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And here we thought we had written our last snow story for 2014.
But a harsh blast of cold air moved over the Northeast Tuesday night, leaving a thin layer of snow across the shoreline. This came on the heels of a heavy rain storm Tuesday that caused flooding problems along the coastline.
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Spring flowers, especially the daffodils, reacted swiftly to the light, icy snow fall. They fell over. To mark the date, the snow arrived on April 16.
Marcia Chambers Photo
The Chionodoxa, known as glory-of-the-snow, is a perennial flowering bulbous plant that given its name seemed just fine.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday the temperature was at freezing. The weather was set to remain cold and windy throughout the day. Wednesday night forecasters predict 28 degrees, but it will feel like 18 degrees.
By 2 p.m., the daffodils had begun to recover.
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