Let's pause and appreciate...
...how extraordinary a winter we're having in Philadelphia.
As I write this, we have the remnants of our weekend snowstorm still on the ground. That storm was the second-largest on record at the Philadelphia airport, surpassed only by the epic 36" (90cm) monster in January 1996.
Tonight and all day tomorrow, we're supposed to get another monster storm, with accumulations of 12"-18" (30cm-45cm) expected across our area.
In the process, we will almost surely break the record for snowfall in one winter.
You know how you usually buy a sled or snowblower, and it doesn't snow all season? The kids and I are feeling like geniuses for buying that toboggan for Chelsea this year:
All indications are that the conditions that have brought us this amazing winter are set to persist for at least a few more weeks. (Visit the Eastern US WX guys if you want all the gory details.) So it might be March or (shudder) April before we finally close the book on this incredible season. I'm hoping that for once we get to see a bright and warm spring as a reward for our winter adventures. Meantime, I finished off a bag of ice melt this weekend and have to buy another - probably the first time in five or six years that's been the case.
If you're local and want to go sledding on Thursday, drop me a note.
As I write this, we have the remnants of our weekend snowstorm still on the ground. That storm was the second-largest on record at the Philadelphia airport, surpassed only by the epic 36" (90cm) monster in January 1996.
Tonight and all day tomorrow, we're supposed to get another monster storm, with accumulations of 12"-18" (30cm-45cm) expected across our area.
In the process, we will almost surely break the record for snowfall in one winter.
You know how you usually buy a sled or snowblower, and it doesn't snow all season? The kids and I are feeling like geniuses for buying that toboggan for Chelsea this year:
All indications are that the conditions that have brought us this amazing winter are set to persist for at least a few more weeks. (Visit the Eastern US WX guys if you want all the gory details.) So it might be March or (shudder) April before we finally close the book on this incredible season. I'm hoping that for once we get to see a bright and warm spring as a reward for our winter adventures. Meantime, I finished off a bag of ice melt this weekend and have to buy another - probably the first time in five or six years that's been the case.
If you're local and want to go sledding on Thursday, drop me a note.
