Big Blizzard of 2010

Here in the happy Wyoming Valley it was not quite the big blizzard they predicted. We are protected here in the Wyoming Valley evidently. So many of the big storms either pass us by or are much milder here. We didn't get the big winds for example and though they got three feet of snow just an hour or so away, we probably got a foot. So here are a few photos of what it looks like when the snow starts to take over.

This is the view from my upstairs window screen. There's a rock garden out there, some huge slate outcroppings and some steps down to the road, but you can't see any of them now.

The rolling stock. I helped Michael get the Subaru Outback unburied this morning and did some shoveling while he got dressed. His only close encounter on the way to work was a National Guard Humvee parked in the middle of the expressway. They were helping folks out of ditches but had parked in the one clear lane on the road. He still got to work safely. Besides managers, only about fifty employees made it to work though. Many of them have to stay home with their kids who have no school.

To give you an idea of just how fast the snow was coming down today.

This is one of the former snow pictures when everything was just frosted. Thought I'd share because it was pretty. Now there are just huge mounds of snow balanced precariously on every surface. The rhododendron looks like a mountain range.

Say what you will about winter weather, this is nature at her most gorgeous.

Photo credits: Susan Denney