Well, it's snowing...again.
When I went out to get the mail yesterday after lunch we had about 2 inches on the driveway so I shoveled it when I got back. This is the first time I actually used the shovel on the driveway this year and my muscles let me know they were not appreciative. Past snows either did not amount to enough to warrant shoveling or were deep enough to use the snow blower. This job took me about ninety minutes to complete by which time my lower back, buttocks and shoulders were all ready to bury me in a snow bank. Ibuprofen, a hot shower and early sack time was called for but they did little to ease the aches which continued today.
And, speaking of today, it's been snowing most of the day. It came down sporadically and lightly this morning but after lunch it really picked up. We're not getting an inch an hour or anything near that, but it is coming down quite heavily. Let's just say that if they were holding the Olympic downhill ski races on the back slope, it would be just like being in Vancouver...you wouldn't be able to see a thing from the bottom of the slope.
Terry and I were supposed to go over to Wellsboro tonight for the monthly meeting of the Tiadaghton Audubon Society, but we opted to stay home. Though Terry did say there was no snow falling in the valley when she went out to Curves, lunch and church (Ash Wednesday) between 10:30 AM and 1 PM, I'm pretty sure that's changed now.
Accuweather is saying there's no hope for a thaw anytime soon and we should expect winds out of the north gusting to 30 mph on Thursday. The also mentioned some strange snowfall totals for the month of February. Johnstown, PA down on the southern border has had close to 60 inches of snow. Snow has fallen there on 15 of the 17 days in the month. Meanwhile, Buffalo, NY has had only 3 inches. That may be changing today as the winds have been bringing snow almost due south off Lake Ontario. That's also where most of our snow is coming from today. Thank goodness Lake Erie is frozen over! If the wind shifts so as to come more from the northwest, we'll be clear. At least, we'll be clear if the Blue Blob would take a hike!
BUT, AccuHunch is forecasting another snow storm to come out of the Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia region on Sunday night into Monday.
2 comments:
I saw a comment on another blog about the frozen Lakes; the lady said, in effect, that God must be going out of His way to prove Algore & the globull warmists are bloomin' idiots.
It's entirely possible. Meanwhile, we have 32 and gray skies - no snow, but maybe a little rain. It's not even supposed to cool back down to normal until next week (grumble, grumble).
Take care of your back, sir - it's the only one you have.
Yep, keeps coming down here too, and supposed to keep up the same through next week. Kinda nice to see the kids enjoying it, making snowmen and sleding, but that's the only upside I can come up with. Thanks for your recent visits to the Willows and your kind words!
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