It DOES Snow Here!

It's been snowing daily for the past week or so. Right now I'm staring out of the window at the beautiful fluffy flakes falling from the sky. You know, the big, slow moving gorgeous ones that make you feel like you're in a snow globe? That kind of snow. I love it.


No sound in the video - well, you can hear Lee talking in the background, but no actual sound.

The temperature here doesn't really get below freezing, so there's not much accumulation for the amount of snow we've gotten. The streets are cleared with sprinklers, and many businesses have sprinkler systems to keep their parking lots and entryways clear. There isn't really a snow removal service for the sidewalks, though. We haven't seen any snowblowers here either. People either clear out the area in front of their homes and/or places of business, or the way remains blocked. The side streets near our house don't get much traffic and don't have sprinkler systems, so the homeowners shovel the street in front of their houses too. There is also a good bit of thunder and lightning during these snowstorms. The thunder and lightning tend to be random. Sometimes you'll get a couple in a row, but usually, you'll just get an unexpected flash of light and building-shaking thunder once, then nothing for a few hours. Very strange weather patterns here. Here are a couple of pictures of the hills behind our apartment, covered in snow: