Our Alexandria correspondent Tom Obert, 63, reports:
We Won!
We survived the blizzard(s) of '10! I don't know if there was an official count as to the number of them - they just kept coming. We haven't been able to leave the property since Thursday morning. Snow amounts weren't humongous - seemed about 6 inches every day according to our decks. But the blowing and white out conditions closed I-94 between Alex and Fargo for three days. And travel wasn't recommended anywhere. So, even if we could get out, there was really no place to go.
This morning, in 25 below windchills, the missus and I went out to see if we could "escape." I know most people think us weird, but we both like to shovel snow. It's such a feeling of accomplishment when you're done. Here's Ruthie holding up the shovels in triumph as we completed the task - worked up a good sweat out there! You may notice the little markers on the side of the driveway? Minnesotans put them up to mark the driveway boundaries for shoveling and/or plowing purposes. Ours by the house has just about disappeared!
So now we'll head out to Jimmy Johns for lunch and survey the local area for photo ops. The sun was out for a while this morning, which would have been great, but we're overcast again now. Lots of other snow and/or sports photos to come - may have to go to a different format because of the volume.
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We also picked up this weather report from the Korkowski blog, below:
I just got off the phone with a friend in northern Minnesota. He said that since early this morning the snow has been falling heavily and it is nearly waist high. The temperature is dropping below zero, and the north wind is increasing, and his wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window....he says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in!
We Won!
We survived the blizzard(s) of '10! I don't know if there was an official count as to the number of them - they just kept coming. We haven't been able to leave the property since Thursday morning. Snow amounts weren't humongous - seemed about 6 inches every day according to our decks. But the blowing and white out conditions closed I-94 between Alex and Fargo for three days. And travel wasn't recommended anywhere. So, even if we could get out, there was really no place to go.
This morning, in 25 below windchills, the missus and I went out to see if we could "escape." I know most people think us weird, but we both like to shovel snow. It's such a feeling of accomplishment when you're done. Here's Ruthie holding up the shovels in triumph as we completed the task - worked up a good sweat out there! You may notice the little markers on the side of the driveway? Minnesotans put them up to mark the driveway boundaries for shoveling and/or plowing purposes. Ours by the house has just about disappeared!
So now we'll head out to Jimmy Johns for lunch and survey the local area for photo ops. The sun was out for a while this morning, which would have been great, but we're overcast again now. Lots of other snow and/or sports photos to come - may have to go to a different format because of the volume.
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We also picked up this weather report from the Korkowski blog, below:
I just got off the phone with a friend in northern Minnesota. He said that since early this morning the snow has been falling heavily and it is nearly waist high. The temperature is dropping below zero, and the north wind is increasing, and his wife has done nothing but look through the kitchen window....he says that if it gets much worse, he may have to let her in!
