Snow Day!

School was cancelled today (at least until noon) because of "icy roads creating hazardous travel conditions". Lucky me, I was up as early as I usually am and so up I am regardless! I took a few pictures this morning to send to my family, who I hear is experiencing some of that horrible Texas ice. I talked to my little brother yesterday and he said any snow I wanted to send that way would be fine by him, so here it is:

Our back porch and neighbor's grill

Our front landing

Covered cars (including mine on the left)

Yesterday we had 3-4" and our Winter Storm Warning from weather.com said 5-7" accumulated last night. We have another 1-3" slated for the next 24 hours. Good times! I think it's interesting to think about the acclimation that takes place over time when you move to a new area, especially with a new climate. I still have pictures on my camera from the first "real" snow we had in the Fall and it's almost comical, compared to what it is like outside right now. I look at those pictures now and would maybe call that a little frost, but you better believe it was SNOW! when it happened (see Time to Get an Ice Scraper and First "Real" Snow). Good thing acclimation occurs or I would be miserable. Who knows, maybe I'll make the best of it with sledding and snow angels.

P.S.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

Thank you weather.com! What would we do without you? I would have never been able to deduce the complexity of a Winter Storm Warning without that very technical definition. I guess the at least 8" of snow outside covering any paved surface could have been a good clue.