Every year brings a few minor and a few major snowstorms to Connecticut. The minor ones leave a few inches of snow, usually overnight, while the ones to look out for are the nor'easters. These counter-clockwise rotating storms are always the cause of 10"+ snowstorms, but usually less than 15". There is at least one a season. Shortly after the Superbowl this year, a unique storm hit the east coast. It was a nor'easter, but one comprised of two low-pressure systems which had merged. It dropped twice as much snow as the typical storms have.
The clean-up that followed was one I'll never forget. I took measurements in several areas of my driveway, and settled on 30.5 inches. The highest snowfall recording on the east coast from this storm (Winter Storm Nemo) was 40" in Hamden, CT (~15 mi southeast from me). I'm still questioning whether I exerted more effort trying to maneuver my snowblower on top of the snow (because the snow was higher than it, I tried taking it off in layers) than if I had toughed it out with a shovel. There was plenty of shoveling, mind you. When I was finished with my house, I helped some of the neighbors...as much as I could. I was out there for over 8 hours, and when I was finally done, I felt as if I'd been hit by a truck. Total exhaustion.
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