Ol' Man Winter...

[edwardofhuncote]

...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. 

[SteveB]

I remember 93 and 73...lol.. I am right in the path this time....

[5a quilt top]

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...

[tbrannon]

95º here in my part of southern california.

Hope you guys back east escape without too much damage. 

[edwardofhuncote]

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.