Wow, what a day. I was in Moncton yesterday, and around 11am I'd heard a weather report that said there was 30cm of snow on the ground in Northwestern NB and 60cm to come in the next day or so for "certain" parts of Northern NB. Murphy would suggest that "certain parts" would certainly include my driveway.
Since my cat was home with supplies anticipating only so many days and thus not actively being checked on by a neighbor, I decided I'd better throw my stuff in the car (a day early) and try to beat the storm home. With the car safely in the driveway, I could dig out at my leisure.
For those who are curious, it was a tie.
Thankfully, my neighbor (who you'll see in one of the photos, at a distance) had been thoughtful enough to clear my driveway shortly before I'd arrived.
Still, the main part of the storm was to come. I woke up to this.
To my Torontonian friends,
this is a snowfall, and we didn't even have to call the army to dig out.
It was pretty much business as usual by noonish, although traffic was understandably a bit more cautious than usual given the unusually narrowed roads.
To my american friends, anybody want to go sledding? We've got a pretty good hill nearby.
Actually, this is a bit of a local record. I remember once when I was fifteen when we had a bit more snow than this within 24 hours (I remember, because I had to do three driveways, twice, before that storm was over.)
The plow-drift extends six or seven feet into the road from the curb, and about five feet into the road from the other side. Digging that out took three hours, and I suspect getting the snow off the back porch by hand is going to take the same again, but that's for tomorrow. *whew*
I'm going to sleep like a log tonight.
