Let’s see…
- 14.5 inches of snow at the airport (a bit northeast of the bunker) as of 6 am.
- Over an hour to just clear the area immediately in front of the garage and between the top of the hill and the street, complete with 5-foot drifts at the deepest on either end. Somehow, the part of the driveway alongside the house (and the back walk) was clear.
- Another hour-plus to do the sidewalk and clean off the end of the driveway after the city plow went through (a packed 5-foot drift on the sidewalk just to the east of the driveway, and a “natural” 5-foot drift at the west end of the sidewalk.
- Speaking of plows, the 9 am run whacked the mailbox (oops).
Still, I consider myself lucky. Things got even worse the further south one got. I-94 and I-43 were both shut down south of Milwaukee for quite a while as the 2-feet-of-snow mark stretched up to Racine.
I do have a serious public-service announcement or two as we deal with it with the usual Wisconsin speed:
- If you have a high-efficiency furnace/water heater/dryer, make sure the vents are clear.
- Don’t tackle it all at once; we don’t need you dying of a heart attack.
