Honestly, I thought the "Blizzard of December 2009" was going to be a whole lot of nothing. We rarely get any significant or even measurable snowfall on Long Island before January, let alone a freakin' blizzard. Even as late as Thursday evening, the meteorologists were calling the predictions for significant accumulation "rogue models" - this storm was just going to skirt the East End, and the most we'd see were flurries.
Some flurries - by the time it ended, we got more than 2 feet of snow. I wish I could give you an exact measurement, but I couldn't get out of the house until the crews came and dug us free. As with any significant snowfall, we end up with drifts against the front door and garage, and try as I might, I couldn't get the storm door opened more than a few inches. The snow was waist and breast high against the front door and the garage door. But that doesn't count, as it's all drift snow.
The best measurement I can give is this:
The bump you can barely see is four inches of snow on top of the mulch mounded on top of the two-foot high planter. This is in an area protected from drifts (there's a berm and trees just to the left), I so I think this measurement is pretty accurate. But once the shovels and plows come through, the poor planter gets completely buried. We probably won't see it until the Spring.
Speaking of the seasons, Winter starts in about two hours.
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