The view from outside my window.
The Weathermen have gathered in circles, alerts hit my phone in a regular stream. The city has declared a parking ban and has opened the public parking garages for free to get cars off the streets. The latest forecast is for a fast moving storm dumping upwards of 10 inches of snow on us in a matter of hours. Worse, its pretty warm as I type this on Sunday morning— hovering around 38 degrees, so there is a chance this starts as rain and then there’s a deep freeze following the storm’s end Monday morning which might make cleanup difficult.
I’ve got the electric snowblower powered up— I’ve not used it for a couple of years— sometimes it seems easier to just shovel. We’ve already winterized everything because, well, it’s mid to late January, and I’ll even spray some liquid silicone on the shovels to keep snow from sticking.
But right now— looking out the window at blue skys, people in light jackets walking their dogs and almost zero snow on the ground the idea of a major snowstorm seems unlikely, but all the weather maps show things look pretty certain.
We’ll see.