BLIZZARD

Brrrrr. We are in the middle of a MAJOR BLIZZARD. The school sent the kids home early. If it is ALASKA and kids get out because of weather, you know it's BAD!!!! The wind is blowing at about 50 mph and the snow is blowing like CRAZY. You can't see the building out the windows of the school. When I walked home for lunch, one of the drifts across the boardwalk was over my head so I had to turn around and go the other direction. Several times I almost got blown over. I had to forward and make myself less of a target for the wind.
I would have never thought that so much snow could fall in such a short space of time. It is a little daunting for someone from the South, where they close schools if there is even a hint of snow.
I went home from school yesterday to find that my doorknob had frozen and I couldn't get it. I spent about ten minutes walking in 60mph+ winds (for a trip that usually takes about three minutes) and found myself thigh deep in a snow drift on my porch with a door that wouldn't open...did I mention the WIND???? I wanted to cry. I walked back down to someone else's house to try and call someone from maintenance to let me in. The ladies commented on how haggard I looked. I was soaking wet. I probably looked like a little kid who had lost their first pet. I was spent. That was the first time, since I have been here that I really WANTED to go home. I finally got it..about fifteen minutes later.
I tried to take some pictures, but all you could see was white. I might as well be taking pictures of a piece of typing paper.
If I don't blow away, I will post again soon.
Debbie