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They are best when they are coming on top of a good snowpack, which gives them a wintry feel.On top of the inch of ice I have, not so much. Or on bare grass ( the last event did not even cover the grass here ). It's a bizarre winter that features many paltry snow events, I'll say that.
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We still had 3-6 inch events though; and more toward the 6....struggling to get past 3 is new, but that may be a function of the drought type conditions, don't know. In any good snow year, and even in the poor ones back then, we had plenty of rain too. I haven't needed an umbrella very much....interestingly, I was watching the show Elementary ( I'm retired and watching shows I missed when I was busy working and seeing the kids through HS. middle school, college ) and the 3rd season was filmed in 2014, and almost every episode features a snowy background or piles of snow on the street; you'd think NYC was a winter wonderland ( a great episode is where the zebras, which Sherlock pronounces the British way, get stolen from the Bronx Zoo, and he is walking through the zoo in a snow storm, which looks like the powdery one from that January; the culprit was the post doc who genetically engineered an extinct quagga from a pair of zebras and killed the vet and put it on the black market....my son was a grad intern at the zoo! He recognized all the scenes ).Likewise, episodes of The Wire, the greatest show in tv history, were filmed in a snowy period in Baltimore, and you'd think that it too, was a snowy city ( that would have been around the early aughts ).
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Lucy with the football.....
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Some of us are getting shafted for both events. Not a winter for my neck of the woods. I don't expect to see much of anything the next couple days, but hope springs eternal. My sump pump is working, so all is well. Anyway, daughter is driving from Somerset to Woodbridge during the commute, so I will hope it is not bad. She's new at this, but one has to be able to drive in marginal weather around here.
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Is this total snow for the whole period? What an odd winter. Someone gave it a B- so far, but this former teacher gives it a C-, just below the bare minimum. Some time to turn it around, but I'm at the point where I would tell a student in that situation he needed a miracle.
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We always considered Trenton to be in S Jersey....whether people were Eagles fans or Giants fans....( I don't watch football myself ).
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The former editor of The Fisherman commuted from Pt to Manhattan every day when he worked in advertising. Kenny Freel, ages ago.
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No. The TPK, PKWY, 287 all converge in Middlesex around Edison and Woodbridge. So that line doesn't really work if taken strictly.
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They all have something in common....they all gripe about taxes, school teacher salaries,traffic, and too much cold snowy weather:)
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And Pt Pleasant ain't in it....that's S Jersey. N Jersey starts at Elizabeth. Ask anyone in Elizabeth if Pt Pleasant is CNJ....Carteret is CNJ. Perth Amboy is CNJ. Jackson always claims they are.....frankly IMO Sayreville is S Jersey:)
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It's the only explanation I can think of.
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I think that's what may have FALLEN over several days, but did not accumulate; I once read they count what falls as well. How they do this, I'm not sure.
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The map is wrong. Middlesex county did not receive 5 inches. There was hardly an inch, and it was light sleet. Perhaps they mean 3-5 inches FELL, but it did not accumulate. Period. I was there. I saw it. Prepared for two days waiting for it, and lost two days of work ( school system ) waiting for it. In fact it did not snow at all; what fell was sleet.
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We're. generally starved for moisture, have been for awhile. Can't expect big snows when near drought conditions still predominate. One of the reasons my sump pipe froze was not just the colder temps, but not enough rain to keep it running; it usually spits out every few hours; that hasn't been happening with the lack of rain. So water from the street was able to back up into it and freeze. Today it finally thawed thank God.
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There's no way Newark had 6 inches in March 2001; I didn't crack half an inch and I'm not that far from Newark.
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I had confidence that would happen. Some years just suck. This is one of them.I'm not sure following these models is worth much these days; they shift around so much it's hard to get excited about anything at all. In a few weeks this torture will be over. I'm confident of that.
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Not this year....
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I think so too, but at least I buy the stuff for cheap at the end of the season.
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We did have a winter feel this year, just no big snows. Better than a cloudy 40-45 every day with rain like some winters.No contest.
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I was disappointed in the outcome across CNJ, but as I went to clean there was no way I was going to be able to cut through that crud. Fortunately, the big ass snowblower ate it right up. Didn't think I'd ever use it on a 1-2 inch deal, but man what a difference...neighbors are still chopping. Went for a walk in Roosevelt Park in Edison and hoo boy, it was hazardous. Even with hikers designed for ice. What's next...bring it on.
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I managed less than that just across the river. Just went outside; rain and slush. Really got shafted this time. CNJ was not the place to be. Never expected much but surprised areas to the east did much better.
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It’s just been terrible here. Hope something else materializes before winter ends.
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Glad some of you got a couple inches but it really sucked here. Scratched out roughly an inch before turning to rain. Gonna watch tv. Stay safe all.
