Last winter New England was hammered by
winter storm after winter storm. As a result, Boston, Massachusetts,
reached a new seasonal snow fall record. Now 2015 is over and the
first major snow event of 2016, dubbed Winter Storm Jonas by The
Weather Channel, is now pummeling the East coast causing chaos from
North Carolina to New York City, not New England.
The devastating storm has crippled the
nation's capital, where The Weather Channel was reporting that
citizens were advised as of Friday night to have a minimum of 72
hours worth of essential supplies available. The storm has also
caused Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey governor
Chris Christie to leave the vital New Hampshire primary campaign
trail to return to New Jersey to oversee the state during a state of
emergency due to the winter storm.
Here in Richmond, Virginia, we are
getting the bottom end of the winter storm. Nothing like our
neighbors to the north. WRIC Richmond, was reporting as of 7 A.M.
today that the Richmond metro area had received between 5 to 7 inches
depending on one's exact location, with an additional three to five
inches expected to fall today. WRIC also reported that there were
290 accidents within the Richmond metro area on Friday daytime and
overnight.
As the snow continues to fall and the
wind chill lowers the temperature to low double digit numbers, if you
are anywhere in this winter storm you know that it is dangerous to be
out. This is a great time to curl up with a nice book.
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