I think it has been at least a couple years since real, legitimate, school-closing-snow has occurred in Roanoke. I know schools can close for a dusting nowadays, but this time the winter weather actually warranted a close. And it seems to me that it may be considerably longer since I remember there being a snowfall with amounts exceeding 3-4 inches.

I like the snow. I don’t have 4-wheel drive but (with the awesomeness of manual transmission) I’m completely comfortable driving in these conditions. The worst part of the entire storm is the aftermath of clearing the snow off of the car, which took a good 20 minutes this time around.

Anyways, on to some photos:

Unofficial snow total on top of my car. I believe much more snow and ice fell, but this is the amount that stuck.

A different scene at Norwich Park than the previous post. Snow covers the entire park.

Memorial Bridge with some slush left after the snow.

Memorial Bridge the morning after the snow.

Snow on the railroad tracks in downtown Roanoke.

Looking down Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke the morning after the snow.

Snow on the Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Bridge in the late afternoon after the snow.

By late afternoon after the storm Mill Mountain only shows some faint signs of the snow remaining.

During the early evening commute home yesterday the roads were pretty clear, but the median still covered in snow.