The Friday Special: First Snow of the Season

Overnight we had our first snow of the season as a cold front came in at the tail end of a rainstorm and left an icy dusting on lawns and cars in the immediate Boston area.

HP Pre2 Photo

More -- real -- snow is due in the area tomorrow, courtesy of a Noreaster coming up the coast.

It may seem a bit early for snow and digging out the shovels and scrapers, but it really isn't. The flakes have been known to fly here at earlier dates.

The earliest snow I can recall was back on October 11, 1979. Over the prior night we had a combination ice and snow storm that left eastern and central parts of Massachusetts glazed and looking great in the morning sun, but traffic could barely crawl.

How do I know? Well, me and my '68 Ford Galaxie had to slowly make our way that morning from Melrose (just north of Boston) out north and west to Boxborough for work. Fortunately, the trip was to attend a one-day seminar/tradeshow rather than for real work... and everyone else was late, too.

It was also the day I learned that a motor vehicle can travel in two directions simultaneously... forward and sideways!


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