We woke up this morning to snow…snow in Rome? Really? This was the same day that DC woke up to an additional 20” of snow following their existing 30” on the ground….some might say we brought it with us….they would be wrong! So, after turning the heat up in our thermically unprepared house (two rooms of metal lined, one pane windows great for the summer heat) and making sure the kids had their sweaters on, we watched in wonder as the snow kept falling. This wasn’t small, dry flakes, but the large, wet ones. At first they melted on contact (helped by the 50F day we had the previous day). As the snow continued, it started to stick! The dogs went crazy, and we saw all of our neighbors and their kids leave their homes in wonder….playing in the snow until the thunder starting to rumble and lightening could be seen in the sky! What an incredible storm.
When Richard came home that night he let us know that a Siberian cold front had passed through, leaving the memory of snow. It had been the first time in 25 years that Rome had seen snow! Good thing it didn’t stick, as there aren’t any snow plows in town or any surrounding towns!
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