Let it snow, let it ... wait that's too much!

According to the National Weather Service, in order to have a BLIZZARD you need:

1. Snow and/or blowing snow
   
2. Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35+ mph
   
3. Visibility of less than 1/4 mile
   
4. Duration of at least 3 hours

Now as far as I can recall, I have never been anywhere near an actual blizzard before so this has been a new adventure this winter in Nebraska. Here we were cruising along with our unseasonably warm October and November temperatures and BOOM (or should that be a "poof" or a "whoosh"? What sound does a snow storm make?).

It began on Sunday afternoon and has pretty much just kept going. It hasn't been buckets of snow; just a consistent accumulation since then. Then the wind picked up and the temperatures dropped even more. We had a blizzard warning that just expired sometime this morning I think.

This was Tuesday at around 5 p.m.



In the following photo you can see the "racetrack" that Nicole cleared for Abbie around the tree. That way she can "walk it out" if you know what I'm sayin' - and I think you do.


This was about 3 hours later (compare with the 1st photo).


That's about 13 inches deep.


And here we are on Wednesday morning...





Outside Noah's room:


And the view from inside Noah's room:


Pics from around the yard area. The drifts were 3-4 feet deep in some areas.





And after "the shoveling." The guys who are paid to do it still haven't shown up - I think they owe us.



Nicole hasn't been feeling very well, but I just couldn't keep her from helping :)



~Kevin