Day 91 – what else? Storm pictures

I know….more storm pictures.  Well we are as tired of storms as you are of pictures.  Our offices, schools, some businesses, etc., were closed today but I spent the day in a bus and at some sites with an international group who managed to get in yesterday before the storm really got going.

This was taken at the exact only moment that it was not blowing snow sideways today. My question to you – if this pile of snow is actually about 6 feet of ice underneath, how long will it take to melt it all?

This is what it really looked like all day. Blowing snow and cowpaths to some organizations…if we were lucky.  

And more snow up against every window and door at home again.

The only indication of a fire hydrant…..the hydrant itself has disappeared. Oh wait – or is that a hospital under there?!

Happy shovelling!

J

Day 86 – also known as storm day 2

Well, we survived the windy night.  Note to builders, if possible – don’t connect the outdoor wires to the outdoor walls of a bedroom….do you have any idea how loud those are in a storm?  Oh well, at least our power only went off for 10 minutes sometime during the night.

We woke up to a blustery day but eventually the sun came out.  It was one of those storms which left snow at every door and window.

But somehow (fortunately) left the driveway near bare.

This guy just had to get somewhere this morning before the plows even came out to play.

Comparison shot to yesterday’s storm one. No bare road there!

In fact…..totally filled in beside us.  I hope our neighbor did not need to be anywhere today.  It was 3ish when they plowed the road but after 5 when her snow blowing tractor showed up.  What had been bare widened street was completely filled in last night – at least 2 feet high.

This was the plow’s first pass through the neighborhood.  You know it is bad when he has to come at it sideways just to get it out of the way.

Hubby was a bit worried about all that snow ending up in our driveway but the guy just pushed it into the street corner. Hopefully he does not come back to clean it up….there is a LOT of snow on the corner now.

If mother nature would give us a heads up, I’d invest in this service for hubby.

Well, those are the after-pics from snowicane/snowpocalypse/snowmagedon/bombogenisis 2014.

J

Day 72 – More snow

Yep, another snow day for the school kids.  Snow fell, and then freezing rain on top of that….lots of interesting pics though.

This was the view out our window this morning, before the plow went by.

There was ice on the back windows and door.

And the trees were beautiful.

Although it was probably ice on lines which caused the power outage a block up from our office this afternoon.

Saw so many cars with their wipers out like this….will it really freeze so bad that they won’t move if you scrape and then warm your car?

Not a big snowfall if compared to last night’s cow pic. A much drearier day though.

There was no time to shovel this morning when it was plus 2 and then the plow came by after we left.  The boulders are frozen solid as it had dropped to -9 by the time we got home.  I walked up the middle of the driveway and did not make a dent in the frozen snow.

I thought these teeny tiny icicles were cute.

I know, we will see how cute all this snow is in April!

And I won’t get to test my new boots tonight as the hill is closed due to all the ice and windy conditions.  Bummer.

J

 

Day 51 – Yes, even more snow

Yesterday I heard that we have had 8 feet of snow fall since November.  I am not sure if that statistic was before yesterday’s snowfall of over a foot but today we got another foot or more, as well.  I know many are saying “enough already”….but it sure is pretty.  And skiing was incredible tonight.  Soft snow and warm -1 celcius….just perfect conditions.

BBQ anyone?

Charley likes to watch people shovel from inside the house.

And from various spots, too.

This spot seemed pretty safe.

Although this one was ideal. I am sure she would have been on the table if I had not been around.

TGIF tomorrow!

J