I think that was 2003 and they also did it at least once since then in VB, I think Fairfax did it in 2003 also.
We have not had mail delivery since last Saturday.
^^Really? We only had last Saturday’s delivery cancelled during the height of the storm. I dug out my mailbox to let the mailman drive up to it, and have had mail since Monday.
I just drove (last night) from Northern New Jersey–mounds and mounds of snow everywhere, to S. Jersey, not a snowflake in sight. What a difference 150 miles makes!
Wish i didn’t have to go back!
The snow destroyed part of our porch, so our mail delivery is into a bag hanging off our railing.
Weather was warmer in South Jersey, so they had more melt. Plus depending where you are in South Jersey, there is a lot less tree cover (Pine Barrens excluded) due to build up.
We missed mail Sat & Mon, but have had it since. That might be since my neighbor plowed the street; I’m not sure when the county would have done it.
@thumper1 "So…is there really going to be a huge snowstorm in the mid Atlantic states that also trickles into southern New England on Saturday!
Really??"
YES !!!
Called the post office and the reply was that their goal for today was 100% delivery. We’ll see.
We got our first mail delivery yesterday. OTOH, S2 sent in an online request Monday (immediately after the blizzard) to get a new recycling container because ours had fallen apart after 11 years. A county truck brought it to the house yesterday and transferred the recycling in the old container into the new one. !!! However, the regular recycling truck has not shown up this week (and in fairness, I wasn’t expecting it til our usual pickup next week).
We got mail on Wednesday after being plowed out on Tuesday. Trash and recycle picked up on Thursday.
Mail! Normalcy restored.
What a difference a week makes. So many people on the road today to make up for being stuck at home last weekend.
Wow. I do not remember ever having gone even a day w/o mail delivery because of a snow storm. Of course I live in an area that normally gets lots of snow, so they have the means to deal with it fairly quickly.
But they are not having to deal with it this year so far. No snow on the ground and in the 40’s today. Suppose to be over 50 next week.
I’m loving it. But it may make my March trip to Cancun a little less needed if this keeps up!
On second thought, no it won’t.
- no snow farms
- no snow melters
- no chains for buses
- sidewalks are not mandated to be cleared
This was a once in a lifetime event. To have any major snow here is not common, but this was extraordinary, record breaking.
We freely admit we do not have the resources that our northern friends do. It has been this way, well, forever. Schools plan for up to 10 “snow days” in the calendar. We know this. You can stop telling us how stupid it is.
@VaBluebird,
No, not meaning to tell you there’s something wrong with how you’re handling things. Just marveling at how different things are. It’s bit like an on-line conversation I participated in a few years ago when there were heat deaths in the NE. People in the SW, where it regularly hits 100+ couldn’t figure out why Northeasterners couldn’t handle the heat. “Just stay inside in the AC” was the advice. We had to point out that many people in the NE don’t have AC.
New Englanders know how to handle snow because we get a lot of it every year. I’m sure I wouldn’t handle a tornado or earthquake with the same aplomb those used to them would. After the multiple poundings we got last year I have nothing but sympathy for those buried under a heavy blanket of snow. I hope things get back to normal for you soon!
yeah, understood that it’s less common. I am still puzzled, though, why there would be ten snow days in a calendar. Wouldn’t less often snow storms mean less snow days built in? (not trying to be argumentative, just truly puzzled.)
@CDK when I wrote the OP on January 19, they were actually forecasting 12-20 inches of snow where I am on NW CT. We barely got a dusting! So,it certainly didn’t tickle up to,this part of southern New England! My friends in southern CT got a little blizzard!
@garland they need ten snow days where it doesn’t snow as much…because if it DOES snow, they know they won’t be able to clean it up in a day…or two.
Up here, we have five snow days…but our snow removal crews, and the many plows and workers make cleanup a whole lot quicker.
yeah, understood that it’s less common. I am still puzzled, though, why there would be ten snow days in a calendar. Wouldn’t less often snow storms mean less snow days built in? (not trying to be argumentative, just truly puzzled.)>>>>
Note that I said we don’t get MAJOR snow storms very often, not that winter weather is uncommon.
So, well, because we can’t handle winter weather events of any sort. Seriously, school is called off for any snow and we do tend to get a lot of ice events, too, sleet and freezing rain.
People here are horrified to think of kids waiting in the street for a bus (if they had chains for them) but I imagine kids must have to do that in like Buffalo if they never call school off and there’s 7 feet of snow all around. I can’t see that as safe but where else are they going to stand? I don’t care how much equipment you have, it takes some time to move all that snow.
@VaBluebird,
We rarely have more than one snow day in a row. When we do have two together it’s because we’ve had a storm that starts early on a school day and continues into the next. What we do have is a ton of plows. Huge municipal plows, independent contractors driving medium sized plows, landscapers clearing parking lots and driveways with smaller trucks fitted with plows. We have sidewalk plows and laws requiring people to clear their walks. If a storm ends before midnight we rarely have a full snow day unless it’s a real monster (say, a foot and a half). The bus stops are cleared early. We would never let kids wait in the street. And although we don’t use chains on the buses, both the bus drivers and regular citizen drivers are more used to snow so we know how to drive on it.
It’s not about virtue or grit, just preparation for something that’s common where we are and uncommon where you are.