Here We Snow Again... With Video!

Well, just four days after our latest and greatest snowstorm/blizzard on February 6, we got another one today, February 10. Actually it started on Tuesday night about 6:30. We had 4" of snow by 10:00 p.m. This one hasn't had the accumulations the last one did, but oh my gosh has the wind been blowing and snow flying today!

As I write this around 8:00 p.m., we have over 10" of snow, although it is hard to tell with all the drifting and blowing snow. We are under a blizzard watch again and the wind is blowing 30-45 m.p.h. with gusts up to 60 m.p.h.

To be classified as a blizzard, the wind has to be blowing a minimum of 3 hours at least 35 m.p.h, and visibility at 1/4 mile or less. So we have had near blizzard conditions all afternoon.

It is supposed to snow off and on from now until about midnight. Then clear out of here, although it is gonna be cold for several days, so this snow isn't going anywhere. It is 23 degrees right now, but who knows what the wind chill is.

This snowstorm closed major airports, closed interstate highways and put several cities 'over-the-top' on seasonal snow amounts, making this the snowiest winter ever! And some of those cities like Washington D.C, Baltimore and Philadelphia have weather records going way back.

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Here are some pictures taken during today's snowstorm.

A friend of mine in Dover sent me this map that is

obviously doctored up in Photoshop.

(And yes, we live under the smaller 'bubble').

Believe me, this is how everybody feels about

winter around here right now.

(You might have to click on the photo

to enlarge it to read some of the type- to return here,

just use your browser's 'Back' button.)

I despise the humidity of July and August,

but those months are looking good

right about now.

We are under another state of emergency and there is

another driving curfew- only essential personnel

are allowed on the roads.

Heidi had to work today (she works for the town police)

And got a ride to and from work.

She took her crock pot and all the fixings to

make some hot soup and rolls

for everyone at the police department.

I wasn't about to drive my 25 mile commute to work.

Besides, my job description does not give me a free pass

to drive during the state of emergency.

I am happy to just stay home, but it will

probably cost me a vacation day.

I shoveled the driveway at 7:30 a.m. and at

1:30 p.m. The first shoveling was very heavy because

early today we got rain, sleet, and snow all mixed together.

That snow reminded me of the 'Sierra Cement' back when

we got snowstorms while living in the foothills of the

Sierra Nevada mountains in northern California.

My magnolia tree was bending way over because of the snow.

The snow stuck to everything. After shoveling for an hour and

a half the second time, I was too exhausted to clear snow off trees.

So when Heidi got home, she went out and cleared snow off

several trees, and then she shoveled more of the driveway.

Here are a couple of Leyland Cypress trees loaded

with snow. The one on the right fell half way over

during an earlier storm, so I had it staked up with rope.

Lotta good that did. Heidi cleared snow off of these too.

All my shovels to attack the snow on the driveway.

I had to use a regular flat shovel to break up some

of the ice that was starting to form on the pavement.

The can of gas on the left was to give my neighbor

who lent me his snow blower during the last storm.

I never saw him outside today, and I wasn't about

to venture far from the house in the snow and wind.

The van full of snow. The windshield wipers were

left up after the last storm. We didn't want them to

freeze to the windshield.

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Here are a half-dozen short videos I took

today with my point-and-shoot camera.

Shelly takes movies all the time,

but this is the first time I have taken

movies with my camera.

This first video shows the backyard and the

wind beginning to really kick up.

Video number 2 shows our street and

the front of the house. The wind is really blowing

snow all around and you can hear it howling.

This video is taken from the front porch and

shows the piles of snow along the front walk

and along the driveway.

Here's a video of our van and piles of snow everywhere.

Some of the piles of snow are over 6' now.

This quick video shows the mailbox buried

almost to the top.

This last video is a panorama for the end of

our street and the front of our house.

The End