Delaware Valley spring freeze is a shock to the system

“Loopy,” stated Debra Amos of Wynnefield. “You could not even see your hand in entrance of your face. It was actually freaky.”

Wind and chilly air left behind snow and ice, offering a shock to the system after the world loved spring-like climate for the previous couple of weeks.

“I believe it is loopy in Pennsylvania and in March, there may be nothing you may anticipate,” stated Sydney Gifford of Fairmount.

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“It is simply messy,” stated Keshona Samuels of Bryn Mawr. “It was simply snowing, which is stunning to me as a result of it is March. After I seemed exterior, it was sunny one second after which the subsequent second it’s snowing.”

Over at Taddeo’s Greenhouses in Havertown, proprietor Michael Taddeo stated the proof is within the leaves. He stated his magnolia tree was in full bloom the previous couple of days till the chilly entrance blasted the world.

“It is nothing new to us, the climate is at all times actually wacky,” stated Michael Taddeo of Taddeo’s Greenhouses. “March is humorous. It will be sizzling after which it should dip down once more so now we have to take preventative measures to fight that.”

A few of these measures embrace bringing in the entire spring vegetation that had been displayed out entrance.

“When it dips all the way down to 10-15 levels, the vegetation, just like the folks, they don’t seem to be pleased,” stated Taddeo. “They wilt generally, they could die off. What we at all times inform folks is both deliver them inside and canopy them with a bag to maintain the wind off of them.”

Monday’s snow squalls additionally claimed the lives of at the very least three folks after an enormous pileup on Interstate 81.

Dr. David J. Moylan, the Schuylkill County coroner, stated three fatalities had been confirmed by late afternoon and that quantity might rise as a result of fires had been impeding rescuers.

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