This storm started before dawn this morning and is steadily putting down 2-4 inches per hour. It's supposed to stop at about 7pm this evening. The initial forecasts called for as much as 12-14 inches but it looks like it's going to be more.
We went out at noon to clear the first foot away. The intake on the snow blower is about a foot high so letting the snow get any deeper than that could make things difficult. All the time that we were blowing snow, it continued to snow so hard that the end result looked like a driveway in need of clearing. Oh well! The idea wasn't to get a clear driveway; it was to decrease the volume of snow for the eventual clearing.
Here are some pictures:
An interesting observation: Throughout all of this snow, our bird feeders have been extremely popular. The birds must think that starvation is at hand.
The next morning (Friday):
It snowed until after dark so we decided to wait until morning to blow again. The snow was very dry and powdery and we had high winds at the end of the storm and overnight. With all of the drifting, it's hard to say how much we had overall. In some places, it was a couple of feet deep but we only had another 6" or so to clear off the driveway (after clearing a foot yesterday).
It was 3° F this morning with a windchill that made it feel like -17°. Clearing the driveway was painful and we decided to forgo our morning walk. I'm going to have to invest in some new gloves with pockets for hand warmers.
Here are some post storm pictures:
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| I thought that it was interesting to see how little snow was on the front slope of the roof. The light powder and high winds kind of took care of it. |
It's been clear all day but we're supposed to get 3-4 more inches of snow tonight and another 8" on Sunday.
-JC-
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