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I can't believe its snowing... again today. What's up with this, anyway? It was suppose to be only a dusting this morning and then gone in a couple of hours. That worked out okay, but now its snowing again. Crazy weather mumble mumble.
I haven't been doing much of anything. I visited my friend on Saturday. (Now that was a beautiful day... total sunshine!) We got two games in... Upwords and Word Yahteeze. (sp?) I somehow managed to win both of them. Go me!!
Just a couple of pictures of our last snow fall a few days ago. Prior to this most of the "serious" snow had finally melted then we got a couple of hours of the white stuff and everything was covered once again. Fortunately, in the middle of the night it warmed a little and started raining. This melted everything. From there it just kept raining and raining and raining. We're on a flood watch for now.
(This picture is from a previous year.) We've broken the 40 yr. record for the most snow in the month of December. 1968 use to hold the record. Now 2008 holds it. And we're headed to the next record. I just don't know what it is... most snow ever?
Now you folks who live where it really SNOWS, please hold your snickering until later, but our 1968 record was for 11.5 inches. The record was broken last night and we have continued adding snow to that amount.
We're working on the 11th day in a row of snow. (insert a weak yahoo here) And the end is not in sight... anywhere!
Update: I don't think the 11.5" is correct because I'm reading blogs saying they have 18" or more in their yards. The details I mentioned here are soft and are not to be quoted as absolutely true.
We're now having freezing rain and associated power outages and trees falling into houses in some areas. Poor travelers. Stranded.
The weather people are saying we may not get out of this mess until next weekend.
I'd post some pictures but my camera is not functioning right now.
The news stations continue to broadcast storm coverage. If you'd like to see some of the broadcast go to katu.com and look for the "live coverage" link. I tried it, but it took too long to come up (my pc works slowly sometimes), but it may work for you. They've got reporters all over and they show cam shots from various spots.
I wonder how long it will be before I start blubbering 'bu bu bububu bubububu bu bu' like Golden Hawn did in the movie Overboard.
Little Crusty wants to play!
Its been over a week of snow and its getting really boring. Cabin feverish. And today we are waiting for our big ice storm, but the weather system is a slow moving one. Ice brings down power lines, and generally sucks big time.
One of our hospitals is located on a hill (low mountain) and they have staff living there, sleeping in patient rooms, etc. Lots of staff can't make it in and staff already there are safer just staying put.
Early this morning a guy started across one of our bridges going the wrong way. When he swerved to miss on coming traffic he went over the side of the bridge (the part still over land) and dropped nose first about 40 feet. No injuries. Based on the fact that it happened at 3am, he was going the wrong way, and he had no injuries, I'm betting that he was drunk.
Its beginning to get boring. I might even end up doing some kind of housework just for a change the pace. Gasp. Just kidding.
This picture is from last year. We got snow here yesterday, but not as much as what this picture shows. But you know what? Its cold as hell here!!! And the fun part is that it is suppose to last forever. Well, at least thru the WHOLE week.
Later in the week, we might get some freezing rain. YaHoo!
So... I'm stuck here in the apartment which is fine, but my smoke alarm has started going off to indicate the battery needs to be changed. And me without a battery. And I'm too short to reach the alarm on the ceiling. I'll be waiting for my American Ingenuity to kick in with some kind of solution. I'll let you know. If nothing comes to mind, I have my hammer and I'm not above smashing the hell outta the alarm to get it to stop beeping at me. If I can get it off the ceiling. How long can you keep hitting the reset button to stop it from beeping? Anyone know?
I can't believe its been a whole week since I've updated the blog, but when you don't have anything to say, I guess you just don't have anything to say. Know what I mean?
It snowed Saturday night/Sunday morning and everything was covered. It was one of those snows where its fine to go "awwww... look how pretty it is!" because you know it will not be sticking around. And true to form, the next time I looked outside the sidewalks and streets were completely clear of any white stuff.
