My friends in Baltimore couldn’t help but revel in the fact that they now have more snow than we have here in Rochester. Current count is 74″ v.s 63″ (Rochester gets more snow on a daily basis, but far fewer blizzards)
I found a neat video that shows via time lapse just how much they got this last storm. Just look at that pile on the table grow!
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Seems they are breaking all sorts of records down south; Washington D.C. beat it’s record of most snow fall set in 1899 by half an inch as of Feb 10th 2010. Previous record was 54.4″ current snow fall stands at 54.9″ with more likely to come.
Baltimore also set a record, but this one was set in 1995. Previous record was 62.5″ currently the snow fall stands at 72.3″ – the old record was just blown away! You could definitely call this “2010 – the winter of Blizzards” because there has already been more than one “Blizzard of ’10″
I remember “The Winter of ’95″ and “The Blizzard of ’96” (same season) growing up in Connecticut. I was in 5th grade and it snowed several feet worth, then rained so there was an ice layer on top of everything. I remember being able to walk on top of the snow, and not having school for a week. My neighbor made an ice rink in her back yard. It was SO much fun! (Of course I didn’t have to shovel much or drive anywhere…)
We ended up going to school until practically July! and at the end of the year they had to start letting us out early because it was too hot without air conditioning. You can see on the Connecticut Government website how it went from a record low of 40 degrees in June of 1996 to a record high of 106 degrees in July.
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