It’s also being called Snomgasm around here, although the complaints are many about that particular name, mostly because it is too convoluted.
As I type this, the snow hasn’t started falling but it will soon, and when it does I will start the slow descent into madness.
The snow in December, while impressive and crippling, was a colder, lighter, and fluffier snow much like the powdered sugar that fell at the end of January. The snow this weekend will be a much heavier and wetter snow, and this is worrisome because it does this:
And nobody wants that when we’re talking about 18-28 inches of snow (specifically 3-5 inches today, 10-15 inches tonight, and 5-8 inches on Saturday). If I still have power when this storm is over, I’ll be amazed and grateful. If I still have my sanity, everyone else will be grateful.
I hate winter, and I suspect the feeling is mutual.
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As soon as I hit the publish button the snow started.
I have a friend in Reston that put pictures of the December snow up on her facebook, but I’d love to see you post what you can, too… If anyone can find the beauty in something she reviles, I suspect it’s you.
Good luck. Hope the snowstorm doesn’t do anything truly evil to you. (I live in Minnesota and haven’t experienced a snowstorm that intense all winter.)
Thanks Michael and Andrea.
The NWS’s Special Weather Statement makes for some fascinating reading. For example:
“LOOKING BACK AT THE BIGGEST STORM OF RECORD FOR WASHINGTON DC… THE JANUARY 1922 KNICKERBOCKER STORM…28.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS PRODUCED FROM 3.02 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER. CURRENT FORECASTS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE TOTAL LIQUID FALLING FROM THIS STORM APPROACHING 3 INCHES…WHICH ACCORDINGLY WOULD CREATE A SNOWFALL THAT WILL RIVAL THE KNICKERBOCKER STORM TOTAL. GENERALLY ACROSS THE REGION…20 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL BY SATURDAY EVENING.”
Both pictures are great, but that first picture is amazing. Best of luck through this.
Gorgeous shots. Hope you don’t have to go all Donner Party on one of the neighbors.