We gots the snow. Maybe 5 or 6 inches? I'm on the train. I wish I had gotten my good boots out of storage as the ones I'm wearing have little tread left, which makes walking in the snow more energy-intensive. But hey, I gota good workout.
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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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The good thing about this storm, here, is it's actually really warm. If they can get things plowed and salted it will be fine in very little time. I got all sweaty doing the work-related walk to the post office at 8:15 (jumping through 6 inches of slush in the streets).
Stay safe, people in snowy places!
I broiled my breakfast instead of baking it so the bottom is cold. Oops.
We had a little ice this morning. Enough to slow things down but not really stop them.
People are saying today is the worst commute here all winter.
About 8 inches of snow, and the university has a delayed opening, but is still open. I just tried shoveling out the snow around my car, and there's just no way that's going to happen with just me shoveling. So, I guess I'm staying home today.
People are saying today is the worst commute here all winter.
Huh. I'm glad I didn't drive then.
Actually, I haven't driven my car in 11 days. I'm gonna need to do some digging to get it out now.
We just have rain down here in NC. And the occasional coal ash spill into our rivers, but that's not a problem for anything except people downstream who want to drink or something. (No, not the sewage spill into the drinking water supply--that was a different event.) I know water contamination is not an NC-specific problem, but the 24+ hour lag between knowing there's a problem and informing the public might be. I'm a little annoyed.
I had a tai chi class at a new location last night. It was rather fun, and a bit less "martial arts for old people" than my previous class. OK, it's still martial arts for the middle aged, but that still feels like a bit more of a workout than my previous class. And the instructor was nice.
It's rainy and warm here - "warm" being one degree above freezing - but my co-workers in NJ are getting slammed with ice and snow.
My friend A. and I have been congratulating ourselves for having predicted a bad winter Old-Farmer-style, from the extra-fuzzy caterpillars and excessive spiderwebs last summer.
No power, no heat, no hot water. All is ice and downed trees. My phone isn't even fully charged. Argh.