Blogging Ottinger (tim)Lots of Snow in Antioch IL
There is a LOT of SNOW here.
My driveway and sidewalk took me all day (from 1:00 until after 5:00) with only one break and with three shovels and an ice scraper working. All four of us were out there moving the heavy stuff from the driveway to the edges. I know the driveway isn’t very long, but I’m sore and aching from the all-day work. Admittedly, the two younger kids were not able to shovel like the bigger teen boy and myself, but it was a lot of work.
In places the snow was over two feet deep, and the bottom had a nice crust of ice. I’m grateful for the ice scraper. The snow piles on either side of the driveway by the street got well over four feet high, and we had to top them in order to get more snow out of the way. I am now envious of my neighbors who have snow blowers. Those would have helped so much. On the other hand, we don’t get a lot of these big snowstorms, and maybe I will be glad to not have spent the big bucks on a blower when the weather turns warm in March or April.
The snow was coming down pretty hard, so as soon as you have one area of the drive cleared, you have to go back over the previous area to take up the half-inch of snow that accumulated while your back was turned. We did the porch and sidewalk several times. The driveway was already covered over by the time we got back inside the house.
My windows are all covered with ice, and of course the snow and ice is clinging to the screens. What fun.
I didn’t see one snow plow today. I guess those guys are pretty busy just keeping the major arteries cleared of snow and free from accidents. I’m glad there was no school. Not only did I not have to drive in this, but I had three helpers today.
For tonight, I commit myself to hot drinks, multivitamins, and lots of over-the-counter pain killers. I’ll also keep looking out the window. I may have to go back out once or twice.
Since Steve requested them, I’ve put up some photos of the snow.
Got any pics of all that mess?
Nice idea. I just added them on the bottom of the post. Enjoy! By the way, I hear you got to participate in the rash of tornadoes. Hope all is well. I want to see some pics of the crews extracting the geese from the walls of the houses in Austin Lakes (Avon). — tim
Comment by Steve — 2008-February-7 @ 02:04
Thanks Tim. I knew you got some.
I didn’t get to get any pics of the destruction. Bainbridge got hit pretty good the other day and before that alot of central Indy got hit good.
Actually, I ran out and took some right after I saw your comment. — tim
Comment by Steve — 2008-February-9 @ 01:17