Snow storm

Dec. 15, 2008. We awoke to seven inches of snow this morning. There is more on the way. This much snow is fairly rare at 2430 feet in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Only twice before in ten years of retirement have we had this much at once. I grew up 60 miles west of Chicago, and when I retired, I never wanted to shovel snow again. Or be that cold. This is wet, heavy snow; the kind you get when the temperatures are just at, or slightly below freezing. We need the moisture. It has been warm and too dry so far this "Winter". We have power now, but it went out for a few seconds several times last night, and I had to reset most of the clocks. I have a small portable Honda generator; it will run the tv, a couple lights, and the fan on the propane fireplace. The dish antenna has to be free of snow to function, so I have to spray it with Pam, or hose it off, if the hose doesn't freeze solid. So far, it's not too cold.