It's 10:30. I've got Mozart's Masses playing downstairs. Outside I can hear the squeals of the neighborhood kids playing in snow. There's the hum of a snowblower -- probably Housemate's boyfriend, who just got one and has been happily snowblowing our driveway, and the driveways of our neighbors, all morning. I hear a jingling sound -- someone putting chains on their tires? A dog with a bell on its collar? The snow is still coming down, and the wind has really started to blow now. The powerlines are bouncing up and down, and from time to time a line of snow falls off, leaving a section of the wire bare.
The marine forecast has hurricane force wind warnings and heavy freezing spray warning. I guess on days like today the waves can crash onto your boat and instead of spray hitting the boat what lands on the deck is ice -- the waves freeze while in the air and the heavy ice can coat your hull, change the way the boat steers and its balance in the water. Sounds dangerous. They're calling for winds from the north at 45 to 55 knots, with gusts over 65. Waves 10 to 20 feet. I'm thinking about going up to Popham Beach, a wonderful state park about an hour north of here, to watch the raging seas and winds on the beach. Seems like a long way to drive on my lousy tires in some nasty weather, though. Maybe I'll go somewhere closer. It seems worth witnessing, 10 to 20 foot waves. We don't get those around here often.
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