The following is from Donna Butland's Facebook (photos), on Febuary 6, 2010:
Well, it is still snowing..just creepy.. we had a lot of downed branches but we still have electricity but, Yikes the satellite when down...there are so many branches down behind our house too...hope none of these tree topple!
Donna lives in the Washington DC area, as do other dear friends, Shirley Ellis and Tom Vatter. The following are from their Facebook (photos) on Febuary 6, 2010:
We had a very wet snow of almost 30 inches and many many trees have fallen.... It sounds like the fourth of July here with all the tree limbs breaking.
This is what caused Snowmageddon 2010:
"...a gigantic storm in the North Atlantic...winds were not as strong as those in a Category 3 or 4 hurricane because the "pressure gradient" was spread out across a wide area rather than being concentrated in an eyewall, but nevertheless the North Atlantic storm is a very strong non-tropical cyclone, and huge in size... is part of a pattern which is setting up an atmospheric wall (boxed) and blocking the Mid-Atlantic storm from moving north. Thus, there's no snow north of a line from northern Pennsylvania to near NYC.... But in many places where there has been snow, it has snowed, and snowed, and snowed, and it's still snowing! A perfect combination of sufficiently cold air, a whole lotta moisture, a long duration of the snow falling, strong "dynamics" (wind energy), and some instability (which led to thundersnow!) has resulted in an epic snowstorm with huge accumulations -- unofficial reports of more than 30" between Washington and Baltimore and up to 22" near Pittsburgh...." (From TWC's Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro's blog)
From the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in Camp Springs, MD, these are snowfall totals at the end of the storm:
...WASHINGTON DC …
27.5 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
21.0 ANACOSTIA
20.0 WASHINGTON
18.2 WASHINGTON
...DELAWARE...
26.5 WILMINGTON
25.8 BEAR
25.2 CLAYMONT
25.0 BRIDGEVILLE
24.3 NEWARK
22.0 MILTON
21.5 DOVER
...MARYLAND...
38.3 ELKRIDGE !!!! (3 or 4 truck stops in Elkton - just before the DE state line)
36.0 FROSTBURG
35.5 FRIENDSVILLE
34.0 CROFTON
33.8 COLUMBIA
32.9 LAUREL
32.0 CLARKSBURG
32.0 ECKHART MINES
31.0 HAMPTON
30.5 HANCOCK
30.0 MONTGOMERY VILLAGE
29.5 GERMANTOWN
29.5 OELLA
29.0 FREDERICK
28.0 DAMASCUS
28.0 LONACONING
28.0 PIMLICO
26.0 GWYNN OAK
25.0 COLLEGE PARK
24.8 BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AIRPORT
24.0 WESTERNPORT
23.5 ROCKVILLE
23.5 ROYAL OAK
21.5 ANNAPOLIS
21.0 ELKTON
19.5 WWB CAMP SPRINGS
...NEW JERSEY...
28.5 NATIONAL PARK
27.3 CHERRY HILL
26.4 SEWELL
26.0 ELDORA
24.0 ESTELL MANOR
21.5 MOUNT LAUREL
21.5 QUINTON
20.5 MANTUA
20.0 SICKLERVILLE
19.4 MOUNT HOLLY
19.0 BEACHWOOD
16.8 NORTH CAPE MAY
15.0 HAMILTON
...OHIO...
17.5 SALEM
17.0 WINONA
15.0 EAST LIVERPOOL
14.0 ALCONY
14.0 CLAIBOURNE
13.0 COVINTON
13.0 GREENVILLE
13.0 PHILLIPSBURG
13.0 STREETSBORO
12.5 SALEM
12.0 PICKERINGTON
12.0 RAVENNA
11.0 SPRINGFIELD
8.0 AKRON
6.0 CLEVELAND
...PENNSYLVANIA...
31.0 UPPER STRASBURG
30.0 SOMERSET
28.5 PHILADELPHIA
28.0 JOHNSTOWN
27.0 GLEN ROCK
26.7 PHILADELPHIA INTL AIRPORT
26.5 WESTMONT
26.0 ORRTANNA
24.5 MILLERSVILLE
23.5 LEECHBURG
22.6 RAINSBURG
22.0 EAST MCKEESPORT
21.7 FARMINGTON
21.4 YORK SPRINGS
21.0 HOOKSTOWN
21.0 LANCASTER
21.0 MARIETTA
...VIRGINIA...
37.0 HOWELLSVILLE
34.5 LEESBURG
34.0 BLUEMONT
32.4 DULLES INTERNATIONAL
31.5 ARMEL
31.0 WILDE ACRES
30.5 BERRYVILLE
28.0 BALLSTON
28.0 CHANTILLY
27.0 GAINESVILL
26.0 STEPHENS CITY
25.0 WHITACRE
24.0 MARSHALL
24.0 WINCHESTER
23.2 ALEXANDRIA
23.0 OPAL
22.1 ASHBURN
20.0 LOCUST GROVE
17.8 REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT
14.0 FREDERICKSBURG
...WEST VIRGINIA...
34.0 LEHEW
33.0 BAYARD
33.0 ROMNEY
33.0 SMITH CROSSBOADS
31.0 MIDDLEWAY
30.0 VANVILLE
29.2 KEYSER
28.3 RIDGELEY
27.9 MARTINSBURG
25.0 BUNKER HILL
18.0 MOUNT STORM
17.0 HIGH VIEW
16.5 MCCOOLE
14.0 ROWLESBURG
14.0 WHITE SULPHUR
13.5 HEADSVILLE
...INDIANA...
10.0 MIXERSVILLE
8.5 NEW WHITELAND
8.0 CARMEL
7.5 INDIANAPOLIS
7.0 ATLANTA
6.5 ZIONSVILLE
6.1 NEW SALEM
6.1 SPEEDWAY
6.0 NEW CASTLE
6.0 OSGOOD
6.0 SEYMOUR
...MISSOURI...
6.5 BUNKER
6.5 SALEM
5.0 ROLLA
...NORTH CAROLINA...
8.5 BOONE
7.3 BLOWING
6.0 MEAT
5.2 TODD
3.0 ROXBORO
3.0 WALKERTOWN
