In Boston they're acting like it's the end of the world. When Rochester gets 12", people shovel out and go to work. When Boston gets 12", everything's closed.
I actually like snow storms, as long as we don't lose power.
This isn't anything we aren't used to dealing with. However this is the first significant storm of the season. Normal to date average for the season is 100 inches. Previous to this storm we were at 48 and some change.
I cannot complain, however. Next to Autumn, Winter is one of my favorite times of the year in the Northeast!
5. I remember the national guard being out in Revere Beach
during one oddball blizzard in April in the early 90's. My sister was living in one of those high rise apt complexes across from the beach and I happened to be back east at the time. It was crazy and I DO remember the national guard being out. I forget what exact year that was. I just remember it was in the spring and kind of unseasonal. do you remember this?
8. We got hammered by some storms in March of '92 and '93
it may have been one of those.
My favorite storm was the April Fool's Day Blizzard of 1997 that dumped 18" of snow on the ground and shut down the subway and bus lines. The week before it had been in the 80s.
it was pretty bad. the wind sounded like a freight train up in the high rise. I wish I remembered the name of that complex (three identical buildings).
15. 4/1/97 ... 3 feet of snow in beautiful downtown Ashland
i had just bought a brand new snowblower ... opened my garage door and couldn't believe it ... took my yardstick, pushed it into the snow, and poof ... it was exactly a yard deep ...
I was working for an Irish company, and Dublin HQ couldn't get in touch with us. They thpught we were playing an April Fools joke, but no one could get to work so the office was closed.
The weird thing is that it was unseasonably warm in late March that year-70s and 80s the week before.
if I didn't have to dig out to go to work. If I'm off it is my job to keep the drive way clean so the Hubby can get in and out so he can go to work, he works for the State road crew. Fortunately we normally don't get that much. we got more in one day last month 23 inches than we usually get all winter.
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