This picture was taken outside our front door the night of the December 11th, the BIGGEST MN snow storm since 1955.
It was WILD!
We got about 16 inches of snow combined with 35-45 mph winds. That made for some SERIOUS snow drifts.
The snow plows were out all day until they realized they couldn't keep up and Mn/DOT pulled them all at about 6 pm. I've never heard of plows being pulled.
Needless to say, the city shut down, like, completely! All that snow froze and the city continued to hibernate for 2 whole days after. Roads were closed, stores were closed, church and school was canceled.
We were advised to stay in unless it was an emergency. But on the 11th, Dave was off and I was in serious need of some girl-time. That was an emergency! So Carolyn and I braved the storm and went shopping. Like, ALL day. In a way it was nice cause it felt like we had the city to ourselves, until the city closed down on us. When the mall closed we were happy to see that Panera was open for a kid-less dinner of soup and sandwiches. DELISH!
It was all going just fine until it turned dark. Then it got scary out there! Luckily we made it home safe and sound.
When we got home I realized I'd forgotten to buy ingredients for Addi's birthday cake (her real birthday was the next day). Dave LOVES driving in bad weather conditions (he's crazy) so he ran to Target just to realize he forgot his wallet. He came home and said there was NO WAY he was going out there again. His exact words were, "It was foolish of me to go in the first place." That coming from Dave says A LOT!
Poor Ad didn't get a cake on her Bday. But she made up for it a few days later by picking out a MONSTER carrot cake at Sam's Club. And of course she only ate the frosting-carrots on top.
And as Carolyn so perfectly put it:
"...we're either crazy or becoming true-Minnesotans (maybe there's no difference?)"
Here are some pics of the next day (snowed-in). Dave shoveled and shoveled and shoveled. Luckily our neighbor was kind enough to let Dave borrow his snow-blower for some of it.
It was WILD!
We got about 16 inches of snow combined with 35-45 mph winds. That made for some SERIOUS snow drifts.
The snow plows were out all day until they realized they couldn't keep up and Mn/DOT pulled them all at about 6 pm. I've never heard of plows being pulled.
Needless to say, the city shut down, like, completely! All that snow froze and the city continued to hibernate for 2 whole days after. Roads were closed, stores were closed, church and school was canceled.
We were advised to stay in unless it was an emergency. But on the 11th, Dave was off and I was in serious need of some girl-time. That was an emergency! So Carolyn and I braved the storm and went shopping. Like, ALL day. In a way it was nice cause it felt like we had the city to ourselves, until the city closed down on us. When the mall closed we were happy to see that Panera was open for a kid-less dinner of soup and sandwiches. DELISH!
It was all going just fine until it turned dark. Then it got scary out there! Luckily we made it home safe and sound.
When we got home I realized I'd forgotten to buy ingredients for Addi's birthday cake (her real birthday was the next day). Dave LOVES driving in bad weather conditions (he's crazy) so he ran to Target just to realize he forgot his wallet. He came home and said there was NO WAY he was going out there again. His exact words were, "It was foolish of me to go in the first place." That coming from Dave says A LOT!
Poor Ad didn't get a cake on her Bday. But she made up for it a few days later by picking out a MONSTER carrot cake at Sam's Club. And of course she only ate the frosting-carrots on top.
And as Carolyn so perfectly put it:
"...we're either crazy or becoming true-Minnesotans (maybe there's no difference?)"
Here are some pics of the next day (snowed-in). Dave shoveled and shoveled and shoveled. Luckily our neighbor was kind enough to let Dave borrow his snow-blower for some of it.
Welcome to Minnesota!
4 comments:
Can you believe we live here? :)
That IS crazy. I can't believe it.
Holy crap that's a lot of snow!!!! You're crazy to go shopping in that kind of snow!
Shooot. That's a LOT of snow.
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