Oh, It Blows Alright

It's almost alive. It whistles and howls, clatters, smashes, thuds, shrieks and slaps. It is always there. You step out of the house and it's the first thing you sense. You can't sleep at night because it's crashing into the house. No matter how tightly you batten down the hatches, it sneaks into the house and you can feel its chill seeping through the windows, doors, even electrical outlets.

Garbage cans roll around the streets, sometimes traveling blocks at a time nearly as fast as the cars. A few trees have remnants of plastic grocery bags hanging high in the branches, whipping like ribbons.

Everyone you see leans against it.

You must be careful when you open your car doors. Aim the front of the car into it. NEVER open more than one door at a time.

When it does snow, it will drift quickly, leaving bare patches of dirt. The bare dirt will be picked up and thrown on top of the snowdrifts, leaving them crusty and brown.

It will be here until April or May.