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| Sunday OAFS Photo |
It's hard to tell from the official weather guesser websites but all told it looks like the Annapolis area received anywhere from 7 to 10 inches of snow on Sunday. Using the MK I Mod 0 eyeball, my estimate is 9 inches at my location, before the sleet and freezing rain began. Fortunately that latter event started later than predicted and also ended earlier than predicted.
So we had that going for us.
As you can see, both above and below, the street across the way did NOT get plowed, Sunday OR Monday. The main street through the neighborhood probably had at least five plows and/or sand/salt trucks go up and down on Sunday. That street is pretty clear, the side streets?
Not so much.
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| Monday OAFS Photo |
Another key thing is that we didn't lose power during the storm. However, we did lose it for an hour or so BEFORE the storm.
The Nuke was preparing Tuttle's birthday supper when everything shut down. Took a while to get the generator up and running, the CO detector kept shutting it down. Apparently that enclosure needs a bit more work. But we did stay powered up, as the stove takes a lot of power, we opted to order pizza.
Apparently the pizza place was running low on tomato sauce so they skimped on that rather than tell anyone. As a result, the pizzas semi-sucked. First world problem, neh?
As to the loss of power, seems a squirrel had crossed two wires or something, toasting itself and blowing the power. Bummer, I've seen that happen.
We stayed warm and cozy on Sunday, watched a lot of football, and woke up to a sunny cold day on Monday. Everyone worked from home (except Your Humble Scribe of course) and the kids had no school.
So Monday was also calm and cozy.
We're just waiting for the sun to melt the ice on top of the remaining snow in the driveway to clear that up.
I'm not sure how Little Rhody fared, they got a lot more snow than Maryland though, of that I'm certain.
The long range forecast is looking at more snow, next weekend.
Sigh, we might be here longer than planned.
Ah well, someone has to spoil the kids.
You did ok. Squirrels and clumsy drivers cause more power issues than folks know.
ReplyDeleteThat Generator and CO detector is a concern. Like the barking dog everybody tells to shut up....
Going out to shovel the (hopefully) last 3-4 inches of this storm. We came close to the 18 inches promised. No ice Praise God.
Enjoy the grandkids.
Michael the anonymous this am.
The generator has a small enclosure, separated from the house by a good ten feet. Keeps the unit out of the weather. Not big enough for the generator and a human. Zero danger there.
DeleteIn Britain the BBC and the Met Office are so determined to scare us that they warned us against, gasp!, several millimetres of snow.
ReplyDeleteHell's bells, twenty-five of those and you've got an inch.
That's the modus operandi these days, generate fear and panic.
DeleteAbout a year and a half ago my oldest brother and his wife moved to RI to be near their son - his wife needs to be in an assisted living community because of dementia - and he keeps us informed of things. Providence got a bit over a foot where he is.
ReplyDeleteLittle Rhody got quite a bit of the white stuff.
DeleteGot 14" on my front porch as of yesterday noonish. And the bird feeder had a lot of deer slobber on it. Everything was shut down around here, no school, and lots of banks, doctor offices, and businesses were closed. The main roads were okay, side roads were a bit sketchy, but minimally plowed and sanded. Thinking I need to dig out my snowshoes to get to the bird feeders easily, otherwise I am slogging through almost knee-deep snow. All light fluffy powder though, for which I am VERY thankful!!
ReplyDeleteThis morning at 7am it was sunny and two degrees above zero. So very glad the power is working just fine!
I see early predictions that we have another, possibly stronger Nor'Easter coming January 31-ish. Yay??
It does look pretty tho'...
Suz
I saw the current forecast of another storm ...
DeleteOh, joy.
Hunkering down is best SOP for a ice/snowstorm Sarge, glad your power outage was minimal. Enjoy the grandkids.
ReplyDeleteSo far, so good.
DeleteWell, Campers, it was a lot less bad than was forecast down her in Texas. Woke up yesterday and there was a thin coating of ice on the driveway and road. Snow and Ice on the grass. The roads were frost free by about noon. Still a little snow and ice on the lawn this morning. So, I guess we dodged the big one. Hope all the rest of you get "out from under". safely and soon.
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We've had sun since the snow, but temps are staying in the teens and low 20s, so melt is minimal.
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