Snow day Sunday!

That was a storm. It lasted from Saturday afternoon to late Sunday night. I woke Sunday to a lot of snow on the back deck. I wanted to shovel it to get to the 'rain' gauge. This was 7 a.m., vs 10:30. 

By the afternoon my work was for nought!

I had to do the driveway, even during the storm, as it gets so deep at the highway, and slushy from the heat of the tire friction, that it is slushy. My snow bank!

Can you see the snow blown off of the roof? Drifting snow is a problem.

When I was done, I was somewhat snowy. Many thanks to Jean in New Zealand, I was wearing one of her warm toasty mufflers. I was quite relieved to grab another shower and lunch.

 

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🛬There was a horrible crash at Toronto's Pearson airport Monday. A jet from Minnesota flipped over after landing. People were hurt, but of those 21 people were taken to hospital, all survived. One thing one has to remember when you are travelling south you need to have warm clothes on you in an evacuation. CBC has posted an article with photos.

We have lots of people who will investigate it and determine what happened and prevent it in the future. I wrote about the NTSB investigation in the U.S. of a plane/helicopter crash. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will investigate, following protocols, and will invite the NTSB and/or the decimated FAA from south of the border. The plane is laying upside down on the tarmac, covered in snow and burned. Two runways are still closed.

Things to remember, when you are given a minute to evacuate and your plane is on fire, don't to  an Instagram post to show us you using the emergency exit. Just sayin'.

Lots of crews responded

This is an interesting read from the Weather Network, about the winds at the time.

Winds may have been a factor...

Just in case you are worried, you should be. I'll just leave this here!

Wintry days

Friday, we had some snow to clear.  About 11 cm.

The trees were snow-covered, but rather than losing branches, the snow blew off in the wind during the day. That was excellent.

Nutmeg decided to go out. She didn't last long. The middle deck isn't shoveled, and it is up to her shoulders!

The sun rose, and we saw blue sky.

Deer hang out together in a winter yard. They come to our yard, visit, and then disappear for the day. I love how wary they are. When another deer approaches, they all look in their direction!

Friday was a strange day for weather. After doing the driveway, a nice, hot shower, we had graupel! Little snow pellets.

Snow Fall at Crumbly Acres – Part 5

Recovery at Snowy Crumbly Acres – Part 1!

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres, Part 2

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres – Part 3

Snow Day at Crumbly Acres – Part 4

Finally, I ventured down to the forest, figuring any branches swaying would be down by now. This is the path down to the frog pond. I shook off the snow, and pulled the branch ends out of frozen clumps of snow. If I don't do that now, the branches will stay that way, bent. (Not my first rodeo!) A total 28 cm we had.

This isn't our first storm: Ice Storm Clean-up Part 4 <= this was from February 2016. The pine at the far end of the meadow is the one above. 

Okay, back to the forest. You can see the left side of the evergreen, branches drooping where the snow hit and stuck.

I came across a tree with its bark chewed. Do you know which critter did this?! 

I figure it has to be the smaller one, the baby porcupine, I spotted in October. 

The two pines, at either end of the meadow, suffered from the storm. This is the other end.

Then, there are the bushes.

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Bombogenesis... it is coming. It is a Colorado Low moving in. We have been warned: 

 Environment Canada issues winter storm watch

Environment Canada calls for up to 15 cm of snow, rain, freezing rain, up to 90 km/h wind gusts.

Snow Day at Crumbly Acres – Part 4

But first, we've a fawn with a broken front right leg. Crumbly Acres, indeed. With 28 cm of snow falling, over two days – Dec. 16/17, it is difficult walking. I think this is Clover's fawn. 

 

Out in Vancouver, the kids took Cluny to a cross country ski race! They are in great shape there. They are a busy bunch and keen skiers. It was -12 C., and B.C. has had a ton of snow. Cluny texted me on Kids Messenger, to let me know where they were: "I'm at the sandman hotel in Squamish, and its been snowing here! " They have great skiing near them, of course. They belong to a club, with great opportunities for families. 

Indoors, Cinnamon is still afraid of the train when it is running, and just approached carefully. 

cinnamon's train from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The snow storm has really taken out our great white pine trees. Here they were, February, 2016, for example. We lost a lot of branches that year.

They took the brunt of the heavy burden of snow. The ends of the branches are frozen into the snow, and I have to cut them up before I can move them.

The poor tree. That hanging branch is the one that fell on me! JB watched from the house. 

These two are still snow covered, despite some warm windy days. Some of it will evaporate, thankfully. 

I'm watching myself underneath the branches. That is a heavy burden of snow.

The second hornet's nest is still up there, under the canopy↓! 

You can see little balls of snow still stuck to the trees. It is pretty in a weird sort of way.

This is what the bucks did in the snow, ate pumpkins!

Buck in snow from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We've a new storm on the way Thursday. We'll see what happens. 

Recovery at Snowy Crumbly Acres – Part 1!

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres, Part 2

Snow Recovery at Crumbly Acres – Part 3