January 28, 2009
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Snow update
The picture I posted this morning was taken at 7:28 AM. There was quite a lot of snow on the ground, maybe 12 inches and we had already gotten about 3 inches overnight.
It is now 2:16 PM and the snow has not stopped falling all day. It has snowed harder at some times than others, granted, but it has snowed all day. Now the wind is blowing along with the snow falling. We now have about 6 inches of new snow on the ground and it is now falling hardest of all.
Usually when I look out our front window I can see the tower of the casino 7 miles away. I not only cannot see the casino but I cannot see the buildings on route 5 a mile across the field.
My prayers are going out to the road crews that are battling this. They have to not only deal with the snow, fatigue, cold, and hunger. But they have to put up with phone calls from citizens who have no clue what they are going through, but harass them none the less about not getting to their road fast enough or worse yet wonder why they spend so much money on sand and salt during a winter like this one. (it has snowed more days than not) Please Lord give them strength and patience.
Comments (4)
Lol — I bopped on here and the Charlie Brown theme song was playing! Thanks for that, I love that tune. Your snowy day looks like a day to stay in. Like you, I always feel for the people that have to be out clearing – and rescuing folks that shouldn’t have been out on the roads in the first place!
@nettieheidmann - If only people would stay at home or adjust their driving to the conditions all would be better. But alas, it is not to be. Maybe it is because my son in on the highway dept. that I feel for them so much.
We must’ve been through the same system. I had to shovel about 3″ this AM. Brought the ground total back to about 15, where it had been packed down to 12.
@HumbleWalk - It is still snowing. It is 6:37PM and the snow is still coming down. Sometime in the night the lake effect machine will kick in and then this wind will really make the snow fly. Thank God for tractors with buckets on the front and sons who like to push snow with them.