Rain, sleet and snow.

This is the looking out of the front door. I've cleaned the snow off of the sidewalk three times this afternoon. The snow is blowing onto this section of sidewalk. First time since we've been here that has happened. Usually when it snows, the sidewalk in front of the door stays clean. There was about an inch of snow there when I took this photo.







Definitely got some snow today. Lots of wind. 30 mph gusting over 40 mph often throughout the day. The snow drifted on the downwind side of the cars.

Last nite, Kelsey left her car at a friend's house and I took her to get it this morning. It was sleeting at that time. The wind was blowing the sleet so hard that the sleet hurt when it hit you in the face. I was scraping Kelsey's windshield while she checked on her boyfriend's dog. After Kelsey got her car, I went to Hobby Lobby. I put my hand in my coat pocket and it has sleet in it. Later, I took Kelsey back to her boyfriend's house to let the dog out. It was hard to see. Lots of windblown snow. Roads are really slick from the freezing rain, sleet and snow. After we got back to the house, I checked the mailbox. When I opened the door on the mailbox, the box had so much snow in it I couldn't tell if we had any mail. As I was cleaning out the snow I almost tossed some mail out of the box.

A friend of mine in OKC said the roads are really bad. It took him 4 hours to go 5 miles along Broadway Extension, which is a multi-lane highway between Edmond and OKC. He said there are hundreds of stranded and wrecked vehicles along that section of highway.

Merry Christmas.