Home Sweet Houghton

No sooner did I put up the last post about keeping the Upper Peninsula snowfall in perspective but the whole area, and particularly Houghton-Hancock and the Keweenaw, got hit by a massive blast.  This is a storm that’s getting measured in feet, not inches, and it’s been cause for comment even among the snow-tested locals.  It only seems appropriate, then, to offer the following list:

You Know It’s a Big Snowfall When

- Even the local news says it’s “worried” about the weather in your area.

- Your weather is national news.

- School is canceled.

- Your driveway gets plowed more than once in a day.

- People who’ve lived in the area for decades make comments like “this storm is something.”

- You lose track of how much snow you’ve gotten, and the prospect of another 15-32 inches in a day and a half seems manageable.

- Major landmarks — like your mailbox — start to get buried.

- And a related item, the snowplow knocks your mailbox off the post and you have to wear snowshoes to retrieve it from the snowbank (this really happened in this storm).

What additions would you make?  Got any storm stories to tell?  Leave a comment and share them here!