As if Hurricane Sandy wasn’t throwing enough of a wrench into Nov. 6, the National Weather Service today predicted that a nor’easter could blow into the mid-Atlantic and New England on Election Day.
“It should be noted that this system is expected to be much weaker than Hurricane Sandy and produce impacts much less extreme and mainly away from the region most strongly impacted by Sandy,” the NWS said in a statement.
Mid-Atlantic and coastal New England could see high winds, beach erosion, and flooding, depending on what path the storm takes, and it could also bring heavy snow inland across New England.
The Weather Channel reported that forecast models are “coming into some agreement that a Nor’easter-type of snowfall event could develop,” but put the start on Wednesday.
The start date of a nor’easter could affect battlegrounds New Hampshire, Virginia, or maybe Pennsylvania, depending on the storm’s track.
“It is much too early to discuss details and we will need to keep a close eye on future forecasts to fine tune the evolution of this system,” wrote the channel’s meteorologists.
Rugged, conservative New Hampshirites eat that kind of weather for breakfast. Their recent neighbors from Massachusetts might have trouble though.
Hi. Resident Masshole here. I am very much looking forward to:
A) Getting out my snow toys this year.
2) Casting a vote AGAINST Fauxcahontas Warren (not that Scott Brown is such a great candidate himself).
iii) Casting a vote FOR the Iraq war veteran and self-made businessman Sean Bielat and AGAINST the trust-fund diaper baby Joe Kennedy III.
Unfortunately, nothing is going to stop MA’s EVs from going O.
I am not sure I buy the fact the NH is a bastion of rugged, self reliant conservatives. They vote for for big government liberals way too frequently.
I’d say conservatives in general are more likely to get out and vote in inclement conditions than union thugs, welfare queens, or gravy train bureaucrats. Good!