Inside. Inside is Good.
Feb. 2nd, 2011 02:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluesgardenThe snow here in my part of northwest Ohio is about 2/3 a beagle high, although deeper in the drifts*. Really, it's not terrible but the hours of snow/sleet/freezing rain last night with very strong winds was all rather impressive and added a layer of ice in the middle of the snow that's complicating things. My county's only at a Level 2 snow emergency, but the surrounding counties are at a Level 3, so most folks are home, including D.
(*Which, as it turns out, are about 3 beagles high! And I'm not talking about drifts created by plows, either!)
I can never remember if it's other states that use the system or just an Ohio thing, but the snow emergency levels are as follows:
Level 1 - Travel conditions are not good, proceed carefully.
Level 2 - Travel conditions are quite hazardous, proceed with all due caution.
Level 3 - Emergency and other essential personnel/vehicles on the road only!
The winds have really been blowing the last couple of days, blowing the snow around and piling it up here and there, but they've calmed down today and I'm tempted to wander outside...
Okay, have been out and I really think that's enough until, oh, spring. I forgot the cardinal rule of snow drift up here in the flat lands: just because it's not deep right here, doesn't mean it's not deep over there. One minute I'm going "Oh, this isn't bad, just a few inches real-" and the next WHOOSH! I break through the crust/ice layer and I'm up to my thighs in deep snow. Which is a rather difficult way to walk. For a few minutes there I thought I was going to have crawl to safety. (I did end up having to walk on my knees and therefore distribute my weight over a larger surface area for a stretch.)
River, not surprisingly, was breaking through more than Jack, but he wasn't faring so well either. Fortunately, neither of them actually broke through in a spot where the snow was actually over their head as that would have been quite the rescue mission. We eventually made it back to the driveway D plowed just a bit ago and I decided it was a lesson learned and going back inside sounded like an excellent idea. The pups agreed and now we're trying to recover from our short jaunt. Sheesh.
(*Which, as it turns out, are about 3 beagles high! And I'm not talking about drifts created by plows, either!)
I can never remember if it's other states that use the system or just an Ohio thing, but the snow emergency levels are as follows:
Level 1 - Travel conditions are not good, proceed carefully.
Level 2 - Travel conditions are quite hazardous, proceed with all due caution.
Level 3 - Emergency and other essential personnel/vehicles on the road only!
The winds have really been blowing the last couple of days, blowing the snow around and piling it up here and there, but they've calmed down today and I'm tempted to wander outside...
Okay, have been out and I really think that's enough until, oh, spring. I forgot the cardinal rule of snow drift up here in the flat lands: just because it's not deep right here, doesn't mean it's not deep over there. One minute I'm going "Oh, this isn't bad, just a few inches real-" and the next WHOOSH! I break through the crust/ice layer and I'm up to my thighs in deep snow. Which is a rather difficult way to walk. For a few minutes there I thought I was going to have crawl to safety. (I did end up having to walk on my knees and therefore distribute my weight over a larger surface area for a stretch.)
River, not surprisingly, was breaking through more than Jack, but he wasn't faring so well either. Fortunately, neither of them actually broke through in a spot where the snow was actually over their head as that would have been quite the rescue mission. We eventually made it back to the driveway D plowed just a bit ago and I decided it was a lesson learned and going back inside sounded like an excellent idea. The pups agreed and now we're trying to recover from our short jaunt. Sheesh.
