It will be interesting to see how this storm pans out, but the US authorities seem to be very confident that it is going to happen tonight. Supermarket shelves cleaned out.
I was in Plymouth, New England, at Easter 15 years ago when one of these storms hit (nothing like as severe as this one is predicted to be). We were staying in a Motel.
I've never seen snow like it. The roads very quickly became impassable, then there were total power failures as the weight of snow brought down power lines. I remember it becoming very cold and it being difficult to keep warm. We were on holiday and unprepared so far as adequate clothing was concerned. We just spent a lot of time in bed reading during the daylight hours.
We also got very hungry as the shops closed down as did most of the cafes, until we managed to find one with a generator. Spent hours sitting in it drinking coffee and soup.
Back in the motel we couldn't wash or shower due to no electricity and the pipe work froze
We were hunkered down for 3 days until it eventually passed and the snow plows started clearing the roads. Then the sun came out and the warm Spring weather returned.
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