Sunday, February 19, 2017

One would have been plenty

Had enough yet? The aforementioned mentioned snowstorm did arrive but not quite as much as the 20 - 26 inches forecasted, only about 14 inches Sunday night through Monday soon to be corrected on Wednesday when another nor'easter came through and dumped 16 inches throughout the day and well into the night. Just for good measure the power went out a couple times. After supper that night Carol and I cleared the driveway and walkways during a lull of falling snow to help manage the cleanup which at that point was about maybe 8" by Thursday morning another 8 had fallen while and was still lightly snowing when I went out at 5:30am to open the driveway up so Carol could leave for work. I kept at it until all was cleaned up and left for work. At that point there was 4 feet of snow surrounding the house and 6 to 7 feet of snowthrower piled snow along some walkways and parts of the parking area. where to put more snow should in come was going to be problem. Fortunately we are now in a long span of sun and mild winter temperatures, almost too warm today as I was shoveling out some spots wearing a long sleeve T shirt as temps reached into the 50s! The large piles have settled a foot in some places so I'm inclined to let nature do it's thing and stay out of the way.

“If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.”
― Mark Twain




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