We were told on Tuesday, March 9th, by Misawa weather forecasting services on base that a significant snow storm was moving our way. Knowing how "great" our forecasters are here, we did not really take them seriously. Boy, were we wrong!
In the morning, I got up as usual, saw half a foot of snow already accumulated, nothing major. Nevertheless, I turned on the TV to the Commander's Channel to get an update on cancellations or delays. I was shocked to find out that schools have been closed and non-essential personnel were delayed for two hours. WHAT? No school:)? How bad was this going to be? They rarely CLOSE schools here. In fact, our friend, who is also a teacher at Katya's school, said that this was the first time in 6 years she got a Snow Day day-off.
Well, at around 11 am, dental clinic called me and asked me to reschedule my appointment (I had one scheduled for 3:30 pm today). Did it mean that Robert got to come home early too??? YES! They shut down the base!!!! So only emergency and "essential" personnel were working.
Good thing he has a four-wheel drive on his Pajero. We stayed home all day. Robert and the kids came out to clean out the sidewalk and dig out the cars and that's it. It is after 8 pm and it is supposed to be snowing till 10 pm tonight. A total of 24 inches is predicted (or 60 cm). But it looks as if a lot more has fallen because of the drifting snow in some places.
I just laugh at myself every time I think about how I tried to clean out the patio and get some summer stuff out two weeks ago......hurry up spring!
Spring weather does like to be the biggest tease. Hope you enjoyed the day off for everyone :)
ReplyDeleteI remember one winter in Misawa, we were visiting friends on the other side of the base and got snowed in. Next morning, we braved the deep snow and got to the other side of the base to our house... and we had to count snow mounds to find our house! Misawa can get some incredible snowfalls!
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