Not yet... even though I know it won't, I keep hoping it will just be rain...

And just like that it has begun.... 2 hours early.... And it isn't rain....

@Heidi68 It appears to be 20 miles off ..and closing, up here. At least we had around a week to prepare

@Varn I had food, water and gas for the generator but that still did not prepare me for this view this morning

@Heidi68 WoW -- though we’re catching up fast in SW VA… Looks like it should be ending for you ..as we’ve got hours more to go. Everything’s closed up and folks are hunkered down, including me!

I see our projected ‘highs’ have gone up … what worried me, beyond losing power (again), were the projected low temps for next week, meaning this stuff wasn’t going away soon.. But I’ve nowhere important to go

I’m holding off on photos though, I’d like to get a ‘total pic,’ and it’s still a blizzard outside.. And not all that pretty, kind of an end of the world gray Thanks for posting yours ..I’m curious what your elevation is? I’m at nearly 2,500 feet, near the blue ridge parkway ~

@Varn it is far worse now.... still snowing 3pm - luckily it looks as if it is slowing.
I am only at about 1050 in elevation. I am about 20 minutes to the parkway.
Am going out soon to dig another path for the dogs. And another path to the barn.

@Heidi68 It’s now snowed 14 hours straight here, but I think the tail end is near.. The kids & I had withstood 42 inches in two days back in the Cast Range of Oregon … literally built a fire in my metal (open sided) wood shed to melt snow/ weight off it’s roof, so I’ve experienced a lot worse, but we’re likely around 16 inches up here..

Do miss my farm, and dogs ..and daughters, but not the stress of downed trees, generator, chaining up, digging out ..school ‘snow routes’ and boredom.. At least it’s powdery stuff up here, back in OR is was always wet & heavy … usually followed by warm rain & flooding. Rarely a dull moment Stay safe ~

@Heidi68 Finally, funshine after 18 hours - and 18 inches!

@Varn my totals were 17 hours & 13" . I have been shoveling all day (well, 6 hours).

@Heidi68 Nice work! ...sure looks higher than 13 inches on that table, though.. And your dogs are a lot smaller than I envisioned, trapped in that snow canyon Ours began melting, some … but they’re predicting a low of 17 (maybe a 4 dog night for you) tonight, so it’s not going anywhere soon.

Yeah sorry about that part....