We have an insane amount of snow. There is so much blowing and drifting, it is hard to get an accurate measurement. We have drifts of over three feet on the deck. There was only a dusting on the ground yesterday before the storm came in. It is still coming down but we are only expected to get an additional few inches. When all is said and done, this may be the most snow from a single storm since records were kept, over a hundred years. The roads are still closed, as they should be, many are completely impassible Our little state has an incredible team of snow plow operators, sanders, etc. I suspect we will be almost completely back up and running by tomorrow.
I am sitting in my nice warm living room, sipping hot coffee, while I type this. There are 37k+ people in Connecticut and many, many more around New England that aren't so lucky, they lost power. The temperature with the wind chill this morning is 9 degrees. We stayed home one night without power after Storm Sandy and the house got really cold, and the lows were in the 40s. I can't imagine trying to keep everyone warm with these temperatures. Just trying to get the cars cleaned off and driveway clear will be challenging with that amount of cold and wind. Hopefully power will restored across the region quickly.
We haven't had the right conditions to go sledding yet this winter (sickness, not enough snow, too cold, etc). It should be a little warmer tomorrow, so I look forward to taking Jack.
Vivian loves music. I had the Baby Einstein station on Pandora on for her yesterday. Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" came on and she loved it. She was dancing and clapping. I've never really listened to reggae or Marley, but it seemed to be the perfect soundtrack for the storm when contrasted with the gloom and doom forecast of the Weather Channel. That song makes you think of laying on the beach in the warm sun, sipping a tropical drink and listening to the waves crash against the shore. Maybe I will adopt the chorus as my new mantra: "don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be alright."
Happy digging.
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