For several days now our weather forecast has been adorned with bright red warnings alerting us to “WINTER STORM WARNING” and “SNOWFALL WARNING”. After our past few summer and winter droughts, I was happy to see that we would get some snow. “Finally,” I told myself, “we are returning to what used to be normal for our winters.”
I got all prepared for the snowfall. I checked the oil in my snowblower, and put gas in the tank. When I pulled the cord, it started right up. I blew out a bit of snow, just to test that everything was working. (photo below) I was ready for the predicted snowfall, but day after day, nothing materialized except for a tiny dusting of the white stuff.
Now, I am back to feeling that we are not going to get a “normal” winter this year. The only optimistic thing is that at least we do have about 3 to 4 inches (7-10 cm) of snow on the ground, so that gives the ground a bit of insulation in case we get a spell of really frigid weather.
At present the wind is blowing and the temperature outside is +1°C (33°F)
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