The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New England prepares for more snow after midweek wallop
Big storm came day after springlike temperatures.
BOSTON — More snow will likely blanket New England this weekend even as the region shoveled and scraped its way out Friday after the biggest snowstorm this winter hit the Northeast.
The National Weather Service forecast several more inches of snow on Saturday for the region and predicted possible accumulations by Monday of up to 9 inches in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and up to 18 inches in the northern three states.
“There’s going to be a significant event in the states of Maine and New Hampshire, no question about that,” said James Brown, a Weather Service meteorologist in Gray, Maine.
The heaviest snows were expected to begin Sunday.
Nathan Trimble looked around his Providence, R.I., street Friday and said it already resembled a wilderness scene from the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Revenant.” He did not like the idea of even more snow.
“I’m just not looking forward to digging out,” he said, but added, “I’ve lived in New England my whole life, so we’ll deal with it.”
In Thursday’s storm, East Longmeadow, Mass., and East Hartford, Conn., each received 19 inches of snow. In New York, Voorheesville and New Scotland got 18 inches.
Justin Kates, director of emergency management for Nashua, N.H., where about 14 inches of snow fell Thursday, said crews had cleared major roads overnight and were working on sidewalks and residential side streets. City offices were open, although schools remained closed.
“So far, the winter has been all right,” he said, recalling the back-to-back storms of a couple of winters ago that “made me question whether I wanted to live in New England anymore.”
This week’s storm came a day after temperatures had soared into the 50s and 60s, giving millions of people a taste of spring. But the winter chill is expected to stick around as the region braces for more snow.
Kates said Nashua schools could close a third day Monday because the forecast calls for another 5 or 6 inches Sunday night and several more Monday morning.
In Westbrook, Maine, workers hustled to clear about a foot of snow from a restaurant parking lot. Manager Sergio Tamburlini anticipated a big day for people looking to get out before more snow sends them indoors.
“Tonight is a good night — if people are going to be out only one night this weekend, they are going to do it tonight,” he said.
The storm was blamed for at least one death. A New York City doorman, identified by police as 59-yearold Miguel Angel Gonzalez of Bridgeport, Conn., died when he slipped while shoveling snow and hit a glassed-in vestibule.