Blizzard 2010 Pictures From State College

I was so busy during the storm working with the AccuWeather.com Community & News Teams that I hadn't taken a moment out to show you the incredible photos that I took during these recent winter storms here in State College, PA. This was the biggest snow storm here since 2003 and the first time we had seen over a foot of snow in seven years.

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I took this picture first thing in the morning while it was still snowing, in my back yard.

I had forgotten how difficult it was to walk in a foot of snow, and the drifts were incredible in my neighbnorhood, up to four feet high between my house and my neighbors.

This picture is a little deceiving -- although the snow itself (which I measured between 12 and 14 inches) was up to my knees, the snow plow had piled up another foot on top of that near the road.

Here are some examples of the drifts at neighbors houses (no this drift didn't begin on the ground, more "photographic license", this drift was only on the roof). SEE ALL BLIZZARD PHOTOS

Three days later, we had an incredible sunrise over the snow. SEE ALL SUNRISE PICS

Only four days after the Blizzard, we got another 4 inches of snow! At that point, it was really starting to pile up (that's my mailbox at the end of the driveway). SEE ALL 2ND STORM PHOTOS

Two days after that, massive icicles plagued the city as all that snow began to melt... SEE ALL ICICLE PICTURES

That evening, I was lucky enough to get a sun pillar at sunset, something I have rarely photographed. SEE ALL SUNSET PICS

So how are we doing for snowfall here? PSU's records indicate the following snow by month this season, in inches:

October: 4.9 November: Trace December: 14.9 January: 3.0 February: 20.4TOTAL: 43.2

This is above normal (our normal seasonal is only around 48). I always end up with more conservative measurements; I have recorded around 35 inches so far. Either way I'm happy to see a near or above normal season because the last few have been disappointing and we haven't had a "big" season since 2002-2003 (I measured over 85 inches that year!)

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