uvageek » Snow Daze http://uvageek.net The legends, stories and tribulations of a UVA Physics Grad... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:26:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Snow Daemon Process Started… http://uvageek.net/2010/12/19/snow-daemon-process-started/ http://uvageek.net/2010/12/19/snow-daemon-process-started/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:07:00 +0000 Dan http://uvageek.net/2010/12/19/snow-daemon-process-started/ IMG_0599-1Similar to last year, we had a light dusting of snow prior to Christmas. By light dusting of course I mean several inches that caused the area to freak out and was blamed for Holiday sales not hitting the level of margins expected since everyone was snowed in during a weekend prior to the Christmas holiday.

Well, it happened again, though with not quite as much glamour with a light snow storm wreaking havoc on Northern Virginia. As you can see though there’s still fun to be had, even by the little people Smile

Fortunately the snow storm lasted all of twelve hours and left behind 1-3” depending on where you were at. Granted, with the cold temperatures that have hampered the region for the last few days, it hasn’t really melted off of everything just yet as can be seen in the photo taken earlier today.

For those looking forward to more snow, fear not, the snow daemon process is primed and started. Ready your shovels and snow blowers!

]]> http://uvageek.net/2010/12/19/snow-daemon-process-started/feed/ 1 An unexpected snow storm… http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/ http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:39:00 +0000 Dan http://uvageek.net/2010/01/31/an-unexpected-snow-storm/ For those of you that live in the Northern Virginia area, you might have been startled to wake up on Saturday morning, 30 January 2010 to find your front porch covered in snow and the roads a unplowed with a few inches of snow piling up.  It was to be a weekend like any other that we’ve had recently… bitterly cold and overcast. Weather forecasters had stated all week long that there was a very minute chance of snow but that the air masses would drive the snow south toward Richmond and that we would only get a dusting.

Well, there was definitely a little more than a dusting by mid-day and it would seem as though Northern Virginia got caught with their pants on the ground.

Fortunately the snow seems to be melting and it wasn’t too hard to plow since it was light and fluffy… next time we may not be so lucky ;-)

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