[Magdalen] Eastern USA weather

[Ginga Wilder]

Daughter Ginny of Wilmington, DE wrote:
"Well- the wind never was an issue, thank goodness. Our yard probably has a
bout 14 inches. It is still coming down now too."
Ginga


On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> >>>> Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> >>>> 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
>