Winter

A Stormy Tale: Maine and Massachusetts

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Yesterday, a powerful storm named Hernando made its way up the East Coast, from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, including Massachusetts, where my daughter and son-in-law live, and Maine, where we live. The storm brought snow, snow, and more snow.

Because Maine is north of north, you might think that we got hit the hardest, but you would be wrong. Where Shannon and Mike live, just outside Boston, the snowfall was twenty-one inches. (Boston is about 160 miles south of us.) To the south of them, in Rhode Island, snowfall totaled nearly thirty inches, and travel bans were in effect in some counties. (Folks, that’s a lot of snow, even by Maine standards.) Maine’s snowfall? Two inches. As I write this, Clif is outside with his scoop and shovel, cleaning the driveway and walkways. There is too little snow for Snow Joe.

Here are some pictures that Shannon and Mike took outside Boston.

The view from their window,

their parking lot,

and on the way to work the next day—again, just outside Boston. Has a Narnia look, doesn’t it?

And here is a picture of our porch. The snow on the rail will give an idea of how much snow we got—not much.

It’s funny how a storm can peter out as it moves north. At our home on the edge of the woods, none of us were sorry that Hernando didn’t dump a lot of snow on us. As you can probably tell from the picture, we have plenty of snow, and we certainly didn’t need thirty inches more.

Still, in New England, a winter without snow is a sorry affair, not good for the perennials, not good for the water table. But one thing is certain: this year, in New England, we have plenty of snow.

 

51 thoughts on “A Stormy Tale: Maine and Massachusetts”

  5. I wonder why storms have to be named? Somebody got the bright idea of naming our Big Freeze of ’21 “Uri.” I prefer the “Snowpocalypse of ’21”! We are expecting 80F tomorrow. Trees are getting wee green buds. But it’s so dry we desperately need rain.

  6. Wowsah what a storm Laurie, so glad you’re all OK and keeping warm and cosy 🙏❤️ xxx

  7. Certain snow scenes do make one think of Narnia. Funny, isn’t it, how fantasy imprinted on your imagination when you are young can resonate through a lifetime!

  8. Received a wonderful post from a blog friend yesterday living practically next to Central Park in New York. He took a lot of beautiful pictures of people frolicking in the snow inside the Park . . . perchance all the snow-covered cars were not so funny if one had to get to work. Thank you for your photos and descriptions which I am reading earlyish in the morning in Oz with the thermometer saying 28C and about another 10 degrees to come 🙂 ! Somewhere midline would be nice . . . ?

    1. My pleasure! In New York, it looked as though people were having a lot of fun on their snow day. I think most people got to stay home that day.

      Wow, you sure are having hot weather. Yes, the midline is nice. However, as Mainer who is used to Maine winters, cold and snow, to a certain extent, are normal.

  10. I’ve been following the snowfall throughout the east coast this winter. I have friends in Ohio, Iowa, Connecticut, and family in New York. Moderation isn’t on the radar this year. I’m glad you have “just enough” snow. Thank you for sharing the pics from Boston.

  14. We haven’t had any snow this year (not yet, anyway), but the rain has been close to relentless over the past 6 weeks. Luckily, we’re enjoying a brief respite this week with one or two sunny days as a foretaste of spring. It feels like a world away from the weather you’ve had to deal with in Massachusetts and Maine!

    1. Phew! Six weeks of rain. Seems like flooding must be a problem. Snow is a fact of life in New England, especially in northern New England. But even so, three feet of snow is a bit much! 😉 Glad Maine just got a couple inches.

  15. Minnesota prides itself (among other things) on its cold & snow. We’ve gotten plenty of cold this winter but not a lot of snow. Most of “our” snow seems to have gone to the East Coast. We’re sad about this. Can we have some of it back? ❄️😉

    1. When it comes to weather, Maine and Minnesota have a lot in common. We, too, pride ourselves on cold and snow and our ability to not only cope but also thrive. Wish I could send you some snow.

  18. I’m glad you just got two inches. Maybe your distance from the coast had something to do with it? We’ve had some crazy weather down here–the 5 inches of snow + 3 inches of sleet that turned into snowcrete is finally gone except for the larger piles. I hope things are well with you. Are you writing more novels?

    1. So nice to hear from you! I had been thinking of you. Yes, the storm was primarily coastal, and we are about 60 miles inland. Once upon a time, it seemed too far from the ocean, but now it seems like a good thing.

      Thanks for asking about my writing. I have just finished a novel, which is in the editing process, and I’ve begun a new one. No rest for the wicked. 😉

  19. For some reason, the photo of the view from Shannon and Mike’s window reminds me of a Steichen photograph of New York. My favorite is the one with the traffic light in front of all those snow covered trees — just lovely! It is good that you missed out on those thirty inches. On the other hand, no snow isn’t good, either. As you pointed out, snow means water — eventually!

  21. I notice that I can leave my house in rain and Cardigan, 20 miles away, has a sunny day or vice versa. I’m glad the weather gods are giving you just the right amount of snow.

  22. I am happy for our weather right now but your snow images look so wonderful, Laurie. After a couple of gloomy rainy days we got a good weekend.

      1. Weekend is over and we are back to our normal weather, a lot of rain and wind.

        Enjoy snow before spring enters.
        Thank you Laurie.

  23. Sounds like you had a lucky escape, although even that much snow is way more than I would like to see outside my front door. Snow should be seen and never experienced, in my humble opinion!

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