Winter Arriveth
Nov. 20th, 2007 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bruortonWe're getting our first real snowstorm this morning, and we made our first drop into the single digits two nights ago. Quite a contrast to last year, where it didn't get this wintry until mid-January.
And as is generally the case in the first snow of the season, folks who have put off getting their snow tires, or who are simply dumb and/or inexperience enough to be driving as though it makes no difference, are causing the usual number of accidents. In the last 15 minutes here at the office we've heard from several of our folks, calling in late because they're stuck in traffic -- and reporting a 5 car pile-up on one of the routes into town, and an over-turned 18-wheeler on the interstate.
UPDATE, 10:30 AM: 2 hours later, our missing sheep just arrived. There were barely any flakes drifting around when I left home this morning at quarter of 7. When I stuck my head our the door on the way back from a meeting just now though we were up to three inches and still coming down steadily. Ah, the joys of snow.
Alas, we're probably going to lose it in no time, it's supposed to warm up over Thanksgiving.
And as is generally the case in the first snow of the season, folks who have put off getting their snow tires, or who are simply dumb and/or inexperience enough to be driving as though it makes no difference, are causing the usual number of accidents. In the last 15 minutes here at the office we've heard from several of our folks, calling in late because they're stuck in traffic -- and reporting a 5 car pile-up on one of the routes into town, and an over-turned 18-wheeler on the interstate.
UPDATE, 10:30 AM: 2 hours later, our missing sheep just arrived. There were barely any flakes drifting around when I left home this morning at quarter of 7. When I stuck my head our the door on the way back from a meeting just now though we were up to three inches and still coming down steadily. Ah, the joys of snow.
Alas, we're probably going to lose it in no time, it's supposed to warm up over Thanksgiving.
