I don't normally blog again after only a couple days, but the blizzard has prompted me to. I know I will want to be able to look back on the details of the storm. Mabel experienced her first hurricane in October, and now she's lucky enough to witness quite a snowstorm before she is even 1. This storm is unprecedented in the lives of many-- even for me, as I was still 10 months away from joining the world when the infamous Blizzard of '78 hit.
There's a travel ban on, meaning only emergency vehicles may be on the road, and otherwise driving is punishable by a year in prison, which cracks me up. Winds are 75- 85 MPH on the Cape, and around here they are 50- 60. At this moment, 413,000 homes are without power, and restoring it will mean plowing first to reach the lines. Being without heat must be incredibly tough, especially with babies and kids. Nstar has called in reinforcement crews from Western Mass; they say they are working hard to expedite the process of power restoration, but the snow has to stop first. Snow is still coming down at a decent clip-- going on about 24 hours now. I'd say we have a little over 2 feet of snow, but it's hard to tell.
J went out with the snow blower last night, but you can't even tell now. We decided to wait until the snow is completely done falling before going back out to blow and shovel. Ought to be quite a project.
I keep thinking about how, being Feb 9, if this were last year, I would have been a little antsy since I was due to have the baby on Feb 15. The news has already presented stories about women being taken via ambulance to have their babies. How mightily stressful! Fun to think that not even a year later from that due date, we are watching the snow come down with our crazy, busy, curious, cute little toddler. Hoping she likes taking a few pounces right down in that packed powder. I will attempt to show her the methodology behind snow angels, but knowing Mabel, she will want to just sit and chow on the snow. :)
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