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I was just going to suggest a thread like this. Let's keep all the amazing images and memories of this storm in here so we can easily come back to it.

That one was one of the more memorable ice storms I've experienced. I was terrified of losing power, but luckily escaped... I felt that I dodged a bullet because many others in the area including some of my professors weren't as lucky. The best part besides the picturesque scenes was that it solidified the snowpack and practically turned it into a glacier.

I like ice storms but only if it's a moderate amount (no more than 0.3") and it falls on top of snow. If I'm going to lose power, then no thanks. Feb 2014 at Millersville was just about perfect.

4 months?

Ouch. Well, one interesting thing I'll remember about the second storm is that when it was being forecast, some mets were talking about 8" of snow like they were shrugging it off, basically saying it won't really be a big deal. That alone is incredible considering where we live.

I didn't think so either, but SNE's superwinter last year made me think it might be able to happen again. From what I remember, the Feb 10 blizzard was a colder storm with stronger winds. The snowpack from the first storm certainly helped, but even without it the second storm brought a widespread 10-20"+.

I disagree. Although one happened a few days after the other, the storms had a different feel and character.

To get the first ever Jan-March that averaged below freezing is really impressive

34" in PDII? Are there any confirmed reports of totals that high in the eastern burbs of Baltimore? I've seen it on the wikipedia page but never any convincing evidence

2010 > 2012 > 2015

Or maybe getting 2-3 HECS that year means we wait twice as long as usual for the next one

I thought you were all joking about deleting... honestly I would've thrown a fit if you'd actually done it. Lots of memories, images, animations, videos, and old discussions here and although it doesn't need to be bumped every year, I still want it around.

Not worth bumping when we're in a crappy winter like this year

I wonder how models would've handled the 1922 Knickerbocker storm.

My personal favorites: 1) Feb 10, 2010 2) PDII 3) Dec 19, 2009 4) Feb 6, 2010 5) Feb 2013 when I chased in SNE

PDI was in 1979 PDII was 2003

Where did you live in Jan 1996? I'm curious how much our area got... I was very young at the time so I have little recollection of it

For the region as a whole? Certainly Snowmaggedon. It doesn't get more perfect than that. I actually enjoyed the second storm more, but maybe because for the first storm I missed the 30+ totals by a few miles and it was mostly at night. The second storm was more of a Baltimore special. But regionwide, Snowmaggedon was as amazing of a storm as we've ever had. EDIT: Maybe Jan 1996 was better... I can't say much about that since I was so young, but I always thought it had similar or slightly lower totals than Feb 6, 2010

The first HECS in February completely missed New England, as well as Manhattan. The second storm was a painful bust for SNE, and then the late month "Snowicane" brought a HECS to NYC while SNE received 40 degree wind-driven rain. I almost felt bad for SNE that winter, but at the same time I didn't... the key word is almost. People who whine when they get above average snow, just because places further south are getting more, annoy me. They think they're entitled to always get buried.

Nah, NYC and Boston got about 8-12" or so... but LI received HECS totals

I almost missed it... I was out of town from the 20th till around New Years. Had this storm happened just a few days later, I would have missed out on it completely. Is it this thread? http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?/topic/214818-thundersnow-18z-gfs-sounding-says-maybe/

I actually rank this above 2/6/2010.... for years I wasn't sure which storm I liked more, but now that I think about it, I choose December 2009, even though my area got more in the February storm. The anticipation before the storm was so much more thrilling, mainly because it was the first HECS in almost 7 years, while 2/6/2010 was the first HECS in 7 weeks and felt a lot like deja vu. The other reason is the shock and rarity of it happening in mid-December. Like I said in another thread, I didn't think a storm of this magnitude was possible in December. It was just unbelievable.

Time to bump this up http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/12/17/looking-back-on-winter-2009-10-snowpocalypse-strikes-smashes-december-snow-records/