DH took two hours instead of forty five minutes to get to work this morning and was sent home by lunchtime. Bear had a 10am start at school. Tomorrow school has been cancelled. We have been very fortunate in our local weather for the last few months, but today we were actually affected. We are still nowhere near as severely affected as most of the UK and I am grateful and sending up prayers for those seriously affected.
After leaving the actual, real, from-a-sheep yarn to one side, and despite having a flare up of eczema (thought it was a chocolate, turned out to be full of biscuit, I'm going to be scratting!) and not using gloves for a bit of washing up, my hands have seriously improved. I shall look into Kate's suggestion of cotton gloves.
Bear is in a dither about missing school tomorrow. On the one hand, he misses school. On the other hand, it's World Book Day tomorrow and he had a Harry Potter costume primed and ready to go. School have posted on Facebook that there will be a chance to go in costume on another day, so hopefully tomorrow will involve hot chocolate, craft and snuggles. Also possibly DH working from home as even if the snow holds off here (which is far from certain) it is likely to be very icy.
This is a very small amount of snow compared to Scandinavia, Canada and the northern USA, but the UK isn't set up for this amount of snow. People aren't sure how to drive in this weather, we don't have snow chains in cities and people are just not in the way of it. It's also been a longer than normal spell. It's not unknown for there to be snow in March. My parents got married in March and they had all sorts of trouble with the weather, and a few years ago there were snow banks in the Pennines I think into March or even April. However it started early this year. It started getting seriously cold in November. I shall be glad when the normal rain comes back!
Yes, wet is easier to handle that snow. We are in northern Canada, and have had lots this winter. It is piled about 6 to 8 feet in the yards. We had to put it somewhere when clearing the driveway. We have snow tires, usually studded and a 4 wheel drive pickup truck. Several weeks ago, we had a huge dump of snow and had 40cm all at once. We had to go to the grocery store in the truck, as our little car was too low to the ground. Lots of fun getting around. I wouldn't want to be driving on the highways when it gets bad, but the plows do a pretty good job most of the time. The most dangerous thing is the other drivers...some may not be used to the snow and ice... Take care.
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That sounds incredibly difficult to me! But I think you are right. Here we are not used to this amount of snow and we may get 50cm in some places, the army has been called out in Hampshire and Devon. However most people have no experience of driving in snow like this, even in the lesser affected areas, and my local, personal facebook is full of pictures of cars skidding off roads and into each other. It's still nothing as bad as you have, but it's not fun! I hope you're keeping safe and warm there. LM x
DeleteTake care of yourself. I remember when I was a kid and we got snow. It was a rare treat! I talked to Mum and she was staying inside. I'm glad. Won't have to worry about her slipping and falling. Some parts of the states don't get a lot and there is a great panic when snow comes but here in Michigan snow is a given. I don't drive in it as I'm not used to it but most people are pretty adept at driving in it. It's a perfect time to stay inside and craft, but after a few days can drive you crazy!!
ReplyDeleteIt's so rare to get this much snow. It's really bad and the army have been called out in Devon and Hampshire. I know we're lucky here. I hope you're okay and the Michagan snow is treating you kindly. Take care LM x
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