Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

January 31, 2015

Snowmageddon 2015

To say we got murderized with an epic, record setting blizzard would be an understatement.  I have never, ever, EVER in my life seen that much snow.  I don't even remember the Blizzard of 78 being this bad.  Or the one we had in 2013 where we lost power for 4 days, or even all the storms we had last winter.  Fortunately our power stayed on except for a couple of flickers.  

The day it was to start, Monday the 26th, I had to bring Sagan to the vet and take a couple things to my mom.  I had urged the hubs to get home....or at least get back to MA to hunker down in a service plaza...as early as possible.  He crushed it to get home by 6:30.  I was burning nervous energy all day so I baked cookies, egg/veggie/cheese muffins, made kale soup in the crock pot and also some quinoa cheesy bread.  I vacuumed the whole house and prepared as best I could.  

The snow started falling lightly around 1 pm. I had intended to take pics of it as we went through the day but I was too keyed up.  The later it got, the harder it started to fall.  I kept my car cleaned off as best I could and was able to pick him up when he got in.  I was sooooo relieved that he was home with me and only then did I start to relax.

I finally shot a few pictures close to 9:00 pm on the 26th as the wind began to pick up.




It raged all night long.  He slept really well but I was constantly being awakened by the wind, stuff scraping against the windows and the plows going by.  At 1:30 I had to get up and shovel my way out the front door so that I could take Pepper out.  It's a good thing that I kept on top of that because when I finally threw in the towel and got up at 5:45, at least a foot more had fallen since 1:30.  It did look cool against the windows though.

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My poor car.

I had to shovel a path from the house to the shed in case we needed to access the generator.  I can understand why people have heart attacks after shoveling snow.  Luckily this was lighter and not heavy and wet.  Taken about 6:00 am on the 27th.


7:30 AM on the 27th the windows are coated with ice.


At 8:15, I had to shovel out of the house again to get both dogs out, which is challenging to say the least. I had to redo the path to the shed, and that is the only narrow strip that the dogs can use to potty in.  All I can do is wait for them to finish, then shovel the poop out of the way so that we don't step in it if we need to get to the shed.



Look at that drift!

I sure miss covered parking......Poor car!

Kitchen window from the outside.


My sad little path to the shed and dog potty area.  They have to be taken out one at a time and fortunately they seem to grasp the urgency and gravity of the situation, so they do their business quickly instead of the sniffing around to find the perfect spot.  

By 2:00 pm the wind died down quite a bit but it was still snowing heavily.  I was finally able to shoot some pics out of the front window.

All night the plows kept waking me up but today?  Not a one.  That black blob is my tipped over trash can.  lol

My car is even more buried than earlier.  I dreaded digging this out.  I don't even know where to put the damn snow.

The drift on the deck is piling up.  Can't even see the gazing ball in the corner.  I put the shovel there for scale.

At 6:15 pm, we heard someone outside so I went out to see who was there.  Two nice young men were outside with shovels, asking if there was anything they could do for us.  Like angels sent from heaven!  I said YES!  PLEASE do my car!!!!!  They did a great job and boy were we grateful.  It took them 20 minutes to do what would've taken us at least an hour, plus causing us to be out of breath and god forbid, chest pains.

They even realized that we needed that path to the shed kept clear.  Didn't even have to tell them.

That is A LOT of snow.  But finally it was falling much slower.

That drift on the deck got comically huge.  All I can do is laugh when I look at it.

It was a crazy 30 hours, but we got through it with power, cable and internet.  We were warm and safe, hubby was home with me which was my greatest wish of all.  

12 comments:

  1. Sure you don't live in Canada JoJo? Our plows mostly don't seem to work until the snow has stopped. Like the pix. You sure did get a lot of the white stuff.

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    1. And we have another winter storm bearing down on us for tomorrow night into Monday too. We jetted over to my mom's yesterday to bring her more food from the grocery store and salt for her walkway. I am debating if I want to hit the store now or wait till early tomorrow morning.

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  2. I don't think I've ever seen so much snow but it did make your windows look pretty. So glad these young men dug your car out how nice of them.

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    1. Well I paid them of course but yes, it was really nice of them to ask at all of the houses if they could help. Because I sure wasn't looking forward to clearing it out to make room for the plow!

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  3. Your windows sure are pretty though with the snow & pretty bobbles you have hanging in them-that`s one of my made-up words,I know you have your own made up words too,hahaha. We haven`t had snow like that for a few years, don`t want it either, that is when I have to keep a shovel INSIDE the house in case I can`t get out,lol. You are lucky to have some kids come around to help...tomorrow we are to get more snow here in Pa,but not supposed to be much,Phyllis

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    1. Yeah I learned the hard way that I need to leave a shovel and the car ice scraper/brush inside the house for storms. Having them outside/in the car really doesn't help me one bit! We're getting dumped on again, but not blizzard conditions fortunately.

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  4. Very glad you're safe. I thought about you lots while the news was talking about your megastorm.

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    1. Thanks Val. Yes it was definitely a mega storm. I knew I would be safe...it was Russell I was worried about. But he got home and that was a huge relief.

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  5. Glad you all fared well and were safe and warm. Thankfully you had power and heat.

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    1. Thanks! I have come to realize that I would never, ever survive in the pioneer days!

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  6. ps - I forgot to mention that I really like the photos of the snow against your windows. Especially the window with all the lovely little trinkets dangling in front of its panes.

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    1. Thanks!!! Yes this house.....so many trinkets....lol

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