Got Snow?

Ok--so what's the big deal? A little snow--get a grip. The deal is--central Arkansas ain't cut out for this stuff! We have, what, ONE snow plow? We actually have a "snow route" for our mass transit busses, but when 17 of them had some sort of accident, they shut down service. It was SUPPOSED to be a mix of rain/snow/sleet, but ended up being a SNOW event of somewhere between 7 1/2 to 12 inches depending on where you lived. (This is CENTRAL Arkansas, mind you--not the Ozark mountain areas.) It also seemed to melt at first, so probably had a couple inches melt as it accumulated. Early in the morning, I just didn't want to deal with it and was able to get the day off as vacation, so I watched the events unfold. Here's some nice simple pictures of the first 2 inches about 7am...

Then, just a couple of hours later.... major mess just to navigate roads. Got Hills? Forget it!

These are cute--Nico was definitely not used to the depth of the snow. It was WET and COLD! So, she carefully tried to walk along the side of the snow on the deck, although not able to keep entirely out of it. So, when she gets to a clearing, she has to hold up one of her paws so at least one will be warmer....

I went to work Tuesday morning--the highways are better, but all the side roads still have snow and ice patches as they are not cleared except through melting or driving over. It's quite treacherous in places. I've seen a lot of "snowmen" as schools have been closed and people who haven't seen snow before had been out having some fun. I'm just grateful we don't have the 2 feet of snow like the east coast! Can only imagine what our side streets would be like with that!