As I was pulling into our parking lot at work this morning, I noticed a hint of something poking out of the snow-covered ground near my parking spot. I stopped short of the snow-covered object, got out of the car and retrieved it. It was a little dirty and damp, but no one had driven [...]

To answer my own question from yesterday, I saw one (1) snow plow today! However, it didn’t appear near our workplace until 5:15 PM. The good thing is that it did two rounds. I don’t think it helped much, as there was plenty of black ice forming after it left (they forgot to spray sand!). [...]

I decided to drive a FWD car to work today. It didn’t help much. Roads were still slippery today, especially intersections. Black ice was plentiful. The smell of burnt rubber was in the air. I didn’t see a single snow plow during my commute this morning and this evening. The local paper reported that the [...]

It all started at 7:57 this morning. I took a peek outside. No cars. Over a foot of snow (44 cm to be exact). Tentative probability of work today: 0%. I walked downstairs to text message a few of my buddies from work. The response was expected: ‘No, I’m not going in.’ I debated and [...]