By: Jane Caragher
The East Coast was buried in nearly a foot of snow on Wednesday making it the second blizzard in about two weeks. Most places have received at least a foot of snow and some places have received much more than that.
The roads were so bad that the plows were told to get off the road because of how dangerous they were. In Pennsylvania the governor told people not to go on the roads because they will be risking not only their lives but also the lives of others. In trying to prevent people from driving, he closed off some of the major highways in Pennsylvania. Many flights were cancelled and delayed and federal workers stayed home for the third day in a row because Washington D.C. received so much snow.
These past couple of days, the massive amounts of snow that the East Coast has received has helped break records from previous years. The record that was broken was from 1995-96, when Philadelphia received 65.5 inches of snow. Baltimore beat that record this year with 72.3 inches.
5 comments:
(Tyler)
-Nice piece and well organized.
-Try and describe WHY there was so much snow (cold fronts, currents etc)
(Anne)
-I liked that you go straight to the point and compared this snow storm to previous snow storms. My brother lives in D.C., and after seeing how much snow they received as well as hearing people’s reactions to the snow, I was happy you chose this topic write about.
-I thought the last paragraph sounded a bit awkward.
(Sam)
-I felt this was an interesting topic because states such as Washington are not used to the amount of snow they have been recieving. I like how it was short, sweet and to the point.
-Maybe could have used a quote from a citizen living in one of these states.
Good story, but the first paragraph could have been a little more specific, make sure you answer all the "who what when where why's"
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