Snow Storm

Over the past 36 hours we've had a big snow storm which deposited about a foot of snow, in what was our biggest snowfall so far.

This morning I got up, waited for the heavy snow to stop, took some photos, and then gave a big sigh when I saw the car. Unfortunately my employer wouldn't spring for undercover parking, so when it snows there's a big job to do. On the car itself was a layer of about 10cm from bonnett to boot (from the hood to the trunk for the Americans reading :-) which isn't too hard to remove with an ice scraper.

The big deal was the snow between the car and the road. With a foot of snow covering the ground, it meant I had to move about a cubic metre (meter) of snow via snow shovel so I could drive the car. 40 minutes later the car could be driven - my hands were frozen but the rest of me was very warm.

Getting to work was a trial too, with traffic moving ever so slowly on the I-53 and quite a few accidents on the way (fender-benders). From leaving my front door to sitting at work has been almost 2 hours.

| 07 Jan 2005 | #