Staying ahead of the snow
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- December
- 19
I was out running errands on a day off when the snow started to fall in Rockland just about 12 hours ago.
As usual, I tried to keep up with the snowfall or even get ahead. It’s just too risky to sit and watch the snow all day and then try to dig out in one session.
So when I got home around noon, I salted the walk at home in Nanuet – just not enough to shovel as yet.
But at 3:30, I was outside for about 30 minutes to clear about four to five inches that had fallen by then. It was light and powdery and pretty easy to move by pushing rather than lifting. That’s always a positive. I cleaned the walk and the driveway around two cars and the space in front of mine, which is facing the street.
Making another pass at 7:30, the snow had moved on, at least for a while, leaving a total of about seven inches.
This time, I cleared the walks, the driveway and also cleared most of the snow off our cars.
As I headed in at 8 p.m., there was sleet falling, but it didn’t seem to last very long.
When I ducked outside minutes ago, at 10:30, the street was still except for a neighbor digging in his driveway.
No snow, no sleet, no rain. But checking weather Web sites, it looks like more is expected, tonight, overnight and into tomorrow.
So, it looks like this may turn out to be a long weekend in more ways than one.
We’ll see what tomorrow holds.
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on Friday, December 19th, 2008 at 10:56 pm by Bob Baird.
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