Catch My Drift

It always snows more somewhere else. That’s especially true with the much-delayed storm that blew into Western Washington early this morning. South Puget Sound was hit harder than Kitsap County and Seattle, with Tacoma reporting 8 inches of snow and up to a foot accumulating in Olympia. Although only about 3 inches of the white stuff fell at my house, I may have one of the region’s better snow drifts (see photo).

The knife-edged drift was caused by a strong wind blowing from Dyes Inlet down the length of Mud Bay. When it hit the north end of my house, the wind split and was funneled between the side of the house and the steep hillside that borders the front parking area. At its highest point the drift is 30 inches tall. All that snow had to come from somewhere, and as the photo shows, the flat part of my driveway is almost clear. There’s plenty of snow left on the steep part though, so I’m snowed in at least until tomorrow.