SNOW ! !

December 1, 2006 (12:51pm)
22º F, SNOW !!, N wind 13 mph.

Good afternoon,

It really is snowing! Snow advisories are up here until 3:00 P.M. for up to 4" of snow. We already have that on the ground. Would not be surprised to see 6" before it has stopped snowing. The snow is in a narrow band right along the lakeshore all of the way to the southern end of the lake. It ends a bit north of us. Green Bay only has about an inch or better on the ground at the moment. Manitowoc has about 8", Milwaukee has more than 10", and Kenosha has almost 17" of snow up until now. Most of the southeastern parts of the state are getting hit. There are 8 commercial aircraft which landed in Green Bay thanx to the snow closing Milwaukee’s airport. Chicago closed about 6:00 A.M. this morning. This is not lake effect snow, since the wind has been from the N and NW today.

Margriet had a haircut appointment in Algoma this morning, so drove through the snow. We originally planned to hear for Green Bay afterwards to pick some things up needed to ship a couple of boxes to the Netherlands. That is out of the question. More fun to just sit and watch the world turn more beautiful. Green Bay will still be there another day. The ride there wasn’t too bad as long as we could maintain about 45 mph. The snow didn’t stay on the windshield, but we got behind a car going 30-35 mph and things got a bit fuzzy through the windshield. The return trip was a bit slower. Not only was the snow falling at a heavier rate, but we got behind a pickup going between 25-30 mph. Windshield really got covered and made a couple of places difficult to see the road.

When we got home, I dropped Margriet off at the door, turned the van around, and parked it at the end of the driveway. Don’t really know if I needed too or not, but the snow coming down is pretty wet and I really didn’t want to start the season of real shoveling with that. As it turned out it was a good decision. The walk back to the house was just gorgeous. The wind is up, so that is the only sound I could hear as it blew through the tree tops. With the wet snow, it sticks to everything and turns the woods into a fairyland. Absolutely beautiful ! ! not a critter on the wing or foot - just the wind and the snow. Of course the snow attaching itself to the hair on the back of my neck (I had the wrong hat on), the melting and running down, heightened the experience. It was a nice walk.

After hearing the snow stories on TV this morning, I decided to see if I could find a webcam showing the storm. I did find a website that lists a lot of Wisconsin websites ( http://www.webcambiglook.com/wi.shtml ). Checking a couple out in the Milwaukee area, the showed either just a white screen or one that should have been. No people or not much of any buildings on them was some interesting looking at other parts of the state though.

I have a pan of stuffing to make for tomorrow and a turkey breast to slice up. The breast roasted just fine and the gravy also. Should smell good in here again today.
Time to get a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><