{"id":797,"date":"2008-03-08T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/ah_springtime_i.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:30","slug":"ah_springtime_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/ah_springtime_i.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Ah, Springtime in Ohio &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/images\/p1200155_salguod_net_image_1.jpg?resize=450%2C338\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nYou know, whet the National Weather Service cancels the Winter Storm Warning for your area in favor of a <em>Blizzard Warning<\/em>, you might be in trouble.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s how the forecast went:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday night 11:00 news: 6-10 inches by Saturday afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Friday morning at 6:45 as Jess got on the bus: 8-14 inches by Saturday afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Friday morning when I got to work at 8:30: 12-15 inches by Saturday afternoon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200162_salguod_net_image_2-1367.shtml\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200162_salguod_net_image_2-1367.shtml','popup','width=450,height=338,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200162_salguod_net_image_2-thumb-175x131-1367.jpg?resize=175%2C131\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" alt=\"\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span>We were supposed to have 1-3 by the end of Friday, I shoveled 5&#8243; off the driveway after work.  The top picture is what I saw at 8:00 this morning, the one at left is after cleaning the driveway again.  Should have a couple more inches to shovel by the time the day&#8217;s out.  Judging by the pile on our swing set, we&#8217;ve gotten at least 12&#8243; so far.<br \/>\nChurch is by small groups tomorrow because the school we meet in won&#8217;t open the building for us, but I&#8217;m doubting we&#8217;ll get out of our neighborhood by then.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nothingimportantto.us\/\">byevad<\/a>, I&#8217;m working on matching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nothingimportantto.us\/pivot\/entry.php?id=1266#body\">you<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>UPDATE 2PM:<\/strong>  Just shoveled another 3&#8243; &#8211; 4&#8243; and judging by the radar, we&#8217;ve got a couple more hours of snow coming.  I&#8217;m thinking we&#8217;ll be close to 20&#8243; before it&#8217;s over, which is crazy.  Cleveland is supposed to get it even worse.<br \/>\nThe neighbors are using their Suburban to tow their kids down the street on their sleds.  Fun, I&#8217;m sure, but doesn&#8217;t seem too bright.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200213_salguod_net_image_3-1368.shtml\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200213_salguod_net_image_3-1368.shtml','popup','width=450,height=340,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/assets_c\/2009\/03\/p1200213_salguod_net_image_3-thumb-175x132-1368.jpg?resize=175%2C132\" width=\"175\" height=\"132\" alt=\"\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><strong>UPDATE 7PM:<\/strong>  Well, the snow finally stopped after 5 and the sun actually came out briefly.  Audrey and I measured 12-13 inches in a couple of spots in the middle of the yard, but it&#8217;s been blowing a lot and that could be less there due to that.  I&#8217;m pretty sure that we got well over the predicted 15 inches, closer to 18, but maybe it just <em>seemed<\/em> that way as I shoveled it.  \ud83d\ude1b<br \/>\nI added the shovel shot for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nothingimportantto.us\/\">byevad<\/a>.  Yeah, not quite the same as his but hey, the ground was bare 36 hours ago!<br \/>\n<strong>UPDATE SUNDAY:<\/strong>  Well, the official total is 20.4 inches, breaking a single storm record from 1910 (15.3 inches) and the 15.4 inches since midnight Saturday broke a 24 hour record from 1987 (12.2 inches).  See, I wasn&#8217;t crazy after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, whet the National Weather Service cancels the Winter Storm Warning for your area in favor of a Blizzard Warning, you might be in trouble. Here&#8217;s how the forecast<a href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/ah_springtime_i.shtml\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ah, Springtime in Ohio &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ah, Springtime in Ohio ... - salguod.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2008\/03\/ah_springtime_i.shtml\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ah, Springtime in Ohio ... - salguod.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You know, whet the National Weather Service cancels the Winter Storm Warning for your area in favor of a Blizzard Warning, you might be in trouble. 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