Maybe. Maybe even probably. If it does come it is going to have to come later because it isn't here yet.
Today was mostly a continuation of the extended period of high temperatures near and trending towards slightly above zero degrees Celsius (science alert). We had some overnight flurries for the second night in a row, the accumulation from two days apparently reached two inches and in response public works came out and plowed.
It wasn't much snow, I might have just left it if not for the plowing. But if there is plowing it is necessary to deal with the mess at the end of the driveway so I went out and shoved snow over to the side and then used a lighter shovel to hoist the flotsam up and over the edge and onto the snow pile.
Later on after my walk I noticed that the bits down at the end which have been consistently freeze packed to the driveway for a month or so now appeared to be of a consistency which would lend itself to removal.
It is extremely unusual for me to get back to bare driveway ever, EVER, after the first time each winter when the newspaper delivery person drives on a couple of inches of snow on the driveway. Usually the return to bare driveway is a fairly big deal for me sometime during the February and or March thaw.
People who know these things will know that a house on the south side of the street with a north facing driveway presents much more difficult snow issues. People who live on the north side with a south facing driveway often have to do very little or nothing at all to get back to bare pavement.
Today I am at bare pavement, my neighbor across the street is snow covered.
Not to worry, they will be bare again soon.
I will not be driveway bare again almost certainly until that late winter thaw thing.
So, today was a fun day for me here on the frozen tundra.
2 comments:
You have more snow than we do, but not by much. My driveway is also clear, but I've been wearing my Yak-Trax for walks around the neighborhood this week. And there is a winter storm warning out for tonight here.
There seems to be an inclination for the talking heads to catastrophize weather events. I remember when high school hockey was played outside in northern Minnesota. I'm pretty sure it was negative temperatures, in both F and C.
I am glad it was a fun day for you and the driveway is impressive. I really like the contrast with the snowy driveway across the street. A first?
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