– Blizzard of 2011! –

02/02/2011

Well since the 10 o’clock news on the tv tonight in the Chicago area has devoted a lot of time to the “Blizzard of 2011!” I might as well stick in my paddle and muddy the waters a little.

The Weather Weenies had been predicting that we would be getting a lot of snow and high winds.

They did say that it wouldn’t be quite as bad as the storm of “67”.

In late January of 1967 the Chicago Area got dumped on.

I don’t remember what the ”Official” reported snowfall was but every place where I stuck a yard stick into the snow it was 27 inches.

We didn’t have much of the way of wind during that snowfall in 1967. The snow just fell and stayed where it fell.

Last night we had snow and high winds. Some places reported winds in excess of 50 mph.

There were a couple of spots in the drive where we only had an inch or so but the majority of the driveway had between two and three feet of snow.

The Wife-Unit finally figured out why I insisted that the snow blower was parked on the porch/deck outside the kitchen door and why I had the snow shovels reachable from the doorway.

I was able to push the screen/storm door open enough to squeeze out and I had to shovel snow almost 22 inches deep to reach the snow blower. The I had to drag the damn thing close to the door to plug in the extension cord so I could use the electric starter.

I cleared the walk from the deck to the drive and about half the drive and then took a break.

About mid afternoon Middle and Youngest Son showed up and we finished the drive, cleaned off the cars.

Would you care to take a guess where Oldest Son is?

OK

Times up!

The “Big Island” of our “Fiftieth State”!

He knows when to get out of town.

So here are a few photos taken today.

All I can say is “Thank God for the snow blower!”

The MIL has decided that she has to wait up for ”Someone To Come Home”

She doesn’t know who but she is waiting for them.

Fortunately she is sitting in her chair instead of one of the new chairs.

Senile Dementia is so much fun NOT!

The Wife-Unit decided that we needed some new furniture in the living room.

New sofa, two side chairs and two end tables.

The “Old Stuff” is now in the “Club House”.

Wife-Unit wants old entertainment center cut down to retain storage cabinet in base for games and toys used by MIL’s great grandson.

My thought is give games and toys to our niece/MIL’s grand daughter and let her worry about storage.