I recently read where there was no snow predicted in Vancouver, site of the Winter Olympics, between now and February 12th, and that they have to truck in snow from other locales.
HELLO, VANCOUVER! YOU CAN HAVE MY SNOW!
Of course that's not feasible, as I'm in Northern Virginia. But as of 11:00am today, we've already had 27 inchesout here in the suburbs of Washington DC, with at least 6 more inches to fall before it's all over.
As I'm sure you're well aware, the Washington DC metro area is in the midst of a massive snowstorm - perhaps the worst in recorded history for this area. The most to have fallen was 28 inches in January of 1922 in Washington DC. We will definitely surpass that - at least here west of the city!
Its also believe that the biggest snowfall for this area was way back in 1772, when both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson wrote in their diaries about a 3 foot snowfall. Of course, this was before records were kept, but I tend to trust our Founding Fathers. Hey, wasn't young George supposed to have said, "I cannot tell a lie"??
Here are some other photos for those of you who are snow starved.
This is what greeted me when I opened my garage door. I backed my van into the driveway to make it easier to get out (when and if I ever get out):
No mail for us for the next few days... and snow and ice on the lamp post:
But you've got to admit, it is pretty...
Staying warm and cozy in Northern Virginia!
All the best,
Monica
Those are some impressive snow pictures, and I don't envy you all that shoveling! I hear they're dropping snow by helicopters onto Cypress Mountain in Vancouver! I hope they get some cold weather soon.
Georgina, you must be quite happy to be in Maui and not here! At least we have a snowblower. But it took my husband and next door neighbor 3.5 hours to clear the driveway earlier this morning - we live at the end of a pipestem, so our drive is about 3x longer than most others in our neighborhood.
Of course, they've already been out again to try to stay on top of it all - and they haven't even tackled the 3 foot wall at the foot of the drive left by the snowplow. Ugh!
I don't think we're going to be able to show houses until June at this rate. I know we're lucky by comparison - 12 inches here on top of last week's 12 and the 2 inches on Tuesday that were supposed to be rain - still snowing VERY HARD!
Susan, I think you're getting it harder than me out where you are. And we're also supposed to get more snow in Wednesday. Between the December 18-19 snow, and the 3 inches from earlier this week, and now this - the kids have hardly been in school this winter! At this rate, they'll still be in school on July 4th!
They are trucking in the snow so load up your car, I'm sure they'd take it LOL.
If the trains were running, I'd offer them boxcars full! 31 inches in my backyard! And of course there's a new storm watch in effect from Tuesday to Wednesday with another 5 inches predicted!