Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 brought a VERY RARE visitor to Ocean City MD. SNOW … and lot’s of it. It was very beautiful and a sight to see! Located with warmer ocean and bay water temperatures on both sides, we often get rain due to above freezing temperatures in the winter. This time, Mother Nature shoved some chilly freezing temperatures on us and the result was my guess 8 or 9 inches of soft white snow. The wind was fairly light, so it didn’t drift too much. I did experience drifts of 2 and 3 foot around the house here. The snow shovel (used very rarely) had been retrieved from the storage shed and had been propped up against the outside of the door. Unfortunately the breeze blew it over and now it was somewhere under 2 foot of snow drift. After a minute or two of probing around in the fluffy snow i retrieved the snow shovel from it’s hiding place buried in the snow.
The street was still quite passable as there were only about 3 or 4 inches of snow at this time of the day. Only a few cars had ventured out on this side street, but the snow was still falling as darkness approached. I wasn’t sure what to expect come morning, but was surely pleased that my schedule didn’t require me to motor about in the car. Temperatures were in the mid twenties and seemed to indicate they would stay in the lower 20 degree range throughout the night as light snow continued to filter down from the sky. I am unsure of whether the streets would be plowed come morning. Fortunately tomorrow is Saturday so there isn’t any demand on residents to get to work.
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doesn’t get any better than this. Just imagine yourself being in the Swiss Alps ? Everywhere is a Winter Wonderland! It makes one think about a winter fireplace crackling in the corner and a view like this outside your window. So serene and calm a scene. Fodder for an Artist I suppose. Bring your easel and paint brush and let your talents flow. It won’t last long however, so this digital image will provide memories for many many years.
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Progress has been made with a path now shoveled from the door to the driveway and car door. This beautiful snow isn’t so beautiful when it requires one to move it to enable a clear walking path through it. At least I believe my exercise should be sufficient for the day. Fortunately the snow was light and dry making the task somewhat easier.
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More snow shoveling to accomplish. A broom took care of sweeping the snow off of the car. The arduous task is ahead in the shoveling of the driveway. The snowplow also heaved MORE SNOW in my path to exit the driveway with the car. I think it’s as much as 2 foot deep in places. Working up a sweat moving the snow but I think that’s good for an old body ? CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE
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Drove to the beach – the dune cross over is fairly well full with drifted snow. I only ventured up to the top and chose not to jump down into a “questionable” down ramp (caused by previous Nor’Easter storm)
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The snow on the Ocean City MD beach wasn’t drifted, but rather wind swept. It still makes for an unusual scene. It’s rather chilly here with the wind blowing in ones face. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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TAKE TIME to photo a view from Ocean City MD bayside overlooking the wetlands and bay – western shore is way in the background. CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW ENLARGED.
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The sun is on the threshhold of setting below the horizon, leaving an orange glow in the sky and enhancing the image of the bay and Ocean City MD highrises.












Many Ocean City MD and Coastal Delaware Fishing Enthusiasts have already put away their surf fishing rods and gear for the winter season, but actually the Thanksgiving period each year affords an opportunity to catch the BIG BLUES in the surf and off shore as they swim their way south for the winter. Yes, they (the bluefish) are snow birds .. Hang around the Mid Atlantic and North Atlantic Ocean in the summer and ah .. spend the cold winter down in the warmer waters off of Florida?
This past week, sunshine gave way to overcast skies and eventually the remnants of Ida met with other weather presence and brought what is called a
This picture illustrates the damage to the dunes, as it seems that some 50 percent of the dunes were gone after the storm left the area. All dune cross overs are 50 percent destroyed as are the components and fencing that surrounded them. I am sure the Corp of Engineers and others will have their work cut out for them to repair the coastal storm damage before the spring of 2010. let us hope we do not have another such storm before as the weakened dunes are rather now minimized in their protective value by 50 percent is my guess! When the spring returns in 2010 there will have been done replenishment work, dune repairs, and more and visitors will likely not realize what work and at significant cost has been expended to return the beach to it’s former state.
It was mostly a hunker in several days for everyone at the beach. Everyone is safe and ok for sure .. ( just glad to be able to get out and enjoy some sunshine today) .. I did manage to get down to the beach areas Saturday (yesterday the 14th of Nov 2009) and took photos. The photos mostly taken from 142nd and 146th St Ocean City MD and South Oceanfront area of Fenwick Island, DE and the Fenwick Island State Park just north of Fenwick Island DE. At the Fenwick Island State Park I encountered a young weak appearing Red Fox .. The poor guy .. I have put up a photo gallery of my activities and you can view them on our photo gallery site 

