Snow continued to fall all day-inch after inch. The weather people from every local news channel were on all day - looking more and more tired as the day drug on. At least once every 15 minutes a 'weather alert" was announced. I'm not sure what was different from one fifteen minute segment to the next - but they sure did seem to take it seriously. Different parts of the city began closing later in the afternoon, chains were required for driving, and various interstate highways were shut down. Dire warnings and predictions began to pepper the airways. At 5:30 we ventured out to the house of friends who live about six blocks away. We had scheduled a holiday dinner, and decided that it was still possible to make it to their home and back. We had a wonderful dinner, and then dessert. Better than anything we could have gotten in a rest aurant. About 10:30 we looked outside and saw that freezing rain had begun falling. We quickly gathered up our things, and headed out for the drive home. We made it just fine until we got to the driveway. Once there we couldn't get in - or out for that matter.
Dave jumped out of the car, shoveled the driveway under the tires, and then climbed back in the car to maneuver it into the driveway. A couple of tries, and in we went - a little sliding, but still - we got in! We checked the yard - snow was at least 2-3 inches deeper than when we had left. Wow!
Off to bed - long day, and probably a longer day tomorrow. Good night.
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