I WISH I could stop thinking about the Donner Party

[morgaina]

I spent the day shoveling snow (gasp, wheeze). My muscles are aching, tingling, and doing all kinds of screaming behaviors.

My earlier guess was that the snow over my sidewalk that had been shoveled the night before was waist high was wrong; it was chest high. Of course, I may not be the tallest person on your f-list ;-). An interesting effect, this is the first time I’ve seen ‘air holes’ in the snow. The little areas that keep avalanche survivors alive.

My goal was to shovel out enough that I could get to the car, which I parked down the road away from the worst drifting, by 2:00pm in hopes of getting to town. Alas, I didn’t meet the goal until after 5:00pm and I felt it wasn’t a good idea to set out after dark. Tonight and tomorrow is supposed to be worse with 7 inches of snow predicted, which means I will get much more than that; and 30 mph winds, which means I will get heavier winds. I really, really, really hope the shoveling today wasn’t in vain. I tried to pat down snow berms when I shoveled it out in hopes they would slow the wind damage.


This is Amby on my front sidewalk. I am afraid to let him off the leash. His predecessor dog, Clara, once fell through deep snow into water below it and it was just good luck that we found her in time. Too scary.

Comments

[freewaydiva.livejournal.com]

O. M. G.

I wish I could airlift you to a beach somewhere. :(

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, thoughts of a warm beach. :-)

Good news coming?

[hrollaug.livejournal.com]

The National Weather Service is predicting lots of rain for you this weekend. That should cut the snow down. At least until it got cold (and icy)....

Re: Good news coming?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I am ready for a different kind of weather-thing. Rain will have it's problems, but cutting down on the snow will be good.
The county is already beginning to prepare for the flooding that will come when the snow melts too.

Re: Good news coming?

[earcmacfithil.livejournal.com]

Euwww. Snow+rain+freezing temps=black ice! *cringe* At least you live where it's more or less flat...okay flat-ish, I guess. Everything in Arnold is on a hill, so all that black ice made everything really hairy. Think Portland after a major freezing rain event.

Re: Good news coming?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Nothing is flat here, unless I level the snow.

Re: Good news coming?

[earcmacfithil.livejournal.com]

It's at least a lot less un-flat than the Sierra.

Re: Good news coming?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

It's a lot less un-flat than Mt. Everest too, but I am not concerned with the other locations at this time. However, I am concerned that this is developing into a p!ssing contest.

[kseniia-antir.livejournal.com]

Umm, you don't actually have anyone with you to eat, though, do you? (Amby doesn't count!)

Hang in there, spring will come eventually.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

No, I just remember reading the book about some living in a hollow tree, the deep snow through April, etc. It was horrifying.
Makes me shovel more energetically.

[earcmacfithil.livejournal.com]

The second lesson we learned our first winter in Arnold was never try to shovel until it's done snowing. We found that we just had to turn around and shovel it all again on the way back to the house, and then shovel it some more the next day. The first lesson was NEVER drive on the snow BEFORE shoveling. The first time we did that, what should have been a 1- or 2-hour shovelling job took all day.
Between shovelling in the winter and splitting wood in the summer, we all had rather well-developed biceps! :-)

[spedgirl.livejournal.com]

I WISH I could stop thinking about the Donner Party

HaHa! I actually had a friend in high school whose family (Breen) was part of the Donner Party. Apparently they were the ones in charge of provisions....

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I would have admitted that.
I can just imagine all the jokes :-D

[mirandanoel.livejournal.com]

Sooo, will school be out by the 4th of July???? That saying about corn being as high by the 4th of July just doesn't have the same ring to it when subsituting snow for corn...

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

In Moscow and Pullman and some of the rural disticts will have to extend their school year.
But I work in Lewiston, and only the 3 of us who live up here are experiencing the bad weather. Lewiston is worse than usual, but not bad enough to call snow days. I could be wrong, but I think they have NEVER had a snow day.