'This is crippling': What the Weather Channel's Jim Cantore and others are saying

Jerry Boggs, Cape Cod Times
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Snow is coming, and lots of it.

For days New England has been watching to see what track a powerful nor'easter would take — one that shifts a brunt of the bad weather over the Atlantic, or a more westerly path that puts millions along the East Coast in the firing line of potentially record-setting snow totals, hurricane-force winds and possible coastal flooding.

Now, less than 24 hours away from the storm's arrival, forecasters are saying to brace for the worst.

Coastal communities could see more than a foot of snow, howling winds and blizzard conditions on Saturday.

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Here's what some of the forecasters (and baseball players) are saying on Twitter:

What does Jim Cantore say

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How much snow will fall?

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Will the snowfall break records?

Don't plan on traveling this weekend

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Remember what happened the winter of 2015?

Why is New England getting snow much snow?

Moist air from the south will meet cold air from the north.

Center fielder Mike Trout and Jim Cantore

But according to Twitter, baseball stuperstar Mike Trout may be to blame.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Blizzard predictions: What forecasters and others say about the snow