I FOUND where I stashed this post last nite so I tried again. It did it again….did NOT post and bounced me back to page 1. Soooo, I’ll get creative and try to post this long post in two sections. Mebbe that is the problem??????
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Regarding our snow bizarre snow storm: Thanks for well wishes, everyone. Welllllll…….. We were right on the border of NOT being in the affected area. {roll eyes} Allegedly. Good thing we don’t RELY on predictions. Yes, it DID get allll the way over here. But we certainly did NOT get what those poor folks in the plains of Colorado got….whooooeeee! I’ve been in blizzards like they got. Dangerous as all get out! Especially if you are inexperienced, arrogant/careless, or just made an error. Unforgiving of errors….this type of storm is!
In our particular piece of the HIGH ROCKIES, we got our usual HIGH WINDS. We’re in a valley with the house half-way up and the barnyard down near the creek at the bottom. We’ve lived here long enough to know how the wind will cause drifting.
So we did NOT get the full effect of the Absolutely STRANGE phenomena of the “bombogenesis” …aka “Explosive Cyclone” , …aka “Winter Pseudo-Hurricane“, etc. There are many names they are calling this monster. Concerned for those who got it’s affect in the warmer MidWest …got terrible flooding. I’m just now able to get on Internet and see how it’s affected other regions. Stay safe …those of you who might still be in recovery…as we are.
The Internet was lost the first day. THAT drove me crazy cuz we have no TV….no cell service….nada for NEWS…DATA. Our daughter called [we have land line] and dug up some information for me. The BEST NEWS is that we did not {quite} lose electric. Whew! Biggest concern. Everything else is rather routine…..tho MUCH worse to deal with all of it now that we’re a lot older. 🙁
While the wind was STRONG, it was within our normal range. But the SNOW AMOUNTS were way over what was expected in our particular piece of the planet. W A Y over! We’ve had worse but again, that was in our younger years. Our snowplow friend did try to clear our driveway. He tried to RUN his truck UP the steep hill and plow DOWN. He never quite got UP the driveway. 🙁 On the third unsuccessful attempt, while backing down….he veered over close to a “vehicle roll over and over” type of edge. While maneuvering, he got rear wheels stuck in the no-longer-frozen-dirt. He and got him loose and away from edge. He used plow to scrape snow backwards from that point. So some is cleared. That deep, every little bit helps us walk up and down.
OldMtWoman ….attempt #4