Red readers! We've heard so much about the storm roaring across the country, please check in and let us know what it's like in your neck of the woods... Here are a few of our pix...
JENN: You don’t want to hear about my weather or that I’ve started my lemon harvest. 💛
RHYS: You call that a lemon harvest??
Meanwhile in Dallas, Deb's intrepid husband has been preparing for any and all disasters...
And Lucy has been waiting for news on a tiki boat cruise (so sorry)...
Julia: It's slightly warmer than projected this afternoon; it's gone all the way up to 16°! Still going to be bitterly cold for the next several days. I'm dreading the snow storm - not because of any power outage, because it's projected to be so light it won't take any lines down - but because I never found a plow guy to replace my retiring one, so I have to shovel my whole driveway myself!
Hallie: Here… Very cold (12 this morning) and snow starts tomorrow. Predicting 12-18” and lasts into Monday. My snow plowers have been great so far this year so fingers crossed. My car is tucked into the garage. Praying for no power outage. If that happens I have no backup plan.
Here's Hank's bird feeder over the course of the storm...
Lucy: This is a photo taken by Sarah Stewart Taylor in Times Square, NYC during a lull in the storm. She is supposed to be in Key West right now and we're all so disappointed!!
From Julia, still in Maine: The way to shovel very deep snow safely is to do it in steps. Literal steps! I shovel off the top few inches, then the next few inches, then the last of it.
I read a fascinating piece of information about indigenous Inuit peoples - one of their techniques for surviving in the cold was to move slowly. When you go slowly, you don't get hot and sweaty, which then makes you feel colder. So I'm definitely using that technique!
And a final note from Debs on Monday afternoon: That is mostly sleet, with some snow on top. It may be Wednesday afternoon or Thursday before we can safely get out. I know all of you who have serious weather are laughing at us, but we don't have the infrastructure here to deal with much frozen precip. Only very major roads are sanded, no plows, etc. Schools and small businesses are still closed although some big corporate stores and supermarkets are opening today. At least our new car has all-wheel drive for when we do venture out!
Our house is still pretty cold downstairs, but I am enormously relieved that we didn't lose power!!!
Red readers, let us know--how did you make out with the weather?
Bitter cold with about eight inches of snow topped with sleet that made a sheet of ice on top of the snow. Temperatures are staying in the teens or lower for the rest of the week, so the snow won't melt . . . fortunately, we still have power . . . .
ReplyDeleteCold here in Chicago suburban area although night time temps are beginning to edge above 0 barely. Daytime temps in teens, which is an improvement over last few days and may even rise to the 20s at the weekend. Luckily worst snow only about 3 in. Sending good wishes for comfort and safety for all who have worse conditions. Marjorie
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