Snow actually started falling around 10 AM. By noon we had a couple inches down, and the winds were frequently above 40 mph. Most of the people at the client's office where I was working had either not come in at all, left early or were looking to leave early. I decided I could work from home just as effectively and if I left then I'd have less snow to ride through than if I stayed until 5 PM.

The ride home wasn't too bad on the MUP as I was blasting through a couple inches of unplowed powder. I just dropped the gear and spun. It was tougher when I got off the MUP and was riding through unplowed streets as the ruts from cars made things pretty slick where the snow had been compacted on top of the slick pavement surface.

To make matters worse, about 3 miles from home I realized my rear tire was going flat. I decided I wasn't motivated enough to stop and fix it in the middle of a blizzard, so I just rode on the flat. A flat rear tire doesn't do much to make pedaling easier. I had a pretty good sweat going once I finally made it home. I'll have to fix it this evening once I'm done with work.