Prior to any big storm, anxiety can set in. "Will I miss my work obligations tomorrow?" "What will the roads be like?" "How much snow are we getting?" Well here's the deal: the roads will be terrible, because the first storm of the season means everyone forgets how to drive in the snow! There will be accidents all over the place! While you drive by all the popup accidents and misfortunes on the road, consider that you also will have misremembered precisely how to handle in snow. Assuming you make it home, how do you prepare for the storm at the house? This is how a typical New Englander does it.
1) Buy a large amount of salt and sand and mix it in a bucket by the back door. CHECK
2) Then, strategically place one shovel each at the front door and the back door. CHECK
3) Get the bins with the winter gloves/hats and boots out from the closet/attic. CHECK
4) Turn a little heat on in the basement/garage so the pipes don't freeze. CHECK
5) Get out the snowblower, refill it with fresh gas and start it, just to be sure it runs. CHECK5) Call your parent's snowplow guy to double check they are on his list. CHECK
Finally, once everything is settled, turn on Channel 3 to get the weather, and call a friend to debate the different forecasts.
We New Englanders are a proud bunch when it comes to winter preparedness. Like behavior precoded into an animal's DNA, our wintertime rituals are ingrained from the generations back to our Puritan past. We have all the strategies to prevail over what the winter throws at us. It just takes that first storm to remember...
written by Andrew Bachman, Owner of Trout Brook Landscaping LLC in West Hartford, CT
(860) 888 8472 http://www.troutbrooklandscapingct.com/snow-removal-snowblowing
