I spotted some of the tiniest snowflakes I've ever seen yesterday, here in "Hotlanta". It was kinda cute.
My Dad used to say, "big flakes, little snow - little flakes, big snow." Don't know if it's an old Indian saying like he said it was, but the worst of our storms do seem to begin with those tiny little flakes.
Good news for your husband this week, Rose. I've been through winters with Don traveling like you're having now and remember watching for weather reports in other cities. That's just not fun.
tlwmkw, up here in Boston the Blizzard of '78 was as bad as it was because less than a week before we'd had a storm that put an 18" base on the ground. Boston shut down for a week after that blizzard, and we have the equipment to deal with mountains of snow usually. That was the one and only time I'd ever seen front-end loaders and dump trucks working in tandem to clear away snow. I hope you get your power back soon and don't get another pile on top of the one you've already got. Stay safe.