Heavy snow and high winds cut visibility to a minimum.Click on an image for a larger view orclick on the slideshow button.
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You can see the snow against the dark garage door.
Schools were cancelled and a lot of businesses were closed for the day. There wasn't a lot of traffic during the morning rush.
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This fellow was waiting for a bus.
The Flatiron building was barely visible from just across the street.
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The Aquila court during a break in the wind. You can see the Flatiron in the background.
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You can just make out the tall building only two blocks away. This photo was taken through a window.
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The snow stopped falling early in the afternoon. When the wind wasn't blowing you could get a pretty good view of the street below.
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The traffic was light on the drive home. Visibility was low when the wind picked up.
The plows were out all day. Some main streets were relatively clear.
The sidewalks were drifted over. The few pedestrians took to the streets.
Snow from the parking lots was already piled high. More snow was predicted for the next day.
Utility vehicles and stalled cars were common obstructions. It's a good thing traffic was light.
I came home to a drift at my front door.
Most of the neighbors started shovelling in the afternoon.
There was over a foot of snow in the driveway.
Most of the windows looked like this. Ice and packed snow blocked the view.
The deck was loaded.
The windows started to clear later in the afternoon.
After a lot of work the driveway was clear, but another snow storm followed just after midnight.
This was a very wet, heavy snow. The high winds had no trouble blowing it around.
Most of the trees were heavily loaded.
More snow laden trees.
This swing will see more use in the spring.
The mail was delayed until the next day. There were no tow trucks available to rescue the mail delivery vehicles.
Two days later. The drive to the far west end of town was made easier by following a group of snowplows. The highways outside of town were still closed by eight to ten foot drifts. They wouldn't be opened until the following morning.
High winds continued for three days after the storm, keeping these guys busy on main streets and highways.The neighborhood streets were on the bottom of the priority list.
This was a common scene for a few days following the storm. I saw a couple of dozen abandoned cars and trucks on my twenty mile drive.
