Winter Storm Juno 2015

People in the Northeast woke on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 to the Storm named Juno.  We all expected a storm, but the rate of snowfall was impressive. 

These picture are from 6:00a on January 27, 2015 in New Hampshire.

You should know that when we retired the evening on the Monday (26th) the decks were clear of snow and nothing was on the hand rail. The handrail is a good measurement of what had falling overnight.

Picture below is the back yard at 7:30a on the 27th.


The view from the Clay Studio door.   The wall that is barely visible is about two and a half feet high.
 

The picture below is the deck pictured above two hours later.

This picture below is one hour later.   The railing is disappearing.

The other deck at 6:00a on the 27th.  (Sorry for the screen door.)


We didn't touch this deck....this picture below is from 7:00a on the 28th (next morning).  The snow started in at about 11:00p on the 27th and ended at 4:00a on the 28th.   

My helper at the edge of the driveway....the white streaks are blowing snow caught by the flash.

The stairs to the back yard.  Clay studio door in background.

Final picture was taken of the backyard (compare to the same view above) the following morning when the snow stopped.


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