#Vermont #NorEaster #March
@rickscully About 9" of the heavy wet here in Brattleboro (so far). I'm surprised the power is still on. Not expecting that to last as the winds pick up.
With snow like this, our birch trees get so weighed down they block the driveway. But whacking them with a snow shovel makes them bounce right up. They seem to do fine with these conditions, like Vermonters I guess.
@crosswordman @rickscully WOW! I'm on the opposite end of the state up near Burlington and we're so far only getting a small amount. (The forecast previously said "less than an inch expected" but now says "1 to 3 inches".)
Best wishes with it all there! I hope your power stays on!
@rickscully The power is now out, as predicted.
Based on the map of outages in this area, I don't expect a fast resolution.
Green Mountain Power currently reporting 30,301 customers without power, as a result of 1,062 separate incidents.
@crosswordman @rickscully I lost one of my birches a few years ago in this kind of thing. They all bowed down, but that one didn’t come back up. They are on the edge of a little pond, so I cut and bucked the tree while still winter so I could stand on the ice. If I had waited I don’t know how I would have dealt with the tree.
We have a row of birches on the far side of our tiny pond. Here they are reflected on the pond:
(#johnlehetphoto #vermont #photography)