The "Snowpocalypse" Story

It was an ordinary day. We just had the biggest snowstorm of the decade. I know, the decade only started, but it sure was big and will be hard to top. I hope! The local newspaper carried a headline saying "Walloped! They also said it was not officially a blizzard, but a huge storm. Years from now, they say, we'll likely remember this as "The Blizzard of 2010", but it will officially be labeled "The Really Big, Huge Snowstorm of 2010." One way or another, it was a true nor'easter that left 26 3/4" o snow on our back deck. OVER 2 FEET OF SNOW!! It started snowing yesterday about 3:30 PM. Light stuff with no ground coverage. About dark it was starting to lay on the grassy areas. When we went to bed at 11:00 PM I asked Carol if I should go out and shovel what we already had. She said it wasn't worth it, so I didn't bother. When I awoke this morning at 7:00 AM and looked out the bedroom window, I couldn't believe what I saw on our back deck. And it was still snowing hard. WOW!! Our son Derek checked in and said he had been shoveling for over three hours and still isn't out. Our daughter Brynn, who lives in Urbana, MD, answered the phone with, "We're never getting out." And, our other son Tad said he has a pile of snow 20' high in his front yard from the snow plow pushing all the snow from his cul de sac into it. So far this winter in Lancaster we have had 60.2" of snow. Only the winter of 2002-03, when we had 63.2" of snow, has topped it. But, the winter isn't over yet. These numbers are for the season from November through April and are records from 1926 when the local newspaper started production. Personally, I have had more than enough this year. We have a forecast of more coming the middle of the week. Oh boy! Really makes you think that if would be a good idea to move to the Caribbean. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - Naturally I have pixs - top to bottom: our house during the storm, side yard drifts, LDub measuring the depth and the back deck at dark.