Someone at church complained about all the snow and cold that we’ve enjoyed this winter. Someone else then spoke up and said, “This is a real winter, Winter has just been napping for the last forty years.” I add two observations: 1. It has not been that bad. 2. It has not been that long.
We were hit with more snow overnight. On Tuesdays, Sylvia works with a boy from Saranac. Since they’ve been working together one hour a week, his attendance and grades have markedly improved. She was a bit sad that school was cancelled today. I wasn’t sad, I didn’t want her driving her sedan through this much snow. (She could not have made it back up the driveway–there was packed snow and ice underneath the snow. I spent my morning clearing the driveway with the tractor’s front-end loader. (I finished with the fuel gauge on “E.”
On M-66 on the south side of I-96 this morning, county snow plow meets semi
Last night we heard the call go out from county central dispatch. A metal object on the I-96 west-bound entrance ramp from M-66 had resulted in at least two vehicles with flat tires. An officer was dispatched to the scene. A few minutes later, the officer called back, requesting assistance as there were wrecked vehicles “on both sides of the road.” We were feeling thankful that we didn’t have to be out moving around in those conditions.
This morning, while I was clearing the driveway, on M-66 just the other side of I-96 (at or near the exit ramp), an Ionia County snow plow had an incident as shown in the photo courtesy Fox 17.
It seems that there are multiple roll-overs and miscellaneous mishaps every time we get a bit of snow. Folks must have forgotten how to drive safely. But I could be wrong.
We’re kind of glad that Sylvia picks up her Jeep Liberty tomorrow. We’ll have to take a photo at the dealership while it is still bright and shiny. Because we live on a dirt road, shiny cars are a rare circumstance for us.
Finally, the garage door opener guy didn’t make it today . . . Must have been the weather. :rolleyes: