Snow and Ice Start The New Year..............

The picture was taken from our front balcony this morning.  It snowed lightly throughout yesterday and last night the snow changed to ice.  To make it worse, frozen rain fell last night.  Schools are all closed today and almost no one was seen outside today until after 10 a.m. when the temperature finally warmed to 34 degrees.

For those of us who can stay inside, it's a beautiful sight - for others, not so much...............

The MAX trains were so crowded this morning, people had to shove themselves inside and often the trains did not even stop because they couldn't fit one more body inside.

All of this calamity is caused by the city not being able to clear freeways and streets because of limited snow removal equipment.  It snows so rarely within the city limits that it's easier to just shut down commerce and wait a day or two for things to clear.  We're told that the streets likely will refreeze tonight but, starting tomorrow we won't have any temps go below 32 degrees.

We're snug inside with chicken bones cooking in preparation for lentil soup, the heaters are cranked up and we're ready to do some marathon Netflix watching.