Last Saturday night we got more snow. It started snowing and it snowed and snowed, then came the sleet! There was approximately 3.5 inches of snow and 3/10ths inches ice. And if you know anything about the south you know we were very much snow and ice bound for many days.
Everyone was impacted. There was no school until Friday, businesses including the mall were closed the first day or so, I-20 was even closed for extended periods of time mostly at night and things were extremely frozen. (Pun is very much intended).
We are just now beginning to thaw out and get back to normal. There are areas of black ice to be careful of and snow and ice on the ground. Most of it has melted off but not completely. If we get the warmer weather that's predicted for the next few days (before another Arctic blast) then all will be melted soon.
This created a lot of excitement for everyone and days off (or not depending on the job) for some.
We were unable to make snowmen because of the layer of ice. The ice made it almost impossible to sled anywhere except flatter surfaces like driveways, sidewalks and streets. For the most part though, it was just too bitterly cold for anyone to do much of anything but stay inside.
We're not accustomed to single digit weather and negative wind chills here in the south. And you're welcome to call us wimps if you want, but I know transplants from the north that don't tolerate our really cold weather well either.
I'm hoping we make it through the rest of the winter with little or no snow again (I AM becoming a scrooge in my old age!). My prayers and thoughts are with everyone in the north; especially our relatives.
