Friday, December 18, 2009

Snow Day

At this point, we have had freezing rain and sleet for about 5 hours, so there is a very slick surface on all the roads. The kids have been home from school since 10:15 a.m., and we have everything we need in case of power outages. There is a chance we may get a good amount of snow, but it will probably be mostly ice. The kids are dying to get out and play in it, but the snow that is falling is very wet and mixed with sleet so it hurts when it hits you. But it is quite novel to have snow and Christmas decorations at the same time in North Carolina! We're not naive enough to say we'll have a "white Christmas," but we'll enjoy the snow for the time we have it.

ETA: We ended up with about 4 inches of snow when we went to bed, but it changed over to freezing rain which compacted it down to about 2 inches when we woke up.

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