The Raleigh local news started warning of a 'Major Snow Event' on Monday forecasted for Wednesday afternoon and just kept talking about it. Maybe if they had stopped talking about it it would of gone away but NO, they just kept talking. We decided that it would be a good idea to place our dogs in boarding and Bill would just stay at the hospital with Steph. We finally found a place which would house all 3 dogs in one kennel AND they had emergency backup power with people on site 24 hrs a day. The kennel was about 17 miles away from the Fair Grounds RV park so we decided to take the dogs a little early as they expected the snow to start around noon. Sure enough the snow started at 1130am with the temperature at 23 degrees and it started sticking immediately. All of the businesses started closing down at about that time and the streets were total gridlock.
Rather ominous street name considering the weather
Our rider Nicole, after getting to her house
It took us about 5.5 hrs to get back across town to our trailer. Steph received a call around 4PM from the hospital saying her surgery had to be cancelled due to the weather and she would need to contact the doctors office to reschedule. Too late to go back and pickup the dogs and still stuck in traffic we just sat back, sighed and pressed on to get back to the trailer.
Once we arrived home it was time to eat some leftover stew and hunker down and ride out the storm. Around 2:00am the snow changed over to ice and rain and just kept coming. This morning, Thursday, the precipitation stopped and the temp got up to 33 degrees.
Trees outside our trailer
We decided to venture out to a local grocery store to get some food since we had not expected to be here at the trailer very much over the next few days. Roads were very passable and everything was very fresh.
bowed down evergreen trees due to the ice
Pretty ice covered bush at the rv park
They have predicted another round of snow for this afternoon but with temps hovering around 32degrees it shouldn't be near as bad. Sure enough, at 12 noon the snow started falling again and we have already added another couple of inches to our total. They are predicting this is the end of it and should start clearing around 7PM with tomorrow being in the upper 20's. They sure know how to have fun here in Raleigh!