Muy peligroso
The weather has been warm lately, so instead of snow, we are getting a mix between rain and snow, a kind of rain-like substance that hits your car but then freezes and makes you dig out the ice scraper. The weather graphic looks like this:
Although every time I see this icon, I picture some kind of nature-allergic giant sneezing all over the trees.
This rain-snow makes the commute even more annoying, and the snow in our backyard even more treacherous. Last night, Shorty flew off the deck to chase something. I carefully shuffled my way down the steps and was almost taken out by a rabbit that had reversed course and headed back under the deck, a whimpering Shorty in hot pursuit. The trails I had made earlier for him were still serviceable, but everything was covered with a thick shellacking of ice. As we still have our outdoor hanging Christmas lights out (out, not ON, we are not those people) because they are still buried under a thick layer of ice, I think you can see where this is headed. When I turned around to go back inside, I slipped on some ice, forgot about the lights, and nearly garrotted myself.
We are having exactly the same weather and graphic!! Kids were falling left and right on their way to school today, and cars were skidding through our intersection. Very stressful.
Comment by Nowheymama — January 22, 2010 @ 12:00 pm
It makes me a little sad to look at that graphic and see that this is warm to you. Spring will be here soon! Really!
Comment by Jess — January 22, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
I know exactly what you have to deal with; we’ve been getting freezing rain here, too. And today it snowed all day. To say the roads are precarious is a monumental understatement. I was afraid to drive my car.
Comment by amber — January 23, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
I’m with Jess – that should not equal “warm”. Hope it really does warm up soon!
Comment by Shelly — January 25, 2010 @ 9:39 am
oh lordy. i agree. you poor thing.. that isn’t warm!! you need to move to climates that were meant for human habitation
Comment by Alice — January 25, 2010 @ 1:31 pm