In my last post (hahaha, I just spelled post like toast) I began telling of weather drama here on the wet-coast. Now, I shall complete the story with full colour pictures!
We here on the southern section of our not so little island feel a little panicky about just below freezing temperatures. Knowing that, imagine how most feel about this:
We here on the southern section of our not so little island feel a little panicky about just below freezing temperatures. Knowing that, imagine how most feel about this:
December 17th.
Not too bad... sort of. Our store ran out of salt on by the second day of snow. Shovels, too. We did manage to get our hand on an emergency shipment (five pallets) of salt on Friday which took a whole hour to go out the doors.
Then, this morning, we woke up to this:
Then, this morning, we woke up to this:
December 21st.
Overnight two and a half inches of snow fell. We were thrilled. Oh, I really ought to qualify that. We, my family and I, were thrilled. Most of the other residents of the Valley were cursing.I made it easily in to work. First, we have a killer 4X4 and the smarts to use it properly. Second, even if we had no vehicle at all, it takes me all of ten minutes to walk to work. The snow would have to be over three and a half feet before I could use the 'snowed-in' excuse. Sadly, I'm one of the two employees who are in this position. Of the usual Sunday building-centre-roster (eleven worker bees) seven of us made it in. By the end of the day, we were three. Within a few hours two were sent home. The snow was showing no signs of letting up and my Manager was concerned about their return trips home.
December 21st, lunch break.
December 21st, second coffee (two hours after lunch)
By the end of the day, three of us remained. We probably had about a below a hundred customers. The lumber yard stayed locked up all day. I took ten minute coffee breaks and a fifteen minute lunch. I was both cashier and paint department... I felt so popular. I was paged to the phone, to front cash and to paint... all day. One customer told me we should be getting paid double for our double duties... the owner disagreed, lol.
To see more fun pictures of our winter wonderland (complete with -18° C cold... -39° F) see this.
To see more fun pictures of our winter wonderland (complete with -18° C cold... -39° F) see this.
2 comments:
Snow! So jealous.
This snow was scads of fun, until temperatures normalized a bit. Then it became heavy, wet, island snow and our roof began making cracky noises.
Then there's the slush and ice...
Ahh, normal, debilitating, snow-on-the-Island life.
Thanks for commenting on my post
(Was that nonchalant enough? Did it leave you believing that I did not in actuality, squeal "OhmygodJennythebloggesscommentedonmypost!!!"
when I saw your comment.
Good. That was the idea.
Post a Comment