boon's log 5008.07: Let it snow... let it snow... let it snow...
Woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise. It's snowing! And it's not small-time snow - like what we've normally experienced in OR before. Typically, it will just snow and by the time the snow hits the ground it melts and becomes water.
This time, it's really pouring snow, covering roads, cars, root tops, etc.. 2-3 inches this morning (during the day) and reportedly another 2-3 more inches of snow tonight. This is by far, the most snow we've seen here. So much so, there was a memo from the office advising us to work from home on Monday. Like most Hollywood movies where the kids get to skip school because of heavy snow / storm... "Cool!".
Anyways, we needed to go out to get food (groceries) and also we promised Ab to get her her dosage of Chicken McNuggets, French Fries and Chocolate milk - plus we had some favors that from our rellies that we need to fulfill.
The roads were okay at first, but as most experienced folks would tell you, it gets worse when the road freezes up. The disappointing thing is that there were no snow-plows or rock salt on the roads. The road authorities should have anticipated this and be more prepared... Anyways, we saw cars in ditches, into trees, stalled by the freeways, and many skidding cars (we were one of them too). Freeways with speed limits at 55mph saw cars traveling at 15-20mph... Here are some sights - some of them may look familiar to some of you...
Behind our apartment
This time, it's really pouring snow, covering roads, cars, root tops, etc.. 2-3 inches this morning (during the day) and reportedly another 2-3 more inches of snow tonight. This is by far, the most snow we've seen here. So much so, there was a memo from the office advising us to work from home on Monday. Like most Hollywood movies where the kids get to skip school because of heavy snow / storm... "Cool!".
Anyways, we needed to go out to get food (groceries) and also we promised Ab to get her her dosage of Chicken McNuggets, French Fries and Chocolate milk - plus we had some favors that from our rellies that we need to fulfill.
The roads were okay at first, but as most experienced folks would tell you, it gets worse when the road freezes up. The disappointing thing is that there were no snow-plows or rock salt on the roads. The road authorities should have anticipated this and be more prepared... Anyways, we saw cars in ditches, into trees, stalled by the freeways, and many skidding cars (we were one of them too). Freeways with speed limits at 55mph saw cars traveling at 15-20mph... Here are some sights - some of them may look familiar to some of you...
Behind our apartment
Let it snow...
Ab enjoying the snow with Mommy in the warmth of our apartment...
Kids playing in the snow
Not a very common sight...
More views of snow from our apartment
Uwajimaya, Asian Food Market
OR 217
2-3 inches with 2-3 inches more...
boon out...
posted by Boon @ 22:43
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