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23 minutes ago, TugHillMatt said:

For sure. This winter has brought back some memories of waiting weeks for any winter time fun like that in Lancaster.

Graduated from Penn Manor in 2000. Best winter storm I have ever experienced (even to this day) was the Blizzard of 96 in Lancaster. 36 inches in a day and a half.

I was still in high school on Long Island in 96.  We got 30 inches if I recall.  It all or none down there.  You can go years without a good snow storm.  And you don't get the regular touch up snow you get here.

...but every so many years, you can get dumped on.  Proximity to the ocean is a great moisture source when things line up just right.

Up here you don't need everything to line up perfectly.

41 minutes ago, TugHillMatt said:

Hah. I grew up in Lancaster County, PA...very similar climate to yours in NJ. I am traumatized for life.

 

In the early 2000s taught at Manheim Township just north of Lancaster.  I lived in Hershey.  A lot of cold rain.  Though...maybe 2004 we did get about 36 inches in back to back storms that were forecast for half or less than that.  Got the entire season average in 3 days.

Winter is much more enjoyable here.

24 minutes ago, rochesterdave said:

I don’t know what you guys are complaining about. We got 8” in Rochester. 

You  must be at the airport.  You need extra tall boots there.

On Friday we had a snow day, so I made a maze in the backyard.  This weekend it filled in the paths with 4 or 5 inches of really poofy fluff.  Yesterday the fluff melted, but the denser base snow remained.

40 minutes ago, tim123 said:

Think roc had 11 inches over 3 days

That's about what I had at my house.  4.5" between about Midnight and 6 am on Thursday.  Then maybe 1/3 inch of ice on top of the snow, then about 4-5 inches on Friday.  Then 3 or 4 inches of the poofiest, lightest lake snow on Saturday.  It was so beautiful like a snow globe.  Then, I don't know an inch yesterday?  Maybe it was slightly more?  I can't remember.  It's all getting fuzzy.