Sunday, December 21, 2008

Snowed in!

We've seen some crazy weather the past week. Last Sunday we got our first snowfall...and much more than we're used to getting here. Portland is not well prepared for getting this much snow, so usually even a little bit will cause school delays or even closures. This was supposed to be the last week of school before winter break, but the weather caused school closures for the entire week!

I also wasn't able to make it to work for several days. Fortunately I'm able to remote into work and still get things done. So I ended up working from home most of the week. (And as sweet as that may sound it's definitely a distraction when the kids are home too.)

Yesterday and today got even worse though. We got much more snow yesterday than we had all week. Then overnight and this morning we got a freezing rain. So there's about a quarter-inch of ice on top of about 6-8 inches of snow. Just a few minutes ago we were back to snowfall, and as I look out the window right now we're back to the freezing rain.




The kids were picking up great sheets of ice and trying to make an ice fort.


That bush was standing upright yesterday.


Stuck.


We don't get snowplows. I don't think the city even owns any snowplows.


An "ice flower."

3 comments:

  1. As inconvenient as they are, I think ice storms are the most beautiful thing. We used to get them in Pennsylvania.

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  2. Little bit of snow everywhere else in the world and the place shuts down. 5 feet and I still have to work! Freezing rain is awesome! Far as conditions go worse than snow. Alot of it on PEI.

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  3. Beautiful snow photos! I wouldn't want to have to shovel that off driveways, but it's sure pretty to look at from far away ;)

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