Well, we can get out, but parking is an adventure. At all the store plazas, there are still (pretty large) remnants of the December storm, never mind the mountains we added over the weekend. Here are a few examples - first, I had to hit the gas station, because one of my wiper blades snapped off when I turned it on:
This is an example of the sort of mounds there are in the parking lots - this is from the local grocery store lot:
And another view - see these towering over the cars:
Finally, the swell stuff storms leave behind with the helpful traffic calming devices:
There are lots of side streets that still aren't plowed - but there's progress near me - that's a sidewalk that was partly cleared yesterday:
... with a gap for sledding:
Finally, one of the streets that was unplowed yesterday has finally seen a plow. No salt or other treatment yet, but at least the people living there can get out now:
Meanwhile, my wife was trying to get ahead of the next storm with a grocery order - but Peapod called this morning, cancelling. Their trucks can't get here :/
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE... SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... POTENTIAL FOR 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW.
* TIMING... MID TO LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Just what we need :)
Update: Oh boy, the latest forecast is telling me that this has the potential to be a serious storm, and all they're saying right now is "several inches". Hope that blower holds together :)
Well, it was a lot of work - but the car is finally free. Here's where things stood after we got the bottom of the driveway clear - my neighbor's blower was back online after some small repairs:
There's just no way I could get that "attachment" cleared, so I climbed in via the passenger door, and moved the car down the newly cleared driveway. Oh, and this picture shows the huge mound that I had to chip down some before we could even use the snowblower :) Anyway - the car:
Then I got the rest of the snow off, shoveled up the mess where the car had been, and pulled it back:
Good thing I lost weight a few years ago - there's very little space to squeeze into there :) At least I can get out in either car if I need to, and the streets are clear up to the exit from the neighborhood - unlike the poor folks who live on side streets here - their streets look like my patio:
If you live on a side street, you're still waiting. My friend Mike posted this picture, with the caption - "Our driveway leads nowhere! Howard County, where are the plows? "
I chipped some more snow off my driveway - I could actually get my car out now if I had to. Of course, I'd have to climb in the passenger side, angle it around, and then shovel the mess up - but that's progress :)
My Car
My Driveway
Mailbox
Buried Footpath
Unplowed Street
Unplowed Street
My Walkway
Ramp Off MD 32
Most of the sidestreets in the neighborhood haven't been plowed at all, not even once - which means that no one living down there is getting out at all...
