Dirac Angestun Gesept

Boston’s Logan International Airport is basically closed. Their departure status page claims that some flights are on time, but if you check the airline’s web site, it will often show the flight as cancelled.

SmarTraveler is showing basically all roads in the Boston area as “Severe weather. Avoid travel.” including the Mass Pike (I-90).

Amtrak’s morning train to NYC is “Estimated arrival: 3 hours late”. Call or check their website for info on your train if you are traveling by train.

The MBTA transit updates page shows delays on all subway and commuter rail lines, and changes or cancellations to bus service. Buses will be using “main roadways” only and will not be following the established snow routes. No boat service to Quincy or the Charlestown Navy Yard.

“There’s no step 3.” - Jeff Goldblum in the old iMac ads

There’s no day 3. At least for me. (I will work on the longer day 2 report later.) Yes, even though I made it out and back each day of Boskone 33, from Cambridge to Framingham on the commuter rail, in the snow…it wasn’t this much snow.

That’s a lot of snow and it’s still falling. I will not be going any farther than the ends of my part of the sidewalk any time soon, and that will only be so that I can shovel it…and I won’t do that until it’s slowed down coming down a bit first. (It looks deep but fluffy, at least, so with luck it won’t be too hard to shovel out a path.)

SmarTraveler is listing the Mass Pike and most other local roads as “Severe weather. Avoid travel.” They are not kidding.

The Logan arrivals status page is amusing. Some flights are showing as “On Time” but that’s just because Massport doesn’t know they’re cancelled yet.

I was amused by a United flight that was marked as “On Time”, since by the flight number I knew it was one of the small regional jets…as if those would be landing when the 767s are cancelling. Basically, expect there to be no flights today into or out of BOS.

This may be Arisia’s version of the Boskone 40 (2003) “Snokone” after-con. I’m missing the con, which is the bad news, but I’m home, I still have heat and power and connectivity and books to read…I’m okay.

One panel (the obligatory LiveJournal panel), gaming, lunch, quick trips through Vendor’s Row and the Huckster’s Room, gaming, gaming, a non-party, gaming, and then home through the wow-that’s-sure-a-lot-of snow.

More later, time for sleep. There may not be a day 3 report given the snow situation, because I may not get back to the con.