Smalltalk with James Robertson

I just got back in from (hopefully) my last snow clearing of the day - it should be someone else's turn at the snow blower next. It's been a heck of a day, between snowfall and wind - I took four more photos before I came in:

Car, Reburied	Walkway at dusk
Our road at dusk	Our road at dusk

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Conditions are not improving - heck, since I got back to the house, the wind has picked up - there are points where we can barely see the houses across the street. I shot some video a little over an hour ago, about a mile from my house at the intersection with Maryland 32 - which is a major state artery:

While I was walking up to that intersection, I took a bunch of photos as well:

Down my street	Heading out of the neighborhood
Looking back into the neighborhood	Uncleared road
Intersection leaving the neighborhood	Looking past the light
Off ramp from MD 32	MD 32

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Here's a short video I just shot out my back door - the wind is angling such that the front door is out, unless I want snow drifts in my foyer.

Here's a video I took a little after noon:

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Most of the local areas aren't even plowing right now - it's cold, the snow is coming down hard, and the low pressure system off the coast is bringing winds at near hurricane intensity to the area. How much snow are we getting? Well:

I live in that 15 inches + band :) bear in mind, the county hadn't cleared al of the roads from last weekend's storm yet. The back way out of the neighborhood was only notionally clear, and up by the local hospital there were still piles in the center of the road, over the double yellow. This part of Maryland simply isn't equipped for this level of snow (and based on averages, why would it be?).

Lots more to come before this is over - who knows when we'll be dug out...

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This storm is adding high winds to the piles of snow, for extra awesome - along with that layer of ice from last night. My car is buried again:

And here are a couple of "road? What road?" shots:

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As if the snow hasn't been enough fun, we're getting ice now - and probably more snow on top. Awesome. The first photo is of the snowbanks around my front walk; the second is of the road out front.

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It's coming down pretty hard now - our street is covered over. Tomorrow morning should be interesting:

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Son of Snowmageddon has arrived:

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Just what we need: Snowmageddon, the sequel:

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I took a short trip to get a couple thing I forgot at the store, and snapped a few more photos while I was out. Here's an on ramp into the shopping plaza being cleared:

The next three shots show the sheer brilliance behind "random shapes in the road traffic calming" in an area that gets snow:

I rather suspect that if my county executive lived on this street (see above), those idiotic shapes would be gone soon. Yes, I'm talking about you, Ken Ulman. I dare you to come stand at this corner and justify this nonsense.

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