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StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#127snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 7:39pm
As I was digging out my driveway, I found a curious song going through my head. It had the melody of "Anatevka" but the lyric was, "Global warming, global warming, people all talk about global warming. What in the world does that term mean?"
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#128snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 7:43pmThe lights keep flickering and the electricity went out for 2 minutes. If it goes out for a while, it's gonna be crazy FREEZING. The kerosene heater won't do much, especially since the window has to be open a little.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#129snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 7:48pm
The nice thing about being snowed in is that I made a large batch of my special chicken soup and had it simmering all day in the slow cooker. The end results were incredibly good. I had dinner picnic-style in front of a blazing fire.
Life is good.
#130snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 7:50pm
One of pear trees lost a limb. Luckily it was the tree opposite where I park my car.
#131snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 8:06pmI went out in the yard for sh*ts and giggles. It's up to my thighs in some places and that's without my feet ever making it all the way to the ground. Crazy.
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#132snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 8:15pm
It was actually kind of scary sinking into the snow and not knowing when it was going to stop. There was absolutely no point in wearing my snow boots...they don't come up nearly high enough.
I was watching the news and they were showing people enjoying the snow and some people took blow up mattresses and slid down the "Rocky Steps" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Now that looked fun!
#133snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 8:23pm
^That tree used to be upright and in my neighbor's front yard.
During the snowstorm last weekend, people in our area didn't have power for 72 hours in some areas. My aunt's neighborhood was caught in a stand-off between the power company and the plowers because of a downed wire- the power company wouldn't come until the roads were plowed, but the plows refused to come in until the wire was fixed. The two-plus feet of snow on the road prevented them from being able to leave and stay elsewhere. They lost their power Saturday morning at 2am and finally got it back Monday afternoon.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#134snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 8:45pmThat's okay, the power company tried getting a new utilitu pole up my driveway in August after a huge wind storm. They got it stuck in the rocks across the road because they didn't listen to my dad when he suggested for them to come up a neighbor's driveway and cut across the grass. It took them until really early Monday morning from a Friday afternoon outage to get the pole up and working because of that, and because we are a low priority area.
#135snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 8:46pmStock, it may not be much to you, but to have most of this dumped all at once, when we're lucky if we see one storm a season, it's a lot.
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
#138snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 9:39pmWord. Cable is out. I am not happy. I have to unpack a box to get to my DVDs.
#139snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 9:41pmI haven't looked outside in a couple hours. I'm afraid to.
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
Tinfoil...The Terrorizing Terminator
#140snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 9:44pmJust peeked into the backyard. Lost more tree limbs. Luckily none of them fell on anything
#141snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 9:49pmA few schools around me are closed already tomorrow. Most have 2 hour delays, which are probably going to turn to closings. I'm going crazy because I haven't left the house since Monday. I should have gone out yesterday, although there was no reason to.
#142snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 9:55pm
We're canceled tomorrow. I have never seen this much snow ever and it's still coming down.
#143snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 10:13pm
I've seen it a few times. Three years ago, I got seven days off fom school because classes were cancelled on a Wednesday and Thursday. I didn't have Friday classes, and it was the four day President's Day weekend. People actually got stranded on the highways because the state decided to shut them down.
I forget when this happened, but the snow was more than waist deep when I went outside.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#145snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 11:23pmOh I know broadwaygirl! I'm not saying you guys shouldn't be freaked. I would be the same way if I still lived there. I'm just so used to the crap here now. But we have so many more ways to get the snow out of here that it becomes a non-issue. Ya'll just don't have the ways that we do here to get rid of it.
#146snowed in
Posted: 2/10/10 at 11:56pm
Ya'll just don't have the ways that we do here to get rid of it.
I live on a no outlet and we haven't seen a plow at all today.
#147snowed in
Posted: 2/11/10 at 12:09amThey are plowing our street right now.
#148snowed in
Posted: 2/11/10 at 12:19amChristie is expected to declare a fiscal state of emergency which has nothing to do with "cars off the roads" as far as I understand. As of right now (3:05am) there is still precipitation coming down from the sky and the roads have not been plowed. But the office will be open in the morning as far as I know.
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