Snowmegeddon--Washington Style Part 2

So at first the snow was fun. Tony was disappointed when the big dump didn't come like it said it was going to...yet. Well, it started snowing early, early Wednesday morning and didn't stop for hours and hours (I can't remember). We were snowed in but did get to sled with friends which was fun. Then it snowed and we got so much ice. The snow and ice weighed down the power lines and broke so many trees. Many people were without power. In fact people from church were making lots of phone calls, kind of a calling tree to see who was without power and what was needed. We offered our guest room to some friends who were without power on Thursday night. They came over, had dinner, the kids played, we put them to bed and then we played games. Well at about 10 that night our power was out too. We played some more games by lantern light and then went to bed. The next morning Tony bought a propane space heater but we didn't want to spend another night in the cold so we went to Stacey's house. Some people got their power back that day, but we were still out. When we got back on Saturday morning, we had power, a car full of Costco groceries and Tony got busy helping some people saw up some felled trees. It was kind of crazy there for a day, burying our perishable food in the snow, heating water to wash dishes on the stove (thank goodness for a gas stove). It was like we were camping in our own home. So even though there were major setbacks and destruction because of our snow/ice, etc., I thought this picture was a fun, tongue-in-cheek way to laugh about it.
Two Feet of Snow in Seattle

From January 2012