Wally the Weather Dog, You're Fired!

You've let me down, big time. 3+ inches of rain in the last 3 days and now 5 inches of heavy, wet snow.

Well, at least I know what I'll be doing once this stuff melts.

I've got 4-6 inch diameter pine limbs falling like snowflakes. The upside is that the Legion of Doom should have a lot of fire wood for their spring get-together. The real problem is going to be getting the huge limb out of the crepe myrtle tree without committing crepe murder.

One other little chore that the snow has brought with it is some bodywork on the lawn mower. There's a limb across the hood and a small dent that will need to be tapped out.

At least the phone is back on. Yesterday's monsoon knocked out the phone service in most of Monroe for about 24 hours. It came back just after 4 PM. The funny thing is that the DSL was back on this morning, but the voice was out until 4. Kudos to Windstream for working through some really sloppy weather to get things back together.

The snow is interesting, but the reaction of the people to it is hilarious. Rednecks jump into their 4 wheel drive vehicles and cruise around trying to get into trouble. Regular folks who see snow on the roads every 10 years or so try to burn down to clean pavement and spin their way up the hill in front of the house. Once the "I can make it up this hill" crowd is done packing the snow in front of my house, the kids are out sliding down the hill on cookie sheets. It's actually kind of neat to see people playing in it.

I remember when 5 inches of snow was nothing. Of course, that was in Cleveland where they have enough snow removal equipment to plow all of Georgia. One result of growing up with, and learning to drive in snow is that both of my 4 wheel drive vehicles are setting in the driveway, and will remain there until the roads are clear or I have an emergency that will require leaving the house. Trying to drive in this stuff, in this part of the world, is an invitation to be hit by someone who does not know that it takes 4 times as much distance to stop on snow, and that driving slowly (as opposed to the normal 10 over the limit) is probably a good idea.

Stay warm and dry, and stay in if you can.