US to celebrate a record White Christmas
Snow storm hit US last week end
Christmas and Snow are inseparable, because it falls in December. This year however the Christmas in US is going to be abnormally white with snow. During last week end, many parts of the country encountered fierce snow storm. From Virginia down to New England, the storm was fierce to drop record snowfall – but thanks to week closing, commuters to work escaped the hassle.
Throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region, somewhere around two feet of snow got stuck, while the sky was mostly clear. Travelers in many cities, including Washington and Boston were stranded midway, making it hard to do Christmas shopping. At the US capital, it is going to be a holiday on Monday for federal government agencies due to snow.
US Senate convened as usual and dealt with US health care reform bill amidst this entire snow storm though.
Flight cancellations were rampant – delayed departures and arrivals were the order of the day at Washington area and the 3 Metropolitan airports of New York.
Statistically this snow storm has left some high marks on record: Reagan National Airport outside Washington – 16 inches of snow on Saturday, most ever recorded for a single December day; Baltimore-Washington area – largest snowstorm since February 2003; Medford, New Jersey 24 inches – a new record; Philadelphia 23.2 inches – second largest since 1884; and at T.F. Green Airport, Warwick the 13.4 inches on Sunday, eclipsed its previous record of 6.3 inches in 1995. At Upton, Long Island, it was 26.3 inches, an all time record since 1949.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was enthusiastic in encouraging holiday visitors and residents to enjoy the Broadway show while roads, subways and train services had a tough time submerged in the snow. A Merry Christmas but a Snowy Christmas, the US ever had.
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