50" within four days. Normal amt. for the entire winter season 22". 10 Years Ago, Twin 'Snowmageddon' Snowstorms Paralyzed Washington D.C. and Mid-Atlantic | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com Back in the 70s, we got a few in the 24" range. Recall my wife and I shoveling the driveway, all 600' of it. Took us a week, missed lots of work back then before having farmer John plow us out with his John Deere front end loader. Still using farmer John these days.
I bought this place in Louisa County, Virginia in October of 2009. It's 1/2 mile off the paved road. Here's a pic partway down the driveway after a few inches of snow we had in 2012: My house is down there somewhere. I did not move into the place until June of 2010. I dodged a bullet. I cannot imagine being in such a storm after just moving in and not really being settled. My neighbors tell me that there were over 40 downed trees between our houses and the paved road. Here's a pic of that 2010 storm in Vienna VA (just a few miles outside of DC), early into it: I have a 32hp Kubota and have plowed us out of just one storm since I've moved here. I take it you lived outside of Baltimore at the time?
Yes. It took the farmer with his huge front-end loader six attempts to get up the hill. He gave up after the first three and came back the next day. Wife and I were talking about an air lift to get us out of here.
My neighbors here told me that he and his wife cut up and moved a few of the felled trees before looking at the dozens that were remaining, and then they called for help. Here's my tractor looking at 3 felled trees that came down from a recent ice storm: The roots are a good 20' or more off to the left. They were tall!!! When one fell it took the others (there were 3 more downed off-camera that did not cross the road.) That "driveway" is 1/2 mile long. There's always something to move out of the way. We try to keep it cut back to minimize interruptions.
Freezing rain is terrifying. We've been undergoing an off-and-on "wintry mix" since 0800 yesterday and expected to continue to 0600 tomorrow.