[Magdalen] Ice and Snow along GA & SC

[Kristin Rollins]

Same here in southeast Virginia. All the school systems in this part of the state have canceled school again today. They were last in school Wednesday (when they had an early dismissal to ensure they got home before the snow). The two signs of returning to normal that I see are: yesterday, the area's transit service put buses on the roads for the first time, but only on their extremely limited "Snow Routes" with hourly service. Today, they've announced that they will be running their regular schedule. And today, most city governments in the area appear to be returning to work for the first time since the storm (with liberal leave, probably to deal with both parents of children with no school and those who can't get out of their neighborhoods: the main streets are pretty good, but at least yesterday, residential streets are still as bad as ever.

The airport here recorded temperatures below freezing for 151 consecutive hours, which is almost unheard of here. And somewhere around 9am, we got above freezing. From what I can see from the window, I don't think there's been as much melting yet as I had hoped there would be. 

We have not ventured out since we got in from our trip. The city roads were good enough that I would consider it (for short, necessary trips), but our apartment complex has not plowed, and I certainly didn't feel safe leaving until the snow had been reduced some. I know that Heather is very eager to get in to the office (especially because with taking a day off last week and then the travel for work, she has not yet been in to her office in 2018), but…I'm very much "wait and see." We don't have windows on the side of the building where we are parked, so we will probably go down to check, but…I'm less optimistic than she sounded last night.

Kristin

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  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Chesapeake, VA

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> FYI, schools in Dorchester County, where I live, have not been able to open
> since the snow.  The roads continue to be icy - melting in daytime and
> refreezing at night.  We don't have the equipment of states where it snows
> regularly.  And, it snows like this every 25 years, so we simply have to
> wait it out.  Thank God school officials are being sensible.
> 
> Ginga
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> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Never thought of it before, but this is probably why they’re soft wood and
> > full of sap - to make them more flexible when loaded down with snow!
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:56 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > > This is the time of the year when evergreen conifers really show off.
> > > It's amazing that there is
> > > not more damage to these trees with heavy snow.
> > >
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