Winter: Lorien, Anduin, Emyn Muil...

[Raefindel]

I'm hoping mine won't take me anywhere!

We're supposed to have temps in the single digits tonight and 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

I'm SO hoping school will be cancelled tomorrow!

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

I often read LotR during the fall or winter months, since we have many skanky days during that time of year. Though I can be moved to read Tolkien just about any time of year.

Originally Posted by Raefindel

I'm hoping mine won't take me anywhere!

We're supposed to have temps in the single digits tonight and 6 inches of snow tomorrow.

I'm SO hoping school will be cancelled tomorrow!

Ah, to be young again, and be able to look forward to lots of snow as a break from school. We've had over 17" of snow since the first of December, lost most of it on Sunday when it got unseasonably warm and rained, then went into the deep freeze in the wee hours of Monday morning. It didn't get above about 9 yesterday, went subzero last night, climbed up into the teens today, and is snowing now. We're supposed to get 3" to 5" tonight (not enough to even slow down local school buses), and possibly another 6" to 12" Thursday into Friday. I enjoy watching it snow, and I like the way it looks after the streets are cleaned up, but I really hate having to dig out my car when we get walloped (we only have a single car garage, and my husband gets to keep his car there, 'cause he has to leave for work well before the crack of dawn). Happily, though, he's on vacation until the end of the year, so if we get smacked on Friday, he gets to dig out the car.

It's life in Wisconsin. I'm used to it.

[Raefindel]

Well, actually I'm 43. I work at an elementary school and I'm tired of yelling at kids for playing on the ice. It'd just be easier if school was closed.

You're winter sounds like a nightmare to me! I can't imagine school staying open after 3 inches of snow, let alone busses still able to run! Roads are just too hilly and winding here, people would drive off cliffs, or into lakes.

[Ibrîniðilpathânezel]

I can see that would be a nice break. I'm 55 and self-employed, so whatever the weather, if work has to be done, it has to be done.

I'm sure your hills are bigger than ours, but we get our share of idiots during bad weather, especially when it's early in the season. You'd think that people who have lived here all their lives would remember how to drive in snow, but every year, way too many have to learn all over again -- and that with only an inch or two of snow. Once we've had a few falls under our belts (or tires), they learn. Some years, we hardly have any snow at all, last year we broke all records, this year, we're on a pace to beat last year -- and at that, I'm glad we don't live on the other shore of Lake Michigan. They get the horrendous lake effect snows, which we only get if the wind is out of the east or northeast. Thank goodness for prevailing westerly winds!