Snow too much
When snow reaches two feet deep, it loses its beautiful ranking. It becomes a nuisance and hard to shovel and stack. Piles get so high it is often hard to see oncoming traffic.
 |
| Pete shoveling |
After a day or two, it becomes an eye-sore—freezing, melting, dirt mixing in—you get the picture and it is not a pretty one. You can imagine after a week the gray color it becomes rather than the snowy white.
Schoolchildren love it at first but after six, eight, ten days out of school, they start to get rather contentious, wanting to see their friends and needing a change of scenery. It is hard to believe but they begin to miss school!
 |
| John Handley High School grounds-- from our front porch |
And don’t even mention the parents. There are not words to describe the overwhelming frustration and futile attempts to keep their children entertained while trying to stay sane.
Simple activities such as driving, which is taken for granted, is treacherous at first but as days pass, the melting makes it a little easier. Finding parking places is almost impossible as snow piles take up residence in the spots and will be there for weeks.
So why do we like snow—actually many of us don’t! I guess it is better than an ice storm and torrential rains that cause flooding.
Surviving is a skill I have worked on diligently for decades. One thing is to have plenty of a melting agent to get rid of the snow and ice as fast as possible. I get out as soon as I can to shovel or sweep the steps and then I spread the miracle mix. Some people say it will damage the concrete, but I say better the concrete than me!
Other tips for helping with cabin fever include having plenty of sweets including chocolate cake and ice cream and gallons of wine. Books, IPad, and movies also help pass the time. Those projects you put off can be finished in no time when you are stuck in the house.
It’s like camping out but inside the house. No businesses are open so it doesn’t matter because you couldn’t get there anyway. So think about being dropped in the woods or on a mountain top and rescue is days away.
When we do make it out, we survey the damage to see how much has been done or not done in our fair city. It is always a mystery until we can venture out past our street. Facebook has helped with friends posting photos of the snow around them, documenting the accumulation.
The extreme snow of January 2016—about 36 inches—melted at a steady pace but with that much snow it takes weeks.
Oh well, hopefully the worst is over for the year—not really—we still have weeks and weeks of winter!
No comments:
Post a Comment