Waking up to a blizzard

I just woke up and grabbed RORY so I could let her outside.
JILL handed me a leash.
"You're gonna need this," she said.
Why?
"You'll see."
When I could only open the front door halfway, I began to understand.
When I stepped off my front porch into a snow drift, I *REALLY* began to understand.
When Rory did her business on the porch and quickly turned to go back inside, that's when the full impact of our BLIZZARD began to sink in for me.