New England blizzard, as seen in time lapse videos

Howard Beale

That video in Palmer, Massachusetts is only seconds from where my best friend in the world lives. What I found absolutely amusing is over 20 inches of snow, roads unplowed (plowed at the end of the video clearly) and you still see cars running around in all that white stuff. Different breed of driver.

No, they don't have snow tires and Palmer does have hills - western Mass is covered in hills.

Paddy

I have family in NY. I've gone back a few times during the winter. Each time, they didn't get any snow and Seattle got hammered. One of those years was 96.

Andrew Sinclair

Another one:Â http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151240988380443

SheilaKA

Hope people who have balconies don't forget to get the snow off of them...some might collapse with the weight.

northwestsurfer

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@SheilaKA I'm surprised that doesnt happen daily even in warm weather, with how fat and obese this country has gotten.

Rsills82

I realize that most people out east probably don't feel this way right now, but I think it'd be fun to experience this kind of snow at least once in my life ;) We have pretty weeny winters around here in comparison. Maybe not crazyÂ debilitating snow, but just something for people to play in/look at for a day or two.. then back to business as usual. It seems we used to have a lot more decent snowfalls back in the 90's vs what we get now most of the time.

I know people will want to kick me for saying that, but I think snow is/can be peaceful. I don't mind driving in it, it's other drivers I'm worried about when I'm in it :) Â

ScottS moderator

Â @Rsills82 I agree -- this sort of reminded me of the Dec. 29, 1996 snow. I was up in Port Angeles for the holidays and we got 22" up there. In Seattle, it was like 12" then it turned to a 45 degree heavy rain but the 'Strait Effect' snow kept it going an extra day in PA. Was trapped there for 3 days. I had never seen that much snow in my life and have yet to see anywhere near that much since. But seeing those buried cars sure brought back memories :)

Drew07

I like the thoughts of the original poster; it would be cool, just once.Â Scott, I was not far from you (about an hour) during the storm you mention.Â I was working and living at Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, and while you all got snow, we were trapped in a pocket of warmer air, and had incredible wind and rain.Â That storm blew over more than 75 trees across the Sol Duc Road and we were up there for about 4 days before the NPS came p with heavy equipment to clear the road.Â I was cold, but loved every moment of it.Â Oh, and in case anyone is wondering why we did not use the hot spring pools to stay warm--well, they are indeed 100% natural hot spring water, but an electric pump and heat exchanger have to be employed as the water coming in would burn a person in seconds.Â So, when we lost power, we lost the pools.Â :(