Feb 14 2008
Oh, My Back
Portland received another 7-8″ of snow yesterday, putting us close to the 7′ mark for the season. That was not, however, the big weather story of the day. Beginning in the late morning, the temperatures rose close to 40° and the precipitation turned to rain. Lots of rain. According to WGME, 2.54″ to be exact, enough to break a record set in 1900! This led to some absolutely miserable shoveling yesterday afternoon as I tried to make sure that the berms left by the snow plows did not become permanent mountains of ice overnight. I gave up after moving some 80 cubic feet of water-laden slushy material that weighed enough to bow the reinforced handle on my shovel. All I can say this morning is “oh, my aching back!”