When we woke up, there was a little bit (
a lot bit) more snow on the ground than the night before.
After we checked out our units, the boys dug in and got to work clearing snow. I say "the boys" because by the time I got done checking out the Medic Unit all of the snow clearing tools were in use. So I offered to stay inside and make a warm breakfast. It's nice when everyone wins.
I thought that we would have a slow day. Usually we don't get many calls in storms because everyone stays home like they are supposed to. But I was totally wrong - it was a busy day. As we headed out the conditions were not great. Visibility was low and every street we turned off the main road added another half foot of snow.
Fire/EMS units all over the county were getting stuck. We learned the hard way which streets were safe to go down. The Medic did a surprisingly great job in the weather, especially considering it was only 2 wheel drive. I was really glad that I wasn't driving.
Really, all of America should be glad that I wasn't driving. 
When we weren't out running calls, we were clearing off snow. It seemed like every time we dug something out, it was only a matter of time before it was covered up again. I love snow. But it is a pain as it piles up.
It was white outside. White
everywhere. I would put my foot down in the snow and have no idea if it was going to sink down half a foot or three feet. There was little depth perception and I think I might understand now what the term
whiteout means. At times I needed snow shoes to get from the Medic Unit to patients houses.
Sometimes we couldn't get to a patients' houses. When running mutual aid calls with the county station above us, we ended up having to stage at a street corner and wait for their 4 wheel drive SUV to go get a patient and bring them to us.
Again, annoying but really pretty. This was one of the few places that I actually saw asphalt today.
As night set, the snowfall stopped. The worst was reported to be over. I love the mostly buried pine tree in the right side of the picture. See it back there? Buried. I would have tromped back there for a better picture, but I was exhausted and the snow there was over waist deep.
One last picture before saying goodnight to Snowmageddon 2010.
When we woke up, there was a little bit (a lot bit) more snow on the ground than the night before.
After we checked out our units, the boys dug in and got to work clearing snow. I say "the boys" because by the time I got done checking out the Medic Unit all of the snow clearing tools were in use. So I offered to stay inside and make a warm breakfast. It's nice when everyone wins.
I thought that we would have a slow day. Usually we don't get many calls in storms because everyone stays home like they are supposed to. But I was totally wrong - it was a busy day. As we headed out the conditions were not great. Visibility was low and every street we turned off the main road added another half foot of snow.
Fire/EMS units all over the county were getting stuck. We learned the hard way which streets were safe to go down. The Medic did a surprisingly great job in the weather, especially considering it was only 2 wheel drive. I was really glad that I wasn't driving. Really, all of America should be glad that I wasn't driving. 
When we weren't out running calls, we were clearing off snow. It seemed like every time we dug something out, it was only a matter of time before it was covered up again. I love snow. But it is a pain as it piles up.
It was white outside. White everywhere. I would put my foot down in the snow and have no idea if it was going to sink down half a foot or three feet. There was little depth perception and I think I might understand now what the term whiteout means. At times I needed snow shoes to get from the Medic Unit to patients houses.
Sometimes we couldn't get to a patients' houses. When running mutual aid calls with the county station above us, we ended up having to stage at a street corner and wait for their 4 wheel drive SUV to go get a patient and bring them to us.
Again, annoying but really pretty. This was one of the few places that I actually saw asphalt today.
As night set, the snowfall stopped. The worst was reported to be over. I love the mostly buried pine tree in the right side of the picture. See it back there? Buried. I would have tromped back there for a better picture, but I was exhausted and the snow there was over waist deep.
One last picture before saying goodnight to Snowmageddon 2010.
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