There was a lot of cold air pounding up the backside of 82. I remember dismissing my staff at lunch time due to the blizzard warning. All morning it had snowed in fits and starts...maybe a slushy inch with temps just above freezing. As we were leaving the office, the sun broke through the clouds. An old coot who worked for me started yapping about the snow they had as kids, uphill to school both ways, etc. She demanded to know why we would leave work when the sun was coming out. No sooner did the words leave her mouth....a loud crash of thunder...she started screeching about how there cannot possibly be a blizzard if we are going to have a thunderstorm!
I had a one mile drive home...and I was lucky to make it.... as visibility immediately fell to about 50 feet. The temp hovered around 23f at the storm's height.
Now, I'm the old coot. I swear I walked to school uphill both ways.