Blizzard Photos, NYC Record, More
Briefly this evening, the Blizzard of 2006 has paralyzed the Eastern Seaboard. Nine airports are closed, hundreds of thousands are without power. Both New York City and Hartford, Connecticut have seen their second highest snowfall ever. Winds have gusted over 50 mph in Massachusetts and 60 mph off the coast at Buoy 44004, where waves have been reported to be 22 feet high. Snow drifts to 5 feet high have been reported by the NWS in Philadelphia.
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The heavy snow is still falling this afternoon from New York to Maine and will be moving into eastern Canada tonight.
HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS (OVER 20 INCHES) (UPDATED 8:00 PM):
Redding, CT: 28.0" (SnowMatrix)
FAIRFIELD, CT: 27.8"
EASTON RESERVOIR DAM, CT: 27.0"
CENTRAL PARK ZOO, NY: 26.9"
Newton Center, MA: 26.0" (SnowMatrix)
LA GUARDIA, NY: 25.4"
ROSELLE, NJ: 24.6"
Franklin Square, NY: 22.5" (SnowMatrix)
COLUMBIA, MD: 22.5"
Topton, PA: 22.0" (SnowMatrix)**
RANDALLSTOWN, MD: 22.0"
WILBRAHAM, MA: 22.0"
NEWARK & RANDOLPH TWP., NJ: 21.3"
WEST CALN TOWNSHIP, PA: 21.0"
**AccuWeather.com Meteorologists believe this report is of questionable authenticity. If you made this report, please contact me.
(See this post for a more complete list of highest snowfalls by state).
Take a look at some of these incredible photos of the blizzard, taken by our Photo Gallery members today:
Trayw30 took this photo of over 17" of snow piled up on his patio table, earlier today in Pequea, Pennsylvania.
This shot of extreme wind, waves and snow was taken by Photo Gallery user plph99 at 10:30 this morning during high tide at Third Cliff in Scituate, Massachusetts.
More photos of the blizzard taken by our users are shown below.
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