You guys in the northeast, get your stuff lined up and things battened down.
Everything is pointing to winds that are bad but not real bad. The big ugly is all the dadgum snow and ice.
Here's whatcha gotta do.
Go Buy a Brand New Arctic cat snow Machine. Something real nice for you, a smaller one for the wife, and a new trailer to haul them with.
Then go buy a brand new Meyer Snow plow for the truck. Get the top model with the QD frame, and upgrade the front suspension on the truck while at it.
While you're doing that, send the wife to the sporting goods shop, and have her pick up new ski's for both of you.
This only works if you REALLY plan on enjoying the snow, so start cheering the storm every time the news freaks start talking about blizzard.
From informal studys done around here, the above methods are 95% effective and should turn the storm back out to sea.
I have seen winter storms chicken out and go around our entire state when only 3-4 PTO driven snow throwers were purchased, and a couple plows mounted, so it works...
Good luck to you guys!!
I am confident the hype will once again, be more painfull than the storm itself, thanks to folks taking prudent measures.
If any of you guys wanna come west, there's an independent film festival running all week in our tourist town, and bieng off peak season all the B&B's and resorts are available at decent rates. Bring the Wet suit and catch some surf, as water temps are still in the 50's if that's what you're into.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote