The Ground Hogs Day Blizzard

 

Hal Brocker a maintenance person for the Grand Rapids Public Museum uses a snow blower to clear snow from in front of the museum during the snow storm Wednesday February 2, 2011.

Grand Valley State University Students Leighton Kyle, 20 right, and Nadine Morcos, 19 left, walk home after class was cancelled along Fulton Street in the storm  Tuesday February 1, 2011.

These are two of my favorite photographs from the Blizzard of 2011.

Preparing for the Blizzard

 Jesse Meerman, 33 right, uses sawdust to push a bull out of way as he prepares for the Ground Hogs Day storm by bedding the cow barn with sawdust at Grassfields Organic Cheese on 60th Ave in Coopersville Tuesday February 1, 2011.

  Grassfields Organic Cheese dairy farmer Luke Meerman, 35,  prepares for the Ground Hogs Day storm, Meerman said of the impending storm, "I get excited about storms because it's a challenge, mostly to see if you can handle it."