Snow

[ny biker]

You forgot the part about how you had to walk barefoot and uphill in the snow.

My father was just telling me about a storm in 1947, shortly after they moved to Long Island to the house where he still lives. They got about 3 feet of snow. My grandfather was stranded at work because the LIRR wasn't running, and the snow was up to my father's knees when he walked down the street.

I don't think I've seen a storm with more than 2 feet or so.

[Zen]

I can just measure Rox to see how much we got

There are more photos here

[kmehrzad]

From No. VA - we have a little over 20 inches out our way. Here are a few pics ...

[jobob]

Wow! Thanks for the pics.

Pfft! You young'uns and your 21st century snowstorms. I lived through the blizzard of '78. Now that was a storm.

I remember that storm! It was my freshman year at BU, and Boston was essentially shut down for a few days. My dorm was on Commonwealth Ave and it was so weird seeing one of the busiest streets in Boston completely deserted.

[7rider]

I remember that storm! It was my freshman year at BU, and Boston was essentially shut down for a few days. My dorm was on Commonwealth Ave and it was so weird seeing one of the busiest streets in Boston completely deserted.

I was in 6th grade and in CT. I remember it, too. Lots of sledding and snowman building and epic snowball fights.

[Ritamarie]

How about the 1996 storm? We had about 4 feet here. We didn't realize it was a big storm until it was too late. We didn't move any of our cars down to the end of our lane ahead of time and so we were really snowed in. It was way too much for the little plow on the front of our tractor and it was a week before we could get someone to plow us out. My husband went to the grocery store on the John Deere, and rode his dirt bike with studded tires to work for a week until we could get the vehicles out.

[Possegal]

AH, the 1996 one, shut down the federal gov't for a week. Well, technically for Monday and Tuesday, then opened Wednesday but no one could get into my office, then shut it back down on Thursday and Friday. That was a very good blizzard!

[ny biker]

AH, the 1996 one, shut down the federal gov't for a week. Well, technically for Monday and Tuesday, then opened Wednesday but no one could get into my office, then shut it back down on Thursday and Friday. That was a very good blizzard!

I was in NYC for that one. Buses and taxis abandoned on the street, and the shelves at Blockbuster were pretty much empty. I wasn't really paying attention to the forecast for that one until my boss called me at home the day before and told me not to bother attempting to come into work.

[Ritamarie]

Did anyone else eat too much today, in honor of the snowstorm?

[Possegal]

I had to go look it up, but the 78 storm brought 27 inches of snow to Pittsburgh. Yay blizzard of 1978!!

[Trekhawk]

I know you are all probably sick of snow now but I just love seeing all your snaps. The temp here was heading up towards 100 degrees F today but with the aircon on and your pics in my mind I felt a little cooler.

Stay warm and safe girls and have a hot chocolate for me.