Winter Storm Nemo: Potential Historic Blizzard Looms (MAJOR WEATHER EVENT!)

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69. Thank you for the thought. My shoveling is already planned out

not that it will go according to plan, because 35 mph sustained winds, with 60 foot gusts, combined with light, fluffy snow, which is what we'll get because it's flippin' freezing up here right now, tends to undo all the shoveling

First, on Saturday am I will have to kick one door or another repeatedly in order to get it to budge open enough to squeeze myself and a shovel through. I have doors facing S/SE and S/SW, but somehow the snow drifts against them no matter which way they face. That's the nature of nor'easters. Then I will trudge through waist high drifts to the barn to bring my horse and kitty hot water (if we have power. otherwise, cold) and food. Then I'll head to the garage and get out my handy-dandy snow scooper.

The first path will be from house to barn, then across the front of the barn, which faces WSW, so I can open the 12' sliding door more than the 18" I need to squeeze a bucket through.

Later in the day, I will shovel the same path, which will have drifted over. And again in the evening.

At some point in time, depending on the weather report either Saturday night or Sunday, the wind will reverse and I will again have to shovel my way to the barn, only shovel out the back door which faces ENE so I can get in that side and bring my babies water and food.

My barn is open under the eaves. With luck, there will be less snow inside the barn than outside.

At some point the wind will die down enough that the paths hold. Then I will shovel the path to the utilities. They won't be coming any time soon anyway, so there is no hurry for that. Just the same path to the barn, over and over and over...