As I post this, the temperature is 12 degrees, and once again the sun is shining brightly on my old Kentucky home. It's supposed to get up to 25 today.
Just as I thought, Saint Marvin came over yesterday morning and cleared the driveway again. With the sunshine yesterday melting some of the snow, it sure is good to see concrete on the driveway.
On a related snow note, my birthday streak continues. There has been snow on the ground on all but two of my birthdays.
As I post this, the temperature is 5. But the sun is shining brightly on my old Kentucky home. When the stopped yesterday afternoon, we had a total of 11,4" here at The Compound.
Yesterday morning, our neighbor Marvin across the road used his new big snow blower and cleared our driveway and the back porch ramp. Of course, we got a couple more inches after he cleared, but I'm not complaining. I will refer to him from now on as Saint Marvin.
As of 9:00 this morning, we have 8.8" of snow, and the temperature is 16. It looks like snow plows haven't been on our road yet. There is a lull in the snow right now, but it is supposed to start back up soon.
While I watched the morning local news, pretty much every church here in the 'Ville is closed today. They were interviewing the Mayor via Zoom, and he said something that impressed me. He said that all of the Louisville public libraries are open until 5:00 during the snow storm so people can go in and get warm and charge up their phones. That's a great humanitarian gesture but with the people will have a heck of a time getting there.
As of 1:15 here at The Compound, Snowmageddon has begun. So far, it's a fine snow but you can see it on roof tops and on the grass.
We are as prepared as we can be. I am still praying for the power to stay on and for the pipes not to freeze. We had a good late lunch and are warm and ready for a nap. When we wake up, I will put a log in the fireplace.
Snow storm/birthday week meals and treats are planned. Tomorrow, I will make a pot of taco soup.
Stay tuned for updates.
As of this morning, the weatherazzi is calling for us to get 12-18 inches of snow here in the Ville. Not really looking forward to that forecast which includes freezing rain. But we are as prepared as we can be here at The Compound. Shortly, I will bundle up and go out to the carport with my trusty wheel barrow and haul up some wood to store on the porch if we need it. As long as the power holds up, we will be fine. I've got some gallon jugs of water filled just in case, and have a big 4 gallon container filled to use. We have enough food here in the house to probably last us a month. Just praying for the power to hold out.
Stay tuned.
As of noon today, the weatherazzi is still calling for 8-12 inches of snow here in the 'Ville. We are as prepared as we can be.
I did make a trip to Kroger this a.m. to see if they had rock salt but of course they were sold out. I did buy another six pack of Duraflame logs. And then when I went to GFS to get coffee, lo and behold they had plenty of rock salt and ice melt. Score.
This morning, we had a small dusting of snow with some sleet. It created a major mess in the 'Ville. I stayed home from my Wednesday Bible study and I sure am glad I did - the Watterson Expressway was shut down in three different places - the route I take.
Now we have to get ready for Snowmageddon coming Saturday through Monday. I was proactive and went to the grocery yesterday, and tomorrow I am going to get a big bag of rock salt and a case of Duraflame logs. We will be as ready as we can be.
