292. Blizzards, Daylight Savings, and . . . . .

The blizzard is over. Just over nine inches officially registered at the National Weather Service. Some parts of the county reported up to twelve. Outside my back door, I measured eleven inches. All of those streets which were impassable this morning eventually became passable with the sun arising as well as the temperature. The sun is now setting over the west end of Market Street where the New Albany Power Plant stacks mark the end of civilization as we know it.

In protest to the early end of the blizzard, we will shave an hour tonight off our clocks. Daylight Savings Time, which gives Hoosiers something to talk about, begins at 2:00 am. According to police records, the hour from 2:00am to 3:00am on the Second Sunday in March records the least number of accidents on America's highways, mostly because it doesn't exist, except in Hawaii and formerly in some parts of Indiana.

Since I used the expression "something to talk about" in this essay, I am moving Sanjaya Malakar's picture up in the sidebar litany of photos. He gave us much to talk about up to just under a year ago. Where have you gone, Sanjaya?