The storm has moved out of the area and is probably finished for us. Here at the house a total of five inches of snow fell in two snowfalls. The first was fairly dry and second was fairly wet. By late yesterday, however, the temperatures were in the low 40º range and the high temperatures the rest of this week are well above freezing. I expect by Tuesday evening what little snow is in the yard will be gone. The runoff goes into the Portneuf River and the to the American Falls reservoir. The water is needed down there, so this is goodness. Here in Pocatello, we get all of our water out of the underground acquifer which, in turn, gets its water from the snow melt in the late spring in the mountains south and west of town. The acquifer depends on a slow melt (a fast melt yields runoff). In the meantime, a mediocre water year continues.

I’ve spent the weekend lazing around the house trying to shake this stupid cold. I haven’t been very successful. I’d rather not use up sick time (I’ll want to use that when Nina has surgery on her Achilles tendon on March 6th), so I’m hoping to be well enough to go to work tomorrow. Lazing around hasn’t been all for naught, however! The Winter Olympics are on TV and I’m enjoying the competition and the games. Nina is also kind of watching the games … she’s been pretty much heads down in dead people (i.e., working on her family history) the whole weekend.

Ta ta for now!