This is our yard, five short days ago when I was complaining that it was "dry" here. (See the blog from Feb 24th.) Good God. I will never, ever complain again.
This picture was taken today, five short days and four feet of snow later.... It is the same shot as the picture above it. You can sort of make out the gas meter on the side of our house. The snow drift in front of you is about five feet tall.
This is our front yard, the railing in the middle marks where our front walk is. It was nicely and neatly shoveled when I got home at 5:00. This picture was taken at 10pm, five hours later...
Digging out those cars in the morning is sure going to be a blast....
Today, it snowed. And snowed.
We got 22 inches of snow in the last four hours, and it hasn't stopped snowing yet. The weatherman says we're in for another foot before it's all said and done.
If that's not enough...there was also thunder and lightening and 65 mile-an-hour winds! Our dog took two steps outside and that was enough. Back inside he ran. We trudged through the snow to go to a friend's house for grilled cheese tonight. It took us 25 minutes to walk a BLOCK! Julia went in her sled, which has a neat cover that goes over the top of it. No wind in her face, so life was good for all. I have never seen a winter storm like this one. The snow is so thick that you can't see to the end of the street. The road has places where the pavement is bare, and other spots where the drifts are higher than your head! It's coming down and up and sideways...I could barely get any pictures of it because the snow got all over the lens.
The Duluth snow plows were pulled from the road and driving has been officially banned. The surgeon I'm working with offered to pick me up on his snowmobile to get to the hospital in the morning. Stores are closed tomorrow, no school for anybody, and I hope people went to the grocery store already this week...cause there will be none of that, either.
We had to pound the door open around a huge wall of snow to get into the house. When I tried to take a picture of it, all I got was millions of snowflakes in the air.
Al Gore, I hate to say this, but your global warming bit is losing a bit of "heat."
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I wish I still lived in Duluth. A good old-fashioned blizzard!! Taking the snowmobile to work! What a life. With my oil lamp, fireplace, and a cup of hot chocolate...
I'm not sure what the total down here is, probably a little over a foot. Class was cancelled, though. Yay!
Did Michael get the snowblower out before Round 2??
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