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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Snowmageddon.........Again!

Here we go again.................................as soon as we almost get completely dug out of the snow........at least in my neighborhood..............insult gets added to injury and we get dumped on again. If you have been reading this blog, you have seen the pictures of Snowmageddon.........the first round. Today, you will see the start of the second round.

It was like watching a tv in the 1960s..........no cable and lousy reception.............and all you can do is sit there and shake your head. We were only a few hours into this second round and already it looks like this.

Here is a shot without the flash.........I am disgusted at this point and head off to bed........fuggeddaboutit. Should I be shocked at what it will look like when I wake up?

Okay..........I woke up.........it is daylight..........and it is not good. Everything that everybody did to clear a way has been undone as if we never did anything.

The sad thing is it ain't over yet..........the blizzard aspect is just beginning to start........the wind has kicked up.

Our path is gone...........the cars are covered again.

If you are in Alaska or Canada or even Buffalo or Minnesota, you probably are laughing at us here in Baltimore...........but this is not a normal thing for us. You may enjoy this stuff but we don't.

As I write this Baltimore City has declared Stage Three emergency which means that nothing but emergency vehicles are permitted on the roads and streets. Other jurisdictions are following suit, one by one...........I-83 is closed.........and a fire station in Dundalk catches fire and their roof collapsed......go figure.........

Snow!

This is getting ridiculous.......................snowmageddon.............and then there is a news report that 63% of the United States has snow on the ground!...............and today Chicago has a 3.8 earthquake!.............what is next?...........LOCUSTS?

It will take some time to get rid of this.........

For now, we still have electricity........thankfully...................

.........all of the local tv stations have been non-stop reporting and aren't even bothering to show their regularly scheduled programs.

There is nothing like watching plows and reporters all day on tv.

There are some highways that look pretty good........for now. And on every station, at the bottom of the screen, there is a banner that informs us about everything that is closed or cancelled.............wouldn't it be better to tell us just what is actually open?

Classic Nor'easter.

Notice the red area...........that's the blizzard warning............

1:27 PM...............wind and snow = blizzard.

So they say that when it is all done we will have an additional 10-20 inches of snow..........and that don't even refllect how much of it that will drift into heaps well over 4 foot.

It's Snowmageddon!

More to come.......it ain't over yet and it is only 3PM.................aarrgghhh!

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Snowmageddon - The Aftermath

The snow stopped and now the process of digging out of this unbelievable amount of snow has begun.............and it is gonna take a few days to do that.

There isn't alot of area to put the shoveled snow.........the sidewalk is one thing to deal with.......

..............getting the cars free from snowmageddon's grasp.......well, that's an entirely different story.

It is gonna be awhile before all of this melts...............this is not the norm for Baltimore in the winter.

Hmmmmm............that pile of white is my son's car. Notice that, because it was indeed a true blizzard, the snow drifted and filled the spaces in between each vehicle.

Fortunately, a plow managed to cut a path on the street...........and they worked at it the entire time during the snowstorm..............the problem was twofold...........not much they could do with so much snow, no place to put it...........and no sooner they cut a swath, it covered right back up as if they hadn't been there.

Here is another nice view of my son, Dash Riprock's car...........can't see it, can you?

Supernurse had just bought a new van the other day...............maybe she should have gotten a Humvee.................Dash Riprock, being the great son that he is, busted his butt shoveling around her van.

Did I mention that even though the road is "passable", it is icy?

I like the snow................but not this much.

It will take a while to get our white Grand Am outta there. This is the back view..........

............and this is the front view..............aaaarrggghhhhh!

We also have a gold Grand Am.............this is the side view.........

.........and this is the front view....................it's gonna take a while to get that one out too.

We got dumped on............big time.

At least Dash Riprock has made some headway and we can now see Supernurse's van...........of course......uhhhhh.......the space between the van and Dash's beemer is completely packed with snow.

Some neighbors haven't even begun to fight............my guess is they will all be out here before the Superbowl game starts today.

What a mess.......................I don't know what I would do without my righthand man, Dash Riprock............there is no way I could shovel this stuff...........did I mention that this ain't the fluffy, powdery snow?.............

...............no.........this snow is the heavy, wet, variety..............great for snowballs and snowmen, bad for extreme shoveling.

Not alot of room to work with........is it?

My neighbor got his car loose............but he ain't going anywhere just yet........hehehe.

As you can see, the wind was a factor during the storm...........

.....................and it is COLD!

Notice the cars across the street...............the plow made a nice path there........but......none of the cars have been dug out yet.....................yep......it is gonna be an interesting Superbowl Sunday.

Snowmageddon!

By the time this stops, Baltimore will have reached a new record for snowfall for a winter season.........also.......a new record for a single snowfall event.

They are calling this "Snowmageddon"..........and "Snowpocalypse".

Everything is pretty much at a standstill.

Do I need to explain just how much snow we have gotten already?...............

............SNOW!...............

..............and lots of it!

And it is still coming down..........

Al Gore should be arrested for fraud.

There is no global warming..................

It is gonna be a while for us to dig out........

.........Snow!.........

............everywhere...........

Get the picture?

It was a blizzard.........and still is as I write this.

The porch door opened easily because it is a slider..........

...........the dogs were ready to run on out the door but they were stunned when they saw this.

...................so we went to the front door...........

...........and could barely get it opened up enough to shovel anything.

Well over two feet of snow and more than that where it drifted. I won't be doing any shoveling............my son, Dash Riprock, has begun the huge task of cutting a path........it is gonna be awhile..........................it is still snowing...........................and another six inches is coming on Wednesday..........................SNOW!