weatherpruf

they were lame. honestly. and one was a car topper. i did get an early dismissal and snow day out of them though.

big snow storms rarely produce more than 10 inches in march in nyc. source; mitchell volk. so a big storm for us in march is well, anything over a few inches. sometimes, i've seen a few inches accumulate on grass and cartops, but not on the street, like in march 2013.

we can hope....april showers and all....we can use the rain though.

it was in my 30's after 94 that i got my first snowblower....i was diagnosed in 1996 after a viral illness caught teaching summer school the summer before; it was hell; but even the snow blower is heavy and causes me issues, plus i still have to shovel areas between the cars and clean out the back porch for the dogs. but its ok, we love it. gotta pace myself, 63 years old.....it goes fast. and usually, i'm on the fringe with a lot of storms, but got hit with them this year. every year is different.

i think they were bigger than most realize; that sleet infusion in the first storm was rather unusual and with the cold temps that followed, we were digging or for weeks; just when you started to see real erosion, here comes the 15-20 inches and more to replenish the pack; of course we knew the second one would not stick around, but what an odd winter; a month or so of nothing followed by a genuine ku...and it wasn't 3 feet so yawn....lol. it was 3 feet in providence though....my arms are still recovering and that's no joke i have fibromyalgia, have had it for 30 years; i do not recover quickly from that kind of shoveling....

not a torch; how bout a normal spring; 70s and high southwest winds don't do much for me. and they are always followed by cold damp periods...

at the end of each fishing season i have had it; am cursing the regulations, the east winds, the cold fronts, the offshore swells etc. but right now i am itching to get back into things.striper season is open though it is never too good in the spring anymore, and i might give some south jersey perch a whirl.

i now wait til june 1st. tired of cold snaps late in the season, and the plants produce well into the fall these days, so no worries. get plenty of everything waiting til the first, and still sometimes get cold snaps....

i haven't cut the lawn since 1998.....

time to sharpen the hooks and respool the lines....

its never as warm as they predict; though 1998 was ridiculously warm, and windy...it will be less than ideal; mud season begins in days....

for two more days. met spring is sunday right?

wins news met says it is going to miss us to the south.

not sure, waiting for RU to weigh in with an update.

where are you on the season?