[Magdalen] East coast storms

[Jay Weigel]

Here in the northern Shenandoah Valley, they can't decide what we're going
to get. "Higher elevations" will get snow, that'a already determined. But
us down here, who knows. Maybe snow, maybe rain, maybe a "wintry mix",
maybe whatever. It's March in the Valley. This is just like Tennessee.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:11 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> The Pennsylvania Poconos have received some of their
> record blizzards in March in the past.  I've lived in this
> region 32 years, and during that time frame, the greatest
> snowfall on record occurred with 36" in a single 2 day storm
> in the early 1990's.  I drove through it without problems
> using a 4-wheel drive SUV, only to discover that the local VAMC
> had closed - i;e;. was on emergency basis only.  Then it all
> rapidly melted secondary to warm temperatures and a couple of
> inches of rain.  Naturally my basement flooded.
>
> I've also endured this region's coldest recorded temperature
> (-24 F) in the late 1980's.  That  event finished off some trees
> and shrubs permanently.
>
> In a message dated 3/19/2018 12:32:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> kate.conant at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> It's looking as if we may not dodge the bullet on the next snowstorm March
> 20 and 21. Six inches or more predicted!
>