{"id":4153,"date":"2016-01-23T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2016-01-23T16:50:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T21:50:51","slug":"snowed-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/wrote-about\/snowed-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowed In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s snowing here. It&#8217;s been snowing since yesterday. Like most of the east coast, I&#8217;m staying home. I&#8217;m not going anywhere. But I did shovel out our front and back doors as I watched the snow pile up. The only trucks I&#8217;ve seen driving through our neighborhood are Pepco (power company) trucks. No one else is trying to go anywhere which is good to see.<\/p>\n<p>The road conditions are terrible. The snow is still falling and the wind is blowing. We have power and are all set for the long weekend of snow. We dug out our front and back door since the snow was making me nervous piling up on the glass sliding door. If you&#8217;re under snow, stay inside and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Car.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Covered Car\" \/><br \/>\nThis used to be a car. Now it&#8217;s a pile.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Front-Walk.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Shoveling out\" \/><br \/>\nTrying to make some progress. We shovel, we wait 5 minutes and its covered again.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Snow-Front-Door.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Front door, before!\" \/><br \/>\nFront door when I opened it this morning.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Snow-back-door.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Back door piled with snow\" \/><br \/>\nOur back door before I shoveled it out.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/P1230169.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Front\" \/><br \/>\nWe found a door!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shoveled-out.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Trench\" \/><br \/>\nBeing a good neighbor, for what it&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Snow-Squirrel.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"Squirrel\" \/><br \/>\nI give this little guy credit for his endurance.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/peroty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Snow-yardstick.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"30&quot; of snow\" \/><br \/>\nThere is a bit of snow in the area. Our back deck has about 31&#8243; of snow all over it.<\/p>\n<p>And what&#8217;s a storm without a little fun. Here&#8217;s the Fastest Shovel in the East.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.421875% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BA5S4V2sw1J\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">I am the fastest shoveler in the East.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A video posted by Carl Holscher (@carlholscher) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-01-23T20:37:56+00:00\">Jan 23, 2016 at 12:37pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s snowing here. It&#8217;s been snowing since yesterday. Like most of the east coast, I&#8217;m staying home. I&#8217;m not going anywhere. But I did shovel out our front and back doors as I watched the snow pile up. The only trucks I&#8217;ve seen driving through our neighborhood are Pepco (power company) trucks. 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