From weather.yahoo.com (the all-caps was exactly how I found it, but the boldface is my selective doing):

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING...

GENERALLY TWENTY TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE. THIS IN CONSIDERABLE LIKELIHOOD WILL BE ONE OF THE FIFTH WORST SNOWSTORMS IN RECORDED HISTORY FOR BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE.

NANTUCKET MAY END UP WITH ONLY 12 TO 20 INCHES.

DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF THIS AREA WITH WIND GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG THE COAST REACHING 55 TO 65 MPH... EXCEPT POSSIBLY TO 75 MPH ON NANTUCKET AND CAPE COD SUNDAY MORNING.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES DURING SUNDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO TRIGGER POWER OUTAGES NEAR THE COAST...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT INLAND.

OVER CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD...THE SNOW WILL BE OF A SOMEWHAT WETTER CONSISTENCY OVERNIGHT AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...AND THUS CREATE THE RISK FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES SUNDAY MORNING.

THUNDER HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND MORE THUNDER MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR EASTWARD TO THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

HEAVY SNOW WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...BUT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO LATE SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS EXPOSED AREAS.

WHILE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF 20 TO 30 INCHES... ISOLATED 3 FOOT AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS FOR NEARLY 30 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW ARE ESSEX...MIDDLESEX PLYMOUTH...NORFOLK AND BARNSTABLE COUNTIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND POSSIBLY THE HILLS OF NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND.

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MAY CONTINUE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS.

JUST BEFORE 11 PM...WINDS GUSTED TO 57 MPH AT THE BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY AND THE ELEVATED PLATFORM OF THE BUZZARDS BAY CMAN STATION HAS REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 77 MPH.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED

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...SAFETY RULES FOR BLIZZARDS...

WHAT IS A BLIZZARD? AS DEFINED BY NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... A BLIZZARD OCCURS WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS REACH 35 MPH AND SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 OF A MILE OR LESS...FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS. THERE IS NO TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT FOR A BLIZZARD.

BLIZZARDS ARE DANGEROUS. DOZENS OF AMERICANS DIE DURING MAJOR WINTER WEATHER EPISODES...EITHER DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OR PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD. OTHER HAZARDS CAN ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO WINTER WEATHER...SUCH AS VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS...STRUCTURE FIRES DUE TO DANGEROUS USE OF HEATERS AND BLOCKAGE OF VENTS DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WHICH CAN LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR...WHICH CAN BE PROLONGED AS THE SNOW FALLS...MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR REPAIR CREWS TO RESTORE POWER.

WHEN BLIZZARDS ARE EXPECTED...YOU SHOULD DRESS FOR THE SEASON... ESPECIALLY WITH THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND HIGH WINDS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE...WEAR LOOSE FITTING... LIGHTWEIGHT...WARM CLOTHES IN LAYERS. OUTER WEAR SHOULD BE TIGHTLY WOVEN...WATER REPELLENT AND HOODED. A HAT SHOULD BE WORN. HALF OF A PERSON'S BODY HEAT LOSS OCCURS FROM THE HEAD. THE MOUTH SHOULD BE COVERED TO PROTECT THE LUNGS FROM EXTREME COLD. MITTENS SHOULD BE WORN RATHER THAN GLOVES AND SHOULD BE SNUG AT THE WRIST. DO YOUR BEST TO REMAIN DRY. MELTING SNOW ON THE CLOTHES AS WELL AS PERSPIRATION WILL ADD TO THE DANGER OF FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.

TO BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER...HERE ARE SOME ITEMS TO HAVE ON HAND AT HOME OR WORK:

A FLASHLIGHT AND EXTRA BATTERIES.

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[What, that's it? A flashlight, and I'm all set? Why the hell couldn't this have happened on a set of work days anyway?]