Aftermath of the Storm
This is Steven Petrick Posting.
Much to my surprise, we actually got snow yesterday. According to reports, about seven inches. While a Blizzard warning was in place, I saw nothing I would have characterized as a Blizzard (especially after having been caught in one while driving). Still, it is likely that if we had tried to come into the office yesterday, we would have wound up spending the night here. Driving conditions did become quite hazardous, and there were more than a few accidents.
The snow is melting away quite rapidly. I shoveled the walk in front of the office, and the snow I casually dumped to the side is almost completely gone. The snow beside my car is more puddles than snow, and there are several hours of daylight remaining. Some of it will doubtless stick around for another day in the shadows, but by tomorrow it will be as if the event never happened.
While we need the moisture, I will not complain if there is not another fall of snow for a while. The odd thing is that while the event was going on, the first long-range forecast on the weather channel predicted more snow this next Friday. Subsequent forecasts during the night did not indicate any such thing. This is more the norm in long range forecasts, but still it has been a surprise that snow was predicted for last night a week out, and it happened despite the fact that there was nothing visible of it in the weather patterns that I saw until it happened. And all the way until it did I was not expecting anything more than a light dusting, if that.
Well, it has come and gone, we have survived it, and it looks like the roof of the new office does not have any leaks (so far). This being the first major precipitation event since we moved in.
Much to my surprise, we actually got snow yesterday. According to reports, about seven inches. While a Blizzard warning was in place, I saw nothing I would have characterized as a Blizzard (especially after having been caught in one while driving). Still, it is likely that if we had tried to come into the office yesterday, we would have wound up spending the night here. Driving conditions did become quite hazardous, and there were more than a few accidents.
The snow is melting away quite rapidly. I shoveled the walk in front of the office, and the snow I casually dumped to the side is almost completely gone. The snow beside my car is more puddles than snow, and there are several hours of daylight remaining. Some of it will doubtless stick around for another day in the shadows, but by tomorrow it will be as if the event never happened.
While we need the moisture, I will not complain if there is not another fall of snow for a while. The odd thing is that while the event was going on, the first long-range forecast on the weather channel predicted more snow this next Friday. Subsequent forecasts during the night did not indicate any such thing. This is more the norm in long range forecasts, but still it has been a surprise that snow was predicted for last night a week out, and it happened despite the fact that there was nothing visible of it in the weather patterns that I saw until it happened. And all the way until it did I was not expecting anything more than a light dusting, if that.
Well, it has come and gone, we have survived it, and it looks like the roof of the new office does not have any leaks (so far). This being the first major precipitation event since we moved in.
posted by Federation Commander at 2:18 PM
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