Wednesday, February 02, 2011

Blizzard of 2011 a.k.a. Groundhog Storm

You know a storm is bad when they nickname it almost immediately.  The snow started Tuesday afternoon and escalated to blizzard conditions by 7pm.  I really should have cleared my driveway of the 3+ inches of accumulated snow when I got home by 8pm.  However with winds strong enough to make snow flakes feel like insect stings, I wasn't about to run the snow blower in these conditions.

So I had to get rid of more than 12 inches of snow (actually more than 15 inches in some places!) with my little light-duty snow blower this morning.  The driveway and sidewalk that usually take less than 20min to clear took more than 90min!

Some photos:

Happy Chinese New Year!