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| 29 Jan 2015 | 11:31
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Climbing to the top of the huge hill on the Raynor Farm off Route 94 in Warwick is not easy especially when wearing winter gear and carrying a sled but Warwick friends Brad Stogner, John Kunzweiler, Thomas Wightman and Trevor Pinkham said the hard climb is worth the snowy ride to the bottom even if it includes a wipe out before you get there.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Climbing to the top of the huge hill on the Raynor Farm off Route 94 in Warwick is not easy especially when wearing winter gear and carrying a sled but Warwick friends Brad Stogner, John Kunzweiler, Thomas Wightman and Trevor Pinkham said the hard climb is worth the snowy ride to the bottom even if it includes a wipe out before you get there.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Thomas Wightman wipes out on Raynor hill while his friend John Kunzweiller holds on for the ride.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Thomas Wightman wipes out on Raynor hill while his friend John Kunzweiller holds on for the ride.
    Photo by Don Webb Don Slater Jr. enjoys the quiet solitude of a ice fishing in the middle of Greenwood Lake.
    Photo by Don Webb Don Slater Jr. enjoys the quiet solitude of a ice fishing in the middle of Greenwood Lake.
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    Photo by Ed Bailey On Sunday, the day before Water Storm Juno, people play hockey, skate, and pull sleds on Greenwood Lake.
    Photo by Ed Bailey On Sunday, the day before Water Storm Juno, people play hockey, skate, and pull sleds on Greenwood Lake.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Horses at Meadow River Farm in Warwick chase each other Tuesday afternoon in the freshly fallen snow.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Horses at Meadow River Farm in Warwick chase each other Tuesday afternoon in the freshly fallen snow.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Horses were energized by a cold wind blowing through Meadow River Farm in Warwick on Tuesday afternoon.
    Photo by Robert G. Breese Horses were energized by a cold wind blowing through Meadow River Farm in Warwick on Tuesday afternoon.
    Photo by Ed Bailey
    Photo by Ed Bailey

GOSHEN — Orange County dodged a blizzard when a storm that had been predicted to land two feet of snow on the region, instead struck Long Island and New England.

As Winter Storm Juno approached the northeast, state and local officials moved quickly to cancel schools and public meetings, restrict or ban travel and generally urged people to stay home.

The threat of 24 inches of snow will do that.

Storm shifts directions
National Weather Service lead meteorologist Ross Dickman, who operates out of Long Island, said the storm turned out to be "more compact" than anticipated.

The low pressure system pushed the storm 50 miles to the east of where it had been predicted. That meant that less than six inches of snow fell in Orange County while LaGuardia Airport in Queens received one foot of snow and further out on Long Island in Suffolk County, two feet fell, Dickman said.

State Police Captain Brendan Casey, who supervises state police in 11 facilities as zone commander for Troop F Zone 2, said the region was largely accident free due to warnings and a ban on travel later Monday night.

"Most people heeded the advice to stay home," he said. "It was pretty uneventful."

What to do?
So as the skies cleared and temperatures rose - somewhat - people of many ages took advantage of the day off to play in the snow, as the photos on this page show.