Snowpocalypse 2012

Michaela prefers to observe the snow rather that actually interact with in any way.

We had our first bit of snow for the 2012 season. It was fun. The kids' schools were closed, so they played outside (sort of). They made (or at least attempted to make) a snowman and went sledding down our little hill. I believe there was even a snowball thrown at some point. You know, you're typical American snow event. Super awesome family funtime. But it got better. After the snow we had...more snow. Along with this additional snow came multiple power outages. Irritating, yes. But you know what? It was all worth it because after it all, it snowed...again -- and it kept snowing for another four swearing-goes-here days. We ended up with about a foot. Hardly anything compared a lot of places in the country, I know. But it was the worst snow storm in decades around here. It eventually came to be called Snowpocalypse 2012.

Despite everything else, it sure was pretty.

It reminded me of a time in 2005. My family and I were visiting Los Angeles and they had a severe rain storm lasting several hours (I found out later LA was experiencing the worst rainy season in years). It was quite the cloudburst, but nothing unlike Seattle sees a every year. We can deal with that kind of rainstorm around here. But not in LA, nosiree. Traffic came to stop. The local freeways had over a foot of standing water in some places. There were reports of multiple fatal car accidents. All because of a few hours' rain. They just didn't have the drainage or infrastructure to handle it. I guess it's the same with us and snowstorms. We just are not set up for this much snow all at once, to wit, we were home bound for over a week. So much so, that even Becky blogged about it.

You better watch it cosmos. I am on to you.

At one point during this storm we had a transformer explode (no, not that kind of transformer...honestly, grow up). It went up right in our front year and lit up the sky with a blue flash. This last little "gift from the cosmos" pushed so much juice through my house it nuked thousands of dollars worth of my electronics. My precious, precious electronics. I contacted my insurance people; we will see how that turns out. All I know is the stupid cosmos with its stupid....I don't know, face? Do cosmoses have faces? Whatever it has, it had better hope my homeowner insurance pays the claim or, well, accidents happen all the time, cosmos. Sometimes things like, say, universe annihilating singularities. It could happen. Look it up. Stupid cosmos...