Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:59:30 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: "Barry L. Newton" <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Snow Daze
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

The Newtons take a ride-it-out attitude toward snowstorms.  We live on a
state highway, which means that the road outside our house gets priority
plowing.  And that our driveway is guaranteed to be blocked in by *lots* of
snow.  So I threw a tarp over the car and called our friend with the John
Deere tractor.  He made it to us by Tuesday morning.  I got all the
shoveling exercise I needed just keeping a path clear to the car and the
trash bin.  About six times.

For those who like pretty pictures, here is a very big picture of the East
coast under the storm:

http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Storms/US_East/2003/STMusE050_MO.jpg

Hope the URL doesn't break.

And some much less impressive shots of our yard early in the storm.  These
will expand if you click on them:

http://ashcomp.com/Temperate_Maryland/

Interestingly, Strong, Lee said:
>         The last time that I drove to Stately Ginter Manor following a
>serious snowstorm, I parked at the top of the hill and walked to the Manor.
>More room up there and I didn't have to worry about skidding out of control
>and having to wait for the spring thaw.
>         When shoveling cars out of the snow, I usually continue digging
>outward until I reach the plow zone.  That way, a snow plow (or snow plot)
>has no ammunition to spew on or behind a car I am excavating.

Barry