Southeast / Mid Atlantic / Northeast Christmas Blizzard 2010...

13 years ago

WHere are you and now much are you getting / do you have?

We're in The VA Beach area (Smithfield) and have 1 FOOT on the ground already, very high winds, whiteout conditions here and still snowing about 2" per hour. This blizzard rivals the blizzards of D.C. last winter easily.

The weather was calling for 8-12" here in the VA Beach area, but I think we are going to surpass that, at least here in the Smithfield / southside area.

Calling for as much as 20" in parts of the northeast.

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Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
13 years ago
Hi Ken!!!

Can you believe this?

I took pictures a few hours ago and just posted them...but now the conditions have changed for the worse...I can't have this much snow on the fronds...they will break from the weight of the snow...I'll wait again and then go back outside and relieve them from the massive amounts of snow!

I'm sorry we missed each other...but I'm glad you are here in Smithfield!!!

Enjoy your time here at the "beach" LOL...

Laura in VB
NoVaPlantGuy_Z7b_8a
Original Author
13 years ago
Hi Laura!

Yeah, me too! We were planning on coming back out to Va Beach proper at some point this trip, probably today, but once it started snowing yesterday when we were out on the James River we pretty much figured that we would not be making it. We have a 4WD jeep that goes just fine, even in 2 feet of snow, but a longer trip like that became out of the question today with a foot already on the ground and still coming down extremely heavy. This is almost as bad as our 2nd worst storm last winter (we had 3 huge ones) in terms of depth, and conditions/ visibility/ winds. We were expecting some snow here, but not a BLIZZARD!!!! This kind of snow in Southeast VA is almost unheard of.

Of course we are leaving to go back to DC / NoVA tomorrow, where they are getting just light snow/ flurries. Last night they were calling for 6-8" up there but it looks like they may only get an inch, if that.

Ill try and get over to the palm tree "farm" about 1/2 mile away to take some pics of the hundreds of windmills in the snow. Be safe, enjoy the scenery, and I hope your palms make it just fine. I have faith they will. =o)
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tropicpalms
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good to hear from you nova- yes i was born 1 in away from my house so lived here whole life i can only remember 1 storm like this where for about a week the streets were covered over a foot. back in the 80s my mom told me there was the famous blizzards back then and the ches. bay froze over... anyways we are not used to this kind of snow, i guess the temps were right and the storm came right over top of us. i have heard of that little palm farm u are talking about. keep up the work Mrs. Laura on those palms im goin out now again to do the same i hope to post pics inna little- Jusitn in Vb
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Justin, yeah my partner is from here and his mother and sister have lived here for 30 years and they mentioned that storm in the 80's. Late 80's I think it was.

I sure hope the roads are not covered for a week! We can get out because we have a 4 wheel drive jeep, but its the other people who either don't have 4 wheel drive or are not used to big / heavy / deep snows that scare me. We just went out to the store about an hour ago and had some fun in the back streets "four wheelin" hahaha.

I looked at the forecast and its supposed to be in the upper 50s to low 60s by the end of the week!!! Seeing snow like this and knowing that in a few days its going to be 60+ is VERY strange to me. Good luck with the palms everyone! I hope they come through ok!
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Hey Guys!!

I remember that snowstorm...it was Feb. 1980. I was working downtown Norfolk at the time...they really missed that forecast!! lol..the people that were at the Norfolk Scope had to stay overnight at the arena while visiting the circus!!! what a memory for that year!!!

Be careful traveling north...you and your 4 wheel drive will be fine...it's the other crazy people that you have to watch out for!!! LOL...

Be safe,

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