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				it's snowing in New England and traffic is at a dead stop
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:54 pm
				by shoemak38
				and I still have to wait 28 weeks until our vacation on St John 

 
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:11 pm
				by Maryanne
				My daughter left downtown Boston two hours ago and she's not even close to home (a normal 35-minute ride).
But we will be on STJ 3 weeks from tomorrow !
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:22 pm
				by Xislandgirl
				I live 6.7 miles from work and it took me about an hour and a half. 

 
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:26 pm
				by MIG
				I had 2 flights out of BOS cancelled on me in the last 24 hours (should have used all that airport time to write my trip report!  

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				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:31 pm
				by jimg20
				I am here in PVD for a meeting that was scheduled for tonight.  The meeting was postponed and I don't know how or when I will get home. 

   Traffic outside my hotel room window is moving at about 3 MPH. 
 
Anyone ant to get together tonigh to look at STJ photos.  Oh yeah, how would we get anywhere?????? 
 
I wish I had a painkiller. 
 
JIM
 
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:46 pm
				by StJohnRuth
				Aw, jeez, Maryanne! Please post when she gets there!!!!!!!
I told a guy from Exeter, NH who placed an order today that I was homesick for my little town. Now, not so much.
Sorry, everyone. Please stay home and safe.
-Ruth
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:50 pm
				by ccasebolt
				It wasn't snowing yet when I left work, but the schools and daycare were all closing at 1:00, so I had to go.  It was crazy traffic-wise on the way home - rush hour in the early afternoon. 
I'm originally from upstate NY and this is bad even by those standards!  If these weather patterns continue, it's going to be a LONG winter.  When will it be March already???
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:57 pm
				by dtom417
				it took me over two hours from newport to east providence and from what the news is saying the highways are at a standstill.
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:01 pm
				by Pia
				Be safe everyone 
Pia
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:12 pm
				by cocosmom
				Lived the first 22 years of my life in MA and moved to MD..don't miss all that stuff. We get snow but usually not to bad & school is always cancelled at the first flake so I just veg & read the forum 

Good luck you guys,we slipped by this storm & maybe Sunday's also
 
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:42 pm
				by Maryanne
				3 hours into the trip and still in front of the Atrium. People are getting out and pushing the cars that do not  have four -wheel drive.
Sounds like the blizzard of 78. Everyone taken by surprise and the snow coming down so fast....
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:45 pm
				by Maryanne
				Actually, Ruth, aside from the travel, it's been really lovely. No traffic on Fountain Street. Just snow falling into the river. I've been opening  the back door just to hear the sound of the quiet. The house is absolutely silent.
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:47 pm
				by Bill L.
				Took me two and a half hours to get home today from work, nine miles. I kept thinking about the person behind me having to stare at my "I'd rather be on St. John" license plate frame saying to himself, "Me Too".

 
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:03 pm
				by StJohnRuth
				Great images. Maryanne, we might require some neighborhood photos tomorrow.
How about the whole family in front of your favorite neighbor's house? That would be fun.
-Ruth
			 
			
					
				
				Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:26 pm
				by Maryanne
				My favorite neighbor that's never home?
I will take some pictures, though. It's really beautiful.
Caitlin's in Wellesley now. 4 hours and counting.
She says that little cars with no four-wheel drive are unable to move and people are having to get out and push cars out of the way to get by. Some man with a megaphone was in a car behind her and yelling at her to get out and push. Little 100-pound Caitlin.