As Winter Storm Jonas delivered a pounding to the Northeast on Saturday, many national park units in the mid-Atlantic region were shuttered and some planned to remain closed through Sunday.
Among the parks where facilities were closed: Morristown National Historical Park in central New Jersey; Thomas Edison National Historical Park, also in New Jersey; Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York and New Jersey; Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania; the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.; Shenandoah National Park in Virginia; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia; Gateway National Recreation Area in New York and New Jersey; Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky; Fire Island National Seashore in New York; Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania, and; Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland.
Many roads in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina also were closed due to storm-related damage and ice and snow.
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"Winter Storm Jonas?' Ugh. Naming winter storms is strictly a Weather Channel affectation. The National Weather Service does not name storms other than hurricanes and many media outlets like the New York Times does not use the names the Weather Channel picks.
I'm with CJDillon on this one. It's ridiculous to name winter storms.
But a friend of mine in Pennsylvania's been posting photos of the almost three feet of snow that fell at her house, and so I am not at all surprised that so many parks are closed.