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Title: Ol' Man Winter...
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 13, 2017, 01:50:07 PM
...is taking one more parting shot at us here in the East.  :-\

Wishes for safety for all here in the storm's path. Anybody remember the March blizzard in 1993? I want to say it was the 3rd thru 5th... about 30" fell in Roanoke.

Be safe if you gotta' get out in it Fellas.  ;)
Title: Re: Ol' Man Winter...
Post by: SteveB on March 13, 2017, 05:06:17 PM
I remember 93 and 73...lol.. I am right in the path this time.... ;D
Title: Re: Ol' Man Winter...
Post by: 5a quilt top on March 14, 2017, 08:51:54 AM
FWIW: I was living in New Jersey in '93 and that March blizzard changed my life.


It was the straw that broke the camel's back re: relocation to Arizona. Originally targeted as my retirement destination, that blizzard motivated me to relocate ASAP to 300 + days per year of sun, so I immediately set the process in motion that resulted in me moving here the day after Thanksgiving in '94.


Ironically, I still experience snow where I live (north of Phoenix) - at least once a year around the holidays. But it melts quickly.


And, about 12 years ago - you guessed it - we experienced a freak March snowstorm that dropped enough white stuff to allow the creation of snow men in front yards - right next to the saguaros.


All of you in the path of those storms have my sympathy...
Title: Re: Ol' Man Winter...
Post by: tbrannon on March 14, 2017, 02:40:09 PM
95ยบ here in my part of southern california.

Hope you guys back east escape without too much damage. 
Title: Re: Ol' Man Winter...
Post by: edwardofhuncote on March 14, 2017, 05:49:17 PM
So far here in Southwest Virginia, it's just been some freezing rain and sleet last night, and high wind today. Ordinarily, I dread the wind more than any other weather event, but I'm taking it as a good sign, that hopefully this storm system will blown on by us.   :)

Yeah, that March 1993 storm... I was the youngest snowplow driver on duty at the small little town where I was the Water Meter Reader. The ones of us who could make it in to work were there for days. We had a sports center in town with a hockey rink... the snow was so heavy the building collapsed on the second night.