I happened to be out with the dog, and barely got a couple of blocks when a HUGE clap of thunder went off, and we both jumped, turned around and raced as fast as we could in knee deep snow for home. Another two huge claps boomed just as we got to the backyard. The sky also opened up and poured rain on us just before that first thunder boom. That was all there was to the thunder and lightening though.
A couple of hours ago the rain turned back to snow, so we went out again. It's coming down really fast, and our footprints in the lower places (Yoshi likes to dive through the biggest mounds of snow he can find the whole way instead of walking on what's been plowed or shoveled) were nearly gone when we got nearer to the house again.
We've not gotten any ice though. It's very wet heavy snow that's all slush underneath, and the end of most peoples' driveways have big lakes of slushy water where they curve downward and meet the street. Just got back about a half an hour ago (Yoshi still wants to stay out in the yard playing "Plow Doggie" with his face and chest and digging for his football) and the wind is really blowing like crazy now. It started really picking up about halfway through our walk, but it actually felt kind of good since I was sweating under my coat with all the snow mountain climbing that the plows made and wading through sometimes even crotch deep drifts (almost lost a boot in the bottom of one).
For the first time in weeks though I felt like I could finally stop picking out slippery white or black ice... already had one pretty bad fall with the ice storm from last week, and I just can't do that again.
I'm pissed that all that shoveling and shoveling and shoveling I did today (and still only got about half way through plowing my car out) that now I have to do that all over again. It's REALLY heavy wet show that's mostly slush on the bottom that's even heavier.
I tell you what, that thunder scared the crap out of me - sooooo unexpected this time of year!
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