Sent home early

[altivo]

Driving to work this morning was an adventure, to say the least. Even though the total snowfall last night was under two inches, the gale force winds were blowing it around to make drifts up to a foot deep over the road in places. As you approached an area where the wind was active, you were blinded by the blowing snow, literally. Like driving in heavy fog, I had to go really slow. Travel time was more than double the norm.

Got there to find that the schools were all closed. The boss comes from another direction, but she had actually gone off the road and managed to get back onto it by herself on the way in. As the morning progressed, we learned that there had been a multi-vehicle collision on one of the main routes into town (I wondered why five ambulances passed me in the other direction as I came into the city) and the police had closed that route. That was at 9 am, and they still had it barricaded at 2:30 pm when I went home. They were trying to discourage traffic on my only remaining route home and rightly so. It was worse than it had been coming in. I was at the tail of a line of cars following a snowplow. About an eighth of a mile behind the plow, and in some places the drifts were already three or four inches deep when I got to them.

Driveway is drifted badly here at the farm, but I got into it. Whether I can get out for groceries tomorrow is another question.

Oh, and the water is rising. Even though it is snowing and the temperature is below freezing, meltwater from the thaw earlier this week is entering our creek and raising the level. It's up to the banks now and the sump pump under the house is active every half hour or so, trying to add to the level.

Comments

[octatonic.livejournal.com]

MERFS!

I'm glad you and your boss is okay!

Stay warm and safe pony!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. We both called back in to work once we got home because they wanted to know we made it OK. The two staff members who stayed to keep the library open both live in town, just a few blocks away.

Warm is not a problem. Actually, I'm too warm at the moment. It's only 27 or so outside. Safe? Well, I have to go back into town tomorrow for groceries at least, but only to the nearest town (3 miles) not to the one I work in (16 miles.)

Snow Job

[goldenstallion.livejournal.com]

Dear Rider.

Well... it was the same way here... windblown snow drifts. But I made it to work (same distance you drive) and back again no problems, although I did put off the running around after (bank, shopping for dog food, etc.) and was glad Bear made it home ok too.

Nice wood stove and electric blanket.

Impers

Re: Snow Job

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I hope it lets up today. Some things have to get done. Gary's had a bad cold all week too, so we've been putting stuff off.

Glad you got home safely and are keeping warm.

Not light enough yet to see if the water has gone higher.

--Rider

[corelog.livejournal.com]

Owee kazowee! :/

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Tutti frutti to you too. ;D

Yeah, it was scary. Not the kind of adventure I care for, that's for sure.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*does the anti-snow dance*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Normally I'd tell you to stop that. But at this point in the year, we've had enough. In fact, until what we have melts gradually, we really can't afford to have rain either. It would mean floods for sure.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*continues the anti snow dance, calling on the powers of the weather to quit your snow and give us down here the rain*

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Judging by your latest post, this worked O.O

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Not for very long. It's snowing again as I write this.