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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:30 PM Jan 2016

Nearly 40 inches of snow in Maryland

Source: Washington Post

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Saturday afternoon continued to urge residents to “stay safe, stay indoors and stay off the roads” as the the winter storm continues to make its way through the region.

“Our state employees, law enforcement, National Guard, emergency responders and highway workers are working tirelessly to respond to this storm, and I know that Marylanders will do what Marylanders always do – and that is look after one another,” Hogan said in statement.

State officials said snow totals ranged from 2 inches on the Lower Shore to nearly 40 inches in parts of Western Maryland. Up to 12 more inches are expected in some areas.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog-live/liveblog/updates-winter-storm-targets-d-c-region/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_storm-liveblog-1130am%3Aliveblog%2Fpromo#35d51848-ffa6-4cb7-96ae-3b55f3ffb4c7

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Nearly 40 inches of snow in Maryland (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2016 OP
Makes the 20 inches of snow outside my door seem like a dusting. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #1
'By mid-afternoon there were 1,500 customers without power statewide, down from 10,000 before dawn. elleng Jan 2016 #2
Yipes shenmue Jan 2016 #3
Wow that is crazy! inanna Jan 2016 #4
I thought it was slowing down in NJ about an hour ago- the flakes were very small, ellenrr Jan 2016 #5
What are the temps? JonathanRackham Jan 2016 #6
26 in DC suburb now. elleng Jan 2016 #10
Anything but slush. JonathanRackham Jan 2016 #17
Thanks. I WILL wait it out, elleng Jan 2016 #18
Keep the outside drains clean. JonathanRackham Jan 2016 #19
ouch! paleotn Jan 2016 #7
Could you send a little of that up to Alaska, please. Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #8
HAPPY to! elleng Jan 2016 #13
Wow ReckedRalph Jan 2016 #9
Yes it is, elleng Jan 2016 #12
Maryland's wrong for a state. Igel Jan 2016 #20
That is almost a WHOLE WINTER'S worth of snow for up here in Fargo! Odin2005 Jan 2016 #11
See you @ New Germany State Park Botany Jan 2016 #14
over 2 feet in Montgomery County, with 3 foot drifts .... kwassa Jan 2016 #15
20 inches sweetapogee Jan 2016 #16
I lived in South Lake Tahoe 96-97. OneCrazyDiamond Jan 2016 #21
I've got about 30" here in NoVA. It was a good workout! JudyM Jan 2016 #22

elleng

(130,156 posts)
2. 'By mid-afternoon there were 1,500 customers without power statewide, down from 10,000 before dawn.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:36 PM
Jan 2016

The hardest hit with power outages live on the Eastern Shore.'

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
5. I thought it was slowing down in NJ about an hour ago- the flakes were very small,
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 05:57 PM
Jan 2016

but it was not to be - Now they are back, they are blowing horizontally.
Still have power.
I've never seen a blizzard as big or long as this one.

elleng

(130,156 posts)
10. 26 in DC suburb now.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:09 PM
Jan 2016

Large geographical area, so quality of the snow surely varies. I haven't stepped out to 'measure' it.

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)
17. Anything but slush.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 07:50 PM
Jan 2016

I've seen equipment break at 32F and people have heart attacks trying to move concrete at that temp. 26F is good because it sticks less.

Be safe, hunker down and wait it out.

elleng

(130,156 posts)
18. Thanks. I WILL wait it out,
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 07:52 PM
Jan 2016

and won't try to move anything. It WILL turn to slush in a few days, tho.

elleng

(130,156 posts)
13. HAPPY to!
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:12 PM
Jan 2016

This will start melting in a day or so, and leave us with VERY messy footing (and then freeze overnight. UGH!)

elleng

(130,156 posts)
12. Yes it is,
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:10 PM
Jan 2016

but keep in mind it's a state with wide geography. NOT 40" in DC suburbs, more like 15 or so.

Igel

(35,197 posts)
20. Maryland's wrong for a state.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:00 PM
Jan 2016

It has Ocean City and such, Atlantic beaches. Snow there is a rarity.

It's flat and low and between two large bodies of water in the SE. It was plantation country back in the 1800s. Not much snow here, either. Ever.

In the South-SE, it's tidewater. Along the Bay its economy was largely fishing. Some large islands, lots of low coast. Brackish marshes with lots of inlets.

It has Piedmont, with low rolling hills on a plateau, some of which are rather far from the water. Good for raising horses, up north from Baltimore. Some snow.

It has mountains in the west, which are very much like Appalachia. Because they're the Appalachians between West Virginia and W. Pennsy. The mountains catch a lot of the snow.

It's not a reasonable state--all the geographic regions are small, to boot.

OneCrazyDiamond

(2,029 posts)
21. I lived in South Lake Tahoe 96-97.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 09:34 PM
Jan 2016

It started snowing a little before Christmas. The next day our door was completely blocked. I remember how surreal it was when we had to pull snow into the house start a path out. Dropped 6+ feet in under 24 hours. The next week rained all week and flooded both Reno and Sacramento bad. I thnk they call it The Great New Year's Flood of 1997 in Northern California. Snow is different up there.

Stay safe.

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