I am used to monitoring for storms, as oft noted, but it is for the usual that one is accustomed. How much snow will fall? When will the snow land? Will the snow be heavy and wet bonding to everything? Will it be icy? Pure fluff? Snow fall totals here are irrelevant; it is the wind that determines one’s totals, and has little to do with what actually falls upon your property.
After the prior storm, notably it was eighteen inches of fresh fluff, the drifts on the top of Powers and Schierl gained height daily, topping out at over five feet. Winds blew and blew and posted videos of migrating snow did not reveal that Powers was there destination, but it surely was a dropping point.
Most recently, I went to bed, settled now our most recent storm was over. Seven inches of fresh (un-bonded) powder landed during the storm, and by bed time, the walk ways were clear to the solar shed, the garage, and of course, the wood pile. Seven inches of fluff was not a big deal, but by the time my head hit the pillow, the wind was howling so what relocation might occur, I did not know.
I awoke yesterday to new drifts, but no new snow except what was transferred here by the wind. The yard, bare in places, now gone in others with drifts several feet deep. One drift circles two full sides of the cabin, whipping around the home all night long.
I may be here for a while; not only is Schierl Road buried in drifts, much like my home, the road bank blocked passage, creating a drop. At the moment, one side of the road is about three feet higher than the other, not fit for a track machine.
