And the wind blew....

The past week has been interesting ..

weather wise.

We have had about 4 days of deep freeze.

9 for day times.. and any where from -6 to

4 above for early mornings.

Leaving us with open cabinets to sinks,

and dripping water, so we didn’t have to

have frozen pipes.  

Then the snow came once again.. leaving us

5 more inches…but also adding the wind with

it.. so there are drifts everywhere.

We have about 2 feet on the flat, about 3 feet

in the middle where the King has blowing the snow

to make a pee trail for Misty.  But out back by

the green house, there is drifts up to 4 feet tall.

Yet this is not a bad year.. this is a average year.

Those who are moaning and groaning about it

this year.. forget that just 6 or so years ago, we

had so much more.. garages, and barns were

falling in from the weight of the snow. Even

some homes roofs were falling in.

Also in 1995, there was so much.. that they

were having a hard time finding a place to

put the snow from the streets.  And it was

common to drive thru town, stopping at

ever intersection, and ease out pass the

wall of snow to see if the road was clear to

cross or pull out.  People were getting paid

$20 to $75 an hour to shove off buildings.

I worked in a nursing home, and they shoveled

it off and what was already on the ground.. the

windows were covered… I remember one family

member stumbling across the yard to get to the

window of his mother.. so he could dig out a

port hole for day light in her room and for her to

look out thru.  

One year, about 1988, we had a week

of below 0.. with the wind blowing.. one day it

was -40 degrees with wind chill factor.

Yep, this is just a regular normal average Idaho

winter.