Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Snow Storm That Wasn't


The Snowstorm that Wasn't
A late winter snow storm was supposed to hit the DC area yesterday. The news people predicted 5-8 inches of snow--possibly even a foot! Salt trucks and snow plows were idling on the side street, waiting to spring into action. And then...nothing really happened. I live just outside DC and we barely got a few inches of snow, it was a rainy slushy mix. This is the peak of the rain/snow fall at around 10:30 a.m. By evening most of it had melted away. But a friend of mine who lives about an hour's drive away in Virginia said they got 7-8 inches of snow, the good snowman-building kind. Funny how a few miles made such a difference.

snow day 2

Did you get much snow from the storm? I hope you're warm and didn't lose power!

Also, did you notice that they were calling this Winter Storm Saturn? When did they start naming the storms?

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6 comments:

  1. Beth at PlantPostingsThursday, March 07, 2013

    Yes, we got about 7 inches here in the Madison, Wis., area. I think Chicago got even more than we did. So we still have about 14 inches on the ground (although it's melting fast). I'd be glad to send some your way! ;-)

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  2. snowbirdFriday, March 08, 2013

    I'm glad you din't get too much snow, it does get tedious after a while, however beautiful. Well....there's a thing.....naming snow storms! Saturn is a good name for one!xxxxx

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  3. Donna@Gardens Eye ViewSaturday, March 09, 2013

    We got about 5 inches here to add to the foot already on the ground...still waiting for the snow to fully melt. Glad to hear you were spared...my sister in VA was not.

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  4. HolleyGardenSaturday, March 09, 2013

    I think it odd that they started naming storms, too. Glad to hear it wasn't bad where you were.

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  5. debsgardenMonday, March 11, 2013

    No, I haven't heard of winter storms being named. It was 15 years ago this week that we had the largest snowfall in our history - 3 feet in our front yard! I don't think that storm was named, but here we call it the Great Blizzard of '93, which affected a large portion of the country; we were just the southern tip of it.

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  6. Rhonda Gales Thursday, March 14, 2013

    We got about 5 inches. I was so glad we didn't get the 12-14" they were calling for. I'm about an hour from DC. We didn't bother to shovel, it had melted from the sidewalk and driveway by evening.

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