ is unique? LOLZ...
anyway, driving this morning was worse than yesterday IMHO. but the WORST part was coming down Spring Garden St and a typical fcukin ahole is facing uphill, stopped in the middle of the block picking up his ride!
real fckin smart, stop in the middle of an icy HILL!
I flashed my lights he DID NOT MOVE; I had to squeeze between him and a parked car.
between the ahole renters who refuse to shovel out anything beside their own car, and the aholes who double park, the city is more dangerious than rt 22!
I want U 2 make a part on your page about good food.I KNOW about food.I have lived here most of my life and I have seen a sharp decline in the quality of food served in restaurants....YES.YES.it is not what was served when i was younger.my relatives would come from sydney and I would take them to these local places,and they were impressed.when they come now they ask me why people eat like this.I want to talk about good food.I wont offed anybody except aonymous from time to time just to show him whos BAD.I will tell U about all the good foods.....I love.love love love NOEL...tunsie
a food post is a good idea...i occasionally post about restaurants (like the porters post) but i have not just done a general post on where to find the best food in Easton...good idea. stayed tuned.
as for the weather, brace yourselves, because we have an arctic front bearing down on us mid-week and the temperatures will be in the single digits.
honey...honey..i will tell U about good food....I eat like a king,ask anyone who has had the pleasure of eating with me.I will tell u of good restaurnats and some of the good dishes they offered.I promise to only offend certain people....I will tell u what I eat.....than u will know good food....tunsie.....while we have a winter advisory.i become attached to my bed and jazz
i yuv u noel....anonymous
@PissedOffEastonDriver
Perhaps that was a bad choice of words - lol - but it *is* unique to me having lived in NJ for 15 years.
UT
UT--your word choice is just fine--and I appreciate that you post with a moniker, instead of as "Anonymous!"
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