Showing posts with label ice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ice. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Long Island Nor'easters

Hi All,

Just a little post about Long Island Nor'easters now that the crummy weather is over and done with for the time being....

From Newsday.com comes this list of hurricanes and nor'easters on Long Island through the decades.
Click on this link from Wikipedia to learn all about Nor'easter's....

But one question needs to be answerered first!  What makes a nor'easter?  Click here to find out the various meterological reasons - courtesy of Accuweather.! 

Learn about the top 20 northeast weather events over the last 25 years by clicking on this link from Wunderground.com. An interesting site to be sure...click on the link to 'New York city Weather Archive: A Glance Back, Day by Day' - the topic of which is Nor'easters'. 

Enjoy the post!

Regards,
Stu


Friday, January 6, 2017

Snow Shoveling Tips For the Winter

Hi All,

Now that it is January on Long Island, we can expect the snow and the ice to start to make an appearance.  Ugh.  Yuk. And, 'how many days until Spring?'

But we still have to get passed the Winter to get to Spring...but how can we stay safe in the winter weather?  Read on for some tips on shoveling, driving and generally making the best of it during the upcoming winter.

Farmingdale Patch has an article on Snow Safety Tips For Nassau County ResidentsAbout.com chimed in as well with an article titled, Snow Shoveling Tips. And rm ApartmentTherapy.com comes an article titled The Best Snow Shoveling tips and Tricks From Around the Web.

And what about all that winter driving we do on our way to work or school or food shopping or wherever the weekend trips take you to?  Read on for winter driving safety articles!!!

The first article comes from the AAA and is titled Winter Driving Tips.  Be especially aware of the section  of 'tips for driving in the snow'.

The insurance colossus Travelers also got into the game this year with an article titled Winter Driving Safety Tips. Sound familiar? :)

And now we're breaking out the big guns - OSHA got into the act with an article titled Safe Winter Driving.  

The NHTSA generated a pdf document a few years entitled Checklist and Tips For Safe Winter Driving.  Click here for this well written gem of an article.

Enjoy the articles and links - hopefully you won't need to rely on the information in them...but if you do, you have them at your fingertips.

Regards,
Stu

Friday, January 22, 2016

Hi All,

Let it snow... and that's what's going to happen this weekend.  Click on this link - courtesy of the Farmingdale Patch - to see the snow timeline for this weekends' snowfall.

But before that let's make sure we're all safe.  With food, blankets, snacks, batteries for radios/dvd players and the like.  Make sure you're smartphone is charged and your car's gas tank is filled. 

Without further ado, click on these links to help you prepare for the upcoming snowfall this weekend.

Blizzard Safety Tips - Prevent Injury While Shoveling

Blizzard Survival Guide -AccuWeather 

WeatherWizKids - Winter Storm Safety

7 Ways to Stay Safe in a Blizzard

Winter Weather Checklists

Blizzard Checklist - How To Prepare Your Home For the Impending Storm

PSEG Storm Center - Outages

Wunderground.com - Warnings For Southern Nassau County  

Best Foods to Stockpile For an Emergency - RealSimple.com

Best Hot Chocolate Recipes - Food Network 

Hot Chocolate Recipes - AllRecipes.com 

Enjoy the links - and the snow!

Regards,
Stu




Friday, February 28, 2014


Hi All,

More than likely it is going to snow again this Sunday and Monday.  Ugh.  Enough already.  But, as the saying goes, 'people talk about the weather, but rarely can people do anything about it'. 

That said, one of the better things that you can do when it snows (besides for shoveling the driveway - click here for a link that explains how to safely shovel) is to put salt on the sidewalk and brick.  Click on this next link - from Popular Mechanics - entitled '16 Cardinal Rules for Snow Shoveling'.  Finally, click on this link that will help you learn how to shovel snow without injuring your back!

Once you shovel the snow you can put down the salt...but there is more to it than that.  Click on this article from Consumer Reports (entitled 'Best Ice Melts For Your Driveway, Walkways, and Steps') which explains the various types of ice melts for your house!

And if you can't get to  Lowe's or a Home Depot or an Ace Hardware to buy the ice melt, you can  make your own ice melt.  Click on this link to find an article entitled, 'Home Remedies For Melting Icy Sidewalks and Driveways' - link is from Eyewitness News in Minneapolis.

This next link gives you an alternative way to make homemade ice melt - courtesy of Topix...a news related website.  This next website is called '9 Eco-Friendly Ways to De-Ice Your Driveway'.  Finally, you can click on this link from eHow to find yet another way to 'Make Ice Melt At Home'.

Click on this link to see a video on how to  shovel your driveway using a Silver Bear Snow Scoop.  I am not advertising this product - I'm just showing it to readers for educational purposes...

And if you are tired after you shovel, click on this link that explains the number of calories burned by shoveling snow...hint: it's a lot!


So there you have it.  A few ways that might help you make shoveling a bit easier and faster for you.

Here's hoping that it doesn't snow that much this weekend.  Spring, spring...where are you?
 
Regards,
Stu

Friday, January 18, 2013

Hockey, Hockey, Hockey...Calling all Puckheads

Hi All,

Calling all puckheads...hockey season is going to start on Saturday, January 19th.  With the following games the over 100 day old strike will end.  This is the schedule for the first day of games.



Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Ottawa at Winnipeg
Chicago at Los Angeles
NY Ranges at Boston
Toronto at Montreal
New Jersey at NY Islanders
Washington at Tampa Bay
Carolina at Florida
Detroit at St. Louis
Columbus at Nashville
Phoenix at Dallas
Colorado at Minnesota
Anaheim at Vancouver

Click on this link for the NHL VideoCenter and see live video for the games.   For scores, statistics and more click any of these three links:  ESPN and Yahoo! Sports.  For even more current and historical team and player and league hockey statistics, click here (link is from Hockey-Reference.com). 

Lots of hockey fans talk about it a LOT.  No, seriously, a lot!  Click here for link to the 'Top 10 Hockey Blogs' according to HockeyGiant.com. You'll get your fill of inside hockey scoops by visiting any of these sites.

Finally, click on this link from the Hockey News for a 2012-2013 NHL preview.   Enjoy and may the best team win!

Stu

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Rainy Days - What To Do?

Hi All,

I've skimmed over the last few weeks worth of blog posts and a somewhat regular theme seems to have emerged - perhaps I did it unconsciously, or not. I'm really not sure, but I do seem to post a lot about the weather. As soon as I realized this, I thought of yet another weather-related post.

Lots of Farmingdale residents have children...and the weather (here it is again!) isn't so splendid in the Fall. As a matter of fact, it can be downright nasty what with all the rain, wind, clouds and stuff during this time of year. Now, add to this fact that folks might have children - and they probably aren't playing outside during this type of nasty, cold, rainy weather.

So...what to do with children during the inclement weather? Indeed, we'll come to your rescue and find something to at least keep the little ones a bit amused during this time of year!

Click here to find some rainy day activities for your 6-10 year old. This site has divided up the games into memory games, word games, science games and card games (go figure) and guessing games and more...cute and easy to navigate website.

Click here for a site called 'Kids Can Have Fun During Rainy Days - which is more of a summary of what you can do with your kids during this weather.

Brought to you live, from Helium.com is the next entry: Indoor Rainy-Day Activities For Children. I need to explain a bit about this site. The above link is really a link to a list of pages that discuss what to do with children during the bad weather.

Clicking on an individual link will get you to the actual article itself. In other words, there is a built in extra layer that users - this means you - have to click through to actually get to the material you are interested in. Makes sense? I hope so.

So...for example, I clicked on the first entry by Trudy Brown. Note that you have to click on the title of the article that you are interested in once you get to this page. Click here to follow the link from Helium.com

Finally, click here for a site from AmazingMoms.com and an article called BoredomBusters. Notice that at the end of this article they have more games for children to play during the foul weather.

Okay...here is another site that is very, very helpful. It is called Babycenter.com and I typed in a search in the box at the top right side of the webpage. I used the phrase 'rainy day activities' and the results can be seen by clicking on this link. I suspect that you will now have lots of things to do with your children when inclement weather prevents them from playing outside.

I hope these sites are entertaining and keep your children busy during the nasty weather.

Stu

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