We had a pretty spectacular blizzard yesterday. The total snowfall in 24 hours was something like 10 inches. But that doesn’t do justice to what this storm did. I sent this message to a friend in an email, but decided it might be fun to post it here as well.
Because I like scaring people who don’t see snow regularly, here are some photos taken during and after the blizzard.
The above photo was shot out my bedroom window. The drift there is about 6 feet high, the house next door is about 15 feet away, so the haze between it and us is due to blowing snow.
The above photo was out my Zak’s bedroom window (that’s his silhouette in the window). That drift is over 9 feet tall, about 1 foot short of the roofline. Zak thought this snow drift was “wicked.”
The view out of my garage at about 5pm, about 4 hours after first using the snow blower to get the drifts out of the way. There are drifts 3 feet high there in the driveway. Part of the reason is that we have had a cumulative 3 feet of snow so far this winter and while some melted last week so the snowpack was down to about 2 feet, it was high enough to ‘catch’ the blowing snow into the driveway, causing these drifts.
This afternoon, after a third run of the snow blower this morning to clear out the driveway and sidewalks. The snow at the end of the driveway in the boulevard is well over 5 feet high and presents an obstacle to seeing street traffic as you pull out.
Carolina demonstrating the height of the snowpack right now. She is a short one, only about 36 inches high, but still, impressive.
The south side of the house where the crazy tall snowdrift is.
Just thought you would be amused.
#1 by Aunt Nett on March 12th, 2009
The last time I saw snow this high was when I was about 9 years old and living in Minot, ND. We couldn’t see the next door neighbor’s house which was only about 10 feet away the snow was that so high. I never saw I would ever see anything like it again – until your photos. My neice out in Reile Acres sent us photos of their house and back yard as well. Good luck and hopefully there will be no flooding or water in basements when the melting season hits.