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Do we have any DUers in Philadelphia? My nephew lives there and I am curious just how bad it is right now? Any power outages?
drm604
(16,230 posts)I'm not aware of any outages. The snow is very deep. I'm not sure how deep since I haven't even ventured outside but from the window of my second floor apartment I can see that my car is half buried.
I think it's still snowing. Either that or the snow is just blowing around, I can't tell for sure. It's not a real damp snow so it's not building up on the power lines, so I don't expect any outages.
Texasgal
(17,045 posts)So far okay as far as power from what I understand. The snow is heavy and they are still expecting more. They are hunkered down and not going anywhere.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)where he and the GF live. Just rather they hunker down.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Trees without leaves offer less resistance to the wind and rarely topple or lose large branches. If the precipitation remains all snow (not freezing rain), then the snow doesn't stick to the power lines. What can be dangerous is rime, an ice formed by freezing fog, but that wasn't expected in the Philly area.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)The snow has all but stopped. I haven't heard about power outages in any particular area and the plows have been out since last night keeping the roads fairly clean. The back of my house looks like the final scene from The Shining.
Hazelrah
(150 posts)I live in Roxborough. Lots of snow, lots of wind earlier but it died down this evening. There's a snow drift in my yard up to my shoulders and its impossible to open my backdoor. No power or internet outages (thank the gods!). I shoveled out my walk and took a run at clearing space around my car around 2 PM and now its about halfway filled back up again. The snow is relatively light and fluffy so its easy to shovel, theres just a ton of it.