I know folks in the snow belts are used to this stuff. I have even toured up north around Buffalo, N.Y. with the lake effect snow during the winter. They a consistent amount of snowfall as opposed to a massive dump that always being dealt with, so the gigs went on...yea! Even here in the east, we do get snow, just not two/three feet at one time. In large cities such as Baltimore & Washington, D.C., the problem of removal becomes one of the biggest problems. You just can't plow it from most of the inner city roads, you need to actually remove it via a backhoe or some other industrial vehicle.

I just arrived home after some gigs down south to deal with Blizzard #1, now the I am dealing with Blizzard #2, less then one week apart:!: Oh well, I just hope I can gig this Thursday evening in Baltimore. But much more important, I hope the cities and counties can clear the way for first respondersASAP.

First this...



NOW this...



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1112 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010


A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES. DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FT POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

* TEMPERATURES...MID AND UPPER 20S.

* WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR ANYONE WHO BECOMES STRANDED.

FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE 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.


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1133 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010


...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHERN MARYLAND...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST
VIRGINIA...

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IS URGING ALL MARYLAND DRIVERS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE HAS IMPLEMENTED PHASE III OF THEIR SNOW PLAN...WHICH MEANS THAT ONLY EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARE
ALLOWED ON THE ROAD.

WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE AREA...COUPLED WITH FALLING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...PRODUCING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY
SUBSIDING AFTER 8:00 PM.

WHILE ALL REGIONS IN THE AREA ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...BALTIMORE COUNTY...THE CITY OF BALTIMORE...AND ANNE ARUNDEL AND HARFORD COUNTIES IN MARYLAND ARE EXPERIENCING PARTICULARLY PERILOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH 3:00 PM.

PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED NOT TO PANIC...BUT TO SIMPLY STAY
INSIDE...ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE INDOOR ACTIVITIES...AND RIDE THIS STORMOUT...THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVING LATER THIS EVENING.

IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE. PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH
TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA OR WINDOW TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM TIME-TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING.

Good news, my next gig is in Tennessee. I hope the roads will be OK by then.

Well in Brooklyn it looked like it was going to be a false alarm as there was about an inch and a half by 9:am and it stopped. Well a few hours later round two started and it is no joke now.lol

Same deal here in South Jersey near Phila. I've lost count of how many times I've had to shovel out my driveway only to have it snow covered again. To make it even more fun the plow trucks keep plowing me in. At least between bouts I can come in and play with my toys. Hopefully this will be it for awhile. Stay safe everyone.

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1999 Strat Delux Transparent Crimson
2000 MIA Tele Transparent White
2009 Gibson LP Studio Deluxe Vintageburst
2010 Gibson SG Std Wine Red
Peavey Delta Blues 115
Line6 POD HD500

Wish we could get some o dat down here in Rock Star Hell...er....just some...not quite that much...

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95 American Deluxe w/Gilmore pups
06 Relick'd MIM Tele
Custom Modded Squire Strat
Fender Electric/Acoustic Short Scale Bass

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Damn, I feel for you guys. I was caught in the storm that hit Seattle last year just before Christmas and me and my friends didn't think that we'd make it home for the holidays. Luckily we did after spending the last day of our trip at the airport on standby instead of looking at the Experience Hendrix museum and some guitar shops I had scoped out online. Just try and be safe, I wish you all the best.