Arctic storm!

Yesterday (and today) we have experienced quite the worst arctic weather since we've been in Canada. It has been brutal here in Alberta for the last 24 hours. We've had gusting winds of 50mph as well as huge amounts of snow, which has made driving conditions extremely hazardous and has closed many roads in and around Calgary due to the number of accidents. I drove home from Calgary yesterday lunchtime in a whiteout, and literally couldnt see 3 feet in front of the car. It was genuinely one of the most nerveracking drives of my life. It took some drivers over 3 hours to make a 20 minute journey, and many abandoned their vehicles due to being snowbound. Temperatures are around -10 but it feels a whole lot colder than that due to the icy winds that cut through you when you step outside.
We've given up on clearing the drive and sidewalk outside the house as the blowing snow just covers it again in minutes. We've got drifts of up to a metre in places and its wild! There's not much in the way of winter weather that brings this area to a standstill, but this has done it! Definitely a time to be safely tucked up indoors with a cup of coffee and a fire going.......brrrr!
Neil's mum arrives next weekend....I hope she's packed her longjohns and thermal vest!