This is fun to watch. It is a time lapse video of the Snowpocalypse in Hartford, CT. Clearly, you can see the posited global warming influences having an effect. /sarc
Connecticut saw the most accumulation, with 40 inches in Hamden. At its height, the storm heaped snow on the state at a frenzied rate of 4 to 5 inches an hour.
It appears Boston may fall short of the all time snow record.
On the other hand, the blizzard has caused lots of trouble, and like most blizzards, death.
h/t to my local friend Steve O’Bryan for the video
Related: The Blizzard of 1978 Remembered 35 Years Later
Map of storm totals from NWS BOX here
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I can’t compete with Hamden, after all I “only” got 30 inches of snow. I calculated I received 36000 cubic feet of snow on the driveway (that doesn’t count the area in front of the garage.) I managed to break the drive shaft of my truck. A friend brought in a track loader, looks like an Ice Station Zebra vehicle, and got that stuck. A bucket loader came to rescue, and got that stuck as well. With three pieces of equipment (not counting two trucks brought in to rescue the equipment, the driveway was mostly clear by 9:30 last night.
Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48258730@N07/
B.C. said
This storm was a kitten compared to the “No Name Storm” of ’93. I was living in Maryland at the time (stationed at Ft. Meade) and the entire area was shut down for upwards of 4 days, due to the massive accumulation of snow and ice.
Yes, I was living in Maryland at the time. I had moved to MD shortly before, and naively gave my snowblower to my brother, thinking I wouldn’t need it.
My daughter had friends visiting that evening, and they ended up staying at our house for three days. I got more snow here this time, but we have more equipment in CT than they do in MD. Our street in MD didn’t see a plow until the third day, then one lane. It was quite a storm.
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now thats what i call “Winterfreude” !