Unfortunately at least one man has died, after removing the huge amount of snow from his car. He was 89. I take it that he was in good shape, but nevertheless, that particular workout can be lethal for otherwise healthy elderly people (and out-of-shape middle-age people). Other people have died as well. It is a huge storm in terms of the areas affected. So far six people are reported dead because of this unusual extremely heavy end-of-winter snow. We often do get some snow this time of year (just to p*ss us off), but not so much. Usually it melts.
I hope that they are able to clear the snow from streets and sidewalks before it melts – remember that we are heading into spring and the weather is warming. It will be above freezing in a couple of days.
There were also very serious problems in eastern Ontario, between Kingston and Cornwall in the famous Thousand Islands region between there and the northern end of New York State.
I trudged through the snow to do some errands yesterday – I was out of COFFEE. I used my late mother’s cane, to which I had affixed spikes (cleats) precisely for cases such as ice storms. Livia is going insane, as the length of the daytime tells her it is spring but I open the back door and the snow on the balcony is higher than her little body (I have to shovel it off…). Even if the snow is removed from the balcony – the stairs are wrought-iron grille, so the snow blows off them – I won’t let her out into the garden as the snow is higher than her wee head. Soon she’ll be able to play there.
I’ve had a major work contract approved too, but have to work details out. Must go out and buy the ingredients for soup stock…
I’ve been to that cat refuge and several others in Rome. I was more than a bit of a cat lady there and in Perugia, as there are so many homeless cats. Nowadays there is far more effort being put into capture and spay-neuter, and the cats are rehomed if possible, or if not released or cared for in the refuges. I try not to leave links because sometimes they get posts tagged as spam, but if you google roman cats you should find the refuge.