Early on May 11, 2002, Nancy woke me up and said we just lost power. So I stumbled down the hallway to the kitchen to find some flash lights. I looked out the window and it was raining pretty hard. I took a flash light into Nancy then headed to the office to shut the down the computers running on the battery backup system. It took me a few minutes to complete, then I went to find the battery powered lantern for the kids, so if they woke up, they would have some light and not trip on something.

Before heading to bed, I stopped in the kitchen for a drink of water. As I was turning around, I noticed something outside the window. So I shined the flashlight out the patio door. The something I saw was the biggest snowflakes I had ever seen. I went and told Nancy to come take a look at them. I then got the digital camera and with Nancy holding the flashlight out the back door, I took this picture. Notice the snowflake’s shadow.

I then took this picture of the snowflakes on the deck. The boards are 5 1/2 inches across. I circled several of the larger snowflakes.

You will notice the date on the pictures. Yes it was May 11, 2002. We ended up with about 3 inches of heavy wet snow. But a little after noon the sun was shining and most of the snow had melted by evening.