This year we are getting record snowfall. Typically, the town of Monroe (where we live) gets about 40 inches of snow a year. The worst winter weather month, historically, is February.
This year, the snow started the weekend after Christmas. We got about 16". With blizzard conditions. And the storms just keep coming. They are on a pattern where they are coming about every 4 days right now. And the smallest one has dumped over 4 inches.
School snow days are plentiful. We have already had 5 in the last three weeks, and two big storms are predicted for this week. We have also had two delays. Now we are also into the arctic cold. It is supposed to get to 5 below tonight/tomorrow morning. With a windchill factor of 25 below. 25 below! Insanity!!!!
The school district has cancelled midterm exams (semester finals) in order to maximize instruction time. They can't push out the last day of school past June 30, so they are already talking about cancelling vacations. We have a week off at the end of February. Well, we did. I'm not sure what's happening with that yet. They are talking about taking those days away.
The kids have built snow forts in the mounds of snow. There is so much snow that there is no where for the town to put it! Every intersection is dangerous, not just because of the ice on the roadway, but also because the mounds of snow make it difficult to see oncoming traffic.
Sledding has been plentiful. After the biggest (in terms of snowfall---24")storm, I shoveled the driveway to allow Phil to get to work. He didn't make it, but I got in one heck of a workout.
Here are some random pictures of snow related adventures over the past few weeks. I am sure there is much more to come....
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