It is the wind that is killing me here at my home. Down in the valley and towards town, there is more cover (trees and buildings and hills) to break the wind. In town, the wind speed is 15-25 with gusts to 30-40. Up here on my hill the wind is a constant 35 mph and if there are gusts, I cannot tell. It all seems the same when you are out in it.
My drive is roughly 1/8 of a mile from the house to the county road. I can drive through the snow drifts with some effort, but by the time I get to the end and turn around to retrack it, my tracks are already gone. That fast! I don't think it is snowing from the sky very much, it is all the snow that is already on the ground that is being blown across the fields. I got stuck twice in my drive and when I am able to get going and get my speed up, I cannot see at all. The snow is so dry that it is all powder and just flies up and sticks to my windows. It is 2-3 pm here and I cannot see more than half the way to the road from the house, so that is 1/16th of a mile visibility in the middle of the day. I made it down the road and it is fine. Covered with ice, but no snow buildup except some very hard and narrow ridges about 12 inches deep. I can blast through these easily with my Caddy. Tires are good, not very old, got good tread, but the car sits too low for any snow that is deep.
Last winter was much worse for me, but this winter isn't being very helpful. Since I am already getting stuck and the storm is not over and the wind keeps blowing... I just said screw it and decided to take this day off from work. Last year, I had to walk 1.3 miles home one night in the middle of the same kinda crap. Walking north, uphill, in the dark, in the middle of a blizzard, without my good cap, I don't feel like doing that again! Froze my ears! Once the highway was cleared, I had my vehicle towed to the nearest village so that the plows wouldn't bury it on the side of the road. So, to get back to it, I had to walk 3.4 miles in the same crap. Fortunately, it was downhill and in daylight and I had my good winter dress on.
I thought last winter was just a fluke. If this is going to be a trend, I am going to have to make some better preparations. Install snow fences, get my 4WD truck fixed and running and a plow.
Global warming my "butt"! LOL! How about "mini-ice age"? Well, I don't know. I have seen worse winter storms and blizzards than this. I am just getting older and don't have the energy to go out and play in it like I used to. But, this is a little different... These storms are HUGE. They are not just one little microcosm or local area, these storms are covering vast areas and it isn't just the US, it is Europe, too.
All I can say is "Yuck"!
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