Ah nor'easters in New England, there's nothing like winter storms that keep you trapped in your house with no power or heat for days on end...
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| Snow Friday night |
Snow started falling Friday morning and we attempted the recommended "shovel every few inches," but with just two of us and a huge driveway that was cast aside pretty quick into the afternoon. As the night went on and we heard of everyone losing power we kept thinking we would be safe because we didn't even have flickering lights. Yeah. Wrong. We lost power around 10:00 pm that night and just got it back last night around 7:00 pm...a grand total of three days with no heat.
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| Saturday morning, way over my boots |
By Saturday there was about 17 inches of snow outside, though no record for snow accumulation, it is definitely the most snow I remember seeing from one storm. Even better than the three hours it took to shovel out the driveway is the knowledge that we're expecting more snow on Thursday and Saturday... I
definitely live in the wrong place. Anyone else sick of this winter weather? I thought
Punxsutawney Phil said we'd have an early Spring!
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| At the end of shoveling |
*Interesting side note, there is a
controversy about the naming of Winter Storms. The National Weather Service does
not name winter storms, they argue because it can often be hard to tell where one ends and another begins. Several newspapers kept with this and would not name the storm or would merely title it "The Blizzard of '13." Interesting there is controversy over this since Nemo in Latin actually means "no man/no one." Well played Latin, well played.
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| A couple of trees that fell down in our front yard. |
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