BRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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sinkwriterI love snow.
It's not always fun to drive in, but it's pretty. And peaceful. And sledding is awesome.
However... tonight? It is freaking COLD.
The winds here have been whipping around at anywhere between 40 and 60 miles per hour. Snow is blowing all over the place. Our front door is buried in snow up to almost the doorknob. We won't be able to get out unless we use a different door or dig our way out, but to even open that door will send snow tumbling into the house, so...
Right now I'm content to stay holed up inside the house, bundled in warm blankets and thick socks, lying in bed, listening to the wind rage.
*shivers*
Stay safe, fellow Chicagoans (and all those affected by this blizzard).
It's not always fun to drive in, but it's pretty. And peaceful. And sledding is awesome.
However... tonight? It is freaking COLD.
The winds here have been whipping around at anywhere between 40 and 60 miles per hour. Snow is blowing all over the place. Our front door is buried in snow up to almost the doorknob. We won't be able to get out unless we use a different door or dig our way out, but to even open that door will send snow tumbling into the house, so...
Right now I'm content to stay holed up inside the house, bundled in warm blankets and thick socks, lying in bed, listening to the wind rage.
*shivers*
Stay safe, fellow Chicagoans (and all those affected by this blizzard).
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Date: 2011-02-02 07:46 am (UTC)I hope all remains safe and you don't end up completely buried! Be safe!
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Date: 2011-02-02 07:08 pm (UTC)You stay safe, too! Those temperatures in Utah are definitely freaking COLD.
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Date: 2011-02-02 10:01 pm (UTC)The digging out however is never fun. :P There's only so much rock salt can do, sometimes... :P
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Date: 2011-02-02 01:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-02 07:01 pm (UTC)If the plows don't come through today, I may not be able to even start tomorrow instead! We just spent the last 2 hours snow-blowing and shoveling the driveway and digging a TRENCH down the sidewalks alongside the house, but if the city doesn't make it down our street to clear the roads, there's no way my aunts or I will be able to leave the house. Our vehicles would get stuck in the snow.
I was warm because of all the shoveling, but now that I'm in the house again I'm feeling chilled, so I may go take a shower to warm up a bit. BRRRR.
The snow came down and drifted so that it was up to past the front door handle! We had to go outside via the garage and dig our way out. I may post pictures. LOL.
Hope you are staying healthy and warm where you are. :)
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Date: 2011-02-02 06:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-02 07:06 pm (UTC)Seriously, Susan, we've got a wall of snow next to the sidewalks that run alongside the house. It's like a trench! It took us about 2 hours to dig out around the house and sidewalks and clear the front stoop (the snow got all the way past the door handle on the front door) and shovel and snow-blow the driveway. It was pretty insane. I kept thinking about you, because we've had those talks about equating writing with archaeology, and out there today I had to dig in layers like I was at an excavation site, the snow was piled so high and was too heavy and thick to remove in one or two scoops.
My shoulders and upper back are TIRED. Right now I'm feeling chilled. I'm probably going to take a shower, try to warm up a bit. *shivers*
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Date: 2011-02-02 09:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-03 11:46 pm (UTC)