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Just started as Hominy Snow
6" markings in stick.
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Hominy Snow - Impossible to see in picture.
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Real snow accumulating in tree.
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Just a dusting on the back deck.
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Still hard to see on the ground
but, it is sticking.
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Starting to get white.
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Heavier real snow has arrived.
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A little under 2" so far.
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Right about 2"
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Footprints from taking Thomas out for
his first short experience with snow.
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A little more that 2"
Wind is causing it to blow and drift.
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Feels as cold as it looks.
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Thomas out for snow experience two.
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Thomas is ready to go inside ASAP.
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It's snowing very hard
though it's fluffy and dry.
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The wind is whipping big time.
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About 5" on the ground
Snow is heavy at 1-2" an hour.
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The temperature has dropped to near 20.
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Hard to see, but the snow is going sideways.
It's almost not accumulating in the front
because it's blowing so much.
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Accumulated depth is more obvious in the back of the house.
Time is about midnight.
It should snow at 1-2" an hour all night.
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The morning after! 7AM
Snow has almost stopped.
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Ironically, there is very little more
accumulation in the front.
The winds blew the light dry snow away.
Footprints are gone completely.
The whole front yard is smooth.
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About 7" total in the front
because of the winds.
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There is significantly more snow
in other places of the yard.
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There is much more than a foot on the back deck.
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Using the plant pot near the garage as a guide
the depth there is about a foot or more
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Hampstead got 12" offically
and higher amounts in other local areas.
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We are surprised that the big black awning did not collapse.
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Just 7" in the front yard total.
The strong winds stripped it away and
prevented it from accumulating uniformly.
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First steps out - It's VERY cold
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The winds created interesting
patterns on the porch
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These are the patterns from the winds.
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Drifiting on the roof.
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Some of the drifts near the garage are near 3' deep
at the bottom of the image.
(not really visible)
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The blocks are on a 6" step.
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This is a good example of the true depth of the snow.
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Looks to be more than a foot in reality.
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3 foot drift.
(no good point of reference unfortunately)
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Snow is probably 2 feet deep here
because of winds and drifting.
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I'm warm enough.
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Probably 10" stayed on the rail.
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Much more than a foot on the far end of the deck.
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How this held is amazing!
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Clearing and very bright sun at long last.
It's still very cold.
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Melting? No. The Wind is blowing snow off the trees.
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How deep is it here?
This is were the most likely true depth is.
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Whatever this is it's pretty deep.
It's amost up to my knees.
Need a ruler.
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Smooth and flat.
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DirecTV went out when the blob-o-snow
started to slide off.
It needed a little help.
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Protected from the strong winds
this is probably close to true accumulations.
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Pretty and deep.
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Deep footprints.
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How deep?
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We'll see in a bit.
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Whatever this is.
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It's THIS deep!
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13.75" is nice and deep.
This is a little more than
the offical for the county.
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Sweeping the dry snow off the steps.
The plan was to make and are for Thomas
but it's too deep to realistically accomplish.
