We don't often get big snowstorms where we live. Usually it snows a couple of inches and melts right away. Four inches can shut things down, because we don't average enough snow in the winter to justify spending taxpayer money on the cost of more snow removal trucks and equipment. Or so I've heard.
However, once every 4 to 7 years we get a really heavy snowfall. This is one of those times. At noon today I measured 13 inches on our side porch, which is not sheltered. It hadn't started drifting yet, so it was a pretty accurate measurement. It is expected to keep snowing till tomorrow morning. Predicted accumulation is expected to be between 14 to 22 inches (last I heard).
I've been sick, so I'm not venturing out, but I took a few photos from my open doors. If you click on each photo, you can look more closely at the details. The grainy appearance of the photos is actually snowflakes still falling. The top image is a view looking up the street from my side porch (and yes, that tree in the yard across the street does lean like that), the middle photo shows the drift piled in front of the corner of my front porch (which is sheltered by a roof), and the bottom photo is zoomed in on a couple cars parked on the street. When the plow finally comes through, all the cars on the street will be buried for days. They're getting buried now as it is just with the snow that's falling. The snowplows will just finish the job.
Sometimes I enjoy the rare heavy snowfalls, but today is our 34th wedding anniversary, and we had tickets for a concert tonight which we won't be able to get to now. We are definitely a bit disappointed about that. However, we have a nice, warm home, food to eat, games, and plenty of DVDs to watch if the Direct TV dish gets too covered with snow to get the signal.
