I heard the news the other day that said this year's snowfall has been the heaviest in six years. This is my fourth year of living in Aomori City so this is the heaviest snowfall I've seen to date. And when it snows this much, then you must shovel the snow off your driveway and yard. Before you tell me that I should get a snow blower, there are a couple of things you need to keep in mind. First, the snow piles up in a very narrow and small area. Using a snowblower will just blow the snow into the neighbor's yard which could result in a neighborhood feud. The second is that it isn't cost effective. Snow blowers are expensive and ultimately not worth the investment. We're still lucky though, we can dump our snow across the street as there is a cliff that looks down into a large and mostly empty field. It made me wonder about some of my neighbors though. I see a lot of them dragging their snow to the local park so I decided to take a look at the park.
この間ニュースで聞きましたが、今年青森県で六年ぶりの大雪でした。自分は青森市に引っ越して4年目になる。そう考えると今年が自分で体験した雪が一番多いになることだ。雪が降るともちろん積もる。そして雪国でやらなきゃいけないことは雪かきだ。除雪機を買えばと言う前に二つのこと教えてあげよう。ひとつ、使える場所は狭すぎて、雪が隣の家に飛ぶしかない。それなら隣人トラブルに発展する。二つ目、除雪機は安いものではない。置き場所もないし、除雪機買ったらと言うのはやめてくれ!うちの家はまだ楽のほう。家の向かいに崖があり、その崖に雪を落とす。でも他の家はどこで捨てるんだろうと思った。よく近所の人々を大きなソリみたいなものに雪を積んで、近くの公園まで行ってるを見て、冬の公園を探索してみた。