Snow Legs

It started snowing Wednesday night and hasn't stopped since. And just like that, winter was upon us.

On Thursday morning at 7am I slipped and slid my way down the street in the dark to my work just three blocks away.  In just 2-4 inches of snow I was hesitant and nervous about falling and the walk which normally takes 10 minutes took double the time.

But this morning I stepped out my front door into two feet of snow, and realized that I had found my snow legs! Now I'm trekking through 2-4 FEET of snow like a pro again. I've collected some of the photos floating around my Facebook feed so you can see what's it like here on the ground!  I hear they're calling this blizzard 'Antti'.

tornado!

oh my
it is so late. 1am, and I have yet to do anything truly productive today. I spent a good part of the afternoon in the eye of a wanna-be tornado. I live on the very top floor of the only building on campus which was struck by lightning, thus my roommates and I spent the better part of three hours trying to endure the built-in warning siren/fire alarm in our living room which was apparently damaged in the lightning strike and would not turn off. One word to describe that: exhausting.

So I spent three hours in hysterics - watching the tv and the storm while being serenaded by sirens - instead of doing my Stats homework and researching for various papers and projects. I even had to cancel my dinner plans because there was flash flooding everywhere downtown, even after the big storm moved a bit north.

The funny thing is that it was over 70 degrees today! Apparently it's something about the cold fronts and warm fronts meeting that causes these kind of crazy weather anomalies......a new concern for me since the west coast is virtually free of natural disasters like this.
Actually, let me rephrase that: We have natural disasters, like earth quakes, forest fires, and snow storms, but I feel like there is more notice before those things happen. People aren't suddenly, unexpectedly engulfed in a torrential downpour and 100 mph winds, like we were today.

But I'm alive. And ready for tomorrow's tornado watch. Yeehaw! After all the excitement today I think I want to go out and chase tornados with those professional "Stormchasers." Now that would be an adrenaline rush.

(Just kidding Mom and Dad) :)