[Magdalen] Eastern USA weather

[Grace Cangialosi]

Susan, did I mention that you should not be shoveling snow?

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I measured a full 24 inches in Bridgewater, half hour south of Jay.
> Only a very light snow is falling now but there is some wind and it's
> very cold.  I got the front walk shoveled as far as the driveway and
> took a break to rest and eat a bite.  I'm about to go back out and see
> if I can clear a path to the street.  Did I mention that I hate snow?
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Winchester, VA, an hour up the road from us, has 33 inches. S/O measured
>> snow on the the porch and says we got 13 inches here at our house. I think
>> I heard that Hagerstown, MD, where I did a travel assignment, had 28
>> inches. Official snowfall totals through 1 p.m. include 23.5 inches at
>> Dulles International Airport.
>> 
>> Ridiculous.
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> We've got about 15 inches here in the western suburbs of Philadelphia. My
>>> brother-in-law just came by and plowed out our driveway, but that doesn't
>>> mean that I'm going anywhere till this is over. Count me among the snow
>>> haters. Like Jay, if I never saw it again I wouldn't mind a bit.
>>> 
>>> TBTG my wife's surgery to repair her broken wrist was yesterday and not
>>> today.
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In a message dated 1/23/2016 12:32:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
>>>> 
>>>> We still  obviously have internet, so assuming we have cable too. S/O
>>> says
>>>> we have  around a foot of snow. If our cable gives out we have Apple TV,
>>> so
>>>> all is  good here.
>>>> 
>>>> Have I mentioned how much I hate  snow?>>>>>
>>>> 12" snow and climbing here in the Pennsylvania Poconos.
>>>> 
>>>> The home aid girl for Wilfred had a dickens of a time just now getting
>>> up
>>>> our driveway.  Another friend and her 14 year old boy came by  and
>>>> did some shoveling.  There are bands of heavy snow interspersed
>>>> with lighter snow showers.
>>>> 
>>>> I've contacted our usual snow crew that we need to be on their list,
>>>> and they promised that after their commercial locations, we'd be
>>>> at the head of the list when this is all over Sunday.
>>>> 
>>>> The evergreen conifers are like a Currier & Ives print, and the
>>>> normally drooping Canadian Hemlocks and Alaska Cedars are
>>>> especially picturesque right now.
>>>> 
>>>> Still, I'd prefer to have no snow.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> David Strang.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Christopher Hart
>>> 
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> 
> 
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