Today will be a day off, of sorts. The Winter Storm Watch they issued the other day rapidly segued past a Winter Storm Warning into what is now a Blizzard Warning. What this means exactly, I don't know - beyond the fact that it means we're expected to get a ton of snow. Even with the warnings, I feel ill prepared for this storm.
Back when it was a Storm Watch, there was a possibility that we would get maybe three to five inches of snow. When this shot into a Warning, the "possibility" turned into an "expected" amount of eight to twelve inches. Apparently, as of last night and this morning, the path of the storm has shifted somewhat into this Blizzard Warning and they are now predicting twelve to eighteen inches of snow, with "pockets" getting upwards of twenty-four inches. I fully expect one of those pockets to be directly above my house.
I had to go out for a few minutes early this morning, a mile or so down the main road, to drop the car off at the mechanic's. It was just after six and already the road was slippery. Most of the businesses along the way were closed. Most of the ones that would normally be open this early in the morning had their lights off. Most of them, but not all of them.
On the way back. I got bread and eggs at the local so-called convenience store. With this unplanned day off, I figured I would make Sam some French toast for his breakfast. He's on his Spring Break this week, so we'll spend this unplanned day off, together.
The only other business I saw open this morning was one of the town's several donut shops. There it is in the picture above - past my wind battered wind chimes, over the fence and above the roofs of my neighbor's cars. This picture was taken this morning from my wind battered front porch, at a little after six.
This morning, the donut shop was doing their usual brisk business. They always seem to be busy but for whatever reason, they're one of those places that seems to be even busier when there is an oncoming storm. Same with the town's plethora of liquor stores. They're always jammed the night before - as they were when I drove by last night. Liquor and donuts - I guess that's all you need to get you through a storm.
Like usual, I, having neither, am once again ill prepared for this storm.
3 comments:
Beautiful, sunny day here on the NSW Far North Coast: max 84, min 68. It'll be cold beer and crisps, not liquor and donuts. (Got a spare room if you want to duck over.)
I would love to visit, but unfortunately, it sounds like I wouldn't have anything to complain about.
By the way, I'm glad to see that you're still around. I got worried when you took your blog down - and right after I added it to my "Places I Visit", no less. I miss being able to poke around over there.
I didn't notice my having been honored with a mention in your "Places I Visit" until I had pulled the plug on "Reflections". Bugger.
Anyway, the blog is all a bit MacArthur Park now, and I'll never have that recipe again, oh no.
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