Another 10 inches fell between 7 and 10pm. I've just shoveled about two-thirds the way from the garage door out to the driveway. It's very light snow; I made good progress in the 15 minutes I was out. But there was at least another inch nearest the garage door as I came in. And I think we're still in the "dark blue" radar band. They said on the news that's the 2 inches/hour band, but the snowfall is well ahead of that here.
I wouldn't be trying to go anywhere even if the Governor hadn't banned traffic across the Commonwealth this afternoon. It's the first time I can remember when I've been someplace where the entire state is shut down, and where I've been under a ban on driving my car for anything other than an emergency. I've been in storms where highways have been shut down, and where people are advised to stay off the roads, but never in an outright ban. At 7pm, it seemed an over-reaction, out here in the Pioneer Valley at least. As of 10, it's clearly anything but. The last thing we needed was a bunch of traffic on the roads during those three hours. Even here.
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I can only understand going out in this if it is a serious personal health or safety issue. We had neither, so stayed put.
I didn't know LJ had a way to notify folks when pictures are uploaded. Interesting. I don't think there's a way to be notified when I make posts, but then again, I would have said the same thing about pictures. What's the secret to that?
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So I saw that Spencer, which is near you, was in the top 5 of snowfall in Massachusetts with 30". How are you doing?