Blizzard in Philly

Overnight a blizzard dumped a lot of snow on Philadelphia and up and down the East Coast. NYC got a lot too. We were talking to Rita last night and she was describing the snow coming down outside her window and happy that she had nowhere to go over the next few days. We had also talked to Katie this week and she was anticipating the heavy snow coming and having the kids home from school again.

So today it looks like the kids are having some fun with the snow in their backyard and the snow in the photos have really piled up around their house.

One of the things about snow storms in Philly is the snow piled up on the narrow streets where there isn't anywhere to put the snow. The narrow streets get clogged with plowed in cars and huge piles of snow. The snow plowing by the city focuses on the main streets and the narrow side streets just don't get plowed very well.

The grandkids did get to play in the snow in their backyard today. It looks like Todd made them a snow fort.