Call me Yeti!
A huge snow storm has hit the Pacific Northwest overnight and we are expected to get 9"-12" of snow today. It's probably just a one-day snow (temperatures are expected to warm dramatically tomorrow) but we had to make preparations nonetheless.
My family raises Arabian horses and while we are building a new house we are living in rented property a good ten miles from the farm. So we planned ahead for the snow (laid in more hay and feed and insulated taps) and I have volunteered to spend a day or two isolated here at the farm taking care of the horses. It's funny - in Canada or the East Coast this sort of snowfall would
probably occasion small comment. Sort of business as usual. But up here (we're north of Seattle on an island) it snows about once every five years and then only about an inch or two. Nothing like a foot. So the county isn't prepared, most people have no experience driving in it, and almost nobody has snow tires.
The horses really don't seem to mind much - they get a snow day too. They'll stay in today, eating their way through a 1/2 ton or so of hay (we have a lot of horses).
Of course, someone has to clean the stalls tomorrow. That'll be a joy. I get to pass most of today mucking about (horse joke!) with Applescripts on my new laptop. Could be much worse. I could have no coffee!
Posted by artandscience at January 6, 2004 09:56 AM