11-am today:
dear Divine Chaos, about that snow...
well, i still gotta go grocery-shopping - it's over 3-inches already with a stiff wind, and still falling.
i've gotta clear my steps + walk...


11:30-am -
dear Divine, You have outdone Yourself;
Creatrix, it looks lovely, BUT in the short time i was out clearing my stairs and walk, [perhaps 20 to 24-feet of 3-ft paving],
a HALF-INCH fell... i cannot see more than 2 houses down this 1940s bungalow-lined street of small lots!
Your Immanence, i am deeply impressed - but i'm down to leftover stuffing, leftover salmon, canned beans,
and dry cereal - with no milk.
this display of near-whiteout seems excessive; could You take a break, just for an hour or 2, so i can schlep
to the store and back on the bus? i promise to admire it wholeheartedly when i return provisioned.
sincerely,
- t

And we're complaining about 10 inches of snow here

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3-pm -

dear Lady of Chaos, i'm back -
and very unhappy. I AM THE ONLY ONE who cleared my walkway, And i Am Not On The Street; the only person
who typically uses my walk, is me.
the bayside-avenue is insane, with a steady 35 to 40-MPH horizontal gale of stinging, blinding snow; another 2-inches
fell while i ate my leftovers-brunch, and it's still pelting down.
i had to satisfy myself with a pint of ice-cream, 2 slices of flan from the tacqueria, and a pint of Starbucks for 'cream' in my decaf.
despite 2 pair pants, 2 pair sox and boots, my pantlegs are damp to my calves from postholing thru snow.

the wind is driving so hard, the 4 x 4 verticals of my deck have over an inch of snow plastered on the windward side.
every leaf, twig and power-line is heavy with snow; and my heat is electric. MERCY - please spare us a power-outage!
they average 4 to 5 days here; the neighborhood has no compelling public-interests [school, hospital, major corp-employer...].
sincerely,
- t

4-pm -

dear Mother of All,
the wind-chill is 17-degrees Fahrenheit, and 8-inches of snow are standing anywhere the gale has not scoured
the ground; where the wind has peeled the snow, there is a crackle-glass layer of 3/4-inch ice, plus an inch of squeaky
hard-pack powder - perfect for slipping and falling.

the ruts where 4-wheel-drive vehicles have passed carve criss-cross slices 10-inches deep; when those freeze,
it will be H***. AND NO CITY-PLOW has done any cross-streets, yet.
shopping at 7-11 is an oxymoron, but traveling by bus in this? waiting in the blizzard on the bayside street?
inconceivable; tomorrow's special is black beans. the wind is supposed to hold at 25-mph with gusts;
the ambient-temp is expected to reach a high of 34-F, or 2-degrees above freezing.

any chance of a window of opportunity? i'd really appreciate it.
sincerely,
- t