Thursday, January 27, 2011

Snow!

We got snow last night. Only about 7-8 inches, nothing like last year in terms of amount. BUT! This storm hit right at the height of rush our and came on so fast and quick (2-3 inches an hour) and heavy (you should see the downed trees) that it stranded motorist. The entire metro region was gridlock! Thankfully, I took advantage of a 2 hour early release and got Sofie and got home just as the sleet and thundersleet/snow started. Marc, however, was trapped on his commuter bus for 5 hours! (Considering others in the area had commutes up to 13 hours, 5 seems not so bad.) And then he walked a mile from the park-n-ride home as the road was a parking lot and it was quicker to walk.


And to top it all off, we woke up with a sick kid-o this morning. I think it's generic crud (fever, snotty nose, lethargic), but we are watching it.

A few pictures of our snow.
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Someone just abandoned their car. Of course, then the snow plow couldn't clear the parking lot.

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It is so heavy, it squished lots of small trees and bushes and really weighed down larger trees.

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