Snow Day.

[swestrup]

Well, the major snowfall they promised for yesterday evening appears to have arrived in the middle of the night. There seems to be quite a lot of fluffy accumulation everywhere, and my office is illuminated by the lovely soft white light that is so characteristic of snow diffusion.

As nice as it is to look at, I'm somewhat glad that I don't have to be anywhere until 7:00 pm this evening, so there'll be some chance for the snow removal folks to do some clearing before I head out. Although, realistically, I expect it will be 2-3 days before they manage to get around to doing the sidewalks.

Roads get priority after large snows, of course, and sidewalks come later. Plus it takes them some time to get back in form for snow clearing at the start of the season. The first few major dumps are handled far slower than the later ones of the season.

You know, it feels kind of strange to be having a 'typical' winter for a change. The last 5-10 years have been unexpectedly mild and with relatively little snow, falling late in the season. This winter has hit harder and faster than most recent ones.

Comments

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

I remember the Christmas Party of 2003 that the Denzo had... was your car not buried in the snow that evening?

[swestrup]

Yup. As I recall you suggested we abandon all hope of returning home and instead bundle under blankets at your place for mutual warmth.

I kinda wish we'd taken you up on that offer!

But that was the first major snowfall of that season, at it was at the end of December, not the beginning.

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

yes, the Řiháková pile! :D

[sps.livejournal.com]

I'd be afraid of piling on top of all those spiky accents!

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

but they poke in all the right places... :D

[swestrup]

Clearly, as there seems to be a difference of opionon amongst folks, we need to settle this by some sort of empirical experiment!

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

well, we could as those who have participated in the pile...

[swestrup]

No, that's just hearsay evidence. We need a controlled study!

[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

it's not hearsay if they were paricipants/witnesses. :P

[swestrup]

I have only their word that they were witnesses! If I accepted that sort of evidence, I'd have to believe in witches, ghosts, republicans and all sorts of nonsense!