BLIZZARD!

We have the last days had so cold weather, freezing, -17 down to -20C but last night snow struck!
This morning I went, as usual, with my little blue car to work. It was a lot of snow but here in Väsby they have ploughed so it was OK. They had warned all day yesterday of the big blizzard that was coming and they had issued a Class 2 warning which is high since we only have a scale of 1-3.

Our carport, notice the street outside, nothing ploughed

Anyway I came safely to work and it was a bit more snow than at home but still managable. But then just an hour later it started! And how it started - in one hour I could hardly see my car. The plough did their job at 7.30AM but at 8.30 you couldn't see they had been there.

Snow up the window

Chaos is the word to describe Stockholm today. No planes could land or take-off so Arlanda is practically closed. SJ (the railway) tell people not to go by train. The subway is working but with very big delays. Buses in Stockholm stand still. Not to mention the roads.

Snow on our backgarden

At 12.40PM Hasse called and said he wanted me to come home. And I too was anxious so I asked if I could go earlier which I could of course. Susanne and Göran helped me get my car out from the snow, THANK YOU, and then I was off. The first thing I meet is a man who says I can't go my usual way because there was a bus blocking the road so I had to go another way. Luckily I know different alternatives but in this weather it's hard to go anywhere. I even saw people skiing!! Can you imagine people skiing in the middle of Stockholm. That is certainly not seen very often.

Beautiful really when you're inside in the warmth

I reached the motorway which normally is a 3-lane road but today there was only 1 lane. The speed was around 30-40 km/h and luckily people kept the distances so I came home allright. But there have been so many accidents around Stockholm today, it's really scary. I am free of work tomorrow and until Monday which is very nice considering. Here's some photos from outside our house. You can't really see how much snow and how hard wind it is but I can assure you it's a real blizzard and worthy that name.
I sure wish there could be some more H.E.A.T.
How about it in LA now? And SLC? Any blizzards?

Our balcony in our front. I could hardly open the balcony door