The Blizzard of 2011

Yes, this storm goes down in history for Missouri.  It was record breaking, it was huge.  At times the snow came down at the rate of 2-3 inches per hour.  Often it was blowing horizontally rather than vertically.  University was closed (yesterday and today) and I-70 was totally closed down all across our state from KC to STL.  News reporters were standing on the interstate giving their news reports.  Officials were urging all people to just stay at home and not try to get out at all.

I barely ventured out a couple of times to take pictures.  The pictures don't at all do it justice, though.  The official snowfall report for our city is a range of 18-20 inches, and drifts are 3-4 feet in places.  There is a LOT of white outside.

Even Michaela, who rarely goes out in the snow anymore, couldn't resist going out in the blizzard.  It looks like she gained 20 pounds.  :)

Yes, that would be blowing snow restricting Johanna's play outside!

The snow ended up reaching to the bottoms of the swings.

Chris tried to keep up with the snow just a bit, by creating some tracks in the driveway, but it didn't help much.

This picture was before the storm was even done!

Our bird feeder was very active yesterday.  Our little friends were much appreciative!

Even our covered front walk ended up with about 5 inches due to the blowing.