Sunday, December 27, 2009

The Christmas blizzard.

Snowed in, for sure.

On Christmas Eve day, the snow started falling. And blowing. And falling and blowing some more. By 4:30pm, we knew that a Christmas Eve church service wasn't possible. By 11pm, travel warnings were issued everywhere.

Christmas Day the snow fell nonstop - from midnight to midnight. It didn't stop snowing until yesterday around noon, and thankfully, the winds let up a bit then too. The accumulation wasn't nearly as crazy as the DRIFTS. Philip shoveled twice during the snowstorm, but by the time we woke yesterday morning, you couldn't tell he'd done a thing!

The TV channels turned to static in the morning, along with a message alerting us that the road conditions were RED. No travel was allowed on base at all, and everything was closed. Fine by us, as we didn't need to be anywhere, either!

He shoveled for hours and hours yesterday. We had much higher drifts than our next-door neighbor, and when he was done with his own house, he helped Philip for another hour-and-a-half, at least. I still can't much see out of my windows, but I expect that's just how it's gonna be for a while. ;-)


Drifts up to our office window
Drifts up to our office windows.

A sideways view out the window of the front lawn, including the completely buried front three steps.
A sideways view out the window of the front lawn, including the completely buried front three steps.

The drifts up to the dining room window
The drifts up to the dining room window.

Out the kitchen window, the drifts blocked the garage and part of Philip's truck.
Looking out the kitchen window, the drifts blocked the garage and part of Philip's truck.

Opening the garage door to begin shoveling...
The view when we opened the garage door...

The solid wall of snow from the garage door to my kitchen window.
The solid wall of snow from the garage door to my kitchen window.

View from our master bedroom deck.
The view from our master bedroom deck.
This is a picture of our back-yard neighbors. The house on the left is the same floor plan as our own. Those neighbors were SLEDDING down their steps - that's how high the snow was!


Last night, Philip and I glanced out the dining room window just before I was going to start dinner. A beautiful dog was leaping through the snow, looking lost. Philip went to the front door and called, and the dog ran right to him. The dog had no collar, and Philip pulled him into the mud room for warmth. He had snow on his little nose, but he was just gorgeous. Philip and the boys sat in the mud room for over half an hour and loved on the dog. Finally, the police arrived to take him back to the squadron to read for a microchip, and they let him go.


Lost Snow-Dog.
The lost 'Snow-Dog.'







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