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As we watch a Boston City Council hearing on snow removal, we look outside the French Toast Bunker and see: It's snowing.
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French Toast Alert Level for Boston: 3 Slices/Elevated
Well that was something! But it's all over but the shoveling, at least inside 128, right? Um, we might see some more snow Weds., doesn't sound like much, but given how much is already on the ground, even a little is too much, so we're only going down to 3 Slices for now.
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Gov. Healey just banned road traffic in Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable counties due to the blizzard and dangerous road conditions - so let's hope that guy driving around Sandwich in his 4WD Ford Maverick is back home.
A view mostly obscured by snow. On the left hand side a clear, slightly bent figure is visible. There are some dark, bare trees in the upper left hand side
My wife got started with the snowblower in the driveway @universalhub.com
Bob Ward in front of a closed Dunks
Storm fury: WFXT's Bob Ward is in front of a Dunkin' Donuts in Franklin that is closed.
Reporter pushed into snow by wind gust
Reporter down! WHDH's Rob Way, in Marshfield had planted a yardstick in the snow, got out his plastic trash bag to show the wind's fury and then he went one step too far: He started clomping in the snow to show how deep it was, a gust came up and boom, down he went.
Currently 266,091 homes and businesses without power across Massachusetts poweroutage.us/area/state/m...
GOES-East view of the storm, with an eye, at 8:41 a.m.
We can has bombogenesis? We're Frenchtoastologists, not meteorologists, but it seems bad when a winter storm develops an eye, no?
Baguette French toast with strawberries on a red plate
@bostonfrenchtoast.bsky.social literal whiteout conditions outside, eating this inside.
The Blizzard of '26 as seen by the GOES-East satellite at 7:51 p.m.
It's pretty, at least
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We're doomed: Jim Cantore is in Plymouth
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Colohan added the MBTA is deploying a fleet of "rail-borne jet snow blowers," a.k.a. Snowzilla.
We're now going to go around all day just repeating: Rail-borne jet snow blowers!
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Ryan Colohan
#MBTA will operate on weekend sked tomorrow, but Mattapan line replaced by buses and all ferries canceled due to wind, but try to stay home anyway. Further adjustments might be needed Tues., T COO Ryan Colohan, not in a fleece, says.
Jonathan Gulliver in a warning fleece
MassDOT's Jonathan Gulliver (in a this-is-serious fleece): If forecast holds, "this storm is going to make you forget about those last storms."
On a related note, does anyone else think the city's voice message sounded like 'Boston Mayor Marty Walsh' recorded it?
Phil Eng in a fleece
Phil Eng in a fleece, too!
Gov. Healey, Mayor Wu in emergency fleeces
How serious an emergency? Both governor and #Boston mayor are in fleeces today.
Healey: State of emergency in effect immediately. The Bunka has been activated. She's in a MEMA fleece.
Non-critical state workers will work at home Mon.
"This is one to take seriously:" Likely widespread power outages, downed trees, heavy snow, just stay off the roads.
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And now we wait ... To see if Harvard, which stayed open in the January storm, will be closed tomorrow. Waiting for the governor's 1 p.m. update?
Wu just now: Snow emergency, you bet.
Storm of potentially "historic proportions."
Kids: No school on Mon.
City offices, libraries closed. Trash pickup delayed 1 day.
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"Very strong forcing for ascent results in bomogenesis [sic], with multiple model guidance indicating the cyclone will intensify to sub 970mb as it crosses near the 40N/70W benchmark Monday!"
Get those fixins!
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Wow: NWS gets "bombogenesis" and "40/70 Benchmark" in a single sentence, a sentence that ends in an exclamation point, so we know we're in for it, even if we don't know what "forcing for ascent" is (sure, we could look it up, but we are shook) 1/2
Boston French Toast Alert Level: 5 Slices/Severe
Heavy snowfall (10-20 i.!), wind gusts up to 60mph, power outages, coastal flooding (stay off Long Wharf!) and references to the dreaded 40/70 Benchmark! Starting late Sun. or early Mon.
Head out now, with grim determination, to fill your trunk with bread, eggs and milk!
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Boston French Toast Alert level: 4 Slices / High
With Jeremy Reiner now calling for a "nasty nor'easter" that will "wallop the area" with 10-15" and wind gusts up to 60 m.p.h. Sun-Mon., we've just raised the Alert to 4 Slices/High. Time to lay in those provisions for the storm ahead.
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still of mike wankum from wcvb in front of map showing snow potential sunday night into midday monday. ugh.
also...wankum just now announcing that sunday-monday storm is jogging west, looks like nor'easter...
Snow coming down in Roslindale
Um, guys? We live south of the turnpike, where we were supposed to start with rain, but that looks suspiciously like snow ...
2:40 p.m. update from NWS: "Coastal storm late Sunday-Monday more than likely to miss or just brush southern New England but too soon to rule out a more high impact outcome."
French Toast Alert Level for Boston: 3 Slices/Elevated
Had been looking like the Sunday mega'easter was going to mostly miss us, but now NWS says models are showing "a greater chance for widespread snowfall and coastal flood impacts."
Still not enough to raise the Alert to true panic levels, but obviously we'll keep you posted!
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Giganto'easter Sun. into Mon.? NWS says it's looking like it'll be out to sea, but we won't really get a better idea until tomorrow sometime. So sticking at 3 Slices for now, but we've got our eye to the sky (but watch out for some snow this afternoon and more on Fri.)
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