Sunday Snow Storm

The snow started at around noon today - by one-o'clock it was snowing hard and the wind had picked up. I'm hearing on the scanner that cars have pulled off the road, as one of the road crew said, "it's pretty much a parking lot here in West Danville." They are saying over two inches have fallen in about a half hour - the crews are having to go slow, one guy said he's had to back up a couple of time because he was in the ditch.
Complete white-out conditions. There have been a few reports of cars off the road, but it almost seems that almost everyone has just pulled over and stopped. Right now there is quite a bit of activity going on in West Danville with at least one accident just east of town and police cruisers in the parking area.

We took some pictures from our windows. Above is looking out my kitchen window across the driveway at our big spruce trees. Can hardly see them. Below, Fred took one looking towards the pond and Randall's house across the road from us. I just took another picture out the window of my office, and I can hardly see the woodpile - well, the snowbank kind of gets in the way, too, but there's a lot of snow falling and blowing around, too.

Fred is keeping us snug with a nice fire, and took this picture. That's a potato roasting in the coals - you'll have to ask Fred what that's all about. Anyway, it's a nice fire, and we're very glad we don't have to get out in the storm.

The good news is, the snow is letting up in some areas, so I guess this was kind of a squall moving through the area. It'll be a while before things get back to normal though with so many people having problems on the road.

This makes all of you who have left our area for the winter feel really good that you made that decision, though, doesn't it? But you can't argue with a nice fire on a snowy Sunday afternoon, with the cat stretched out on the rug in front of the fire and us with plenty of supplies and no place we need to go, either. Plus, we had friends in for brunch (Diane and Bill Rossi) and they got home before the worst of the storm hit, so we're all safe, content, and ready for a nap. That's what I call a perfect day. In the picture, from left to right, Fred, our friend Monica, son Bill, Diane and Bill Rossi. I got to be the photographer today.