Woke up this morning to a blizzard. Yep. A blizzard. I think it was my first official blizzard and would turn out to be the worst snow storm I have ever been in. Before it was over we had (I think) 34 inches of very dry snow and the winds were about 45 miles an hour. It is hard to tell exactly how much we got because of the winds. In some spots it was 4 feet, other spots it was 24 inches. On average I think it was around the 35 inch mark. The thing that really made it tough was the driving wind. But as long as you don?t have a sick child, snow is pretty fun. I spent the better part of the afternoon shoveling with the small snow blower I have. It saved my back but took a long time. Then when I was done my neighbor came home and brought out his large gas snow blower. I borrowed it for a while and did some touch up and plowed a path to the wood pile. I even went on the three season porch roof and shoveled out the snow in front of the kitchen window so we could see out. Overall it was fine.
I took the truck out to the store to get a newspaper. I ended up getting some other stuff and left my paper at the freakin store. I was so pissed. The guy who bagged it didn?t put it in a bag and I only picked up the stuff in the bags but it?s still my fault. My neighbor James picked one up for me when he was out. Nice guy. Our paper guy ended up delivering it around 7. Kind of surprised he finally made it. Good for him.
Blizzards are severe winter storms that pack a combination of blowing snow and wind resulting in very low visibility. Officially, the National Weather Service defines a blizzard as large amounts of falling or blowing snow with winds in excess of 35 miles per hour and visibilities of less than ? mile for an extended period of time (greater than 3 hours).
While I?m giving out interesting weather info, 70% of ice or snow related deaths occur in automobiles. Males make up 75% of people who die related to exposure to cold. Hmm. Didn?t know.
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