For those of you who aren’t from the Portland, Oregon area last winter of 2008 in Portland was a very rare Winter. The city and community was shut down because of a generous showering of SNOW and dream into a Winter Wonderland! It snowed for over a week continuously and froze the city through Christmas and New Years. Many from Portland loved the snow the first few days but after a week of being home bound and inching lower on food because of the road conditions.
This year was told to be a snowless mild winter as they usually are in Portland, a few flakes in the upperhills but nothing to write home about.
UNTIL….this afternoon! The morning was somewhat warm, but as the afternoon progressed it became colder and proper conditions for snow. Yep today December 29th 2009 about 2:30pm snow started falling in the Portland Metro area! I stayed home sick today from school and boy am I thankful I did because the ride home for many was not good and Portlanders were not prepared at all. This caught the city off guard completely.
So far the snow has been falling for around 3 hours and there already is 2 inches by our house.
I have school tomorrow so we shall see if they stay open or cancel, but stay safe wherever you live weather you have snow,ice, or any other winter weather!

Here are a few pictures that I took when the snow started…