OT First blizzard of the year

So, where in this world are you located? We might get snow here tonight or in the morning. Barbara, near Greenville, SC (USA)

Dawne is in the frozen north (aka Saskatchewan, Canada).

It's been in the high 30's here all day and the mercury is starting to drop -- drastically for this area! If there is *any* moisture in the air, we will also have snow! I'm north of Magnoliaville (aka Atlanta) by about 50 miles -- just far enough from the "Big City"! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

We have been having 'persistent snow' since Friday night. I haaate it!

"lucretia borgia" wrote

I saw your "persistent snow" on the news. Very nice. Like living in one of those snowglobes. At one point this morning, the radio was reporting this was not officially a blizzard. Visibility is less than .5 km on most roads, several highways are listed as not safe for travel, there is a heavy snow advisory, and the wind is whipping the 12 cm that already fell all over the place. But, possibly the wind is .1 km/hr slower than an official blizzard--major difference. And I have to go out in this to chair a meeting. Any bets on whether or not I will have quorum??? I am taking a slow cooker full of coffee with spices and melted chocolate. If the car gets hung up in a drift, I will be fine for awhile--and the lovely scent of it might attract a snowplough driver. Dawne, considering whether her faithful Emma could carry one of those 14 cup Starbucks' boxes around her neck like a St Bernard

If you drink all that in the ditch - good luck when you need to pee lol Stay home, you will NOT have a quorum of people sensible enough to vote on anything lol

Oh PLEEAZE send some to us! Actually, we may well get some by the weekend. About time we had a PROPER winter.

Pat P

We looked out this morning and saw almost nothing, as well. It's fog season!

"lucretia borgia" wrote >

You underestimated the dedicated Church Committeeperson. We had quorum. I got stuck trying to get into the parking lot. I decided that the entrance used by the highschool kids with whom we share part of the lot would be best option--thought a path would have been made. Wrong choice--it had drifted in. I got stuck, but managed to rock the car out of it. In the end, probably still a good choice, as the Treasurer's car was stuck in the other entrace and we might well have rocked right into each other. And as other people came, there was more spinning of tires and scooping away snow.

Given the number of cars that had to be pushed, rocked, or dug out, the mocha stuff was greeted with glad cried and cold hands. Someone else had brought wine, which two people very righteously chose as they did not want the caffeine of coffee or dark chocolate. Yeah, right.

Dawne

I am glad you made it back in one piece. How quickly one forgets with a lovely summer what the hell of ice and snow is like. I lightly frostbit (don't correct me Darla or Brat) the tips of my fingers last Saturday cleaning the car off, still not quite back to normal, perhaps they never will be.

I'd be righteous and choose the wine, drinking caffeine products in the evening keeps me awake lol

"lucretia borgia" wrote>

And the last thing one would want at a parish council meeting would be to be awake....... Dawne

Stay awake!!! If you don't they will elect you to an onerous task lol

And what Dawne gets will be what we get in a day or so. Usually. They say it's a slow-moving system coming down from Saskatchewan. We've gotten about an inch of snow so far and the temps have slowly fallen from 36 degrees on Tues. to 13 right now (Thurs., 11am). It's breezy (10-20mph) but travel isn't really difficult at the moment. It's actually a good thing when the wind blows (not too hard), since it keeps the snow off the highways. Town is another story! :)

Joan in ND

Also, why you don't miss Girl Scout leader meetings!

"Joan E." wrote >

Funny--we get told fairly often that its blowing in from Montana. We all know it is really Alberta. Why is Saskatchewan so windy?? Alberta sucks. Manitoba blows. Dawne

Lol, true, but at least if it hits the right spot, it will be painless. Maybe I could enthrall grandchildren poking needles through my fingers or something lol