It started off like many other days in NVA-
Brambleton, Va. –
We were a couple miles away from the backside of the DULLES AIRPORT –
For Washington, D.C. in Loudoun County.
Be prepared –
a winter storm watch has been announced.
This was the view from the steps of our front porch home –
of the intersection.
We were prepared –
after all, we had spent the first 50 years of our lives –
living and coping with winter snowbelt storms in WNY and NWPA!
But – all of that did not compare to what was to come.
Our patio – is enclosed by the house on three sides –
and a fence on the outer side toward the street.
Many family times spent here –
Back in WNY – I had a van – with wide tires.
I would take the van –
and ride back and forth on the driveway –
Packing down the snow instead of paying someone to plow it!
Here it was different-
only the driveway was about two car lengths long!
I had my shovel and a large pushbroom.
Then it started to snow –
light at first –
Then it started to stick to the paved sidewalks and road.
It continued all day and into the night –
We took turns trying to keep ahead of it.
Here Sherry attempts to clear a path on the front sidewalk!
You can see ahead of her where I had managed a path to the road.
Early morning of the next day –
less than 24 hours after the start.
It had turned into a major snowstorm in NVA! and the East Coast.
It continued the next morning !
They were trying to plow –
and keep the roads open the next day-
but it continued to come down.
The open door is out to the back patio next to the garage and driveway.
The garage door – over 36 inches and still snowing!
Me digging outside by the back patio.
The weather alerts kept coming –
the storm was not over!
It was piling up – soon the snow banks would be taller than me!
The entrance to the patio from the kitchen –
Over waist deep –
Not going out there-
and we had an all-nighter coming up!
That night after 24 hours of snow –
A look at the patio,
That fence I could look over on my tip toes!
If you go back to the picture of looking outside at the patio before the storm from inside this window-
This is looking from the outside into the front living room!
We had over 48 inches of snow in less than a day and a half.
In all the years of living in the snow belts up North –
We had never experienced –
this amount in such a short period.
The official measurements came from the DULLES AIRPOT just a few miles away!
We sold that home in 2020 and moved to the border area of OIB- SUNSET BEACH-
Our winters here are much different – even though in early Feb. we experienced snow-
This is a rare event here.
But we did get three to five inches with a hard crust.
Everything lasted maybe 5 to 7 days!
And then a few days later after it was gone –
We had 80-plus degrees.
There is a saying down here –
“IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE WEATHER – WAIT FIVE MINUTES AND IT WILL CHANGE”!
LOL – BUT FOR ONE DAY IT SNOWED AND SNOWED –
give me that beach chair any day-
and I will try to get up – better-
than shoveling snow!!! LOL
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