I Hate Snow!
So.. I am not sure how much snow is out there. I think six feet! Oh wait.. I am being a wee bit melodramatic. Perhaps five to six inches on a guess?? Being originally from San Diego I rather hate snow and much prefer the milder climate of S. California. Were instead of snow we could have flowers right now.
Flowers is off topic.. Six inches of snow on the ground and people start to shovel. My husband shovels in shifts. That way there isn't as much to shovel at one time. This is important because it does get heavy and he does do the sidewalks of the neighbors to each side of us, the couple across the street that aren't as able to shovel and the house on the corner; friends of his that have moved but their house has yet to be sold. That's a lot of shoveling so it's much easier to do a few inches at a time.
Now, about the time the rest of the neighborhood starts to shovel the plow finally comes and makes one pass over the street. This means that only one lane is semi clear. So, what do a few of the lovely neighbors do? Shovel their snow right back out into the street.
Prior to the plow the snow was at least somewhat flat. Snow tossed by the shovel fulls into the now cleared road tends to be lumpy and the bottoms of cars were dragging over the snow trying to get through. Or, rather than stop shoveling and stepping back when a car comes they stay right out there trying to dig their car out which makes drivers seem uncomfortable trying to navigate the hill.
I admit, it did make for entertaining viewing before the plow came watching people trying to get up the hill. Which, is why I don't drive in the snow. One year, a car was pushing another car which was dumb. When they got stuck and blocked the trash truck the trash truck tried to push both of them and got himself stuck too. Nope, I won't get on the road with that kind of idiotic driving.
I simply can't wait until spring!
