storm of this century
In 1996, before I lived in Philly, the region was socked by a winter storm
with an intensity never seen before in recorded history. In that storm in
Janury, 30.7 inches of snow fell officially at the airport. It was hailed
as "the storm of the century."
Fortunatly, we're now in a new century. This January, we have a storm
which could come close to riviling the '96 storm. When I was outside
earlier, I would guess there was easily more than 20 inches of white
powder in areas where it had not been blown around. And it's still snowing
heavily.
Here's a bunch of photos from the past few hours...
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Right now, as I type this, ice pelets are quite loudly hitting the window.
I'm happy I'm not outside adventuring as those would probably really hurt.
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