Mother Nature targets Center City

I want you to know that your Center City Correspondent realizes he leads a blessed life. He has a wonderful wife and son, a terrific family, and some charming friends and acquaintances. Since moving into town, my whole outlook on life has improved immensely. And now with more time on my hands, I’m able to try new things, accomplish new things and meet new people.


But one thing that I’m having trouble adjusting to is this year’s snowfall. Hopefully, not every year is going to be like this one. 23 inches in December and 45 inches this week is about all I can stand. We finally got rid of December’s snow two weeks ago and we’re clobbered with two winters’ worth of snow in four days. There’s no place left to put it, and still be able to navigate on the streets and sidewalks. To ward off the effects of cabin fever, I took a walk around the neighborhood yesterday to assess the situation. Most of the streets have been plowed and most neighbors have shoveled their sidewalks, so walking around wasn’t bad.

The most notable item besides the piles of snow at every street corner was the number of branches and trees that were knocked down on Wednesday night, damaging cars and blocking streets. Green Street is blocked at 17th and 19th Street is blocked between Green and Spring Garden Streets. It’s almost like Mother Nature is trying to keep us in the neighborhood. And I was told it would take at least two days and as many as 5 days to get them removed. So the car is parked until we absolutely need it, probably not till Tuesday when Mrs. CCC returns to work. We’re going to a wedding on Saturday, and luckily it’s at the Cathedral which is a short walk or cab ride away and the reception is at the Franklin Institute. I’m glad that a lot of my family is coming to the affair, it’s just a shame that the city is buried under a 3+ foot layer of snow. What did we ever do to piss off Mother Nature?

All for now. We’re off to happy hour and swap snow stories with the rest of the crew