Staying in Our Bomb Shelter

The storm that blew thorough here this week was called a "weather bomb"  which is defined as a drop of barometric pressure of 24 millibars within 24 hours.  We had a drop of pressure of 27 millibars within 21 hours and was the lowest barometric pressure on record in North America other than  in a hurricane.   We did not have as much snow here as areas south and east of here but the sustained high winds made some pretty big drifts.

With the weather bomb we just stayed home in our bomb shelter. I worked from home from Tuesday to today.  The wind was gone down by Wednesday night but the roads out to where I work on the edge of the city were not cleared yet.   I was reviewing documents and had several conference calls which I could do just as well from home. We stayed in until Thursday afternoon when Elaine went shopping and then we were to a meeting with our polio group Thursday evening. The roads were not great but passable then. 

We had Elaine's parents here visiting since Monday. It was raining as they were coming but the big storm hit that night. They stayed here until this morning so the roads and weather would be better for traveling home. It was good to have them stay a few days. In the pictures you can see from the smile that Elaine was very happy to have her parents here.