I realize I am not a meterologist…
But really, where did this all come from? When I went to bed last night at 2:30AM I looked at the local, regional and national radar - and I honestly could not see where any more snow could come from. Everything was past us and heading in a northeasterly direction. There was a very small blob of precip down by Blacksburg, but nothing else. I really couldn’t see where there was any other precip.
Then I was awakened at 7:45 this morning by my NOAA radio kindly letting me know that we’re all going to die. I am trying to find an animated loop of the regional radar over the past 6 hours to see when & where this second storm cell developed when there was nothing there 5 hours earlier.
I should have stuck with my instincts and just not gone to bed. I’m serious - I was really toying with the idea. (Too much snow + too much caffeine = ideas of staying up all night to beat Mother Nature.) This is what the snow has done to me. I had been keeping up with the snow on Friday night until I went to bed. Last night, the driveway, sidewalk and car were cleared off. And then I went to bed. And it all went to hell. IF I’D JUST STAYED UP ALL NIGHT THIS WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED.
Part of me thinks that I should get out there and at least take a few whacks at it. The intelligent part of my brain says not to set a toe outside until I see my neighbors out there or the wind dies down a bit. My sweet southern neighbor brought home a brand new snowblower yesterday and while I would never in a million years expect or even ask for help unless I desperately needed it, maybe I’ll get lucky we’ll be out at the same time and he’ll want to do more snowblowing. :)
There must be a 6 hour radar loop somewhere that I can look at if no other reason than to satisfy my curiosity.
Moxley, Mr. “I love the wind!” went out and then wouldn’t come back in. WTF dog?! So, I get dressed, shoes on and take 2 steps out the back door and he trundles right in. I think it was his way of saying, “If I have to go to the bathroom in this nonsense, you have to get out of your PJ’s.”
*This was the same neighbor who was positively ecstatic when I was house/dogsitting and the tree fell in the driveway. Before I could even figure out who to call or what to do, he was out there with the chain saw and a huge smile on his face.
Originally posted at CafeChatNoir.net.
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