Snow Day!

WOW! You know, we thought last January's snow was bad...and we've been cautiously optimistic about this winter - we made it to mid-December with no real snow to speak of. But...so much for optimism - we are looking at possible record snowfall for a 24 hour period, and we have already beat the snowfall totals from last January!

The snow started yesterday morning, and it has not stopped yet.  Here are a few pics that I have taken.

I took this from my office downtown yesterday - early afternoon.  There was visibility of only about 4 blocks.

This next picture was taken last night.  This is our old artificial Christmas Tree, which is currently standing tall in our front yard.

The snow continued all night - here is the same tree as of this morning:

At about 6:30 this morning, here is the pile on our back deck.  In case you can't see the numbers, there was 18 inches - and it is still snowing!

Just for a little perspective, here the kids are standing just inside the door, with the pile on the deck showing behind them.

The kids' school is closed, as are all of the local public schools.  City hall is closed, the hospital has canceled all elective surgeries scheduled for today, and the city transit system has had only a few bus routes open, and it sounds like they may be about to close those also.  They are reporting on the news that there are surrounding areas with as much as 2 feet of snow.

John ventured in to work this morning, and he just called to let me know that he made it safely.  The kids and I will be staying put!