I just wanted to let everyone know that we are alive and well here in Centreville. We went to bed last night with about 7 inches and woke up with around 16 inches. My snow gauge is 20 inches tall and we lost sight of it at around 3pm. The Weather Channel reported that our official total was 26 inches! There are several reports of roof collapses, such as one of the hangars at Dulles airport collapsed, a church, and even a barn made the news. So far our roof is holding up well.
I was supposed to go into the hospital today, but they emailed me to tell me that I could stay home. I'm supposed to try to make the trek in the morning, but I don't think it'll take much for me to call in and tell them I won't be able to make it. Sarah's school was canceled on Friday, and one of the neighboring school districts has already canceled for Monday and Tuesday. I expect Sarah's district will probably do the same. Maybe Sarah will make it to school by the end of the week, but they are calling for another 4-6 inches Tuesday night. Mama Shu flew into town Thursday evening to see Sarah's Talent Show at the elementary school which was supposed to be on Friday night, but that too was canceled. Instead she witnessed the fourth largest snowstorm in Washington D.C. history, and she helped me shovel snow today. That lady sure can shovel!! I spent about four hours outside today looking for Sarah's car and making a path for my truck in the morning. Sarah played the pregnancy card and stayed inside by the fire. My back is going to be killing me tomorrow, but the Civic and the parking spot are in great shape. Tonight it's supposed to get down to about 7 degrees, so all the snow is going to turn into a big block of ice. I'm glad that all the work is done because I think it would be twice as hard tomorrow. Please note the "before" picture below.
Mama Shu is supposed to fly out tomorrow evening, but Dulles airport got 32.5 inches of snow! Southwest airlines canceled all of their flights for tomorrow out of Dulles, but we are still hopeful that Delta will be flying by tomorrow afternoon.
Check out the progression:
I guess that's the news for right now. Thanks for checking on us, and feel free to leave a comment about how much snow this is!!
In my 28 years of life in Wisconsin, I have never, ever seen that much snow! Unreal! I sure hope you guys have a good snow blower!
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Oh gosh. That's a ton of snow. We got about 10 inches last week with another 8 this weekend... Nothing compared to that though.
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