02-07-2026 — The new ice age begins

Howdy all. Back to the deep freeze late yesterday. Around 7 pm last night, a solid wall of snow and wind arrived. Went from barely any wind, to gusts near 45 mph. And from no snow to this.

Sure wouldn’t want to be driving in that.

The winds, and snow, mostly continued until around 3 am, when the winds let up some.

Notice the drifting already climbing the walls of snow around the driveway and walkway.

By sunrise, there was little defining driveway or walkway. Just a layer of white.

Then along comes Weaver’s Plowing (and Lawn Service) to the rescue once again. I believe this is “push” number 15 for the season.

A “push” is when the push 2 inches, or more, of snow off the driveway and clear the walkway. I sign a contract for a given number of pushes each season. For more than that, it is supposed to be pay by push. Quite a reasonable way to ensure the company gets a guarantee of a certain income, and the clients get what is needed.

For “commercial” clients, they frequently bill on a “push” basis each time. And some clients require a Zero Tolerance level. They want cleared and salted regardless of amount of snow/ice. They need to protect themselves from customer liability.

I appreciate how they clear right to the garage door, and the walkway. Notice the wall on the sidewalk is nearly 2 foot tall now.

Did you notice the driver was taking confirmation photos after the clearing? First time I saw that here. The truck could use a bath!!

I didn’t mention that the temperature fell from around 29 yesterday afternoon to 26 around 7 pm to around 6 degrees around 3 am. It was around 4 when he was out there plowing. And it is expected to go below that tonight and tomorrow night, before starting to rise to closer to “average” winter days here.

With the “lighter’ winds running around 18-32 mph, the real-feel temperature is a delightful MINUS 14. And this is up from the wee hours.

The NOW

The FUTURE

Maybe by Tuesday we will see above freezing temperatures — For a day! Can’t imagine that is going to be a reason to Enjoy Life