The Snowstorm: A Commentary
by Rick Winterson The recent snowstorm was quite a storm – no doubt about that. It combined three serious and forceful conditions at more or less exactly the same time. The intensity of the snowfall was remarkable – up to three inches of fall per hour on Thursday afternoon, which created essentially white-out conditions. This continued into Friday morning before sunrise. In addition, temperatures took a dive, beginning (oddly enough) as the storm was ending and culminating on Sunday morning with a record of -5 degrees (F) below zero, even though the sun had just risen. Because of the stiff north wind, wind-chill factors dove to -15 degrees (F) below zero – a treacherous level. Furthermore, the high tides, about an hour after [...]