Thursday PM upate, February 13, 2014

We received another 4 inches of snow this afternoon after the lull in the late morning, but fortunately, no ice or freezing rain, so trees and other landscaping seems fine, and we have not lost our power.  Stephen went out twice more during the afternoon, maintaining and improving the clearing on the driveways, shoveling sidewalks, then feeding cows and horses again around 5 PM.  He also did a quick check inside the main house just to make sure everything was safe, sound and functional, and all was well.

Our local NBC TV station was requesting pictures of weather in our area, along with our depth of snow, so unbeknownst to Stephen, I sent in one I had taken this morning and they did use it on the 5 PM local news (NBC 29).  Here's what it looked like on our TV (with the DVR timer showing, because I had paused the news so Stephen could see it when he returned from feeding).

The forecast for tonight indicates that we should expect snow to end around 9 PM tonight, and tomorrow temps will be in the upper 30s and lower 40s.  A word of warning to all of us and any visitors--be really careful whenever you go out a door underneath the slope of a roof when there's a lot of snow on it!  We have seen major avalanches today off the barn roofs, the workshop roof, and our own roof onto the deck!  So far, none of them have landed on us or the animals.

We feel very blessed to have been able to stay warm and safe, and hope everyone else can say the same after this biggest winter storm in five years.