Snow is Predicted

Today they are predicting some snow for the region.  It's way too early for snow, but they are quite sure it will hit us.  Snowfall totals for our area were at first 1-3", then upped to 2-4".  Ed and I went out to do our weekly grocery shopping, but got to the stores early since people were freaking out.  We weren't freaking out (yet) and reports were that power outages would be likely due to the fact that leaves were still on the trees and the weight of the snow would likely cause a power outage.

So after getting groceries we headed home to cleanup the yard.  We put away all the yard decorations and lawn furniture that had been out for the summer.  Although we usually don't do this until November, it needed to be done, so better to do so before we got a couple inches of snow.

I was also super productive and got the house cleaned, laundry done, and dishwasher run...just in case we lost power.  Last time we lost it for 12 hrs, so this way I didn't have to worry about what I wasn't going to get done on Sunday if we did lose power.  Ed also filled a couple containers with water so that we had some drinking water and water to flush the toilets as needed.

We were scheduled to go to Hardwick for a surprise birthday dinner for Ed's mother.  Ed was worried about driving back through the Quabbin, at night, with several inches of snow on the ground.  He called his sister Mary and said that we were just going to watch the weather.  Mary was also worried about Billy and Courtney driving from Brimfield as well.

By 2 PM, the snow had started--several hours earlier than originally predicted.  Within 10 mins, we had a good coating.  By this time, they had also upped the snowfall total to about 6".  So we decided we were not driving to Hardwick...it wasn't the drive out that we were worried about, but more so what we might encounter later in the evening while trying to drive home.

At 6:50 PM, while eating dinner, the power went out...