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In between the blizzards.
We had above-freezing temperatures and sun for a while today, and some of the snow melted. But they're still predicting 10-20 inches of snow starting late this afternoon, as well as "near-blizzard conditions." A few light flakes have started to fall. The public schools have just given up and closed for the rest of the week. My university was closed yesterday and today - I can't think of any other time that's ever happened. I expect that it will close tomorrow as well. And Michael's office will be closed tomorrow, which his boss said has never happened because of weather before.
I took the kids out today, cautiously picking my way through the snowdrifts with Colin in a front carrier. We went back to the neighborhood grocery to see if the milk truck had arrived (nope) and hit the art store for some emergency keeping-Alex-busy supplies. She's doing remarkably well with being cooped up, poor kid. To help keep us pleasantly occupied we're doing some advance homeschooling, which you can follow on my other blog if you wish.
I have never experienced weather like this in my life. And I've lived in both upstate New York and Iowa.
I took the kids out today, cautiously picking my way through the snowdrifts with Colin in a front carrier. We went back to the neighborhood grocery to see if the milk truck had arrived (nope) and hit the art store for some emergency keeping-Alex-busy supplies. She's doing remarkably well with being cooped up, poor kid. To help keep us pleasantly occupied we're doing some advance homeschooling, which you can follow on my other blog if you wish.
I have never experienced weather like this in my life. And I've lived in both upstate New York and Iowa.
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And secret scorn because we're not unschoolers? ;-)
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This is the most extreme back-to-back set of snows I can remember (and I moved here in 1984).
The only single event that I can remember that tops this (n terms of sheer inconvenience) was the 17cm of _frozen rain pellets_ that fell in 1994. IIRC.
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p.s. I love reading these snippets of your life.
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The store did finally get a truck through, so we were able to restock on milk before the second storm hit.