Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful!

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We may not have it as bad as MN, they haven't called out the National Guard yet but it's pretty bad here. I just went to the barn to feed horses about an hour ago. The drifts at the beginning of the driveway were high! I gave it a little gas and plowed through them. There are advantages to having a mid sized (almost full sized) van. I managed to get all the way back to the barn and get everybody fed. Erica (daughter) took her horse out because she wanted to see how deep the drifts were. Poor Cass (horse) was almost swimming in the snow. It was up to her chest! I had to send Erica ahead of me to the end of the driveway and post her as a traffic guard. I start at the middle point in the driveway and once I get going I can't stop or we're stuck. Her job is to make sure the road is clear for me to come out so I don't have to stop and look for traffic. I did manage to get out but the drifts at the end of the drive were up to the middle of her thighs! My husband called when he was on his way home from work and said some of the roads in our county are being shut down. The plows have been called off until 4 tomorrow morning and, listening to local radio, they said there are accidents, rollovers and slideoffs everywhere. Many of the exits are closed, many of the roads are inpassable. It's nasty out there! Hope, if your weather is like ours, you are inside and safe. One of us has to take our son to work tonight at 11. He can't call in because he's a manager. We can hope they'll close down but I'm not holding my breath.