SNOW!

[wisteria_]

1. Snow! In Atlanta! In MARCH! Wow. I know our measly 2" is nothing compared to up north, but it's a huge deal here. I'm hoping that the sub-freezing temps cause the roads to ice overnight; I'd really love a snow day tomorrow. Yeah, we overreact to snow, but then we only get this sort of thing maybe once a year. Municipalities don't have

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Well If You Wanted Snow You Only Had to Ask

[anastashial]

2 inched huh? Yeah I know the deal about not having the right equipment, I've lived in Norfolk and DC also. If you really wanted snow though, this is the view out my dining/family room window right now:

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and yes that tan wedge shape you see is all that is currently visible of my car. My power was out for 14 hours last Sunday to Monday and that heavy wet snow remained on the trees until at least Thursday when we actually had a warm enough day or so for some significant melting to take place.

Now it's snowing again. Doing this response to your entry prompted me to head for the NWS site where I found this in their 8:25 AM Special Weather Statement for my location (please excuse the shout, all of their advisories shout):

"HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS COASTAL MAINE THROUGH
THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST BAND WILL STRETCH FROM PORTLAND THROUGH
BATH...WARREN...CAMDEN AND BELFAST. IN THESE AREAS...SNOWFALL
RATES NEAR 2 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL THROUGH 1000 AM.
NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...RESULTING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST."

Just a lovely setup for another power outage this. Oh joy, I thought it was maybe looking like spring.

P.S. I'm also going to post most of this as an entry on my journal methinks.

Re: Well If You Wanted Snow You Only Had to Ask

[anastashial]

Well now that the plow guys have shown up to start on the street I will revise my estimate of what has already fallen to about 8 to 10 inches since yesterday morning.