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Thread #108471   Message #2257092
Posted By: CarolC
08-Feb-08 - 03:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: 16 INCHES!!!!!!!!!
Subject: RE: BS: 16 INCHES!!!!!!!!!
I lived for 12 or 13 years in Garrett County in western Maryland (USA), where in 2003, 49" / 124.5 cm of snow were dumped in one storm. That was on top of 120" / 304.8 cm that was already on the ground (total - 169" / 429.3 cm). Fortunately I wasn't living there then, but we had some similar snowfalls while I did live there. It wasn't unusual to go outside after a big snowfall and not be able to find your car, and there were places where you couldn't park your car from November or December until April or you might get snowed in for the whole winter. The county's average yearly snowfall was about 100" / 254cm. Coldest temps I experienced there were 30-40 degrees below zero without the wind chill.

This is one of the reasons I live in the Sunny South today.