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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Incredible video shows Nantucket UNDERWATER as winter storm Kenan barrels through New England: More than 30 inches of snow could fall in parts of Massachusetts
2022-01-30
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Parts of Nantucket were seen to be underwater on Saturday as a winter storm lashed the region

  • Winds gusted as high as 70mph on Nantucket and over 60mph elsewhere in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island

  • More than 4,500 flights were cancelled across the US, while Amtrak cancelled all of its high-speed Acela trains between Boston and Washington

  • More than 89,000 customers remained in the dark in Massachusetts

  • The worst of the storm was expected to blow over by Sunday morning into Canada, where several provinces are now under warnings


Moment a jumbo jet skids off the runway in Chicago blizzard as storm Kenan batters the East Coast cancelling 3,500 flights in travel chaos

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • A China Airlines Cargo jet slid off the runway and crashed into cargo bins on Saturday morning

  • Footage of the crash shows a cargo bin getting sucked into the engine, damaging the plane

  • The Nor'easter slammed into New York City on Friday and Saturday and has blanketed the region with snow

  • Up to eight to 12 inches of snow are expected in the area with blizzard warnings in place for 10 million

  • More than 3,500 US flights were cancelled on Saturday with more than 1,000 cancellations in NYC area

  • National Weather Service reports snowfall of 1 to 2 inches per hours in NYC on Saturday morning

  • 'Travel is not recommended,' the service advised. 'If you must travel, use extreme caution'

  • Boston could get up to two feet of snow and is bracing for strong gusts and coastal flooding

  • In Massachusetts more than 78,000 lost power; Amtrak cancelled all train service to Northeast cities

  • Freeze alerts in place as far south as Florida, where NWS warned of 'isolated falling iguanas from trees'
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Logan Airport (official Boston recording station) had 26.6" for the calendar day 1/29 and 26.8" for the storm total.

The former tied the calendar day record.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-01-30 12:27  

#4  16" to 18" of global warming in Quincy MA; Round 2 of snow removal in an hour or so.
Posted by: Raj   2022-01-30 09:51  

#3  Power on and off here every few minutes. I finally disconnected my IT gear from the wall until they sort it out.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2022-01-30 09:17  

#2  So, did it reduce crime for a night? Not enough prey vics out and about?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-01-30 09:12  

#1  Greta was unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Matt   2022-01-30 08:28  

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