The Day After A Week Ago Tomorrow
You've seen pictures of the blizzard. Now, the aftermath.
The day after last week's Valentine's Day storm, the high temperature in Burlington was 11 degrees, and the wind was whipping around the 25.7 inches of freshly fallen snow.
The storm set several local records: largest February snowfall, largest 24-hour snowfall, second-largest storm since record-keeping began.
But what did it look like the day after?
A wind-sculpted snow drift piles up on a roof in downtown.
Mounds of cleared snow on Church Street climbed nearly one story high.
The setting sun illuminates spindrift blowing in the stiff breeze.
Someone dug out a single seat on this buried bench in City Hall Park.
The blowing blizzard buried benches and bushes to the brim.
Lunch tables stood sentinel above the snow in the park, but nearby seats, the tops of which poked through midway through the storm, had vanished entirely.
The setting sun casts a warm glow on the Firehouse Center over snowy City Hall Park.
A strong wind sends snow flying off buildings and swirling around St. Paul Street.
The clearing of sidewalks leading into City Hall Park left behind tall barriers of snow.
The sidewalks resembled paths through a miniature canyon in this view looking east toward the Firehouse Center (left) and City Hall.
The top of a buried bench is visible above an uncleared path just west of City Hall.
The bench peeks out from beneath the snow.
Fine snow particles blow around lunch tables in the park.
The snow swallowed up fences.
The Free Press cleared a path to its own box, where newspapers summarize the storm.
Tall mounds of snow transformed Church Street into an obstacle course for cross-country skiers.
Photos © 2007 Adam Silverman
The day after last week's Valentine's Day storm, the high temperature in Burlington was 11 degrees, and the wind was whipping around the 25.7 inches of freshly fallen snow.
The storm set several local records: largest February snowfall, largest 24-hour snowfall, second-largest storm since record-keeping began.
But what did it look like the day after?
A wind-sculpted snow drift piles up on a roof in downtown.
Mounds of cleared snow on Church Street climbed nearly one story high.
The setting sun illuminates spindrift blowing in the stiff breeze.
Someone dug out a single seat on this buried bench in City Hall Park.
The blowing blizzard buried benches and bushes to the brim.
Lunch tables stood sentinel above the snow in the park, but nearby seats, the tops of which poked through midway through the storm, had vanished entirely.
The setting sun casts a warm glow on the Firehouse Center over snowy City Hall Park.
A strong wind sends snow flying off buildings and swirling around St. Paul Street.
The clearing of sidewalks leading into City Hall Park left behind tall barriers of snow.
The sidewalks resembled paths through a miniature canyon in this view looking east toward the Firehouse Center (left) and City Hall.
The top of a buried bench is visible above an uncleared path just west of City Hall.
The bench peeks out from beneath the snow.
Fine snow particles blow around lunch tables in the park.
The snow swallowed up fences.
The Free Press cleared a path to its own box, where newspapers summarize the storm.
Tall mounds of snow transformed Church Street into an obstacle course for cross-country skiers.
Photos © 2007 Adam Silverman