monday's mulling: snowmageddon

48 years ago, January 24 - 26, 1978, I was a junior in college, living and loving the university life, and The Great Blizzard of 1978 pummeled Ohio, dropping 30+ inches, that shut down everything down. This winter storm, also known as the Cleveland Superbomb, is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in the history of the US.

The same thing happened this past weekend. A huge winter storm pummeled central and southern Ohio with two feet of snow. We weren't at home when this happened; we were called for babysitting duty in Cleveland. Friday we were on the road to see the grandbabies, early Saturday the snow started to come down and it snowed until Sunday morning. Cleveland, surprisingly, got half the snow that southern Ohio did. Our plan was to head back home on Monday but a Level 3 snow emergency has kept us off the roads for another day.  

The snow and dangerous road conditions kept everyone at home but once the snow lightened up, people were out shoveling or using snowblowers to clear driveways and sidewalks, pulling their kids in sleds, walking up and down the street to check out this big snow dump. The city sent the snowplows out to take care of the streets and the driver assigned to this particular neighborhood was on a mission to get done as quickly as possible. He and his big truck traveled at warp speed, taking out a few mailboxes while barreling up and down the streets. 

My little grandson was over-the-moon excited to see so much snow on the ground. What was a major inconvenience for so many, the twelve inches of snow was magical for a 3 1/2 year old little boy. While Grandpa and Dada were shoveling, Owen and Didi bundled up and played "let's find the ball in the snow." We also made snow angels. Such joy from a winter storm.