Wet and heavy snow coupled with freezing cold temperatures for those who are not physically fit or have health conditions, may be at risk of heart attack due to shoveling snow.
You can almost bet on this happening each and every year here in Maine. Some kind of a winter storm that will batter New England over the course of Groundhog Day.
If you had told me a year ago that the most 'normal' thing our kids would experience in 2020 was a snow day from school, I would've told you you were crazy.
Not even old enough to have a 'regular' driver's license, 15-year-old Garrison Leeman, a freshman at Erskine Academy, has a special license that allows him to drive for work and to and from school.
It's pretty safe to say that he's youngest contracted plow truck driver in the state of Maine...
With the first snowstorm of the season upon us the inevitable shoveling and snow blowing follows. One of the things I learned very early on in life is how to avoid the "second shovel."
So Marie-Anne comes home and announces, "I got you a new belt at Wally World to replace that ugly one you're wearing."
"But I like the one I wear...it's all broken in and, well, it holds my pants up."
This is kind of odd, funny, cute, but let's not forget creepy all in one. There are ads from people in New York looking for snow storm boyfriends and girlfriends.