Snow job

March 21, 2006
By Billy Dennis

It happened fast.

I left work at 1 a.m. last night and the sky was overcast and no snowfall at all in the Pioneer Park area of north Peoria. I told a co-worker that I thought Peoria dodged the bullet and the winter storm that had been predicted must have missed us.

By the time I hit Sterling Avenue, the snow started. It was just a light dusting, barely a few whiffs of snow dancing across the pavement. By the time I hit the Intersection of Reservoir and Ill. Route 8, it looked like someone was emptying boxes of soap flakes into a wind machine. I ended up driving 10 miles per hour because I could barely see.

And of course, I woke up to find my car covered in about six inches of snow.

And it’s still coming down.

Good thing it’s my day off.

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