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| Front of the house from the road. It was knee-deep in some places! |
Lessons Learned From Snowmageddon 2011
- An all-wheel drive vehicle won't get you out of your driveway if the snow is more than halfway up your wheels.
- Buying snow shovels is best done in the off-season. Like the middle of July.
- Clearing a driveway using only a push broom and rake is a nearly insurmountable task.
- Blizzard warnings will empty all of the dairy cases at all 3 grocery stores in your town.
- Frozen taquitos for dinner two days in a row will make you very, very regretful.
- Drivers of Honda Civics are certain their cars have the same snow-handling capabilities as Toyota Landcruisers. They will be totally surprised when they become stuck in an uncleared intersection.
- Once the blizzard has finished with your area and people are able to drive again, they will immediately head to a grocery store and bemoan the lack of dairy products.
- Snow plows will come to your neighborhood only after they have finished driving up and down one well-traveled road approximately 80 times.
- Your neighbors are jerks and won't offer to let you borrow their shovel.
- Although your pantry and freezer seem well-stocked for Snowmageddon, they really aren't. How are you supposed to make tamales without corn husks?! Where is the other can of Manwich?!
- Spending a week trapped indoors with your significant other and cats isn't as fun as it sounds.
