I'm sure by now everyone has heard about the big snow down South. I woke up early Monday morning to almost 6" of beautiful white snow. This is a picture of my backyard.
And another view of the backyard.
This really surprised me - a half-inch of snow on our covered, screened-in back porch! The wind must really have been blowing.
Schools and businesses were closed. We don't have any snow plows here, so the roads stayed covered. A few brave (or foolish) souls ventured out, leaving a row of tire tracks on the roads. By afternoon, freezing rain started and covered all the snow with a thin layer of ice. And by evening, all the roads were ice covered and very dangerous.
Tuesday, the temperature might have gone above freezing for a short time, allowing some of the ice to melt and turn into slush. Then the temperatures dropped again and the ice reformed. This morning, it's all ice again and the roads are extremely dangerous.
Dom went out for a short time yesterday and said the roads were terrible - and that was when the ice had started to melt. I had shoveled the front walk and part of the driveway on Monday and he finished the job yesterday. Funny, Home Depot was completely sold out of snow shovels, but no one seems to clear their driveways. Maybe they use the snow shovels as decorations! We sure could have used one - using a regular shovel was tedious.
So it looks like another day snow- and ice-bound. Luckily, we have heat, power, plenty of food and a big pile of books to be read. But I can't wait for this weekend when this mess should finally be able to melt.
8 comments:
We were in Virginia and came home to snow and ice. The interstates were fine, but the secondary roads are nothing but ice. We don't own a snow shovel, but one wouldn't do us good - our driveway and sidewalk are ice.
I'm used to the snow in Northern Wisconsin, but I am so envious of your snow day! I love it when stuff is closed down and there is nothing to do or nowhere to go because you just can't get out of your driveway! Unfortunately, it takes a lot of snow for that to happen up here and we haven't had a snow day yet....fingers crossed!
How come you don't have snow ploughs?! We had a couple of inches and the wind, but now we are gripped by frigid temps, it's only 10F here at 10am! Stay safe and warm.
Lynne, I hear you! I couldn't go into work Monday or Tuesday! We had 6" of snow and 1/2 inch of ice. The roads were horrendous! They are fine now but you just have to look out for the black ice spots. Keep warm and safe!
I'm jealous of your snow! We were supposed to get 6" but got maybe 2...glad you have power. Don was supposed to have driven over to Atlanta on Monday for meetings this week but decided not to; they would have made it I'm sure but I thought it was better not to test the roads!
No snow here, but lots of cold. Too, too cold! Hope you are warm and snuggly and not having to get out in it too much!
Ooh, the snow is so gorgeous! I can't believe you got some on your covered porch, that is so cool! I'm quite jealous, since all we got was sleet and ice. No snow at all. Ugh. At least we didn't lose power. It's been really cold here too, and like you, I'm happy to hibernate inside a warm house, with good food, hot drinks and a good book to read! :)
We had sleet and freezing rain, but fortunately it didn't turn out to be the big ice storm predicted, so none of the nasty power outages. Kiddo had a day off school, husband went ahead and went in to work and enjoyed the quiet (the hours before noon were optional) and I just enjoyed a cozy day inside. Your snow was beautiful!
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