Who the hell thought that

“Let it snow” was a good idea?

BY JOHN OLESKY (BJ 1969-96)

The Weather Channel estimated 4.4 inches of fresh snow overnight at Akron/Canton Airport. And Akron/Canton says only 12.1 inches of snow as of Monday. 

But Eric Poston, the late Harry Liggett's nephew, wrote that he had "7 inches in my driveway" in Green and Lori Blatz reported "7 inches in North Canton." Tammy Evans reported "7 to 8 I would guess in Ellet." 

And Paula and I had snow 12 to 15 inches deep on the small table on our patio, so it can't be affected by drifts.

Wiseacre Stuart Warner, former BJ editor and columnist who lives in Arizona, wrote: "Zero." Nice, Stu. Rubbing it in, huh? 

BJ reporter Jim Carney, on Facebook to get information for a BJ story, posted:

"How much snow did you get? Let me know and where you are? If you can measure it? For BJ story. I've heard a foot in Copley to 8 inches in Akron. Thanks folks!!!"

A foot of snow in Copley probably made BJ columnist Bob Dyer a happy camper, shoveling or snowthrowing the crap off his driveway.

However, Tom Duke wrote, "Only 8 inches in Copley. I measured it at 8 a.m." Should be a piece of cake for Bob to shovel, huh? 

Kathy Hagedorn Kortvejesi

But this is nothing compared to 2010, when the Akron area got 37.2 inches of snow. 2008 was next with 25.8, although it sure feels like 2014 should have surpassed that by now. 

You probably don't remember 1988: There was only a TRACE of snow for the entire winter! Ah, the good ol' days . . .  

A lot of it depends where you live, even in Summit County. Akron/Canton Airport reported 2.4 inches in the 12 hours preceding 7 a.m. today (Tuesday, Feb. 18). During that same time, Cuyahoga Falls got 6.7 inches and Munroe Falls 5.5 inches, according to WKYC-Channel 3's snow-measurers.

Kathy Hagedorn Kortvejesi, since she's an artist/designer (that's code for page layout, I think) at the BJ, knows that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I included her photos of her home and the snow with this article. 

That about says it all.

If you want to see records for just about everything at Akron/Canton Airport, courtesy of Jim Carney, click on http://www.erh.noaa.gov/cle/climate/cak/records/top10cak.pdf