By Elaine Magliaro
Last week, I wrote a post titled Buried in Snow! Two Winter Poems for Children. We actually were buried in snow at the time. Well, we got another storm this weekend. On top of the six feet of snow that previous storms had deposited on the ground in my neck of the woods–we got about another eighteen inches of the cold white stuff. And we may get another storm mid-week. Oh, my chin’ head. There’s no more room for the snow we plow, shovel, and snow blow. Roofs have sprung leaks…and collapsed. It may be summer before we see the ground again!
This is how some people around here feel about the coldest season of the year at the moment:
The Boston area prior to this weekend’s storm (ABC News):
At least one individual has gotten some pleasure from the weather around here–Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel. Cantor was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, “to cover what is being called a “snow hurricane,” and he caught a number of lightning strikes on camera in the middle of a blizzard early Sunday morning.” Cantor got extremely excited as he witnessed “thundersnow.”
Sources/Further Reading
Snow, Dangerous Winds, Cold Strike New England Again (AP/Huffington Post)
Northeast hit by blizzards, cold, after record snow (Reuters)
After the storm, cold and blowing snow (Boston Globe)
Watch The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore lose his mind over thundersnow (USA Today)
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That is a hell of a lot of snow! Time to move South!😄
rafflaw,
I can’t even move my car out of the barn! Besides, I’d miss my family too much.
It’s below zero here but we aren’t snowed in. I can’t imagine what kind of flooding you all are going to see when all that snow melts. Get thee to the barn and build an ark.
I sure wish Mother Nature would throw some of this moisture toward the west coast. This current drought is getting really extreme and now they’re saying no possibility of rain for 2 weeks!
blouise, fahrenheit or celsius? because it got down to 40 here last night and I had to wear two pairs of pants. I hate when my knees get cold.
Carterbo, two words, human sacrifice. Not sayin it works, not sayin it doesn’t. Just throwin it out there.
Carterbo,
Pete uses virgins for all his sacrifices. I can’t imagine why he didn’t mention that.
Pete,
Fahrenheit. I read that you all we’re getting zapped too. It’s been one hell of a winter.
We feel part of your pain here in Jersey Elaine,try to be safe and be Very Careful if out and about.
I’m in Metrowest. In the last 30 days….78 inches of snow. This is more than Chicago gets in a whole winter. More on the way. Oh, and the temperature (taking into account the windchill factor) was -31C last night. Anyone care to swap places?
eniobob,
It’s almost unbelievable around here. It’s like The Never-ending Snow Story.
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shortfinals,
I saw today that Lowell has gotten over 100 inches of snow. Keep your fingers crossed that we don’t get much more snow this week.
Shortfinals,
I was about to send out a search party for you as a “missing person.” As for swapping places, I don’t think so. Our mountaintops are getting a bit, but nothing like that. How about this snow in Japan?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxV2cyqLCVQ
Picture from near home was of a snowman with his/her? thumb out, a sign for Florida, and a suitcase. It’s time for me to go home but I’m not sure I would be able to make it without a stop in Arkansas due to weather and even if I made it home I’m not sure I would be able to get inside.