life after the snowpocalypse
Feb. 10th, 2010 06:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mickeymThere are, according to Wave 3 News, 375 closings/delays/cancellations for the central Kentucky (and some southern Indiana) area. Daycare centers, schools, government offices, doctors' offices, production plants, you name it, it's probably on the list.
We have between 6 and 7" of snow on the ground down here in Elizabethtown; from what I hear from my friend up in Louisville, they have anywhere between 8 and 14", depending on the area of town, wind and drift. Oh, and there's a layer of ice in there somewhere, too, because it rained/sleeted for a couple of hours yesterday, in between snowstorms. It's also cold as fuck outside; the temp is something like 16, with a windchill of -1F.
I hate winter. Ugh.
I know there are a lot of y'all getting pummeled badly, with snow measuring in the feet rather than inches, and I really feel for you. But we are not equipped to handle true winter weather down here, and GOD, I wish this would go far, far away. School was called off yesterday, and today; I told Matthew I won't be a bit surprised if it's called off for Thursday, as well. Because the thing about being county schools is: the buses have to be able to safely reach all the students, and that means the ones who live out on the back roads, in the more rural parts of the county. The places where the snowplows and salt/sand trucks don't go.
On the up side, I don't work in Louisville any more, so I don't have to either 1) call in to work and thus use up vacation hours on snow days or 2) risk life and limb and auto, making the trip. I also have power, and working internet/television, plenty of food, soda, bottled water, and DVDs in the house. My child has a friend who lives one street over (who spent most of the day here yesterday) so he has some company and therefore isn't bugging ME relentlessly. I'm still not happy about the enforced time-in-the-house, but I know it could be a hell of a lot worse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for y'all on the east coast, because it looks like it's gonna hit hard.
Also, earthquake up in Illinois, huh? Nothing like the earth shaking to start your day, yeah?
We have between 6 and 7" of snow on the ground down here in Elizabethtown; from what I hear from my friend up in Louisville, they have anywhere between 8 and 14", depending on the area of town, wind and drift. Oh, and there's a layer of ice in there somewhere, too, because it rained/sleeted for a couple of hours yesterday, in between snowstorms. It's also cold as fuck outside; the temp is something like 16, with a windchill of -1F.
I hate winter. Ugh.
I know there are a lot of y'all getting pummeled badly, with snow measuring in the feet rather than inches, and I really feel for you. But we are not equipped to handle true winter weather down here, and GOD, I wish this would go far, far away. School was called off yesterday, and today; I told Matthew I won't be a bit surprised if it's called off for Thursday, as well. Because the thing about being county schools is: the buses have to be able to safely reach all the students, and that means the ones who live out on the back roads, in the more rural parts of the county. The places where the snowplows and salt/sand trucks don't go.
On the up side, I don't work in Louisville any more, so I don't have to either 1) call in to work and thus use up vacation hours on snow days or 2) risk life and limb and auto, making the trip. I also have power, and working internet/television, plenty of food, soda, bottled water, and DVDs in the house. My child has a friend who lives one street over (who spent most of the day here yesterday) so he has some company and therefore isn't bugging ME relentlessly. I'm still not happy about the enforced time-in-the-house, but I know it could be a hell of a lot worse.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for y'all on the east coast, because it looks like it's gonna hit hard.
Also, earthquake up in Illinois, huh? Nothing like the earth shaking to start your day, yeah?
