Shoveling Snow
My back hurts. I’ve been shoveling snow for three days. We had 30+ inches of snow Friday and Saturday. My wife’s grandmother’s condo finally had their roads plowed this morning and I was invited over to take part in a giant snow shovel party as all of the residents attempted to dig out their cars.
I had already spent Saturday evening and most of Sunday digging out my own vehicles and clearing my driveway. My back hates me right now. And we are getting almost 2 more feet tomorrow.
But as a pro-tip did you know you can keep snow from sticking to your snow shovel by spraying PAM non-stick spray on it? This snow was extra sticky, and every shovel full left about 2 pounds of snow sticking to the blade. This put extra stress on my back and was really slowing down the progress. Ten minutes of that and I thought of trying the no-stick spray.
It turns out that this is a known secret of many people who live further north, but we Southerners don’t get enough of this white stuff (until this year) to need this information. I shared this new-found knowledge with a couple of friends who cursed me for not sharing it earlier. Maybe they can give it a try tomorrow.
Things could be worse. About 70 miles north of me, they got 7 feet overnight. Not even a record.
The average for Valdez is 29 feet a year. The winter of 89/90 they got 47 feet of snow.
I feel for those that are not prepared for it. No damned fun at all. Folks die shovelin’ snow all the time.