[Magdalen] Eastern USA weather

[Grace Cangialosi]

It has stopped snowing--at least for now!--and the yardstick shows a total of 18". The forecast was for 12-24" so they got it right this time!

Supposed to be sunny tomorrow with a high near 40! Go figure...

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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>>>> Twitter: @cervus51
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>> land of Egypt.
>> Leviticus 19:34