When I was a kid, on a snowy morning we’d listen to the radio for school closures as we got ready for school in case our school didn’t make the list.
We’re supposed to get 35 centimetres (13.8 inches) by tonight but it wasn’t enough to cancel school.
BELINDA GROVER PHOTOGRAPHY 
January 16, 2026 at 11:31 am
I remember those mornings growing up in Maine, listening to the radio and hoping…
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January 16, 2026 at 12:44 pm
The anticipation was all consuming 😊
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January 16, 2026 at 10:43 am
That’s enough to be an ‘end of the world experience’, even in New England that always has snow 😆, and here in the Lowcountry the once every ten years storm of an inch or two is catastrophic.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:41 pm
If a city is prepared it’s manageable, if not…😣
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January 16, 2026 at 4:52 pm
We had 6 inches in Charleston 8 years ago. We never get snow. There was a single snow plow, up state. The Air Force base closed !! For 6 days.
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January 16, 2026 at 6:26 pm
One snow plow, yikes!
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January 17, 2026 at 8:24 am
Yeah, a place not prepared for sure. 🤣🤣
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January 17, 2026 at 9:49 am
I guess we really like our plows. In 2024. Ottawa had a snow plow naming contest 😏
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January 17, 2026 at 10:56 am
😂😂, I like that.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:36 am
It’s a beautiful picture and a lot snow.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:34 pm
Thank you. It was the heaviest snowfall this winter.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:32 pm
And you probably walked uphill both ways going to school when you were a kid, too? Just askin’? SMILE……
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January 16, 2026 at 10:32 am
That was my parents 😉
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January 16, 2026 at 10:21 pm
Well, yes, but I still use it every once in a while, if just to get some raised eyebrows!
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January 15, 2026 at 10:10 pm
It looks pretty, but driving in it wouldn’t be so nice.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:31 am
They do a pretty good job of snow clearing in my area but given the freezing temperatures I’m only going out when I have to.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:42 am
If you don’t have to go break a hip it’s best not to tempt fate. Same goes for driving.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:00 pm
I am expecting more snow here. Not quite that much.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:44 pm
It’s finally tapering off ❄️
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January 15, 2026 at 7:52 pm
School cancellations were eagerly hoped for, but rarely came, it seems!
That is a lot of snow… I wonder if it is headed our way? We’ve had very little snow so far this season, but that can change quickly. Safe travels!
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January 15, 2026 at 10:39 pm
We didn’t have too many either. It’s more snow than we’ve seen in a long time. Nice if you don’t have to get somewhere😏.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:26 pm
I too used to stay up late at night, and get up early, to await the reading of the school closures. We had our fair share of closures, but sometimes we also got the disappointing news which still sent us off to school albeit an hour or two later. I did a lot of rooting (and praying) back then, hoping for a day outside playing in the snow.❄️
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January 15, 2026 at 10:40 pm
I think we all did 😊
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January 15, 2026 at 6:27 pm
Yikes! 35cm? That’s a lot and schools are still running? Seems a bit much with the roads the way they are. Great winter capture. 😊 Cheers.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:49 pm
It’s been snowing all day, it sure is pretty; traveling in it is another matter. I saw some kids throwing snowballs but wasn’t quick enough to catch it 😊
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January 15, 2026 at 6:12 pm
Almost 14 inches and not enough to close schools, that’s like Michigan when I was a kid! We were tough kids weren’t we? Thanks for adding the conversion to Inches, Belinda, I don’t know the Metric system at all.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:08 pm
We haven’t had a decent snowfall in years, they were pretty common growing up.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:39 pm
My sister and I had the same thoughts, Belinda. When we were kids in the 60s and 70s, we always got a LOT of snow in Michigan. Not anymore. What happened…
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January 16, 2026 at 10:26 am
Snow and kids go together; not so much when you’re an adult 😏
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January 16, 2026 at 10:27 am
Right! I do miss riding snowmobiles though.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:58 pm
Wow! That’s a lot of shoveling coming up. Too bad they didn’t call a snowday for the kids though. Maybe tomorrow they’ll get a snowday?
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January 15, 2026 at 5:35 pm
They did cancel school buses so I imagine a lot of kids missed school. Still, not the 2 ft+ of snow I remember …
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