Curse those Snow Drifts!

There are several areas in the Bella Coola Valley that tend to be a wee bit windier than the other areas.  Places like the Snootli stretch, around Mt Nutsatsum and Firvale all deserve special mention for extra wind - both directions, westerly inflow winds in the summer (a good thing because it helps keep the mosquitoes at bay) and east wind or outflow in the winter - generally not fun.

We live in one of those windy areas, which is unfortunate in the winter - I keep scheming about getting a wind turbine to try to make the wind work for me. Last night we went through a snowstorm with east wind, cold temperatures and swirling, drifting snow.  Tonight it is still at -5 C.  It`s not a good thing when you have to bring the snow shovel into the house at night so you can clear the three foot wall of snow up against the door in the morning.  We spent a few hours today shoveling away drifts against the house and little piles of snow cached in every out building we had. Fortunately we usually only get one storm a year with conditions like last night. Apparently the freezing rain is still forecast, I think this particular weather system of low pressure Pacific air over topping cold Arctic air is why we have meteorologists to try to sort out what is happening. Grizzly