Saturday I was arranging an annual get together with a friend for Sunday xmas mince tarts and coffee. We do get together at other times of the year (for walks and birthday burgers) but she likes sweet things. Of course snow was the issue, and in the forecast.
Watching the late news for weather assessments I channel flipped past the Seattle stations, all of whom had cameras on various hills to catch cars doing 360s or sliding backwards with the brakes locked. They even showed some Portland video of people polishing the glare ice (that's it, stomp on the throttle harder! As the curlers are often wont to scream, "HURRY HARD!!!!).
Of course the stations do the same up here.
Ended up my neighbourhood only got a dusting and her's about 3 inches (she's higher up the mountainside). The east side of Vancouver Island got the worst of it what with the outflow winds picking up moisture on Georgia Strait. Ten, twelve or more inches. Now that's serious paralyzing snow.
But I try not to be a wimp when it comes to someone with a good heart especially since it's gone a bit wonky the last couple years. So we had our tarts and coffee, a seasonal tradition.
Today, and the next few days, the issue is the cold (minus 6 Celsius right now) plus the windchill of the east wind. Snow coming at some point this week as well. There's always a price to pay for something sweet.
