December 6, 2003

HEAVIER BLOWS:

Second Day of Storm to Deal Heavier Blow: Northeast Storm Gets Heavier, With Accumulation Expected Up to 2 Feet; 5 Traffic Deaths Reported (The Associated Press, 12/06/03)

The first major snowstorm to plow through the Northeast this season was threatening near whiteout conditions from New Jersey to Maine on Saturday after burying Pittsburgh under 7 inches of snow, delaying flights from Boston to Washington, D.C., and creating hazardous driving conditions blamed for at least five deaths.

As much as 2 feet of snow was forecast for Massachusetts by the end of the weekend, and northern Pennsylvania was bracing for as much as 20 inches.

"We're hoping the forecasters are wrong, but if they're not, we're trusting that people will be staying home with their families and off the road so we can get our job done," said Anna Farneski, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.


The existentialism is inane, but the poem seems apt:
The Snow Man (Wallace Stevens)

One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; [...]

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 6, 2003 2:38 PM
Comments

Recently I had an offer to transfer to the mid-South to another division of the company. The wife was dead set against it. And once again I have to deal with New England winters like this. Fun fun fun

Posted by: AWW at December 6, 2003 10:26 PM

A heavy snowfall in the Northeast in December.

Was it a slow news day at the AP?

Posted by: John J. Coupal at December 7, 2003 1:29 PM

I'll come to hate it soon enough, but we had a blast today. Saturday is the perfect day for a big snow fall and today was clear and relatively warm. Our favorite weekend breakfast restaurant was deserted; the snow was light and fluffy, so shoveling the walk was fun; my daughter came out and insisted on shoveling the front steps; and I took the kids sledding on a local hill. A small New England town right after the first snowfall is a minor heaven.

Posted by: David Cohen at December 7, 2003 5:50 PM

John,

although the press get's over-excited, I think
the number of places throughout the region hitting
or exceeding the 2 foot mark (from Providence to NH) does make it a
fairly substantial event (not record-shattering
but substantial).

Posted by: J.H. at December 8, 2003 10:21 AM
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