We got somewhat less than an inch of snow overnight. It was warm in the morning -- low 30s (F). We should have gotten out and shoveled! Those who did had bare, dry sidewalks in the afternoon, when it got much colder, making it impossible to get rid of the ice and snow still on the sidewalk.
Sigh!
Squirrel in the front yard, hair fluffed for maximum warmth.
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My walk on the 2nd was much less pleasant than that on the 1st. There was a lot of ice on the sidewalks of those who, like us, had failed to clear them in the morning, and the very worst sidewalks were those which were partially cleared. Snow is easy to walk on. When the snow has been scraped off the underlying icy sidewalk, walking can be dangerous.
The streets had not been salted, and the snow was packed down into thin white ice. Very hazardous for walkers, and I saw cars having trouble, too.
When I was in New York, in February of 2008, there was one evening when just a little snow left the roads verrry slick. It was ok for walking, but you could see vehicles spinning their wheels and/or skidding. I thought it was odd -- ok on the sidewalks, awful in the street.
The evening of the 2nd, we had the same conditions here. It's no fun to walk, when you have to be so careful about where you put your feet, and have to take baby steps a good bit of the time.
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