Yesterday the weatherforecast announced snow from an altitude of 200m+ for today, and today it snowed; we are at around 230m above sea-level. Already in the morning, the village hall secretary told us via the loudspeakers for messages for the villagers that there would be no transport for the schoolkids who go to school in the county capital 7kms away. It snowed all day and the village got more or less cut off from the outside world. The trains are still running, though the first one at 7 a.m. did not come. Around midday the snowing got heavier and from late afternoon onwards there have been some short power outages; a little annoying but everyone's glad if the power comes back after a few seconds or a minute. In a winter storm on January 24, we were without electricity for 12 hours - and that was quite uncomfortable as our gas heating depends on electricity to run. Fortunately, my in-laws have an emergency generator so that we could spend some time with light and heat there.
It would be troublesome if the snow lasted for a longer time as we would run out of food soon but for a day or two it is still enjoyable for the kids.
P.S., one day later: I forgot to mention that yesterday the physician could not make his usual visit to the village, neither the grocery seller, and today there was no mail service.
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