Notice how high up on the fences the snow is
That is the front of my car somewhere in there
Trying to push the cars out of the snow
The road to our house
I don't know if you can see how deep the snow is right here but its at least 3 feet.
A flock of geese flying over the sun
We didn't really end up using our prepared 72 hour kits. I did eat a snickers and I at one point was on the verge of opening up the Bodiheat (a pain reliever not a heating pad I found out).
This is the pile of blankets we buried ourselves under
We actually just had sandwiches so as not to waste the propane
On Thursday we went to the store to pick up a package of cheese and that was when I first experienced the Armageddon mode that New England goes into when threatened with a foot of snow. There were lines of shopping carts loaded to the brim with food and survival supplies. That night I mocked, but now I completely understand the feeling of being in a 72-hour kit crisis. The snow started early on Friday morning so we decided to get a few errands completed before the stores started closing at 3pm. I must tell you the eeriness of being one of two customers in a Costco, it is completely unnerving and kind of cool to have the entire store to oneself. Apparently everyone had gone into hunker-down mode to ride out the storm. We hearty Utah and Idaho attitudes would not be deterred by a few flakes of snow however, so we headed to Walmart which looked like it had been ransacked by a starving army. We got our things and got in line. I was interested to see what people deemed important for their 72-hour kits. The girls behind us had six packages of cookies and a package of cigarets and the people in from of us had a cart of diet pepsi, tampico and some rice. And yet we were the ones getting the baffled looks, granted all we were buying were bay leaves, air freshener and some laundry detergent. By the time we were done buying our things at Walmart all stores and public transportations were closed so we headed home. The snow continued and the wind started blowing creating huge drifts in the snow. Then the power went out. That was when I started to understand why everyone had been going crazy about this storm. What with all the stores being closed, public transports down, and the lack of electricity (for which I rely on for everything; hot showers, heat, food...EVERYTHING) I was wishing I had gotten more than some bay leaves for warmth. Luckily our bed is pretty warm so we just hunkered down for the night and for most of the next day too (It was really cold anywhere outside of our bed). I did venture out for a little bit in the morning to see what the snow had been up to in the night. It was kind of cool to see the huge drifts of snow that covered all the cars and roads and houses. I took some pictures but quickly realized that I was the only female outside so I let the men stay out in the snow and shovel out the cars. Anyway, we are safe and sound and the electricity is back on so we are just going to stay inside until everything opens up again. Our church got canceled for tomorrow so this will be day three in our little apartment. Yay.
