white out

(the view through the screen of my bedroom window)

(the view out the front window)

I woke up at 4:30 (the cat was throwing himself against the door, meowing) and heard no traffic noise outside. I live on a pretty busy street and usually there is always the sound of cars going by. This morning though, it was perfectly still. When I actually got up and about, a few hours later, it was to the sight of 6 inches of snow (at least. I don't know specifically, I haven't been out in it with a ruler or anything).