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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New« SUIT Writer
The winter storm that paralyzed the nation’s capitol last Friday dumped up to 30 inches of snow on Rappahannock, closing schools and businesses, stranding motorists and blocking primary and secondary roads.
The county doesn’t have an official weather station but highway workers who were out continuously from Thursday evening at 6 p.m. until Tuesday morning report that 37 inches fell at Skyline Drive’s Panorama while the rest of Rappahannock got from 24 to 30 inches. In Washington, Sheriff W. A. Buntin measured 24 inches in his backyard before winds pushed the snow into drifts. The mark was 30 inches when Wilson Atkins put his yardstick to the accumulation in Sperryville.
The storm fell just short of blizzard classification. It takes 35 miles per hour winds to technically qualify as a blizzard. On Friday, gusts howled at 20 to 25 miles per hour but it was more than enough to pile snow into four to six foot drifts. According to highway
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