[Magdalen] East coast storms

[Jay Weigel]

First day of spring and it's a "wintry mix" here on the place in Broadway,
VA in the northern Shenandoah Valley. Yesterday it was 65 degrees and
sunny. Welcome to spring in Virginia!

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The only good news for Cape Cod is that we won't get as much snow as Boston
> - we should get maybe 5 inches.  This is ENOUGH!
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The Globe this AM is calling it a "four'easter" as it's the fourth
> > nor'easter for Boston in less than three weeks. They're expecting up to a
> > foot of snow.
> >
> > Up here on the frozen tundra, however, it looks like we'll escape this
> one
> > completely. No additions expected to the >2 feet of snow currently on the
> > ground.
> >
> > And it's almost time to start the tomatoes!
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Kate Conant
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 9:29 AM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] East coast storms
> >
> > We have snow and sleet now.
> >
> > "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
> walk
> > humbly with your God?"
> > Micah 6:8
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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!
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
>