{"id":479,"date":"2008-12-23T14:18:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T20:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/famille.org\/?p=479"},"modified":"2008-12-23T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T20:18:30","slug":"snow-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/famille.org\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"Snow Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like everyone in the US has either gotten, or is getting snow.\u00c2\u00a0 For those of us here in the midwest, this isn&#8217;t big news.\u00c2\u00a0 But for people stuck in Seattle, or Las Vegas it&#8217;s huge.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, the six inches we just got today on top of the roughly 12 inches that have accumulated over the last week isn&#8217;t affecting us much.\u00c2\u00a0 But everyone seems to be posting snow pictures on their blogs, so I feel I must also.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 First is a picture of our back yard from the back door:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_480\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-480\" title=\"dsc02125\" src=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02125-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snow - back\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02125-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02125-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow - back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next one is of our street, out front, from the same vantage point.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to see it in the picture, but there&#8217;s about 2-3 feet of snow along the curblines.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a neat effect we get here in snow plow states, where the snow actually gets higher off the streets because the snow plows throw it there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_481\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-481\" title=\"dsc02126\" src=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Snow - Street\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow - Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now if you look at that front minivan closely, you&#8217;ll notice:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-close.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-482\" title=\"dsc02126-close\" src=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-close.jpg\" alt=\"dsc02126-close\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-close.jpg 640w, http:\/\/famille.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc02126-close-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;that the windshield wipers are &#8220;up&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the start of a series of &#8220;You Might be From Illinois&#8221; questions&#8230; why are those wiper blades sticking up like that?<\/p>\n<p>To keep the wipers from freezing to the windshield overnight.\u00c2\u00a0 Seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seems like everyone in the US has either gotten, or is getting snow.\u00c2\u00a0 For those of us here in the midwest, this isn&#8217;t big news.\u00c2\u00a0 But for people stuck in Seattle, or Las Vegas it&#8217;s huge. 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