EBF Boston Regroup

The winds seem like the problem! The snow is nothing crazy IMO. O well time to tick some more in the hotel room! Tomorrow better clear up I wanna hit up night shift!

 

I am on the Cambridge/Somerville border. It is nasty outside, but I do not believe it warranted a 4PM travel ban. I also am confident I could have trekked home by now after having an awesome time at NotB.

 

the snowfall has really only just started to pick up intensity a couple hours ago. it will likely get worse and continue until mid-morning. yes, it sucks that NotB was cancelled, and the roads and transit COULD have functioned in the interim, but that would make it even harder for them to keep things in order and cleaned out when the real shit hits the fan overnight, and risk making saturday, sunday and monday much worse.

 

How would you have got home?

Edit: I am confident that I would pick the correct powerball numbers from the last $300+million jackpot.

 

Nightshift is closed until Monday.

 

Seems way more walkable today. I think we are up for it

 

Had a great time at the hostel with the BAs who showed up. Big thanks again to the Tired Hands crew for dropping by with bottles!

Would love to get together later today. Need to see what's open and what our transportation options are. Oh, and I'll need to find a bottle shop because we drank all 3 bottles we brought last night. Would've brought much more had I known both events would canceled.

 

MBTA is going to be closed all day again, so travel options are still just walking and cabs violating the (as of yet still on) travel ban.

 

How's it looking out there today? Was reading the forecast and saw Sunshine and possible temps up to 40?

 

Word is the road ban will last until some point on Sunday. There's an awful lot of downed power lines and trees on major roads and highways, so cleanup is going to take a very long time:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/09/behemoth-storm-barrels-through-new-england/

With that and the T down, I don't see tonight being all that much different from last night, except with a bit easier walkability.

 

CNN said the travel ban lasts until 4pm in Massachusetts. Here's hoping for cabs galore magically appearing at 4:01.

 

I think that might be erroneous - do you have a link? Deval said he'd evaluate the travel ban every few hours, and as of an hour ago it was still on. I haven't seen a bit of good news pointing towards the roads re-opening any time soon, just expectations of it staying on until Sunday.

 

Glad some of you had some good stuff to taste last night!

I would love to meet up with folks today, but without the T, I'm not sure how I'd make it. The invite still stands to anyone in the JP or Roslindale area to come on by.

 

Was on the crawler we watched while eating breakfast. Maybe Boston follows a different set of rules though. Fingers crossed.

 

Any word on what beer bars might be open today? South End, Back Bay

 

Sounds like Lord Hobo is still trying to host the Short's takeover at 4pm today, BA was tweeting about it earlier.

 

I think it's a given that they'll open...but it's a long walk for me from Southie. Hobo is my plan if the driving ban is lifted (and then I have the problem of parking, but whatever)

 

I would imagine the parking garage near CBC would be open still. People headed to Lord Hobo could just park there and walk the 10mins to Lord Hobo. I'd call to make sure the garage is open first though.