Thursday, I woke up and steped out into calf-deep snow. Wedesday it had started snowing, the wind had already been blowing pretty hard. (The snow would dance on the roadway, almost looked ghost-like.) The snow stopped, but he wind would kick things up a bit. Tonight it started again....it is very pretty. On the windows the snow sticks as the wind blows it and the frost around it reminds me of the times we would spray the door to create that "look."
The snow from Wednesday/Thursday was like powder sugar on the ground. One of the teachers said that it was a very "light" snow and that usually it is very heavy and thick with water. At night, when the moon hits the mountains just right, they give off a blue glow and they say it is because of the water. (It sounds and feels different than the snow in Flagstaff.) They plow the main roads and have a blower for the sidewalks too.
We are going to have avalanche training soon at the Middle School. The drills here are a bit different, more realistic. When we have a fire drill, some exits are closed off as if the fire were there so that teachers and students practice on how to deal with those ccircumstances. I haven't been through an earthquake drill yet, they have had them though (usually I am at the opposite school). The middle school went through a lot of retro fitting this summer for earthquakes. Kids are kids, but they seem to take the drill a bit more seriously.
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Beautiful!!! temps are dropping here and I can't wait for the first snow fall!!! I have my camera ready!
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