Preparing for snow, AGAIN
The forecast suggests that we will have another big snowfall on Sunday late evening into Monday morning or later. Gone are the days when forecasters were often wrong or exaggerating. For the most part this year the storms have been too big for them to miss. We now know the drill well and so does everybody else. We went out this afternoon to stock up at the grocery store before the Sunday rush, but everyone now thinks alike and there we were in the Saturday rush.
These at least 8 inch snowstorms with wind that creates drifts are not something that we can shovel easily now. So the son of the guy who cuts the grass, cleans the gutters, and trims the bushes does it with his jeep and snow blade plus a little shoveling around any cars left out. We have never had an arrangement like this and never needed one. The bill for winter to date came Thursday and it was jaw dropping. He takes about 15 minutes to clear the circular driveway and the entrance way to the garage. I am embarrassed to detail the charges but will discuss with the guy. There really was no other option that was clear here, although before next winter I will check for some competition.
Now we have our breakfast, lunch, and dinner needs in the house for the next three days as well as snack needs such as nuts, dark chocolate bars, potato chips, tortilla chips, and salsa, all essential . Since after the storm the weather is projected to stay below freezing at all times for the following four days, black ice can prevail. We may go out tomorrow early morning for a few things at a more flexible store than Whole Foods.
So there are plenty of books here and our new newspaper deliverer is prompt and reliable, although we are prepared to count Monday out. All of this preparation in place is fine, but the enforced isolation that these storms bring is getting really old. With our daughters dispersed, one in Brooklyn with her own independent life and one in China and India until July, the house is too quiet when we are anchored to it.
These at least 8 inch snowstorms with wind that creates drifts are not something that we can shovel easily now. So the son of the guy who cuts the grass, cleans the gutters, and trims the bushes does it with his jeep and snow blade plus a little shoveling around any cars left out. We have never had an arrangement like this and never needed one. The bill for winter to date came Thursday and it was jaw dropping. He takes about 15 minutes to clear the circular driveway and the entrance way to the garage. I am embarrassed to detail the charges but will discuss with the guy. There really was no other option that was clear here, although before next winter I will check for some competition.
Now we have our breakfast, lunch, and dinner needs in the house for the next three days as well as snack needs such as nuts, dark chocolate bars, potato chips, tortilla chips, and salsa, all essential . Since after the storm the weather is projected to stay below freezing at all times for the following four days, black ice can prevail. We may go out tomorrow early morning for a few things at a more flexible store than Whole Foods.
So there are plenty of books here and our new newspaper deliverer is prompt and reliable, although we are prepared to count Monday out. All of this preparation in place is fine, but the enforced isolation that these storms bring is getting really old. With our daughters dispersed, one in Brooklyn with her own independent life and one in China and India until July, the house is too quiet when we are anchored to it.
posted by John Borden at 4:46 PM
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