Snow Day

Photo taken yesterday afternoon from our front porch looking down the street. Doesn't seem like a lot of snow to some but it is very unusual here for snow to remain for this long. A couple of hours earlier the street was white with snow. Our garbage truck got stuck on the hill right in front of our driveway and had other problems making the turn at the top (2 houses away) of the cul-de-sac; poor guy. We had very high winds all night which still continue (it is almost 4:30 a.m.) and will for most of the day. We also lost power for almost 3 hours during the night; our PNM men/women were out there in the freezing cold and got us back up and running ---- thank you (it was getting pretty cold in the house). We have not had any more snow since last evening but they say we may get some more. It is very cold - about minus 9 degrees. The coldest we have every had since we moved here in the spring of 2007 was about 7 degrees. With the wind chill factor I'm sure it's a lot colder than that. A true winter experience.