Hello from the Bomb Cyclone zone!

Last weekend was one of the nicest weekends we've had, weather-wise, in ages. Yesterday was gorgeous, too--it got up to nearly 60degF and I went on my lunchtime wander without a jacket.

So it was really weird to spend yesterday prepping and building contingency plans for blizzard conditions due to (I am not making this up) an impending Bomb Cyclone.

I have been through many, many tropical storms in my life, but this is my first one in a landlocked state.

We closed the office today and told everyone to WFH to keep people off the roads, and last night I managed to get the the grocery store early enough to get ahead the French toast frenzy and stock up on the essentials, so it's been a cozy day of working from the couch with soup and muffins for me.

The snow here in Denver proper has been relatively light compared with the forecast--we might be just barely at 3" so far?--but it's wet and sticky and freeze-y, and the wind is ridiculous, with peak gusts at 75mph (cat1 hurricane territory!). The winds and ice have led to power outages across the area, and downed power lines are keeping the snowplows from getting around. Many of my coworkers who live in the suburbs and beyond are without power. My power has been flickering all day, but hasn't yet gone out completely. I've got all my devices plugged in, the Goal Zeroes and other backup batteries charged, and flashlights and headlamps at the ready just in case.

I'm okay. I hope everyone else is, too!