Let it Snow

There has been a good bit of snow accumulation here in the last couple of hours.  It will be interesting to see how much falls overnight.  It isn't every day that we get snow in my neck of the woods.  And this is the first time it has snowed on my new house, not that I expect that to be a problem.

I live in an area that does get snow on occasion, but not so frequently that it is a normal phenomenon.  That means that everyone makes a pretty big deal about preparing for it.  I was more focused on the cold than the snow, since that affects my newly replaced pipes and such.  But Home Depot and other stores I have been frequenting this week are doing pretty brisk business in generators and such.  I left a neighborhood late in the evening, and realized that while the road in had lots of traffic on it, I was driving on virgin snow on the road, meaning that while people were still returning home from work in the falling snow, no one in that whole area had left their home recently.  I guess I am just not as intimidated by snow as others are.  Or I am too stubborn to change my plans on account of a silly little blizzard.  I would have attributed that to never having experienced being stuck in the snow, until I remembered that wasn't quite true.  I got my truck stuck in a friend's driveway a couple years ago, and after extracting it back into a parked position, I ended up sleeping on her couch for the night, instead of attempting to head out again.  It wasn't a big deal though, and no damage to my truck from sliding sideways off of the pavement into a snow bank.

LA doesn't get snow, and the rare occasion of rain causes quite the stir.  But at the end of the days, rain rarely has nearly as serious an effect as snow.  You might have to move your picnic indoors, but you aren't going to get "stuck" in the rain.  So people down there aren't accustomed to having their plans changed by Mother Nature.  People in Minnesota on the other hand, come to expect that.  I am always amazed at how many large businesses are headquartered in Minneapolis, presumably for tax reasons.  So when I call up some of our vendors for tech support, I occasionally learn that they aren't in, due to a snow day.  And back when I lived in LA, that triggered the thought, "oh, it's winter, isn't it?"  It wouldn't otherwise cross my mind.  Sometimes they would mention that it was ten below outside, and I would point out that if they came to solve my issue in person, they could go to the beach just few miles from the office.

Anyhow, snow is always an adventure to deal with.  It will be interesting to see how much is on the ground tomorrow morning.  I don't anticipate too many dramatic effects this time around.  But it is still pretty early in the season.