Denver got 1-2 feet of snow in the city in the last 36 hours, depending where you live. I got around surprisingly easy last night. It helps to live on a major road.
But I woke this morning to one car after another from the neighboring building spinning their wheels two floors below. (My heat is screwed up, so I sleep with the window open.) Some went on and on and on.
I felt bad for not dragging my ass out of bed to help. I'll help people once I'm up.
I'm in the alley, which can be even worse. It's on a moderate hill, with us angled so we have to head up. Who designed that?
There's over a foot out there, and still coming, and I don't think it will melt before I leave for the airport at 9 a.m. tomorrow. I'm appearing at the big Texas Book Festival Saturday, and I sure don't want to miss that. So I better dig out today. I bought a shovel during the huge Christmas storm two years ago when we had over 30 inches. My shoulder is going to get a workout, because it's really heavy, sludge snow.
If I'm really ambitious, I will try to get it onto York St. in front of my apt. That should be clear sailing tomorrow, if I shovel that spot out, too. That could be several hours of shoveling, though.
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There is so much snow I had to shovel out the doggie door so the dog could get to the backyard!
It's so warm and sunny here, that it's not deemed worthwhile to invest all the additional money in plows. That's a conscious decision, we could change any time. The deal is that you struggle on the side streets to get to the arteries, or you miss a day of work or whatever.
After the xmas (2007?) storm, Denver started a new policy, that under certain conditions--certain amount of snowfall expected during certain months--they would mobilize additional trucks and hit some of the side streets with them. But they can only get to a fraction.
he had to shovel a route for the dog to poop, or he said the dog would have been very content to just do it in the house. ouch. i know this dog, and he would.
i couldn't believe how easy it turned out to be. i shoveled a few minutes, which wasn't even necessary. luckily, so many cars had been through the alley by then. tomorrow morning might be worse again, but i'll try to park it on the street.
Deborah, there are some very cool people in Paonia.
that's why i'm running away.
glad u made it in undertow.
i actually got around fine today, though i didn't have to do the early morning thing, and i live right on an artery.
i'm not sure why everything closed. a buddy was at the gym, and said he was supposed to be in class then, but his college closed. school was closed, but the gym was open. hahaha. it was quite full. we all made it there just fine.
of course, you have to have your priorities.
back in denver now. sunny and warm, all the snow is gone. almost all.