Chip: February 2010 Archives

Late yesterday afternoon, the snow did turn into rain/sleet, through the overnight hours. That made for a nice slushy mess on the driveway and front walkway. The wind also picked up, rattling the outside vent for the fireplace many times.

However, shortly after sunrise, it all changed back to snow. And it’s really starting to come down now, particularly with the strong wind continuing. The kids want to get out in it, but with the wind really blowing, we’re not going to go our right now.

The rain did much to wash out much of the snow from yesterday, but the weather forecast says today’s snow should accumulate. That should make for lots of fun tomorrow.

Channeling a little Beatles there…

So, I know Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this year, presaging 6 more weeks of winter, but these snow storms we’re getting? This is our 4th significant snowfall this winter season, so I guess we should be used to it by now.

It has been snowing since around 8am this morning, without any of the sleet they were predicting, and the thick flakes started shortly after 9am. It hasn’t been accumulating on the roads yet, but it is starting to fill in on the ground. School was canceled this morning for Will, as I guess they didn’t even want to risk a half-day and then delivering kids home in the snow. As you can see from the picture, it was probably a good idea, as the western half of the county is probably getting it worse than we are here.

But that means Will only had 1 day of school this week, and that one started 2 hours late. And how many days will we lose next week after this storm? I feel makeup days coming on.

This one isn’t predicted to be too bad — less than a foot of snow. But I know my parents and one sister living in NoVA are going to get it pretty badly. Best of luck to those farther north and west.