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Feb 13, 2010; Long & Foster |
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Third time:
A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES FROM 10 AM TUESDAY UNTIL 12 AM THURSDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE!
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET, OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 45 MPH.
It seems that this will be mostly a wind event with rain, but we're right on the rain/snow line. Too early to predict. |
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| Sunday Noon: Asplundh and DelPow working on removal of tree along Short and restoration of power, and will be wrapped up within the hour. If you live along Short Rd, and your version of winterizing is "keep the heat on low and hope the power stays on" you should have someone check your property as soon as possible. It was below 20 degrees last night, and the power was off for approximately 35 hours. | |
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Sunday 10AM: snow clearing underway-we received about 7" more snow since last posting.
Clearing concentrating first on streets where people live.
4PM Saturday: Wind speed has dropped; snowfall intensified. First pass at removing accumulation removed from Beach Plum Rd before the slush turned to ice. Wind now from north; waves are driven along the beach and our dunes have suffered no erosion. Mediacom CATV and internet fortunately working with only minor interruptions. 1:30PM Saturday: Just learned that a tree blew down on Short at about 2AM, and residents along Short have not had power since then. Delmarva Power responded, and reported a tree company needed to remove the tree first. Tree company showed up, and don't believe Delmarva Power properly grounded the remaining overhead lines. At 10:30 Saturday AM, the wind is blowing a pretty constant 30mph from the NNE. Temperature is hovering just above freezing; Dune Rd covering is mostly slush. Power went out briefly just after 2AM. It's been constantly precipitating, with snow turing to sleet/ice overnight. It now has apparently switched back to snow, but the wind is the big story of this storm. State of Emergency in Delaware-no non-emergency vehicles allowed on state roadways. Ergo, I can't drive over to the pine side. I'll bet if I jumped really high, I'd be carried across the highway. |
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As of 10:30 Friday nite, temperatures are right about the freezing mark, but fortunately all precipitation today has been snow. There is a steady 15-20mph wind from the NE, and very little fresh accumulation along Dune Road. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR KENT, SUSSEX, QUEEN ANNE'S, TALBOT, AND CAROLINE COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY....A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR DORCHESTER, WICOMICO, SOMERSET, AND WORCESTER COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY...AND FOR ACCOMACK COUNTY FROM 6 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ACCOMACK COUNTY THROUGH 9 AM SATURDAY...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT WORCESTER COUNTY AND THE MARYLAND BEACHES FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY....A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ACCOMACK COUNTY FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY....FOR KENT AND SUSSEX FROM 11 PM UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY...AND WORCESTER COUNTY FROM 11 PM UNTIL 6 PM SATURDAY...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WORCESTER, ACCOMACK, AND THE MARYLAND BEACHES FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY....A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DORCHESTER, WICOMICO, AND SOMERSET FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARYLAND BEACHES AND ACCOMACK COUNTY FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA. The question comes up at this time of year as to whether the MBA plows its streets. The official answer is "when we get 4 inches of snow, yes we do". An advantage of this policy is that we never(!) get more than 4" of snow this close to the ocean, so we can make it seem like we take care of our residents, but in reality spend no money at all. The Dollar General/Seaside Village and Long & Foster owners have much higher plowing standards than we do. They usually plow our streets adjacent their parking lots, which we certainly appreciate. Our primary areas of concern are near the stop signs along Beach Plum Road, and the intersections of our streets with Rt.1. The storm last weekend (January 30) brought anywhere between 8 and 12" of snow to our streets, and snow clearing was done late Sunday and Monday. This weekend, it has been predicted that we might get up to 24" of snow. This does NOT mean that we will plow 6 times. We have "prepositioned our snow removal assets" (our contractor's front end loader is parked on E. Addy Rd, and there are 3 spare 5 gallon cans of diesel fuel under my deck). We'll see what things looks like when the sun comes up Saturday morning. |
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It snowed last weekend
Click for video posted on Facebook by Kerry Hall |
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Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
Monday, May 10, 2010 |
What's with this sign?
proposal for the vacant Gallo lot |
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| Middlesex Beach is on the lower Delaware coast of the Atlantic Ocean near Bethany Beach. It is located just north of South Bethany, and south of Sea Colony. The short business strip along DE 1 (Long&Foster, McDonald's, South Bethany Seafood, China Express, Shore Stop, Resort Quest etc.) is in our community. |
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