They Ran Out of Digits
Ok, it's going to be hot this week:
Gulf Problems
As if the Gulf of Mexico didn't have big enough problems:
That looks like it's tracking away from the spill itself, but it'll certainly complicate matters down there.
One Month Later
It's been a month since Snowmageddon, and my front yard still has a fair amount of snow on it - even after a couple weeks of temps above 40:
More Snow!
Doesn't look like our area is in the crosshairs like we were earlier this month, but there's some potential for real accumulations:
All we need is a tenth of an inch to go over 80 inches for the season - which is massive for this area :)
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School's Out Redux
I just saw this from our local PTA - it's on Facebook, so I've reproduced part of it here:
As many of you may have already heard, schools have now closed for Tuesday. I recently spoke with Dr. Sydney Cousin, the Superintendent of Education, offering the PTA's help in reopening schools. He graciously accepted our offer, and explained that schools have been closed on Tuesday to allow adequate time for clearing of bus loops, walkways at the school, and parking lots. Providing a storm projected to move through the area tomorrow and Tuesday doesn't bring much new snow, it's Dr. Cousin's intent to open schools on Wednesday.
As I said earlier, it's more than walkways. There are still huge problems due to the utterly incompetent plow job that Howard County did.
School's Out For.... Winter?
It's been over a week since the first big storm now, and nearly a week since the second. And schools are closed tomorrow anyway (today is a holiday). Why? Well, driving through the neighborhoods, the roads are really narrow - there are turns I don't know that a bus can make - like this older shot of some traffic calming (and there's still snow/ice in the middle of it now):
The sides of that segment are clear now, but there's still a thick line of snow and ice in the center - and it's just too narrow for a bus anyway; in good weather, they need to drive over the center median (which currently has over a foot of snow on it). Here's what it looks like in good weather, from the other end:
At the far end, the strip is like the foreground one, but without the stakes. Buses usually drive over the edge, given the room they have - but with the snow on the sides and median, that's not really possible. I have real doubts about school opening on Wednesday - because scenes like this are duplicated across the county...
What's a "Healthy Clipper" Mean?
Normally, when the forecast calls for a "clipper" storm, it means a fast moving storm from the west that brings light snow - a dusting to maybe an inch or two. So what does a "Healthy Clipper" mean, then?
That's a DC area station, so the temps here in Columbia will be a bit lower, too. We are seriously getting to the "nowhere to plow the snow to" stage here :)
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Son of Snowmageddon: Aftermath
This morning I went for a short walk through the neighborhood with my video camera, and shot a few segments as I ran across things of interest. So - here's what things looked like a bit after 9 AM this morning:
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The Day After Snowmageddon 2
It's the day after our second big storm within a week - dig out time. I took a short walk this morning and shot a few photos; I'll have another short video up later:
| My Street | Front End Loader |
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| Back Exit from neighborhood | Uncleared Driveway |
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| Joys of Snow and Traffic Calming | Joys of Snow and Traffic calming |
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| Unplowed side street | Unplowed side street |
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