Showing posts with label Ice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice. Show all posts

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Snow - Day 5: Shoveling

The City of Atlanta is not prepared for a snow storm like the one that began last Sunday night and continued all day on Monday - and neither am !


Clearing the driveway -- or at least attempting to -- started with a rake, hacking through the ice layer on top of the snow. Then a broom and a shovel. Then pails of hot water. Ice chunks loosened on top "floated" down the ice sheet to the bottom of the driveway, into the gutter, where they eventually melted. I got the job done 2/3 of the way. Today's 40F should make clearing the rest easier. I want salmon and potatoes with dill for dinner tonight. The supermarket is two miles away . . . :-)



The Frozen South



On the fourth day after the snow and ice storm, almost everything remains covered in snow with a glistening layer of ice on top. On Wednesday, the temperature got above freezing (for about an hour) for the first time since Sunday. The dry, cold air has shrunk the snow cover somewhat, but what looked exciting on Monday is now little more than a nuisance.