Launching Over Japan

Hey, it’s Sn’o problem, originally uploaded by jasohill.

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I was able to avoid the blizzards that hit Vermont and Edmonton. I escaped them on a jet plane to sweet sweet freedom. However, today I wasn’t able to outrun the one hundred centimeters of snow that seemed to have buried my house, my car and my sanity.

The snow was so deep I had to shovel a path to car just to shovel out the car. Then when I got on the road it was like some sort of aircraft turbulence from hell. The vehicle started to sway back and forth, and then when I slowed it down to about 30km/h I got this massive up and down vibration from the road. Then up the road, I could see my nemesis. The grader from hell. Shoveling snow and blocking my road. That was the only time I went out today. I hope not to have to go out again until April.

Remember folks, Japan might seem like a magical Island of awesome food and rice fields, but when winter comes, we get the same old crap. At least when you live in Iwate it is.