A Big Storm Coming!

It's going to be rain here with a small chance for some snow but no accumulation. So it goes in winter here in the Tennessee Valley.

I hope everyone is laid in and prepared for it, though.

 

22 inches of snow! I thought you said a huge snowstorm. How would you like two days of 4 feet each day? We had that last March. Two feet is a normal snowfall here.

Cheers,

Jim

 

I got pictures of what came in yesterday

Looks like it doubled over night AND it's still falling. Good thing there is so much to do inside.

This is a huge amount of snowfall for us. My friend in Michigan keeps calling us wimps, but I remind her of our summers (she'd melt) and she pipes down.

 

I'm with Marcia. I have been on crutches for a couple of weeks, and so there is no way I am going out in this stuff. It is falling heavily now and is expected to keep on going into Saturday night. I doubt I will even need to access the church website to know that services will be cancelled. The irony is that last night we went to our church early, prior to a delicious dinner and lovely Christmas music presentation, so that I could practice the organ (manuals only, with this foot problem) for Sunday. So here I am, all practiced up, and no service to play for! Ah well, this too shall pass.

When I was a pastor, we NEVER cancelled because our church was largely a neighborhood church, and many could walk and not worry about parking. But one Sunday it was snowing heavily, my wife and I struggled to get there, and the total congregation was 16 people! Kind of fun, though ... until we had to struggle home afterward!

 

The storm is moving NE and there's another blowing in SW and I believe that's going to cause it to stall over us and give us a little more than the 2 feet they're predicting.

We've got about six inches now but the good news is that it's so light, I was able to take the leafblower and blow our sidewalks, our driveway (I would have done more, but I ran out of extension cords), a pathway to the barn, and a large patch for the chickens in about two hours with minimal effort. My sons are out finishing up now.

Looks like it's going to be a big one. Good thing we're well stocked because we live so far out in the country, they don't plow the roads out here and you can never really tell how bad they're going to be.

The worst part is supposed to hit this afternoon and evening so I'm probably going to work for about another hour and go back to bed.

 

It's only December, Salty. Let's not give up hope just yet.

 

Boom there it is. Wish I were home.

 

Show?! Yeah, I saw some of that a couple years ago when driving up in the mountains, been so long I got out just to touch it...but it was too cold so I got back in my truck and drove on.

 

We got hit last night and it is still coming down. The mail trucks couldn't get through because there are trees down blocking the roads. The kids have been out shoveling and playing in the snow but you can hardly tell because it just keeps coming down.

 

My dh might cancel church services for tomorrow if this gets worse. With our mountain roads, the sun doesn't hit parts of the roads and when they get icy, it's dangerous. This snow we have is a very heavy wet snow, and they are calling for freezing temperatures tonight. The main roads might be ok, but getting onto the main roads will be the problem.

 

Marcia, I understand what you and others have said. My daughter lives in Georgia, near Atlanta. They don't get much snow, but they do get a lot of icy roads. I would rather have the snow.

Cheers, and be safe,

Jim

 

2 feet of snow here... Man, is it pretty!... our services are cancelled tomorrow.. I was planning on coming home (about 4 hours away from here) for Christmas this week. We were going to leave tomorrow after church, but that is doubtful now. We ARE all packed, and as soon as the main roads clear, and my 150 yrd driveway is shoveled or dozed, we are out of here...