I can't say this one caught us off guard at all. We had all sorts of notice, and the barren shelves of milk, break, and eggs proved that. Either a storm was coming, or there was a hell of a French Toast Brunch happening somewhere in the City. And it was coming on the heals of the more than half-foot of snow we received late last week.
So Sunday morning, just as predicted, the snow starts coming down at about an inch an hour. And it did, indeed, come down all day like that, just as they had predicted. It was actually pretty to watch. Eric and I even got out in the Armada and drove around a bit before it got dark to check on some of Riley's properties (to make sure they had power, etc.). It was kind of fun driving around downtown in the snow with very little traffic out. We learned the true benefit of have a 4x4, too. 
There were actually quite a few people out and about, building snowmen and just enjoying the winter wonderland scenery. It was still snowing during this time, but we were already approaching a foot of snow, which is a lot of one snowfall for Indy. And the temps we right around freezing, which sounds cold, but really wasn't... compared to what was coming. Not sure if I just wasn't paying attention or if the term came to the frontline after it actually happened... I know I saw this described on the weather forecast, with the jet stream dipping way down into the southern states, and pulling down the artic air with it... but I didn't see the term, 'Polar Vortex' until sometime Monday afternoon. It was part of the overall forecast, after they told un our total snowfall was about 13" (now the record for a one day snowfall in Indy) and then talked about the weather we were dealing with now... sub-zero temps and no chance of being above zero until sometime on Tuesday.
And it was brutal! We woke up on Monday to -13°F, with a windchill that made it feel like -41°F. And that was just what I saw... it may have been colder at some point. Eric and I didn't leave the house at all. I ventured out back at one point to try to make frozen bubbles - it's amazing the things you learn about 'experimenting with' when it gets to these temps. Kind of like frying an egg on the road in FL, I guess. But it was too windy and they kept popping. I got one small, unspectacular one, but that's it. I didn't do the boiling water into snow experiment - saw enough of those on Facebook. It eventually 'warmed up' to around -9°F, but then dropped back down overnight. Again, not sure how cold it really got to, but when I looked this morning, the temp was -13°F, but the windchill was only about -30°F. And it actually did feel warmer. Amazing what the wind can do to you.
Around lunchtime or so, we finally made it 'up' to 0°F, and depending on where in the Metro Area you were, it even made it a few degrees above as the high for the day. But obviously, with these temps, the snow isn't going anywhere anytime soon. And tonight it even goes back below 0°F, according to the weather forecasters. Who I'll believe through the rest of this winter blast. This one is definitely one for the memory banks. And I'd be just fine not having to deal with another storm like this again. Ever! Never thought I'd say I'm looking forward to the 30°F temps we're expecting tomorrow!! It's like a heatwave will be hitting us!
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