札幌は１月中の大雪到来から２月に入って小康で、
徐々に市内の除雪も進み市民生活に欠かせないクルマ交通が回復していました。
ほぼ１週間ほどの降雪小康はまことに天の恵みだった。
毎朝の除雪作業でそれどころではなかった早朝散歩もおかげさまで復活。
昨日も１時間半で１万歩越えと日常生活復元していた。
ところが昨日は昼過ぎから一転してのドカ雪到来。
「みるみる」という表現がピッタリするような旺盛な大雪であります。
ちょうど朝からの散歩・集中的買い物で疲れての長めの昼寝から
目覚めたら、カミさんの泣きっ面に遭遇。
「・・・降ってるの。大雪だわ（泣）」
で、外を見たら記録的短時間降雪量っぷりであります。
まだ気象台からは発表がないのですが降雪量発表の速報記録を確認すると
この間の降雪量は30cmは越えているようです。体感的には50cmクラス。
（札幌「西区」の積雪深発表は毎日午前９時）
降りっぷりを見ているととても止む気配がなく、そういう状況では
除雪作業に取り組んでも甲斐がないのですね。
それこそ「やってもやっても」作業がムダになるほどに降ってくる。
ここは状況を見て降雪レベルの低下を見定めた方が得策。
そういった状況で降雪はじめから数時間、たぶん５−６時間経って
ようやく小降り、ときどき止むという状況に推移してきた。
時間的には午後９時過ぎころであります。
そこでようやく生活維持防衛のために、夫婦で除雪出動。
覚悟を決めて除雪作業を始めてみてその降雪量の巨大さに改めて体感的に驚く。
わが家ではママさんダンプと、より軽量の除雪具を使いますが、
大量運搬型のママさんダンプでなければ適わない大雪ぶり。
前面道路を含めるとおおむね100坪ほどの除雪範囲ですが、
たっぷりと１時間半かけて粗々の除雪、中程度の除雪作業までなんとかできた。
しかしそれから先の作業は公共の除雪ブルドーザーの出動を待つしかない。
巨大な雪山の解体除雪には機械力が不可欠なのですね。
わが家（兼用住宅）前の道路は中学校の周囲にあたり
土地購入時点、少なくとも35年前から通学路指定道路なので
大雪が降れば機械除雪は出動してくれるのであります。
というか、そういう条件があったので土地を選定したとも言える。
ただ、除雪ブルの出動時間は一定していないので期待して待つしかない。
そんな期待を抱きつつ、バラバラ感に満ちた体を休め汗を静めていた午後11時。
家の前が突然明るくなるではありませんか。
・・・除雪ブルがやってきてくれたのであります。
「甲斐があった！」と夫婦でよろこびの交歓。思わず拍手であります。
地獄のように厳しい状況になってもコツコツ努力すれば報われる。
まさにそんな至福の一瞬であります（笑）。
ということで平安な就寝後、けさ目覚めて撮影したのが上の写真。
おかげさまでその後、降雪はなかったようであります。
きょうは取材撮影のクルーも出動するし、来客も予定されている。
このまま、大きな降雪がないことを祈りたいところであります。
北国暮らしのささやかな「戦い」を実況させていただきました（笑）。
English version⬇
[Sapporo Doka(Big) Snow Again, there is "Kai" for self-removal snow removal! ]
Sapporo has been in a lull since the arrival of heavy snow in January and in February.
Snow removal in the city gradually progressed, and car traffic, which is indispensable for citizens' lives, was recovering.
Snowfall Koyasu for almost a week was truly a godsend.
Thanks to the snow removal work every morning, the early morning walk, which was not so much, has been revived.
Yesterday, I was able to recover my daily life by over 10,000 steps in an hour and a half.
However, yesterday, it was snowing after noon.
It is a heavy snowfall that is perfect for the expression "Mirumiru".
From a long nap tired from walking and intensive shopping from the morning
When I woke up, I encountered Kami-san's crying face.
"... It's raining. It's heavy snow."
So, if you look outside, you will see a record short amount of snowfall.
There is no announcement from the meteorological observatory yet, but if you check the breaking news record of the snowfall announcement
The amount of snowfall during this period seems to exceed 30 cm. Feeling 50 cm class.
(Announcement of snow depth in Sapporo "Nishi-ku" is 9 am every day)
There is no sign of stopping when I look at the rain, and in such a situation
It's not worth the effort to remove snow, isn't it?
That's what makes the work "even if you do it" wasteful.
Here, it is better to look at the situation and determine the decrease in snowfall level.
In such a situation, a few hours after the beginning of the snowfall, maybe 5-6 hours later.
It has finally changed to a situation where it gets off a little and sometimes stops.
It is around 9 pm in terms of time.
There, the couple finally dispatched snow removal to maintain and defend their lives.
When I made up my mind and started snow removal work, I was surprised again by the huge amount of snowfall.
At my house, I use a mama dump truck and a lighter snow remover,
It's been a heavy snowfall that is not suitable unless it is a mass-carrying mama-san dump truck.
Including the front road, the snow removal range is about 100 tsubo,
It took an hour and a half to remove rough snow and moderate snow removal.
However, the only work after that is to wait for the public snow removal bulldozer to be dispatched.
Mechanical power is indispensable for dismantling and removing snow from huge snowy mountains.
The road in front of my house (combined house) is around the junior high school
At the time of land purchase, it has been designated as a school road for at least 35 years.
If it snows heavily, mechanical snow removal will be dispatched.
In fact, it can be said that the land was selected because of such conditions.
However, since the dispatch time of the snow removal bull is not constant, there is no choice but to expect and wait.
With such expectations, I was resting my body full of disjointed feelings and calming my sweat at 11:00 pm.
Isn't the front of the house suddenly brightening?
... The snow removal bull has arrived.
"It was worth it!" I applaud involuntarily.
Even in a difficult situation like hell, if you work hard, you will be rewarded.
It's just such a blissful moment (laughs).
So, after going to bed peacefully, I woke up and took the above picture.
Thanks to you, it seems that there was no snowfall after that.
Today, the crew for the interview shooting will be dispatched, and visitors are scheduled.
I would like to pray that there will be no heavy snowfall as it is.
I played a small "battle" of living in the north (laughs).
