2/25 A Really Big Snow in Eugene, OR

Yes, I am still in Eugene, but hoping to head south on Thursday.  In fact, I was going to head to physical therapy this morning for my back and to get some more strength in my legs and arms, but nature intervened.  

It started to snow yesterday--big, wet, heavy flakes with no wind.  I figured it would be gone by morning, just like the couple of other times it has snowed here this winter.

 

 It was beginning to accumulate, but the daffodils were trying to bloom. 

 

So, I went to bed last night thinking we'd get maybe a couple more inches.  Except the power went off at 4:30 am, and I kept hearing a lot of talking outside.  I finally looked out and discovered that we had a LOT more snow than that and my neighbors were outside. 

Plus, one of my neighbors had moved his 5th wheel into the empty pull-thru spot next to me. I found out later, he had moved up because his next-door neighbor had had a huge branch fall on his trailer, damaging the roof.  Notice the snow on the patio table and chair. 

That is at least a foot of snow that fell overnight!

This is an extreme amount of snow for this area, so the trees have been breaking huge branches.  It sounds like gunfire, and you look around to see where it is coming from. It is dangerous to walk under a tree so people are avoiding certain areas and looking up when they hear cracking noises.

These are my buried steps.  I finally got dressed and went outside to take some photos.

This RV park is set up so the sites on the outside all back up to trees.  There are some trees in the middle of the loop, where I am, but they tend to be smaller and younger.  This small trailer had two big branches fall on it. 

Another view of the same trailer.  The corner of the roof and the skylight were damaged.

The owner in red is on top trying to move the branch away from the roof.  Later, they were able to hook a chain on it and move it off.

Here is my rig.  The tree behind me is close but not overhanging my motorhome.  My satellite dish is covered with snow, so I can't get a signal.  And the power is off anyway, so not much sense trying.

The snow is so deep that I cannot even pull forward in my spot.  And there is no way I am getting up on the roof to brush off the snow.  And notice that it is still snowing very heavily. 

Looking down the campground roadway.

There are several big branches blocking the road, but they cannot be moved right now because more branches keep falling from the trees above.

This branch or branches look ready to fall.

And they fell about five minutes later.

Back to my rig.  No boots so my shoes are wet, as is my jacket.  No gloves either. 

You can see that I am close to this tree, but it does not look like any branches will hit my vehicle if they fell. 

The thing is, Eugene is not used to snow, so there are no snow plowing companies that will come around and plow, nor does anyone staying here even have a snow shovel!  Who knew?