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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/24/2015 10:48 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:54:58 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/24/2015 8:30 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 23:50:59 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:16:45 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:

On 2/23/2015 10:10 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/23/2015 10:01 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
Scott, regarding your previous post about living on the
shoreline and
having lots of snow in previous years, you're correct except:

The portion of the coastline where we live has only had more snow
in an entire winter once. That was back in 1934 or something.
We have had the second most snow this year and all but 5.5 inches
of it fell this month ... not the whole winter. That's the
problem.

Supposed to have a few more inches tomorrow night. The total is
within
a few inches of setting a new record for the most snow in 130
years
since records started being kept.

I get it. I was just making the point that I grew up 60 miles
inland and
I think over all we generally get more snow than the CT
shoreline, I
know your area is a whole 'nuther story. I remember roadside
snowbanks
almost every year.

Normally we don't get as much snow as inland due to the warmer ocean
temps. This year has been different though. Combination of highs
pulling super cold arctic air down and lows developing in perfect
spots
on the ocean pulling in a lot of moisture.

In DC the classic snow storm was when cold air came in from the west
and bumped into that low you are talking about coming up from the
South. It was still a pretty rare convergence, North and West of DC
got a lot more show than South and East, unless you got that low
coming up the bay.

I don't mind the snow, if the damn stuff would just melt and get
off the golf
courses! The little cavapoo, almost identical to:
http://tinyurl.com/ncvs8gw , gets
ice in her paws and starts limping within a block. I'll clean the
paw, but after
another 25yard she's limping again on another paw. This continues
until I pick her up
and bring her home.

I don't mind an occasional snowstorm either. It's expected around
here.
But not over 98 inches in 3 and a half weeks.

You could probably round it up to a 100 inches without much complaint.

The numbers are being carefully tracked around here because the total
snowfall is within a few inches of setting the all time, 130 year high.
Right now it's second. That's the official Boston numbers however.
I don't know what the totals are locally. I know that the area from
Boston to Plymouth has received more than the official Boston numbers,
especially in the first three storms. It's hard to tell because they
were all blizzards with 50-60 mph winds, causing drifting. I'd say the
snow cover on our property ranges from as little as 20 inches to drifts
10 or more feet high. It's slowly starting to collapse and evaporate
though. Hopefully it will be all gone by July.

3"-5" tonight. I think you guys will get some also.

Damn! Flooding might follow.