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The sequence of snow, freezing rain, then snow has made this city pretty inhospitable, relative to the usual climate here. We don't have the fleet of snowplows that, say, Minneapolis might. Here snow melts. We don't get a foot of snow in two days. It doesn't stick around. It doesn't drift such that it buries cars.

The dog is decidedly unenthusiastic. Since he can't see much (contrasts only) and can't hear much, a wholly snowy world is one of near-total disorientation, coupled with the pain of his pads on the snow. Add to this the crust of ice that just breaks under his weight, snapping into sheets sharply off level, and his world is well short of ideal.

That said, it made for some pretty pictures.

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My wife's car, coated.
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My Skeleton Key sticker, rendered creepier by the ice.
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This one is my favorite.
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Date: 2008-12-22 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shigella.livejournal.com
Woah! Ice storm fun.

We usually just get snow in piles. Ice storms scare me. There was a bad one in 1996 when I lived here; my car was frozen to the parking lot and an inch of ice coated the locks so I could drive nowhere. My dorm neighbor was standing on the hood of his car with a blowdryer attached to an extension cord, trying to blast a hole in the windshield ice.

I salute you. Brrr.

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