Weather Woes

The sub-zero temperatures we had here in Chi-beria for the past few days finally gave way to warmer temps today (if you count temperatures in the 20s as warm). Unfortunately, snow is coming tomorrow and over the weekend. We can't catch a break this winter. The news in the South is also depressing with the snow and ice there trapping people on the roads and kids at their schools. Being from Michigan, I find it hard to believe that a mere two inches of snow could paralyze a city the way it did in places like Atlanta and Birmingham, but there was also a layer of ice on the roads and those cities don't have salt on hand for the roads like we do here. The situation in states like Alabama and Georgia was just awful. When people were encouraged to leave their jobs and kids were dismissed from schools all at the same time, it was just a recipe for disaster. My father told me my uncle, who lives outside of Birmingham, had to leave his car by the side of the road and walk home yesterday because he couldn't get his car up a hill that leads to the subdivision where he lives. The road was too icy. But, to try and put some sunshine on this rain cloud, at least we gained another minute of daylight.  Woo hoo! Spring is coming!