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Thursday, February 11, 2010

click to enlarge picture from NASA

Nicknamed “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon,” an exceptionally severe winter storm dropped several feet of snow around the Washington, D.C., area in early February 2010. Crashed and abandoned cars littered roads as airlines canceled hundreds of flights. Even the DC Metro train system stopped functioning in places.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image on February 7, 2010, showing part of the region affected by heavy snowfall. Snow blankets the area hundreds of kilometers inland from the Atlantic coastline. Along the latitude of New York City, however, snow cover thins considerably.
Authorities urged residents to stay indoors, but hundreds of thousands lost electricity. The Washington Post reported that the snow-induced standstill might last until midweek, especially if a second winter storm arrived as predicted on Tuesday. As of Monday morning, government offices remained closed, and many streets remained unplowed

We have so far accumulated 80" of snow this winter! Blown away the previous record of 62"...and we're not finished yet!!! We currently have 5ft on the ground.

2 comments:

Camilla said...

Wow. I can't even imagine. Hope you guys can stay warm and safe inside. :)

Alta said...

the snow is taller than you...almost taller than me - yikes!
Stay safe chickie!