Blizzard 2015 Boston

peterc38 · Feb 9, 2015

IslandTractor said:
Me thinks not! Nice joke though. For those of you from other parts of the country, the Quabbin reservoir is the main source of drinking water for Boston and most of eastern MA. They won't even let you fish there much less take a motorized vehicle near it.

FYI, You can fish there. Shore fishing is legal and you can fish with boats too, provided you get a "Quabbin boat seal". Only reason I know is all the Mass guys talk about it in a fishing forum I sometimes visit.

Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Guide

IslandTractor · Feb 9, 2015

peterc38 said:
FYI, You can fish there. Shore fishing is legal and you can fish with boats too, provided you get a "Quabbin boat seal". Only reason I know is all the Mass guys talk about it in a fishing forum I sometimes visit.

Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Guide

I stand corrected. I just know that the Quabbin is highly regulated and most folks would not be able to launch a boat for recreation. I wonder what Quabbin boat seal is.

Edit: Here is info on Quabbin Boat Seal: Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Guide Sounds like they inspect the boat to make sure it hasn't been in any other body of water and then literally chain the boat to the trailer when you leave Quabbin. If the seal is broken when you return you cannot launch. Aimed at preventing biological contamination of Quabbin which is different than what I thought. Even canoes are not allowed as they might have been in other bodies of water. I have always thought they were mostly focused on pollutants. I do see from the linked info that 25hp is max engine size though and smaller for 2 strokes.

peterc38 · Feb 9, 2015

IslandTractor said:
I stand corrected. I just know that the Quabbin is highly regulated and most folks would not be able to launch a boat for recreation. I wonder what Quabbin boat seal is.

The boat seal is part of an inspection and "decon" program to prevent any introduction of invasive species.

Also, there are restrictions on he boats such as outboard HP.

mpham · Feb 9, 2015

I'm done. My ck20 can't push or lift any higher. Snow blower can't make it over the banks either. I will get a pic of the pile left by the road crew at the end of my driveway. It has to be 10 feet tall! It is higher than my bucket up all the way.
Oh, and we have two more storms by the weekend.

Garandman · Feb 9, 2015

Here's or front walk in Boston. It's still snowing according to my wife and 5" forecast Thursday. Crazy.

My daughter is 5'9.

mpham · Feb 9, 2015

http://youtu.be/4WOHL-MA8Ic
Here's my street before the last two storms.

Threepoint · Feb 9, 2015

IslandTractor said:
I stand corrected. I just know that the Quabbin is highly regulated and most folks would not be able to launch a boat for recreation. I wonder what Quabbin boat seal is.

[snip]

Here's a boat seal. Much bigger than this and they tend to take up too much room.

rekees4300 · Feb 9, 2015

Garandman said:
Here's or front walk in Boston. It's still snowing according to my wife and 5" forecast Thursday. Crazy.

Looks like fun. Any concerns about your roof collapsing?

GPintheMitten · Feb 9, 2015

ABC World News Tonight just had a story on Boston snow including melters and the possibility of dumping snow in the ocean.

IslandTractor · Feb 9, 2015

rekees4300 said:
Looks like fun. Any concerns about your roof collapsing?

There has been enough wind that there isn't more than a foot or so of snow on most roofs around Boston. Might be different with flat roofs though and Boston does have a fair number of "triple decker" homes some of which have flat roofs.

We've had bad ice dams in the past week. Really a pain. Gonna need to do a fair amount of repainting and ceiling/window repair this spring.