Blizzard of 2011 in Tulsa

It all started on Monday Jan 31st 2011...We had been hearing reports all day from the weather forecasts predicting a lot of snow. So off we went like everyone else in this area...to the grocery store to get some food and some fire wood just in case the power should go out. Everything around us was already starting to report closings for Tuesday. Overnight we got an inch or two of sleet which then led to snow early in the morning on Feb1st. Overnight we heard "thunder snow", a first for us! That day we got about 14 inches of snow with blizzard like conditions all day long. We made history this day in Tulsa in terms of snowfall and with the amount of closings! For the first time since it's first printed newspaper, the TulsaWorld news wasn't able to print their newspaper! It was amazing to witness the strength of this storm.The wind was so strong and the windchill was bitter! Temps stayed in the teens or lower all day long. We of course never made it to work that day! When the snow finally ended we tried to start digging out a little. Justin worked on making a path to the front door and getting the Goozer out from the snow. We watched as really stupid people in small cars tried to get down the street, only to keep getting stuck. We just couldn't believe anyone would try to drive on this street with all the snow and sleet, especially in a small car. We had our neighbor Vicki over for dinner on Tuesday night for some of my homemade meatball sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies.

On Wednesday there still wasn't a way we were going to get to work. At about 9am we stayed glued to the tv as rescue was taking place and the news was getting us informed. Earlier that morning a truck of 8 people plunged into a river not too far away and only 5 people survived. It was very sad.

The roads continued to remain slick and hard to drive on, especially in our neighborhood! Justin spent most of the morning using a borrowed snow shovel (better than the shovel he had been using) to shovel the driveway. And he was busy making snow videos too! We went to lunch at Mambos with Derrick and Jessica-it was open! We love Mambos and Justin could literally eat there every day! Then we went to Courtney and Chris' for some snow fun with them. Courtney makes the best Kalua hot chocolate drinks with caramel on top! We explored a little and I took some pictures. It was a good time hanging out with friends on a snow day!

Thursday we still weren't able to get to work! Justin shoveled Vicki's driveway and we got out for awhile for lunch and picture taking. We were starting to feel like the snow was never going to melt. We had record lows that morning of negative numbers! We finally made it back to work on Friday only to have it start snowing again all day long. We left work early and it was an exhausting scary ride home as the roads had gotten even worse by 3pm and all the new snow on the ground. The forecast calls for more snow on Sunday and all next week...I think we now live in Alaska..haha