Well, dear DRs, I am happy and relieved to report that we came through the Half Hour Blizzard of 2023 unscathed!
The city had been holding its collective breath on this one. We had, after all, had that one snowfall back in December which had required one pass with the plow and a few minutes of shovel-scraping next to the garage. So we knew we were overdue for one, and it had been forecast that we could get one to three before it turned to rain and left us with a slushy mess requiring much time and effort in cleanup.
At 2:45 pm yesterday it started, coming down surprisingly fast and accumulating rapidly on the grass and trees. And then the dreaded covering of the asphalt began. At this rate, we would most certainly have that couple of inches before it would turn to rain and bring disaster.
I made a phone call and returned to my book. At about five after three I looked up at the window and it seemed like the rate of snowfall had slowed. I kept eyeing that, and honestly couldn’t see the snowfall from my chair, so a few minutes later I got up and walked to the front door. It had stopped snowing, and the driveway had completely cleared itself. It was a solid black stretch of asphalt. The temperature was already close to 40 and was to rise steadily throughout the evening. Nothing further happened.
The End
