A Few More Rt. 50 Snow Photos, 12-27-10

Rt. 50 Eastern Shore Snow Advisory 12-27-2010

WEATHER UPDATE, 10:45 P.M., DEC. 27, 2010: The low temperature in Ocean City overnight will be about 25 degrees. Tuesday will be sunny, windy, and a little warmer, with a high of about 37 to melt some of the snow and ice. Please use extreme caution if you must drive on Maryland’s Eastern Shore this… [Read more…]

More Photos From First Snow of Winter in Ocean City

Firefighters Memorial on the Boardwalk in Ocean City. The Boardwalk arch at North Division Street. Click on any photo to see it full size. Slippery coming down the Route 50 bridge into Ocean City. Snowy intersection of Baltimore Avenue and North Division Street on Thursday afternoon. Car in a ditch on Route 50 in West… [Read more…]

First Snow in Ocean City, MD, Dec. 16, 2010

Snow on the Beach and Boardwalk All quiet on the Ocean City Boardwalk, looking south from North Division Street. It’s been snowing all afternoon in Ocean City, Maryland, and we’ve clearly surpassed the “less than one inch” that was predicted for today. The boardwalk was snow-covered Thursday afternoon. No one was stirring on the boards,… [Read more…]

First Signs of Spring In Ocean City

Friday afternoon was truly miserable outdoors. Sure, the snow from January and February has melted. No rain or snow falling, but the wind was howling like a banshee in the elevator shafts on High-rise Row. It was sunny in Ocean City, Maryland, and the temperature was above freezing. But the wind made it feel like… [Read more…]

Snow in Maryland? Sure, We Can Handle This.

The rumor is true.  Snow. The forecasters are calling for three to five on Maryland’s Lower Shore and in Southern Maryland.  That’s inches, not feet. Three to five inches of  snow. The way things are going this winter, you just don’t know. Farther north on the Eastern Shore, and across the Bay in the Baltimore… [Read more…]

Ready or Not, Here Comes Another Nor'easter . . . Say It Ain't Snow.

A “snow hurricane,” may be hyperbole, but those words are being used to describe the potential of another low-pressure system moving up the East Coast. See Frank Roylance’s Maryland Weather Blog in the sidebar. This storm looks like a  whopper for New York and New England. With luck it might pass us by in the… [Read more…]

Blue Heron in the Snow

Blue heron wading in a roadside storm water ditch in West Ocean City. I’ve been stalking the elusive neighborhood blue herons (are there two of them, or more?) for over a year. It’s not that easy to get a good picture of one, unless you have a long-distance lens. A heron will sit calmly and… [Read more…]

Ocean City: Streets Wide Open and Clear to the Pavement

It’s not the end of the long winter in Ocean City, but you can see it from here. Ocean City emerged from this week’s Maryland-wide blizzard with little additional accumulation of snow, and melting commenced on Thursday. In other words, Ocean City is ready for the first big holiday weekend of the year, President’s Day… [Read more…]

Ocean City Advisory Re: Snow on Roofs

The Town of Ocean City has issued the following public advisory regarding snow on roofs: “The recent heavy snowfalls in Ocean City may cause problems for some roofs, mainly with flat roofs that have accumulated large quantities of snow. Only trained or qualified personnel should attempt to remove snow from a roof. For a list… [Read more…]