My favorite part is when they call for 'Thundersnow'
This winter, our area has received a ton of snow! Much more than I can ever remember. To date, we have had two blizzards that have each dropped at least 15" on us- thanks, El Nino!! The first one (December 19th) got us one day off of work, and was a baby storm compared to the blizzard the week of February 8th, which brought almost 2 feet of snow and closed down the federal government for almost an entire week. This lead to a week of sleeping in, relaxing, making yummy food, and playing endless amounts of wii. SWEET! Oh, yeah, and there was shoveling... a lot of shoveling...
Scenes from digging out the car:
left: 2/6/10; right: 12/20/09; Getting ready to save the car from snow- AGAIN!
2/6/10: We split up the work between sweeping off the car and shoveling a path around the car
12/20/09: "Help me!" I fell down in the snow!!!
left: 2/6/10; right: 12/20/09; The cars look like giant bugs with the windshield wipers protruding out of the snow...
Before and After:
The evening of 2/5/10 and the morning of 2/6/10: before and after the giant snowfall...
2/5/10 and 2/6/10: before and after part II- the poor birdie froze!!
Walking around the Winter Wonderland:
2/6/10: walking around after the storm
It was very beautiful to see the neighborhood covered in snow. It was also awkward to navigate the unshoveled sidewalks and snow banks on the side of the road, not to mention mildly dangerous if you walked where it was icy, as we found out when we took walks around to view the new snowfall. By the time we got back home, we had snow all over us and were freezing and ready for dinner!!
2/6/10: the trees were weighted down with the snow, and several lost branches...
The February storm was a very heavy snow that stuck to the trees. Several trees lost large branches, especially the pine trees.
12/20/09: Digging out from the blizzard, Part I
12/20/09: venturing out into the storm to measure the snowfall- 15" and counting
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