A blizzard is characterized as having 25mph or above winds, blowing snow, a windchill of -13F and visibility of less than 5/8th of a mile.
Weather.gov has a warning for just such a thing here - yet the weather underground claims we haven’t quite hit that - though having just spent 10 minutes outside, I beg to differ.
At any rate - having lost a tree earlier this week (we live next to a field, and all the wind seems to end up in our yard) we’re taking it seriously by making sure we have emergency supplies and a well-stocked alcohol cabinet.
Here are a few pics I took — hard to know the best way to take pics in this, as they look nothing like what I see with my eyes.
(click a thumbnail for a larger view)
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- The field across the street (no flash)
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- Around side of the house (missing a tree there now!). Covered in a blanket are future blueberry bushes.
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- Bumps!
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- down our street (with flash)
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- down our street (no flash)
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- Check out the snowflake trajectory.
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We’re having our third day of snow in a row. Coast to coast!
Great info, thanks
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