On February 22, I wrote about the (then) impending storm which has since become known as the Blizzard of ’26. Here’s how the storm played out for us.
- I had done well to take “before” photos of the yard, but then I neglected to take the “after” pictures. Ooops. I also wasn’t able to find an official snow total for my town. Due to drifting and the blanket of snow already on the ground, I can’t say with any certainty how much snow we got, but I think was over two feet.
- T.F. Green Airport got a record-breaking 37.9 inches.
- At one point the snow was accumulating so fast in Providence that the plows themselves started getting stuck, and the city was forced to suspended plow service for a while.
- We were fortunate in that we never lost power (not everyone was so lucky). Our cable went out in the evening, but that’s wasn’t such a bad thing. Instead of watching TV, I caught up on my reading.
- When I took the kids to their routine dentist appointments on the following Wednesday, the streets were still in a sorry state. Plowed only as far as the white lines, the roads were narrower than usual, and with the shoulders and sidewalks blocked, pedestrians were forced to walk in the middle of the road. In some places there was still snow in the road, and in others, such as certain intersections, it was piled so high that it blocked my visibility. I don’t do as much bad-weather driving these days, and those conditions made me anxious. I was quite relieved to get home safely.
- School was canceled for four whole days! After having had almost two weeks off (the previous week having been February vacation), it was a real shock to the kids’ systems to have to return on Friday.
- Today is March 8, and there’s still a significant amount of snow on the ground, but it has been steadily melting. Every day I hear the drip, drip, drip. This coming week is supposed to be warm. I wonder if it will be enough to finally melt all the snow away.