Many snow-battered areas seemed to be living in a continuous loop of snowfall, plowing, icing, salting, and yet more snowfall. In Massachusetts, where some areas got close to a foot of snow Tuesday, people were bracing for yet more on Wednesday. That it was Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day — was not lost on Peter Judge, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
“It’s Groundhog Day, and literally like ‘Groundhog Day’ the movie,” he said, in a nod to the film in which a day keeps repeating itself.
The biggest concern, Mr. Judge said, is what the heavy snow and ice will do roofs. Boston has received 67.1 inches of snow this winter, and rain and slush will make it like a heavy, white, wet cement.
“The big issue over the past few days is roof collapses,” Mr. Judge said. “The snow we’ve seen over the past few days will act like a giant sponge on top of buildings, and the rain will just add to the stress of the integrity of the buildings.” MORE snow predicted for Saturday. This IS snowmeggedon!
