As of 10 this evening, we had reached 16 inches of snow. Record since 1909, when we had 21 inches of snow. There is a possibility we will surpass that overnight. When I first moved here, locals kept telling me, "Philly's winters aren't that bad" "We don't get really bad snowstorms." And then, they would always add, "Just wait, now that I've said this, we will have the worst winter ever." And just for me, their speculations came true. It's quite the initiation I've been given! I truly feel like I'm in a foreign land- this Floridian is not used to this. The last time I saw snow I was 6, living in Germany and I don't remember it too vividly.
I went out in the snow twice today, in order to get the full experience (without actually driving in it). Also, I wanted to get the snow off my car. Between 1 pm and 10 pm my car managed to get buried in several feet of snow. My tires were hidden and snow was piled high on the roof of my car. At that level of accumulation, my long-handled brush/ice scraper wasn't very effective at clearing the snow off my car. As I walked around my car, the snow almost reached my waist in places. On my list of things to buy (asap): Snow shovel. To get to my car, I had to walk through 2 feet of snow, across my complex's courtyard. I laughed the whole way to my car. It was truly an experience.
My car, at noon today. By 10pm, it was buried under several feet of snow.
One of the views from my window (left)
