Russell.Heistuman.com » Snopocalypse http://russell.heistuman.com Trying to Achieve a Good Sense of Common Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:39:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Snopocalypse in Coeur d’Alene http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/19/snopocalypse-in-coeur-dalene/ http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/19/snopocalypse-in-coeur-dalene/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:59:19 +0000 Russell Heistuman http://russell.heistuman.com/?p=165 ]]> First Look at SnowWell, we’ve had a doozy. Just got done digging out of over 30″ of white stuff here in Coeur d’Alene. While most people aren’t surprised that it snows here in North Idaho, the fact is, it doesn’t usually snow this much. In fact, it never has snowed this much. At least as far back as they have been keeping weather records for the area, which is 1881. The old record of 15″ set in 1955 was trounced by almost double that amount (official Cd’A depth was pegged at 25″ but most places even within city limits got more than that).

Digging OutI do have to say that the saving grace in this storm is that it was cold and the snow was light and fluffy. So, while shoveling light, fluffy snow can be a challenge in itself (think eating peas with a butter knife), it is not as hard as shoveling wet snow. And I have to give a big shout out to my neighbors who pitched in shovels, backs, snow-blowers and plow-equipped ATV’s to help everyone shovel out each other’s driveways. Even with all the help, I pretty much missed a whole day of work shoveling. And I work from home!

Snow MonsterSo, I’m enjoying the effects of Advil now and resting up for another storm supposed to hit on Sunday that they say will bring possibly another 4-6″ of snow. Bring it on. What’s 6″? Heck, I’ll take 12″! I just hope I don’t have to shovel 30″ of snow in my lifetime again!

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