Gevalt writes about Valentine's Day in VT

Former BJ staffer Geoff Gevault who is editor of a blog for his Young Writers Project in Vermont tells about weather there on Valentine's Day.

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It wasn’t a blizzard, but Wednesday’s storm was darned close to one. And at times, it felt like one — winds upwards of 35 miles an hour, snow coming at a rate of 4 inches an hour, visibility about 20 feet, 2 degrees.

The Valentine’s Day Storm of 2007 was a good one. A total of 36 inches fell here on the hill in Hinesburg, Vt. The snow is deep enough to get exhausted going no more than a half mile in the woods on snowshoes. It’s deep enough to swallow a small black Lab. It’s deep enough to bring gales of laughter from my youngest daughter. All the snow came in less than 24 hours. School closed for two days. Emergencies were declared — I89 was closed to traffic. We stayed at home.

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