Boston Buried in Snow

By: yiseowl - Monday, Feb 16, 2015 - 5:29pm

There’s currently more snow on the ground in Boston than ever before in recorded history. Between a series of four major snowstorms in less than a month — as well as ongoing freezing cold temperatures — the snow is just piling up (and not melting). The sheer volume of snow in Boston right now is unprecedented, and therein lies the biggest problem the City of Boston and its residents are facing: too much snow. Following yesterday’s blizzard, the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton reported 46 inches of snow on the ground, the greatest snow depth in their 130 years of recorded observations…

Snw depth confirmed: 46 ins at 945. New all time record in our 130 history! @JimCantore @SurfSkiWxMan @charlesorloff pic.twitter.com/uNkm4w3jk7 — BlueHill Observatory (@bhobservatory) February 15, 2015

Since the Valentine’s Weekend Blizzard, Boston’s official “snow depth” has not been recorded at Logan Airport, but based on the below snow depth report (2/16) for the greater Boston area, it’s probably safe to assume there’s at least 40+ inches of snow is on the ground in Boston proper right now…



MA “snow depth” totals in inches, via NOAA

Suffice to say, Boston is buried in snow right now (to historic proportions), and in light of that, we collected a bunch of social media images of the city following yesterday’s blizzard. Boston is going through tough times right now, and at the same time, there’s a certain harmony amidst the chaos…

Artist rendition (exaggeration) of Boston right now



This image was taken (from space) right before “Neptune” by NASA’s Terry W. Virts



Note to shovelers, via reddit Boston

A photo posted by Instagramers Boston (@igersboston) on Feb 15, 2015 at 2:37pm PST

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A photo posted by Kristen Bolognese (@kbolognese17) on Feb 16, 2015 at 2:13pm PST

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A photo posted by samsaggese (@samsaggese) on Feb 16, 2015 at 6:18am PST

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A photo posted by trish (@crookedpix) on Feb 16, 2015 at 9:19am PST

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A photo posted by Instagramers Boston (@igersboston) on Feb 15, 2015 at 8:28am PST

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A photo posted by Instagramers Boston (@igersboston) on Feb 15, 2015 at 11:05am PST

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A photo posted by Ramin Kohanteb (@raminik) on Feb 15, 2015 at 2:08pm PST

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A photo posted by Ashley Perez (@ashleylaurenperez) on Feb 15, 2015 at 3:34pm PST

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A photo posted by Ana Victoria (@ana.vga) on Feb 15, 2015 at 1:39pm PST

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A photo posted by Jenny March10 (@jnyphr) on Feb 15, 2015 at 7:32am PST

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A photo posted by Steve Van Vechten (@stevevanv) on Feb 16, 2015 at 7:07am PST

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A photo posted by Cameron (@camhabib) on Feb 16, 2015 at 12:58pm PST

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A photo posted by Michael J. Clarke (@michaeljosephclarke) on Feb 16, 2015 at 6:05am PST

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A photo posted by Latimer Chapman (@latimer19) on Feb 15, 2015 at 5:37pm PST

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A photo posted by Michael J. Clarke (@michaeljosephclarke) on Feb 16, 2015 at 12:33pm PST

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A photo posted by Brendan (@b_to_the_higgins) on Feb 15, 2015 at 4:17pm PST

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A photo posted by Jeanine (@jeanine554) on Feb 15, 2015 at 4:42pm PST

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A photo posted by Steven Courville (@stevencourville) on Feb 15, 2015 at 2:57pm PST

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A photo posted by Marco Monteiro (@marcohmonteiro) on Feb 15, 2015 at 2:10pm PST

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A photo posted by maddie (@maddieyardley) on Feb 15, 2015 at 12:55pm PST

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A photo posted by Michael J. Clarke (@michaeljosephclarke) on Feb 16, 2015 at 2:14pm PST

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