Snowed in
My office follows the feds, so we’re officially open tomorrow, although with a two hour delay. I’m going to work from home, though, as I think the commute will be a nightmare, and I still have work I can do.
Total inches of snow: somewhere around 34.
Inches of packed snow remaining on the road post-plowing: about 3
Height of piled snow surrounding our driveway: 5 feet, plus or minus.
Days snowed in: 8 (as of tomorrow)
Soups made: 4 (chicken chili, red lentil and chickpea, black bean, and curried cauliflower)
Breads made: 3 (challah, multigrain, and Portuguese sweet bread)
Batches of cookies made: 3 (two chocolate chip and one peanut butter)
Pounds gained: haven’t dared to set foot on the scale
Games played: Dominion, Ticket to Ride, Sorry, Monopoly, Go Fish, Don’t Get Caught, Munchkin Fu, Qwirkle
Hours of TV watched: too many
The NY Times has a terrific graphic about snowfall in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, showing what each city has received this year, last year, and the average level. It dramatically shows that Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia have all gotten way more snow than average, coming after a less-snowy-than-usual year last year (in fact, in DC, the past 3 years have all hardly had any snow), while NY is having an average year after another average year, and Boston is having an underperforming snow year after a snowy year. But the most surprising part of the graphic is how little difference there is in the average snowfall levels for DC vs. New York. I grew up in NYC and have lived in the DC area for the past decade and a half, and I would have told you that NY gets much more snow on average. I’m not sure how much my impression is biased by the low snow levels of the past few years, and how much it’s that DC snow usually melts on its own in a day or two, while NY snow sticks around in ugly gray piles for weeks.
