An open letter to all of the people in New England that are sneering, laughing and taunting the pacific northwest over the recent snowfall while frolicking in their strange warm weather: Piss off.

We got 2″ in Redmond. We also have no snow plows, no salt, no sand, and we’re not going to break 32 degrees today so everything is pretty much frozen. Caused schools to be closed in over five counties, in Western WA alone. It also caused the entire Microsoft Campus to closed. My Jeep door was frozen shut this morning and there was an inch or so of snow on my windshield – I miss my garage! – and I had to wait for it to warm up this while the snow and ice melted off my windshield. When I went looking for my trust old snow brush it occurred to me: I hadn’t used it since moving from CT. I can’t even find the thing.

Minimal snow. School closures. Work closures. An obvious lack of snow removal equipment. I haven’t had to use a snow brush since my last winter in CT. Hm.

We’ll see who laughs last this winter. *g*