The snow began at our house this morning around 5:30 a.m. and quickly covered the deck, sidewalk, and surrounding areas that had been cleared by the snow shovel.Everyone is home because all local colleges and schools as well as many businesses closed in advance of the predicted 20-28" of snow.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that some parts of Virginia may see record snowfalls in this gigantic nor'easter.
In the SWAC area we are under a winter storm warning through 10 p.m. on Saturday with two feet plus of snow predicted, winds kicking up with 30 mph gusts, and low visibility.
It reminds me of the Winnie the Pooh rain song, only substitute snow:
And the snow, snow, snow came down, down, down ...It's winter in the Shenandoah Valley....
And the snow came tumbling down.
Photo by SWAC Girl
Lynn Mitchell
5 February 2010
2 comments:
some Folks at VDOT are claiming we could get up to 50" as the latest estimate.
I hope to god they are wrong.
I heard the same thing through the grapevine. It sounds as if the perfect storm is forming and where the megacenter is will determine who will end up with tons of snow.
I'm a winter person who has always enjoyed snow. Maybe it's because I'm a February baby ... whatever it is, even though we had some great winters when I was growing up in Chesterfield County, this is shaping up to be a winter like I've not seen before. To have two two-foot snows in one season is something I cannot remember seeing before.
Whatever happens, we are going to enjoy it and make the best of the situation. We're prepared as much as we can be.
But 50" of snow? Now THAT would be something to tell the grandkids....
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