Snow
January 23, 2005
It’s hard to tell how much snow we have. The snow is powdery and the winds are high, so the drifting is substantial. It’s up to the windows of my Honda Accord, but it only looks about a foot or so around the basketball net in the back. I have to get to New York tonight, but it doesn’t seem worth it to shovel yet. The snow continues to really blow, and it’s only about 10° F.
A quick scan of the headlines says 20 inches of snow had fallen at Logan Airport by early this morning.
The path of the storm reminds me a little bit of the blizzard of 1978, which most people still consider the granddaddy of storms in the northeast. The blizzard of 1978 started on a late Monday afternoon as a I recall, and thousands of commuters fought their way home through it. This storm came with tons of warning, and started on Saturday afternoon, so it has been less chaotic.
Amtrak is getting through, as is the MBTA, so if I can dig myself out, I should be able to make it to NY tonight.
Posted by Bill Trippe at January 23, 2005 11:12 AM
