The day after the New England Snow Storm 13JAN2011

Yesterday was a good old fashion New England snow storm. It started snowing just after midnight on Wednesday 12 January. What was very bizarre about the storm was we awoke at 0330 to thunder and lightning. It was the large cloud style lightning that never seemed to reach the ground.




At about 0630 there was already 11 inches of snow on the ground. By the time the snow stopped at around 1400 (2PM) on 12 January we had a total between 15-18 inches of snow. I live in Hope Valley in Southern Rhode Island, other places in Northern Rhode Island were reporting up to 24 inches of snow during that time period.



The snow was also the very wet and heavy type. It was not light and fluffy, which made shoveling very difficult.



Almost all businesses, state and federal offices were closed during the storm. To my surprise, the mail was delivered during the height of the storm. The majority of schools in Rhode Island remained closed during the storm and the day afterwards. Only a few schools had a delay.



The state roads and highways were cleared quickly. The day after the storm all state roads were clear and the highway (RT95) was an easy drive into work. The back roads and the city roads were difficult and slippery the morning after the storm.



We are expecting snow again this weekend and possibly early next week. Add a few more inches to the already 24 inches of snow will make for some interesting times. Already there was a roof collapse in Norwich CT that displaced 10 families. Hopefully the snow will not hinder the Patriots-Jets game on Sunday.

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Well the snow started falling about 100 pm last night in Hope Valley Rhode Island. It was little bizarre since at times we had lightning and thunder.

At 0600 I woke up to find about 12 inches of snow had fallen and we are expecting about another 6 inches by 1400 today. Kind of weird that the weather men and women were correct this time. The fore casted about 18 inches and so far they are correct.

Right now everything is closed. the kids are home from school, federal and state offices are closed and there are parking bans throughout Rhode Island.

Glad we did not not lose electricity last night. I have yet to buy a generator and don't have any dry wood that I chopped. All of the wood I have is green so I had to purchase some wood last night. So far, so good. I might fire up the wood stove even if we don't lose power.