Changing weather

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I have no intentions of debating climate change, but after making a statement to the effect that we have lots of snow here and are more used to blizzards, I got to thinking. That's not really so any more. When we moved to Colorado 37 years ago, we eventually wound up in a country house that, while our neighbors were fairly close, was isolated because of how the land lay. The first winter, we got a blizzard that closed the roads for days. My husband had to park his truck and walk about two miles to get home from work that day. We moved from there and bought an old farmhouse. One winter I remember we had so much snow that we had to climb a four or five foot snowdrift that was at least 300 feet long just to get to the chicken house. That drift went through a fence and when the kids were playing on it, my son jumped over the foot or so of fence that was showing and disappeared into the drift! I could hear him yelling for help but I couldn't see him anywhere. Another time, my youngest daughter and I were about 15 miles from home on the other side of town when a blizzard began coming on. We left immediately and went straight home but by the time we got home, I couldn't even see the road. We got home on prayers. That was before my daughter was in kindergarten and my son was in first grade, I think. My husband got home right after I did, but the school buses were not running so he had to get the old GMC pickup and go get him. Talk about praying! Many times... once the electricity went out during a storm. Since we had wood heat and kerosene lamps and an Aladdin lamp, we hardly noticed it, so the neighbor to the north sent his boys to stay with us. They had no heat or light. His wife was coming home after work and drove off into the ditch (before the days of cellphones!). It's been a very long time since I have seen a real storm in this area. I have lived in town for 17 years and never once have we had a real blizzard. You might think that's a good thing, but I miss the weather. As long as everyone is safe at home, a good snowstorm is beautiful!