Aftermath, take two

Starting to snow as I got home from work yesterday. Real small powdery flakes, indicator of how cold it was. Continued all night, at least until after I went to bed, although much of the time we had to turn on the back porch light and look close to be sure that it was snowing; those small, powdery flakes again.

Wind was blowing pretty good, too, although it was quiet. Odd.

Got some pictures just now when I went for the paper--which was delivered, amazingly--and if they are any good I'll post them here in a bit. After coffee, and breakfast.

For now:

Winter Weather Advisory
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON, WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED
Issue Time: 4:58AM PST, Sunday Dec 21, 2008
Valid Until: 4:00PM PST, Sunday Dec 21, 2008

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON
Urgent - Winter Weather Message National Weather Service Seattle WA 458 AM PST Sun Dec 21 2008

San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Southwest Interior- East Puget Sound Lowlands-Western Skagit County- Everett And Vicinity-Seattle/Bremerton Area-Tacoma Area- Admiralty Inlet Area-Hood Canal Area-Lower Chehalis Valley Area-

... Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Until 4 PM PST This Afternoon... ... Winter Storm Warning Is Cancelled...

The National Weather Service In Seattle Has Issued A Winter Weather Advisory... Which Is In Effect Until 4 PM PST This Afternoon. The Winter Storm Warning Has Been Cancelled.

Snow Showers Will Continue Today Over The Area. Intermittent Freezing Rain From Everett Southward This Morning Will Come To An End As A Front Moves Through The Region. An Organized Band Of Showers Will Move Across Western Washington Late This Morning Into The Afternoon Hours. Up To Two Inches Of New Snow Is Possible By Late This Afternoon. In Addition... This Morning Ice Accumulation Up To A Quarter Of An Inch Is Also Possible.

A Winter Weather Advisory Means That Periods Of Snow Or Freezing Rain Will Cause Travel Difficulties. Be Prepared For Slippery Roads And Use Caution While Driving.

EDIT TO add:
Some of the photos came out OK. Here are a couple.








Taken about 08:30-09:00. Ratbane and Sparrowbane on the back porch, trying to figure out who is responsible for this disgustin' situation. Ratbane, ever intrepid, finally decided to venture forth to the treeline to do his business. Sparrowbane is just fine with the litterbox, thank you very much.












Taken about 12:30. It started snowing about 11:00, small pellet-y snow like last night, so fine you could hardly see it and weren't sure it was snow falling, or being blown off trees and roofs and such. By 12:15 or thereabouts it had warmed up enough that it was big, fluffy theatrical flakes, coming down pretty good.

(Apologies if the captions run alongside the photos, I'm having trouble with that right now...)

In the meantime, is too cold and snowy and icey to do much but stay at home and read or bake cookies, so Mrs. Drang ha started a batch of oatmeal raisin. Ratbane has curled up for a long winter's nap, and Sparrowbane is trying to figure out how to get at those birdies he can see at the feeders. (Problem with one of the feeders, it was full of finch mix and what didn't freeze may have started to go moldy. So it is sitting in the sink until it thaws enough to deal with.) I think we'll have hot buttered rum to go with lunch...