Feb
3
From everything I’ve heard and read, this past month has been the type of winter you dream of when living in West Michigan. Every few days it seems more snow is dumping on our former home town. From here it looks gorgeous. I’m sure the distance is causing me to see the snowy conditions with rose-colored glasses, but I do miss it.
Folks back in G.R. (here, here, and here) are talking about the blizzard that’s blowing through West Michigan this weekend. Lest you think we don’t have our fair share of winter weather here, you’ll be pleased to know we had a Winter Weather Advisory earlier this week. The forecast was calling for 1 to 3 inches of snow, followed by freezing rain. Kids and teachers were making plans for a day off of school, and parents were dreading child care logistics. The end result? We got a little bit of rain the day after the advisory was cancelled. (To be fair, many a forecasted storm in Michigan never amounted to anything.) On my way to and from work during the 2 days of the advisory, huge dump truck plows loaded with salt were parked along the shoulder of the highway. The drivers of the plows were hunched over their steering wheels sleeping, waiting for the storm. They must have thought the sunshine we were experiencing at the time was the calm before the storm. I’m sure there’s a reason they wait on the highway before the inclement weather even comes, but I was amused nonetheless.
We did get a couple inches of snow on a Sunday recently, and temperatures have been dipping well below freezing at night, so I guess winter is here.
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