Snow Day: Blizzard

"Oh, no, not a blizzard!" said Randy, a snowplow operator, as he got out of bed and peered out the bedroom window. "I've got to get to work. No one in this town is going anywhere, if I don't."

There were only two snowplow operators in the small town. Randy operated one of them and his young friend, Jack, was the other, heavy equipment operator. Randy had trained him just recently. He tried to call Jack, but the phone line was dead.

"Well, maybe he left already. Hopefully, he is not stranded somewhere in the snow! Don't know about these young guys."

Randy grabbed his snow shovel and headed outside. Everything was inundated with snow. The majestic, maple trees in his yard looked gorgeous with their heavy branches weighed right down, almost touching the ground.

"Definitely a snow day and so beautiful to behold! I should really take a picture," he thought. "But, I may not even be able to get out of my driveway."  

Randy had not anticipated snow this early in the year. In fact, everyone was enjoying the prolonged autumn weather. Overnight, the blizzard had hit the area, but without any warning.

"So, we are going to get another foot of snow today, too. That's what the weather report said. Am I ready for this? Is Jack? Is anyone?"

Rover, Randy's golden lab retriever, bounced around in the heavy, wet snow, as Randy cleaned off his car.

"I can't take you with me today, girl," he said. "We're going to be way too busy." 

Suddenly, much to his amazement, he saw Jack pulling up at the end of his driveway in his snowplow. He stopped, got out and hollered at Randy.

"Hey, Randy, let's go! We have a lot of work to do today!"

"Thanks for picking me up," Randy said, as he climbed up into in the snowplow beside Jack. "I didn't know if I was going to be able to get in to work today."

"You wouldn't have gotten there," replied Jack, with a grin. “Every single road in town is closed; except to emergency vehicles."