Posted on 02/12/2006 9:31:24 AM PST by trooprally
Hey everyone, taking a break from shoveling snow and thought to let everyone compete for the best picture of this years February's snow fall in the Mid AtlanticNortheast areas. All those who attended CPAC and can't get out of D.C., lets hear your "Snow Stories".
So far, the best, AND ONLY, pictures are the ones we posted.
Officially on our front porch in Olney, MD., about 15 miles due north from Walter Reed, is 9 1/2" of moderately wet snow. Not to far from here, towards Baltimore, Columbia, MD. got 21". I hear on Fox News that N.Y.C. also has 22"+ and its still falling for their 2nd deepest snow fall.
Below: Picture of Saturday's Olney, MD. FReep Includes Lurker Joan, Iraqikurd Lurker Bill. Report to follow whenever I finish shoveling snow and enjoying the fire place when resting.
Below: Signs from Olney's FReep drying off.
Below: Flag from Trooprally's front porch.
Below: Picture of [Mr] T's jeep with wind blown overhang.
So enjoy the snow, take care shoveling the snow, and best of luck to all those CPAC attendees stuck in D.C. and trying to get out.
[Mr] & [Mrs] Trooprally
I heard that when lighting or thunder occurs, the snow is falling at 2" per hour. Glad you made it to work. Saw the other thread, similar to this one but they were taking their info from the news. We had more fun and some pictures.
Tank top!
By the way... have you tried Feng Shui in Cohasset?.....a great Mai Tai.
I'm in Baltimore and we got anywhere from 8" to 12". When I woke this morning, I couldn't see out of any of my windows. Snow covered them all, never seen that before.
I haven't been out all day. How much snow did you get? Closer to the water where I am, we got drifts and it is hard to figure the depth on the level. - Tom
"...Can a Bradford pear be used the same way ?...."
Absolutely! I use it often.
Not sure if its done snowing in New England area.
Does Richmond ever get snow? That's pretty south
we got 24 inches in our yard this morning! Even though surrounding towns didn't get that much. It must have been a thick snow cloud over us.
:~ > the Mrs.
They are VERY popular with landscape contractors and office parks because they are cheap, have pretty and profuse spring bloom, and they tend to grow up rather than out - hence can be planted as street trees without the outer branches interfering with traffic.
Problem is, they grow up rather than out because they have a narrow "scaffold angle" - iow the branches tend to grow at a very narrow angle to the trunk. This is bad because the tree tends to split along the trunk length rather than just dropping a branch. You want the branches to have a WIDE angle because that is much stronger. You can try pruning for a more open angle, but it's hard to fight genetics.
They also have rather brittle wood, are a short-lived tree, and have no fall color to speak of. Plus the flowers STINK. Better to plant something like a Yoshino cherry.
Yeah, my dad says the best way to prune a Bradford is with a chain saw, 2 inches from the ground.
OK, as a southerner I have to ask....what is an airlock?
We do get snow down here, but typically we'll get more sleet than snow; we tend to be right on, or just east of, the rain/snow transition line for most storms. However, I was living here back in 1997 (or was it 1996?) when we got hammered with about a foot. I remember that one because somebody stole my parking space and I ended up having to park my new 2WD pickup truck on a hill...three days later it took five guys from the apartment complex to dig and push it out.
Out here on the west side of Richmond we got about two inches of very wet and heavy yet fluffy snow. It was the kind that really sticks to the trees, so waking up this morning was beautiful. It didn't really disrupt things a whole lot, though; haven't heard a lot about power outages, and most of the snow melted through the day today. If the temperatures on Saturday had been two or three degrees cooler, I think we'd have gotten a couple more inches.
}:-)4
A collection of snow photos from a Stern fan board... Was Sirius-ly a good day to stay in and listen to radio...
An airlock is a small vestibule outside of the front door. It keeps the majority of the cold air out of the house.
Love the pictures & live cam. Couldn't watch all of them but will come back later. I'm surprised TN got so much snow. Thanks
NOW you tell me.
My father retired to Williamsburg, it's a nice area.
Thank you. I was trying to visualize an "airlock" and it wasn't what you described. :o) The things you learn on FR, eh?
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