<p>MichaelNKat, I hear ya. DH ordered a snowblower a week before our last storm; it arrived several days after. He is anxious to give it a whirl.</p>
<p>It used to be that the kids always got sick when H is away for business. This year it seems to snow when he’s away. SIGH. Calgon, take us away.</p>
<p>Other than being sick of the white stuff and all of the hassles it creates , I am really worried about all of the trees in our area. I have never seen such damage and devastation. No matter where you go, there are trees down , limbs broken off and a lot of trees leaning into the roadways , waiting for the next wind to take them down…</p>
<p>And also the potential for yet more power outages . Several thousands of people in our area were without power for weeks. </p>
<p>And a lot of lost revenue and business to sooo many people I know, including us…our business has taken severe blows with all of the snow and bad weather that has pummeled us repeatedly… :(</p>
<p>We had a 100-ft oak tree fall on our house back in 1996 after a big snow. It was a combination of soggy ground from the snowmelt and high winds from a rain storm. Right now the ground is so soggy that our HS athletics director is telling the kids that we may not be able to “field” any spring sports until mid-late March. The winter athletes lost most of their season between the blizzard in December, winter break, and two blizzards in February. I really feel for the kids.</p>
<p>Mid to late March??? We’ll still have a ton of snow covering our fields at that time!!</p>
<p>So. sick. of. snow.</p>
<p>(Do you hear the clenched teeth?)</p>
<p>My area has seen some of the biggest storms in March so, even if we dodge this one, I’m not relaxing yet. It’s funny that, after getting 30 inches, a forecast of 8-10 is a walk in the park.</p>
<p>Philly Inquirer:The Combination of ice and high winds could cause widespread power failures, experts said.</p>
<p>"The storm was forecast to be a potent and peculiar nor’easter and become a “bomb” off the Jersey Shore. It was expected to take a bizarre path, paralleling the coast and then jogging inland near NYC and remaining stationary.
“I haven’t seen anything like it”…said Greg Heavener a meteorologist at the weather service in Mount Holly.
When it peaks today and tonight, it is expected to hammer the region…</p>
<p>^Count us hammered. Again. :(</p>
<p>I’m watching the snow on my D’s live web feed at her school in MA, does this count? I wish I could have about 3 inches of your fluffy stuff here in Georgia, all we ever get is ice! :(</p>
<p>^^^^I can only imagine. After Dallas got pounded with a record 12.5 inches of snow (we usually only get about 1-3 inches every once in a blue moon), we lost power for days, our area suffered extreme tree damage, I had an freak accident in my new car, and our security system went haywire from no power and began screeching interminably, I realized for the first time how snow (vs. ice) could actually be a really bad thing. A few days ago, they forecast 2-3 more inches of snow here. I literally couldn’t believe it, and for the first time in my life, rejoiced when the storm swooped south of us.</p>
<p>As to power loss-perhaps our grid is just bizarre or perhaps it was all dependent upon tree damage to specific lines. But it is extremely frustrating to be out of power for days, while your neighbor’s lights blaze brightly. Some houses down the street never lost power, some lost power for 3 hours, and others for 3-5 days. Does this kind of thing happen up north?!</p>
<p>Snow in and around Philadelphia was not nearly as bad as predicted. Only got about 6 or 7 inches but with the winds there were 10-12 inch drifts but also a lot of bare spots. Icing was more of a problem due to the wet snow mixed with rain early on. Best part was that my neighborhood lost power twice and my whole house generator kicked on both times for about an hour or so. Between the generator and my new snow blower, I don’t think my neighbors like me anymore 
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<p>H is away on a business trip in CA,and I am out of the country. D2 decided to stay home by herself rather than staying with my parents. Just talked to her. She has shoveled the driveway, has electricity, and is enjoying 2 days off from school. I guess our little girl is all grown up.</p>
<p>nrdsb4: we have power failures very regularly here in the Pacific NW, especially in the neighborhood I live in (lots of trees and power wires). Our house is on one power circuit or grid or whatever it is called, and the rest of our cul-de-sac and north of us is on another. Many times we have power and our neighbors don’t. Christmas of 08 we all had two feet of snow and no power.</p>
<p>We now have a generator at home ready to go for the next power failure. But this winter, no snow and no power failure in our neighborhood.</p>
<p>bookiemom, we would love to have a generator like that…luckily we haven’t lost our power with all of the hard storms this winter has dumped on us</p>
<p>Ok, I’d just like to say that it is snowing REALLY HARD in Dallas, Texas on March 20. To you Northerners,this may seem like a NON event, but having lived in Texas for over 40 years, I am stunned. It’s coming down really hard and everything is white-grass, rooftops, etc. and it’s cold with strong wind gusts making it REALLY cold. With the strong winds, it looks like the films we often see of the northeast during a blizzard. I don’t remember a late snow like this in my lifetime. Daughter and husband are unimpressed, but I keep going out to the porch and trying to ingrain it permanently into my memory. Dogs are a little freaked, doing their “business” quickly and racing back to the warm house, roaring fire, and DD’s new blu-ray version of “New Moon.” LOL, maybe that’s why I keep going outside.</p>
<p>I LOVE IT!!! It will be gone by tomorrow afternoon, but when snow is an every few years event, this year’s multiple snowstorms have been absolutely amazing.</p>
<p>Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programs!</p>