The Daily Numbers: 23 inches of snow that fell on the region on Saturday. That’s a record for a December snow, and the second biggest storm in our history.
20 inches of snow, what we average for the most part for the year. Yes, it’s going to be a long winter.
19 inches recorded in Folcroft.
80 percent of flights canceled on Saturday at Philadelphia International.
15 billion dollars in sales usually recorded by stores on the Saturday before Christmas. They took a huge hit in the snow.
43 percent spike in calls to AAA on Saturday during the height of the winter storm.
50 percent of those calls were to extricate cars stuck in the snow.
25 percent were for towing.
0 schools open this morning in Chester Upland, which are taking a snow day.
0 schools open in the city of Philadelphia, either public or parochial.
0 tax hike in Aston, which held the line on taxes while approving its
$9.98 million budget.
36,000 dollars and change that has now flowed into our Merry Christmas Fund, which benefits the local Salvation Army.
20 billion dollar decline in value of public employees pension fund in Pennsylvania, a ticking time bomb that figures to hit taxpayers in the wallet.
2.69 a gallon, average price for gas in the 5-county region. Last year gas was going for $1.75.
7 percent pay hike for Philadelphia police officers under their new contract. That’s expected to cost the broke city $114 million over the 5 years of the new deal.
32, age of actress Brittany Murphy, who died Sunday of cardiac arrest.
5 straight wins for the Eagles, who locked up a playoff spot with their win over the 49ers Sunday.
3 hour delay in start time of the game to clear snow from the stadium and surrounding parking lots.
306 yards passing for Donovan McNabb, who went 21 of 36 through the air.
140 yards receiving for the electric DeSean Jackson.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So the Eagles are in the playoffs. Again. Does anyone think this is a Super Bowl-caliber team? Not me. I’ll believe it when I see it.
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I Don’t Get It: Don’t look now, but there is still no accord on table games in Harrisburg, which means technically that budget deal is still not in place, and Gov. Ed Rendell is talking about layoffs again. Nice to see he squeezed in time for his hosting duties on Comcast after the Eagles game.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to PennDOT for what looks like a very good job clearing the roads after we got socked with 23 inches of snow.
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Quote Box: “A little snow isn’t going to stop us.”
- Eagles fan Dave Kemm, as he loaded up his tailgating goods to head for Lincoln Financial Field despite the 23 inches of snow that fell on the region.