There's a reason trees lose their leaves before it snows...

[sarahmichelef]

There are 2 to 3 inches of heavy, wet, slushy snow on the ground, trees, everywhere.  Where TRex's favorite puddle is, it's a lake of slush.  We're to stay off the roads until 6 am - at the moment our side street isn't passable anyway.  Our trees are ok, but the big maple in our neighbor's yard dropped a smallish branch into the backyard.  There was a loud noise a couple of minutes ago; I went and looked and didn't see any damage in the direction it came from.  I'm a little concerned becuase it overhangs our garage by a good bit.  It's still thundering and lightening.*

The neighbor's tree is about 1/3 down - and blocking most of the street.  The neighbor across the street also lost about 1/3 of a tree.

So far, our trees have held up.

Oh, and we managed to light the furnace on the first try.  Go us, we're smarter than a pile of bricks.

*Why is it "thundering and lightning"?  Lightning comes before thunder!