Stigmata!
Do hospital pharmacies still dispense alcohol to alcoholics there for other reasons?
Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 28, 2014 5:52:00 pm PST #18472 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Jessica - Jan 28, 2014 6:09:02 pm PST #18473 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I finally got in touch with our friends in Marietta - she and the kids are safe at home, but he's spending the night in a grocery store break room after 8 hours stranded on the road. I really hope he can get home tomorrow.
Ginger - Jan 28, 2014 6:19:54 pm PST #18474 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My one friend got home about an hour ago, after more than 9 hours on the road.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2014 6:35:33 pm PST #18475 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
NYC had that kind of gridlock right after Hurricane Sandy, but it was pretty concentrated in Manhattan (the one day I tried to drive to work since there were no subways, it took me 2 hours to go the 4 blocks I needed just to turn around and be driving in the right direction, and then another 2 hours to drive the rest of the way to Brooklyn).
The store he's in has heat and bathrooms, so that's something. And food, obviously.
sarameg - Jan 28, 2014 6:56:17 pm PST #18476 of 30000
My SIL has multiple facilities (LaPetite, she's the AL director) that are overnighting with kids for the first time ever all over AL and parts of GA. So she was a) driving over 6 hrs to go 8 miles to get HER kids in this shit fielding panicky calls b) searching for shelter while triaging and c) calming down staff even now as her boys are bouncing off the hotel room walls.
She's lucky to be safe and warm, but she's gonna need a vacation after this.
Ginger - Jan 28, 2014 7:02:29 pm PST #18477 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I-75/85 through Atlanta is still an ice-covered parking lot.
askye - Jan 28, 2014 7:14:14 pm PST #18478 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Someone on my FB feed posted that some area Home Depots (I think she's in the Atlanta area) are going to stay open and act as shelters for people who are stranded.
meara - Jan 28, 2014 7:16:58 pm PST #18479 of 30000
Earlier today/this week I had thought "ooh, I'm home on a Tuesday, I can go to the dance I never get to go to!"
Later today I was like "OK, I worked out....eh, I'll just put on sweats and maybe go to bed early" completely forgetting my plan. And now I"m in sweats and cozy and don't want to get dressed and make my hair look OK and all that and go dance. Except, I never get to go to this thing! Sigh. I guess I will chalk it up to "getting over being sick". BOO.
I can't imagine eight hours in a car going nowhere. Good god.
Ginger - Jan 28, 2014 7:18:00 pm PST #18480 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yes, Home Depot has more than 25 stores open as shelters in Georgia and Alabama.
meara - Jan 28, 2014 7:21:02 pm PST #18481 of 30000
Spending the night in Home Depot seems kind of awful. Maybe in Bed Bath and Beyond, if I could snag one of the beds...now I'm remembering that book where the kids get trapped in the department store after it closes? Fun!