Snomageddon Follow Up

written by ashley marsh

So – I was partially right! The day went the same as the last post up until about 10pm. We went to the rink in freezing rain at about 1015am. We were at the rink until lunch time. Left and there was still no snow – just regular rain at that point. Blaine played his next game and then we were heading home. We did in fact decide not to go snowboarding as planned though because it was almost 40 degrees and raining and that did not sound like any fun.

Instead of playing in the snow, the boys played some epic games of Madden and then the kiddos hit the hay. Troy kept checking the forecast and the weather forums (for those of you who don’t know this he was in fact a meteorology major in college) Ask him about it – He loves talking about the weather! – until finally, finally the snow started. At like 11pm.

This was after the an hour of ensuing ice pellets. The snow, however, did not just start. It came with a fury along with 35 mile an hour winds. It was ridiculous. We literally went from laughing about my prior blog post jinxing us, to asking if we had enough gas for the generator and batteries for flashlights. What in the world just happened.

So at this point Troy is totally geeking out because the snow is not just snow. It’s the “huge flake” snow. Ok so what does that mean? I guess that means it is legit snow that will accumulate quickly. Alrighty – While he is geeking out I am think we need to take advantage of this.

Do you all remember the video of the weather dude during one of the last hurricanes that got busted over-dramatizing the event? The dude was bent over holding onto something like he was about to go to Oz. Then, in the background, comes two teens gingerly walking across the street. STONE COLD BUSTED. This was all I could think about so I grabbed my gear and we went to work. The problem – The winds actually felt like we were going to Oz.

Realizing this wouldn’t work, we improvised and you can see the full video on our Facebook Page (@troymarshkw). Do it. It’s worth it!

So we were stoked because we got to play in the snow for a hot second. The morning though. Different story. We had to be out by 645 for the first round of games and I actually felt like I had put my foot in my mouth regarding my last post. The roads were crap and there was ice and snow drifts everywhere. As we went to the game we counted the cars the has spun out and were stuck on the side of the highway from the prior night – 6 in a 20 minute drive.

Honestly I realize that the weather here is sometimes ridiculous but I am thankful that we were home during the worst of it. Lesson learned – You just never know!! Hope you all had a safe and happy weekend!