Snowpocalypse Now

Snow...blinding snow...feet and feet of it...Metro closed aboveground, schools closed through Wednesday, Federal government closed, Western civilization crashing down, angels crying "Woe!" in the heavens, cats and dogs living together...oh, the humanity!

OK, it's really not that bad people.  It's 28" of snow.  It will melt.

We dug out over the weekend; Saturday was a heavy lift, getting the driveway cleared.  Then Sunday was dedicated to expanding the street space in front of the house.  This morning, when Mary's boss texted that he'd be running a little late and she should convene the 10:00 staff meeting without him (mind you, she received it still abed), it became more imperative to get people on the roads.

We haven't seen a plow come through since late Friday night, when it moved the first ~5" of snow.  The other 23", well, that's still there.  So today's task was to dig two parallel sets of tracks into the snow up the length of Overlake Court, wide enough for a Sienna to get through.  Once onto Triple Ridge, she could then hook onto the ruts that people had made through the weekend, then onto Hooes, which I knew was plowed pretty decently.  So that's how she made it to work today.

What's fun is watching the hyperventilating of the DC media and people who haven't lived through a decent snowstorm before.  We're very definitely among the lucky ones: we have power, we have heat, we have food, we haven't lost any trees and there's no damage to our house.  (OK, there's a cedar in the back yard I'm lightly worried about, but it's one of two that have to go anyway before I can build that patio I've wanted in the back.)  With another five to 12" on the way tomorrow and Wednesday, you'd think from the reactions around us that life will cease to be possible.  Not true.  It may become more awkward if you can't get to a Starbucks, and yes, you haven't seen a paper delivery since Friday, but hey, the Internet's up, and we're finally able to get to some of that reading we've been meaning to.

We've posted some photos of the snow, and if this next storm comes to pass I'll add to those as well.  Stay safe, everybody; stay warm; and above all, stay rational about it.  It's just snow, even if it's snow in NoVA.