February 17 wet snow February 19, 2024
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Saturday’s all snow event was bigger than I expected. Unlike Tuesday’s storm, I wasn’t blindsided until after the snow began to accumulate. I woke up around 6AM not just to lots of wet snow on the ground, but my dad’s Ford Explorer out of the driveway. He and Mom left earlier to drive my sister to the airport. I don’t know where, but I overheard a phone conversation Mom had in the afternoon. That indicated it was to a Central Time Zone location. (3/3 UPDATE: She went to Costa Rica for a week.)
Based on nearby snowfall reports, I again assume 6 inches fell in the Wantagh Woods section of Wantagh, though it could have been less.
With Dad at his office, the only option was to shovel, which I did after the snow had ended late in the morning. It took 38:34 to shovel it all. A purely photographic timeline follows below.
6:40 AM:
7:40 AM:
8:46 AM:
10:51 AM:
11:37 AM, before clearing Mom’s car and shoveling:
12:58 PM, after clearing and shoveling:
Thankfully, only rain is in the forecast in the next seven days, with that chance coming Thursday night into Friday.
3/15 UPDATE: We haven’t had any snow since. I finally put the shovels away one day last week.
February 13 wet snowstorm February 15, 2024
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The next snow event came nearly a month after the last one, on Tuesday, February 13. I didn’t even know about it until the day before when my mom said a storm was expected. I had not checked the weather forecast in days and was blindsided by what I saw on the National Weather Service website. 3 to 7 inches were expected! That meant I’d have to shovel. Yes, my dad got a snow blower in 2018, but I still need to shovel what he can’t get.
Despite reassurances from Facebook friends that the forecast was media hype and little to no snow would fall, it fell nonstop from about 6AM to about 1PM. I didn’t measure afterward, but going by the NWS snow report for neighboring Levittown, I figure my neighborhood in Wantagh got 6 inches.
Needing to get to his office, my dad used the snow blower at around 11AM. Thankfully, any snow that fell afterward did not accumulate, an upside to above freezing temperatures. Just before 2:30 PM, I went outside to shovel what was left. I shoveled the left side of the house up to the oil burner pipe, the corners of the driveway, the center of the driveway where snow had been cleared off my parents’ cars, the curb, and the sidewalk up to the property line. Aided by the first six tracks of McCoy Tyner’s Double Trios album on my iPhone and Beats Fit Pro earbuds, it took me 43:03 (timed on my watch) to do the job.
Skies cleared within an hour of returning inside.
The next chance of snow comes via a mix with rain tonight and then all snow early Saturday morning.
For now, a photographic timeline of Tuesday’s wet snow follows below. (There’s even a video.)
6:30 AM:
7:30 AM:
8:32 AM:
9:30 AM:
10:57 AM:
11:08 AM, as my Dad clears snow:
11:36 AM, starting with a brief video:
1:02 PM:
1:39 PM, before shoveling, as Mom drives out:
3:11 PM, after shoveling:
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