As planned, the Chief went out with the snowblower around 7:30 to do the sidewalks. He ended up making 2 passes on both sides of the block, and also did aprons (the bit of driveway between sidewalk and street) for our house and that of those neighbors with driveways. He also did our front walk. He did get some beer for his troubles from one neighbor; he was delighted, as he hadn't stocked up before the snow started and was down to one bottle.
By then the snow was coming down pretty fast & heavy. When he came back in an hour later, the top of his hat was completely white with snow, he had at least half an inch of snow on his collar and shoulders, the wrists of his gloves were full of snow, and he was very grateful for the wellies he bought in England, which kept his feet and legs nice & dry.
They're saying we could have 15-20 inches by morning, with the snow expected to continue into tomorrow night. Several area counties, including ours, are officially under a blizzard warning until at least mid-day tomorrow, as the winds started picking up around 7 or 8 o'clock. Several areas have lost power; I'm praying we don't join them! We'll be able to eat (thank heaven for a gas stove!), but oh, it'll get cold!
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